Best Coaching Staff in America?

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Wylo said:
I agree. But not one player really stood out. Shouldn't the coaches be able to identify a player or two and make them better?
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I agree. I've been mad as a hornet all year at the fact that we've had 3 BIG WR's on our roster....all of them 4* recruits and we only play one of them regularly. Sure the whole WR corps is young, but how does that preclude us from using that overwhelming size advantage?

It's hard as hades to recruit that much size and talent, and then when you get them on the roster, your staff decides they'd rather throw to midgets and a guy who has had bricks for hands ALL season long. You cannot convince me that we would have fared worse if we started North and Harris...used Croom as a TE/WR hybrid, and Pig in the slot. That's leaning on defenses with size...and picking on the short DB all day long.

But no...we aren't smart enough to use the resources we have. Harris was an EE, so that tells me he's smart and got his academics in order (not a slacker), and it tells me he had 7 months head start on his other teammates. He cannot be THAT damn bad. Early in the season, Worley (or maybe it was Peterman) threw a bad pass to him and he made a very, very tough catch. So, if he's got bad hands, he sure didn't on that play. Haven't seen him on the field at all since.

People always blast those of us who question the coaches at times....even when Dooley was running the show. His departure vividly illustrates that coaches often make bad judgement calls...in evaluations, schemes, etc. Kiffin told no less than 3 Heisman winners or candidates to go take a hike. :loco:
 
#302
#302
Harris and Croom are definitely head-scratchers. It's amazing Harris can't get on the field with the current group.

I think critique is well accepted. People bash those who sound like they are standing on a box screaming that everyone and everything sucks. I think asking why Croom hasn't developed and why Harris can't get on the field are valid questions. I don't think it's automatically bad coaching. People said the same with the quarterback situation and it turns out Worley was playing for a reason.

Coaches make bad decisions all the time and recruiting is an inexact science. If Bryce Petty was such a clear-cut stud, he wouldn't be at Baylor.
 
#304
#304
I've seen some gameday tweets where some of our former players weren't happy with the play calling

People, there are some issues with this staff
 
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CountVolcula said:
I've seen some gameday tweets where some of our former players weren't happy with the play calling

People, there are some issues with this staff
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I wasn't thrilled with our play calling Saturday either. I could point to several specifics of what appear to be boneheaded decisions. But when are people ever happy with play calling after a loss? Just saying.
 
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Freak said:
I wasn't thrilled with our play calling Saturday either. I could point to several specifics of what appear to be boneheaded decisions. But when are people ever happy with play calling after a loss? Just saying.
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True

My point really was its just not " negavols " concerned about the schemes
 
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Was the last pass, that was thrown past the line of scrimmage, the stop to Croom that he stumbled 3 yards forward and was picked off? Coaches don't teach wrs to stumble down the field.
 
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I wonder if what we see as poor offensive play calling was in reality the best options given what the team was willing or able to execute effectively Saturday night.
 
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Volinnooga said:
I think Butch will get the job done. He's learning what the SEC is about but I think he needs to re-think his coordinators.
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Glad we can help with his on the job training for 2 Million a year..I was told he "got it".Wondering what "it" was now,to be honest..
 
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Freak said:
Harris and Croom are definitely head-scratchers. It's amazing Harris can't get on the field with the current group.

I think critique is well accepted. People bash those who sound like they are standing on a box screaming that everyone and everything sucks. I think asking why Croom hasn't developed and why Harris can't get on the field are valid questions. I don't think it's automatically bad coaching. People said the same with the quarterback situation and it turns out Worley was playing for a reason.

Coaches make bad decisions all the time and recruiting is an inexact science. If Bryce Petty was such a clear-cut stud, he wouldn't be at Baylor.
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Or Drae Bowles for that matter. Scouts totally muffed that one, apparently.
 
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To make you guys feel better, Jones took a team that went 12-1 in 2009 and went 4-8 in 2010

That team lost Pike at QB, but retained a lot of the previous team, including Isaiah Pead, who was a Kelly recruit not Jones. Yet Jones gets all the credit. Pead had almost 900 yards rushing in 2009. Zach Collaros was also a hold over from the Kelly years

He did go 10-3 and 9-3 the next two years, with increased rushing from Pead, but decreased overall production from Collaros and then Munchie Legaux( Jones recruit)
 
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Freak said:
Coaches make bad decisions all the time and recruiting is an inexact science. If Bryce Petty was such a clear-cut stud, he wouldn't be at Baylor.
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Are we talking about the same Baylor who produced a Heisman winner two years ago?
 
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TDawg said:
Are we talking about the same Baylor who produced a Heisman winner two years ago?
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Point taken. But the fact is he was a 3-star quarterback with a less than impressive offer list. And he committed in 2009, before the Heisman winner.
 
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WhiteRhino said:
So, I guess we should of hired Muschamp then huh.
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As a DC...absolutely! If Florida fires him, CBJ should be on the bat-phone with a Muschamp silhouetted signal shining in the night sky.

Before all the injuries they incurred, that defense was as smothering and dominant as any we faced this year. We need some of that, rather than the swiss cheese defense we currently have.
 
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#322
They exceeded expectations with SC and screwed up against Vandy. AU & MO having such big turnarounds and not buying out of Oregon made the margin for error zero given BJ's stated goal of 6 wins. They'll have to do better with some raw talent next year to sustain recruiting momentum and fan enthusiasm.
 
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