02-10-2012, 02:14 PM
Randy Edsall's woes continue... 
23 (Or 24?) Departures and Counting
23 (Or 24?) Departures and Counting
Quote:The offensive coordinator is gone. The defensive coordinator is gone. Eleven players have left the program since December. A total of 23 have left the program since last January. For a short time yesterday afternoon, it seemed as if yet another player was going to follow that group out the door. It’s been an offseason to forget for Maryland, which is fitting: it was a season to forget for the Terrapins, after all. It’s difficult to imagine a rockier debut for Randy Edsall, the former Connecticut coach who leaped at the chance to trade in Storrs for College Park, and the developments over the last two months does point to the idea that Maryland’s woes may continue in 2012.
For starters, any progression that was made on either side of the ball — if any was made at all — might be undone by the changes on the coaching staff. Not to say that new offensive coordinator Mike Locksley won’t be an improvement over Gary Crowton: Locksley isn’t a head coach, but he’s a fine coordinator who will have an enormous impact on Maryland’s recruiting efforts in the region.
But changes are changes, and come the spring, the Terrapins will be learning their third offensive system in as many years. While Locksley’s offense will be reminiscent of Maryland’s philosophy under James Franklin — the former coordinator, now Vanderbilt head coach — the latest coaching move will have the Terrapins’ heads spinning, as you’d expect.
