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WR Coach Kevin Beard

Stylie said:
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Shout out to the 2nd Fiddler gif on the board. It's now a trend.
 
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Zombie-Cane said:
Yes, he KNEW offenses, as in past tense, he failed to adapt to the changing game and it showed with his O here and him hiring his son, which put plain and simple, was a ******* hack.
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I don't even have a problem with him hiring his son. That's the father in me speaking though and it was a opportunity to work together while passing his knowledge on. It didn't work out, so be it.

Ferentz at Iowa is doing much the same right now that Richt did. Like Richt, I'm sure he thinks he can coach his son up, will enjoy the time working together, etc. Twilight of both their careers.
 
Not sure why folks are so-so on the hire. I think we can all agree that the best WR coach we've had in the last decade was likely Likens. And why? Because he had the fortune of being paired up with likely the best OC we've had in a decade. If the OC is competent, the WRs will look decent. And I have to imagine that coaching WRs is likely the easiest to coach. If Beard can recruit his behind off, I am content with the hire.

/but btw, we all anticipate that WR play next year will be iffy, right? Because that room is very meh at the moment.
 
One thing I'm not as worried about is the whole "Beard was Mario's 4th choice bro" angle. Many, many coaches hire their 3rd, 4th, 5th choices and they end up succeeding. And many coaches' first choices end up flaming out.

Some people pointed out that if his name was "Joey JoJo Shabadoo" instead of Kevin Beard we'd hate the hire. I also kinda think the reverse is true too. If he hadn't played and worked at UM before and was just the WR coach from Toledo whose WRs produced at a high level and who is considered a good recruiter in conference, the bile might not be so dark.

For me it comes down to:

1. Can he coach the position?
1a. Can he recruit the position?

Honestly I don't know the answers to those yet, but I'm willing to let KB prove he belongs.
 
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