UK finished the 2022 regular season with the nation's #107 offense, which was last in the SEC. There was a list of reasons, but at the end of the day our offense was Rich Scangarello's responsibility. As I have discussed on several threads, Coach Stoops needed to move quickly to dismiss Scangarello in order to send a signal for change to our players and to others on the outside who are considering UK.
John Settle is already gone. Settle was responsible for special teams, and did not get anything done on the recruiting trail.
Yenser will probably be next. That would be sensible. Just as Scangarello was directly responsible for our offense, Yenser was directly responsible for our OL. It is very important to send a signal for change to John Young, Kiyaunta Goodwin, Grant Bingham, Nik Hall, and the rest of our young linemen.
I do not believe Coach Stoops will name Edfdie Gran as the new RB coach. He will be inclined to ask his new OC to help with the RB and OL searches. Naming Gran to the position would be awkward although Gran is a capable RB coach.
I cannot predict what Coach Stoops will do, but here are some replacement possibilities that would be reasonable.
OC-
Liam Coen, LA Rams
Garrett Riley, TCU
Kendal Briles, AR
Warren Ruggiero, W Forest
Tim Beck, NC St (native of Youngstown, OH)
Willie Korn, Coastal Car
Collin Klein, KS St
Bryan Ellis, GS Southern
Mike Hartline, Auburn
RB-
Jimmy Smith, AR
Anthony Jones, TCU
Jonathon Wallace, KS
David Johnson, FL St
Justin Johnson, Baylor
Kenni Burns, MN
OL-
AJ Ricker, TCU
Will Friend, Auburn
Eric Mateos, Baylor
Herb Hand, UCF
Eman Naghavi, Tulane
John Garrison, NC St
Nick Tabacca, W Forest
Special teams-
Scott Fountain, AR
Rob Wenger, MN
Roc Bellantoni, Auburn
Wayne Lineberg, W Forest
Mark Scott, U Houston
Ronnie Wheat, Baylor
Jonathon Wallace, KS
John Settle is already gone. Settle was responsible for special teams, and did not get anything done on the recruiting trail.
Yenser will probably be next. That would be sensible. Just as Scangarello was directly responsible for our offense, Yenser was directly responsible for our OL. It is very important to send a signal for change to John Young, Kiyaunta Goodwin, Grant Bingham, Nik Hall, and the rest of our young linemen.
I do not believe Coach Stoops will name Edfdie Gran as the new RB coach. He will be inclined to ask his new OC to help with the RB and OL searches. Naming Gran to the position would be awkward although Gran is a capable RB coach.
I cannot predict what Coach Stoops will do, but here are some replacement possibilities that would be reasonable.
OC-
Liam Coen, LA Rams
Garrett Riley, TCU
Kendal Briles, AR
Warren Ruggiero, W Forest
Tim Beck, NC St (native of Youngstown, OH)
Willie Korn, Coastal Car
Collin Klein, KS St
Bryan Ellis, GS Southern
Mike Hartline, Auburn
RB-
Jimmy Smith, AR
Anthony Jones, TCU
Jonathon Wallace, KS
David Johnson, FL St
Justin Johnson, Baylor
Kenni Burns, MN
OL-
AJ Ricker, TCU
Will Friend, Auburn
Eric Mateos, Baylor
Herb Hand, UCF
Eman Naghavi, Tulane
John Garrison, NC St
Nick Tabacca, W Forest
Special teams-
Scott Fountain, AR
Rob Wenger, MN
Roc Bellantoni, Auburn
Wayne Lineberg, W Forest
Mark Scott, U Houston
Ronnie Wheat, Baylor
Jonathon Wallace, KS
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