Per Football Scoop:

Missouri co-offensive line coach Josh Henson has been offered offensive coordinator spot by Todd Monken according to Dave Matter of the Columbia Tribune. Update> Sources tell us Henson will join Todd Monken's staff.

Sources tell us to look for Louisiana Tech offensive line coach Pete Perot to join Todd Monken's staff at Southern Miss in the same capacity.

Sources tell us that John Wozniak will join Todd Monken's staff as special teams / outside receivers. Wozniak has been working with Alabama in an off the field capacity and previously held positions at UAB, Memphis, Georgia Southern, LSU, Oklahoma State, etc...

My downfall is I know nothing of these guys.

Perot is great coach and has great work ethic. Anyone who can coach O-Line for Dooley (ground and pound) and then Franklin (shotgun spread) has got the ability to give a coach what they want, imo.

Looks like he also snagged New Mexico Highlands OC/QB coach Stephen Parker

Is he building an offensive arsenal?

I mean I understand we got to have an offense.. I'm ready to see who he tabs for that.

(12-12-2012 03:16 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Is he building an offensive arsenal?.

Im hoping to see more fireworks than New Years, Christmas & 4th of July combined!!!

Also am ready to see some defensive hires.

Well one thing him and EJ have in common-- they both have done some offensive hiring... Just Monken's is the right kind of offensive.

Well with Perot & Henson we should have a great offensive line.

(12-12-2012 02:40 PM)gata_dawg Wrote:  Perot is great coach and has great work ethic. Anyone who can coach O-Line for Dooley (ground and pound) and then Franklin (shotgun spread) has got the ability to give a coach what they want, imo.

Perot coached the OL at USM during the 1997-99 seasons. I believe that was year 2 of the USM dominant streak that started with the 1996 team that went 8-3 and lost to Houston in defacto championship game (not enough teams to have c-ship game and we tied conference records). Perot came in along with Kueck (spelling might be wrong) who was at Marshall for several years. Great OL all 3 years he was here....in fact we only lost 1 C-USA game while he was here and that was Tulane's perfect 1998 season. GREAT HIRE IMO!!

Just watched the presser from yesterday..

Did anyone else catch what he said about conference wins?

(12-12-2012 10:59 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Just watched the presser from yesterday..

Did anyone else catch what he said about conference wins?

something like we want to win no matter what conference we are in

(12-12-2012 11:02 PM)cyc46 Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 10:59 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Just watched the presser from yesterday..

Did anyone else catch what he said about conference wins?

something like we want to win no matter what conference we are in

Yea.. Do you think he's alluding to something the General has in the works?

(12-12-2012 11:03 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 11:02 PM)cyc46 Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 10:59 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Just watched the presser from yesterday..

Did anyone else catch what he said about conference wins?

something like we want to win no matter what conference we are in

Yea.. Do you think he's alluding to something the General has in the works?

Think you might be reading a bit too much into that, but I hope you're wrong.

Perot is well-regarded.
Looks like the beginnings of a top notch staff to me.

Glad to see progress is already being made. I like what I see from Monken so far.

(12-12-2012 02:10 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Per Football Scoop:

Missouri co-offensive line coach Josh Henson has been offered offensive coordinator spot by Todd Monken according to Dave Matter of the Columbia Tribune. Update> Sources tell us Henson will join Todd Monken's staff.

Sources tell us to look for Louisiana Tech offensive line coach Pete Perot to join Todd Monken's staff at Southern Miss in the same capacity.

Sources tell us that John Wozniak will join Todd Monken's staff as special teams / outside receivers. Wozniak has been working with Alabama in an off the field capacity and previously held positions at UAB, Memphis, Georgia Southern, LSU, Oklahoma State, etc...

My downfall is I know nothing of these guys.

Defense is the question. Really interested to see where he goes on that one.

(12-12-2012 11:59 PM)GrandPointEagle Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 11:03 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 11:02 PM)cyc46 Wrote:  

(12-12-2012 10:59 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Just watched the presser from yesterday..

Did anyone else catch what he said about conference wins?

something like we want to win no matter what conference we are in

Yea.. Do you think he's alluding to something the General has in the works?

Think you might be reading a bit too much into that, but I hope you're wrong.

You never know. The general looked pleased and Monken looked like he had a fire in him to win.

Don't you guys lose all 5 of your O line starters?

Congrats on the hires. Good to see USM back on track! We need you guys to be successful. Last year was a minor blip.

(12-13-2012 08:28 AM)SVHerd Wrote:  Don't you guys lose all 5 of your O line starters?

Congrats on the hires. Good to see USM back on track! We need you guys to be successful. Last year was a minor blip.

4 I believe. TM has a tall task in front of him. EJ did more damage than most non-USM fans realize.

You're right Shifty.

I think recruiting is going to be tougher than normal. Hopefully TM will have tons of connections in the high schools where he recruited at when he was at LSU and La Tech that'll help him out.

I think the fanbase is going to be another issue. After the Ellis Johnson cluster**** of 2012, I feel many fans are leery of possibly making the drive to Hattiesburg to support the team. If I'm still local I'm going to try to make it to the opening game at the Rock. But Monken is going to have a task in front of him to fire the fanbase back up.

Those are the two issues I see in front of him. He's going to be expected to win right off the bat to compensate for last season.

Have we heard anything on the defense side yet? I can't find a thing anywhere.