Yeah you can count me in the boat of . . . . excited about who we migh get vs. upset about who we lost
Wolford Replacement?
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I am with you and Indy
my big complaint was that he never rotated enough to get some other guys prepared
Pretty sure he (or she) didn't mean it to be complimentary.
Maybe I missed his/her intent.
Sharrone Moore, Michigans OL coach and assistant offensive coordinator suppose to be one of the best recruiters in the country.
I grew up in KY and I've shucked corn while drinking moonshine or bourbon many times. 🤷♂️
Rucker, I’ve visited Iowa’s board and I just doubt we could pry Bryan Ferentz away from that passionate fan base.I even know quite a few Iowa fans willing to chip in to help with the moving expense also.
And heck, he’s currently at 900K, so we’d likely have to pay a buyout, to procure those services!?!
Makes you wonder how such a youngster could have advanced so far, so fast.
Hell, he masterminded that 17 point explosion of offense in Orlando against almost 80 percent of our normal defense!!
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Uh, I’m a relative flat-lander but have shucked, picked (by hand and machine) planted and chopped (for corn silage) lots of corn,
And I love good shine.
What was this thread about??
Now THAT would crack me up, assuming Slumber Party Jim sticks around.
Ya know this might be for the best. We are moving to more of pass blocking RPO team anyway under Coen. We've been great at run blocking obviously but bad at pass blocking honestly. Stoops and Coen may want someone better at blocking for our new offense
Proud to be a hillbilly and have shucked lots of corn. Never had any moonshine, but after watching Moonshiners for years, I'm really wanting to try making some. At 69 though, I'd hate to locked up.
After looking at the list KSR put out. I think its going to be Wells. He's a guy who Stoops is familiar with and I think he's a great coach. Took EKU to 7-3 this year.
Seems he's a great coach, but he's a Roy Kidd assistant who's been given the job of restoring Coach Kidd's legacy. I'm not sure he runs right back to Lexington. Who can tell us what EKU is paying him?
IDK how good this guy is. But if it would piss them off, I'm for it
I seriously hope we get them in our bowl game next year. I want to put down a beating of a lifetime on that team.
Senior hasn’t coached in college since 2000. We need a young coach that can recruit. 4 other guys on KSR list looked good, Key, Moore Quinn and Friend. Stops needs to kill this hire. I know there are others but these guys look really good.
Brian Ferentz is the #1 "lightning rod" figure in Iowa football. And it's just not results under his offenses-- but it's also the fact he is the Head Coach's son-- so therefore people expect more. He was named OC at age 33 and never should have been. So when you ask how he got to where he is so fast, it's not to hard to understand: Have a dad whose one of most highly admired coaches ever at Iowa and it's easy to happen (FYI- Kirk also has his son-in-law on staff as the Recruiting Coordinator).
And of course people who like Brian want to point to his tie with the Patriots under Belicheck as their TE coach. Of course he had two Pro Bowl TEs play for him there in Gronkowski and Hernandez.
But, in the end, I must confess to Brian's defense, that the issue with Iowa's lame offenses most years is KIRK FERENTZ. He's a low risk coach. It's HIS offensive philosophy. He puts his OCs in a box when coaching. Unfortunately, Brian can't function well in that box.
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Matt Jones just said current EKU HC, former UK assistant, Walt Wells is the current leader for the job.
Imo he does a fine job as oc. Basically everything you all ran was there, just didn't have a QB to complete the pass. The QB coach should be getting the heat.
Meh. Fairly disappointed if this is it, unless he has unknown recruiting ties to areas of need. Based on wolf's success, we reportedly shifted much of our recruiting focus to his areas of middle Tennessee. We can't replace that void with an EKU guy. Especially after losing clinks Michigan pipeline and summralls Georgia pipeline.
Because of his history of coaching at both UK & UT, I like the thought of Wells likely having recruiting connections in TN, which is an area Wolford was recruiting hard. That being said, there are things to like about most of the candidates listed on KSR...
