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(11-08-2019 11:00 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(11-07-2019 08:03 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(11-07-2019 12:41 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(11-06-2019 09:16 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  I would hate to see Heinicke's name drug through the mud.

He would not start as an OC. He woul dneed to learn the ropes as a position coach.

So then .... Heinicke would need to "learn the ropes as a position coach". Is that so he could hopefully one day end up as solid as the guy ODU has as their Offensive Coordinator today? My guess is that Heinicke would be an improvement over what we have been seeing, starting with the very first game that he was calling the plays. Even if it was next season.

Yes.

Football coaches have to earn their stripes through years of grinding long hours. It's silly to think he could walk in with no coaching experience and be the offensive coordinator. Just because you can play doesn't mean you can coach.

Just because you can play doesn't mean that you CAN'T coach either Giles. Anybody can through out statements like that.

As far as the "earn their stripes" rhetoric goes, how is that working for ODU the last few years? That guy has been a coach at ODU for several years so he has plenty of "stripes". To use your kind of analogy ..... just because someone has plenty of "stripes" doesn't mean they can coach. ODU's play calling the last few years has largely been predictable, unimaginative, and maybe the worst that I have seen from any team during that period. Heinicke (for example) would have a difficult time being any worse than what we have seen, and most anybody - him included - would likely be an improvement.

This is like the stars don't matter argument for recruiting. Is it possible that someone who has never coached at the college level could jump right into a D1 program and find success, I guess anything is possible, but it is highly unlikely. We have seen this attempted in basketball the last few years with almost no success, and running a football program is a much more expansive task than a basketball program.