(01-06-2018 11:49 PM)goliath74 Wrote: From what I heard, FAU did not even attempt to retain Kendall Briles. The contract ran out and he was free to go. Sure, some FAU fans may have thought Briles could be Kiffin's replacement, but the Administration and Lane Kiffin did not think so. I am guessing that there is some sort of a plan for the future but FAU's offense ran like a Kiffin's offense, hard to say whether Briles' hand was even apparent in it. But that is just my personal observation.
that not true...it was known that before his contract was up he was leaving to houston...
he was always the target at houston, and powerful alumni were pushing for him (kb is also a uh alumni)...our old OC left over a month go.. (lsu's beat writer already said as much from his sources because lsu fans were complaining that they didnt make the hire first)
the only reason it took so long to announce and make official was political clearance. and getting the votes from the board
and the offense ran like baylors, watch the Russell Athletic Bowl 2015, it was what you ran this year (summary baylor lost ALL its qbs to injury that game. so they just handed the ball off most of the game and still scored 50).
a ton of houston fans are analyzing faus offense in our board and watching offensive breakdowns of your offense on youtube and, no offense, but your QB wasnt good at all, which is the cause for the lack of regular passing yards. watching the wku game, he didnt complete a pass thrown more than 5yds (ball in the air 5yds+) till the 4th quarters. he over shot everything
besides "running the ball" what you ran is nothing like what was ran by kiffin at any of his old stops. from formation to style was completely different. also literally in every fau game, they note how fau doesnt have a play book, and that everything your offense did was controlled by hand signs made up by KB (something that has always been done at all briles offenses, that's not a kiffin thing at all, kiffin's offense runs on a playbook)
if im fau i wouldnt be worried though, kififn is an offensive mind, he had the foresight to hire KB..he will have the foresight to hire someone else.. but that was definitely the baylor offense..
what will be interesting is if he decides to just rehire another baylor person to keep the same train going (aren't many touted ones left)..or just gets the best high powered offensive guy he can get, knowing there might be a transition period