Either Kromer - NFL experience, specifically within the offensive scheme (and even team) from which Coen came...immediate familiarity with philosophy and vision of the offense
Will Friend (Auburn OL coach) - having coached at both UGA and Auburn, hard to imagine he hasn't recruited in those states... considering a more concerted effort recruiting GA, he could be a benefit there
Brent Key (GA Tech OL Coach) - coached in GA and AL... according to KSR, was supposedly instrumental in landing Jedrick Wills at AL...possible recruiting benefits similar to AUB OL coach
Sherrone Moore (Mich OL Coach) - could he help rebuild some of the Mich pipelines that were lost with Clink? If yes, this could be a huge plus
Jeff Quinn (ND OL coach) - recruiting territory similar to Mich OL Coach
All the above to say... I have no idea if any of those guys were ace recruiters, but each at least has had a recruiting footprint that would be beneficial to UK or (in the case of the Kromers) have NFL experience that could translate to good recruiting as they have coached in the destination high level prospects want to reach.
Wells was at TN as an asst of some kind or another and was a QC at UK so he's aware of important recruiting areas. I know $$ is a thing but I just don't see a guy giving up a HC job at a school that's joined a new conference and is trying to raise its stature to return to a school as a position coach. That's crazy.
Of the coaches I've seen mentioned the guy at Ga Tech, the former Alabama asst...think his name is Key, would be my choice. Bound to be others.
I think throwing Wells name out there is a ploy for a pay raise for Coach Wells.
He is a friend of the radio show AND I doubt any HC with a rising resume leaves that position for an assistants job. It does happen but is rare.
I would be interested to see what Freddie Maggard says about Todd Perry. From E-town, played for Uk, All SEC. Had a 11 year career in the NFL with the Bears and Dolphins. Has coached mostly High School here in Georgia but he also coached at Georgia State under Curry. I know nothing about his recruiting ability. Seems like a nice guy, I only met him a few times even though he used to live behind me.
Agreed. Idk if Walt leaves a HC job in Richmond to be the OL coach in Lexington. Plus he is extremely well liked there as well.
Leave us hillbillies out of it.. We're not to be ****ed with..
Hillbilly is no damn way classless either.. I've shucked corn,, and I've spent many a days n nights at a still making shine..
Oh,, and grow lots n lots of pots..
Supafuzz75... coming to you live from Copperhead Road.Leave us hillbillies out of it.. We're not to be ****ed with..
Hillbilly is no damn way classless either.. I've shucked corn,, and I've spent many a days n nights at a still making shine..
Oh,, and grow lots n lots of pots..
This isn't even funny in hindsight. Wolford dipped and recruited against us. Apparently, he didn't seem to care. Hopefully, the next OL coach will be a steward of our BBW tradition.
If all of this stuff is true, I find it crazy. When Stoops was getting ready to name Wolf the coach he said that's exactly what Wolf would do, respect the culture Schlarman had built. Again, if true, I doubt EW gets a Christmas Card from Stoops or Marrow this year.
Not a ton. But what being at Bama does is give him a platform to move to to OC or HC more quickly. People hire Saban assistants like it's going out of style.
Yeah and not real impressed with the devleopment work he did some others either. Afterall whether they played or not he was with them 24/7 for a year and a half.
He was the OL coach at Kansas 2015-2017, and I know he probably had bad talent, but the stats were pretty bad. At the bottom of just about every statistical category (sacks allowed, TFL allowed, rush yards per play, FEI 2015, 2016, and 2017). I was hoping to see at least a bump to 75-80th in the country.
Not trying to make any final judgements, but just passing along as a fysa.
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Coen's numbers as OC at Maine weren't impressive. That 49ers guy is ob been part of the Shanahan system, which the McVey system is based on. If we hire him it tells me Coen heavily influenced the selection, wants some more Xs & Os help integrating his system.
DDawson was my first thought, but he's not been a coach anywhere near this level iirc
