(10-02-2021 07:49 PM)Stammers Wrote:  

(10-02-2021 07:20 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(10-02-2021 04:23 PM)batman Wrote:  Was never a fan of this hire. It felt more like, well he is already here, just give him the job.

It was like they zeroed in on either him or Barry Odom. Never understood that. Why not use the same process that got us Fuente and Norvell?

If you look at the names that moved, we would have possibly been in on some of them, or maybe we could have grabbed someone else. Who would have made us happy that might have taken the job?

P5
Lane Kiffin
Willie Taggart
Sam Pittman
Jeff Hafley
Mike Leach
Nick Rolovich
Dave Aranda
Mel Tucker
Karl Dorrell
Greg Schiano
Eli Drinkwitz

Non P5
Jeff Scott
Jeff Traylor
Ricky Rahne
Shawn Clark
Marcus Arroyo
Kalen DeBoer
Danny Gonzalez
Brady Hoke
Steve Addazio
Todd Graham

The first two on the list are coaches we MIGHT have had a shot at, but even that is a stretch. Traylor was at Texas, SMU and Arkansas, so his ties to Texas are deep. Scott would have been considered a very solid hire, but he is 2-12 at USF.

IMO, the issues are across the board, not limited to Silverfield.

- Johns doesn't seem to be a great play caller
- McIntyre seems old school to me, probably not a great recruiter, stubborn in his ways
- IMO, we don't have a single running back that is above average, and none with breakaway speed
- IMO, the younger wide receivers aren't stepping up yet
- It all centers around Henigan not being ready, and not being able to make up for it by being a dual threat.

Everyone crapping on Silverfield for not having experience is crazy. He had been in coaching for 15 years, and was mentored here by Norvell for 4 years before being given the job. It is easily arguable that none of the other hires would have been appreciably better than him on paper, and there were reasons why all of them wouldn't have been as good of a hire.

The bottom line, is that aside from Austin and Dykes, we don't have very good offensive players yet. The minute Gainwell, Henderson, Coxie, and Pollard got on the field, everyone knew that they were going to be fantastic players. Maybe there are players like Gibson on the roster; players that are going to have huge breakouts.

Obviously, all of it falls on the coach. He is responsible for the assistants, and to be recruiting at such a high level and not see not enough playmakers emerge on either side of the ball, is worrisome.

Drinkwitz - Appalachian State

So coaching for 15 years----as opposed to PENNY being in BB his entire life

The 15 year guy has the experience---the lifer does not

I said PENNY knew as much about BB as anyone who has ever lived---you said he lacked exp and needed help-- implying that PENNY was too dumb to have learned the game after a lifetime of being in it

You pizz on PENNYS knowledge/exp--but defend RUIN SILVERFIELDS knowledge/exp

Ruin Silverfield and his political BS agenda should be run out of town

Neither had ever been a head coach in college

Consistent much ?