Kliff Kingsbury and Mike Bajakian?

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I would like to see how Texas Tech does this year. I'm starting to wonder if he was the mastermind behind Houston and Texas A&M success. If Texas Tech is amazing and Texas A&M flops than we would know

I'm wondering if Mike Bajakian is similar? Could he be the one that has actually been the reason of why CBJ has been so successful? The reason why CBJ takes him everywhere he goes?

Also, if we are successful, what assistants on our team would be most likely to be hired as a coach?
 
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Behind every successful HC are highly accomplished assistant coaches. Jones is no exception to the rule.
 
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Most coaches delegate and strive with very successfull assistant coaches. Seems like Nicky Satan is the only exception; he hires yes-men to do his bidding.
But notice how much better Sumlin's defense improved this year. Was it top in the conference? No. But it was eons better than when Sleepy Sherm was at the helm.
 
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Vols4us said:
Behind every successful HC are highly accomplished assistant coaches. Jones is no exception to the rule.
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Absolutely.

Further, there are some guys who will make a great career as assistants and never be a head coach.

Making the jump from any assistant job to HC is a difficult one. There are COUNTLESS examples of hot-stuff ACs who have failed big-time in the HC's chair.

Being a HC is not about Xs and Os. Some are into it more than others, but having listened to CBJ speak and watched the many videos out there, it seems that he leaves a lot of details on the field to his ACs.

His claim that he is the motivator and attitude coach makes all the sense in the world. He seems far more focused on managing the program and instilling a winning mindset than he is focused on form tackling and run blocking.
 
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Dougie_D said:
I would like to see how Texas Tech does this year. I'm starting to wonder if he was the mastermind behind Houston and Texas A&M success. If Texas Tech is amazing and Texas A&M flops than we would know

I'm wondering if Mike Bajakian is similar? Could he be the one that has actually been the reason of why CBJ has been so successful? The reason why CBJ takes him everywhere he goes?

Also, if we are successful, what assistants on our team would be most likely to be hired as a coach?
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He might be like Cutcliffe, in that as long as Fulmer had Cutcliffe around, he was successful.

If Jones keep Bajakian around, then he will be successful.
 
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iluvsmesumdooley said:
. . . Seems like Nicky Satan is the only exception; he hires yes-men to do his bidding. . . .
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As much as it hurts to say it, it seems to be working out really well for him.

Maybe that is a good thing. Hopefully when he retires, goes somewhere else or gets hit by a bus, his control freak nature means 'Bama won't have an heir apparent that will just re-load and keep rocking.
 
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SaintLouisVol said:
Absolutely.

Further, there are some guys who will make a great career as assistants and never be a head coach.

Making the jump from any assistant job to HC is a difficult one. There are COUNTLESS examples of hot-stuff ACs who have failed big-time in the HC's chair.

Being a HC is not about Xs and Os. Some are into it more than others, but having listened to CBJ speak and watched the many videos out there, it seems that he leaves a lot of details on the field to his ACs.

His claim that he is the motivator and attitude coach makes all the sense in the world. He seems far more focused on managing the program and instilling a winning mindset than he is focused on form tackling and run blocking.
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I'd agree with that, but spring videos show that he also is very involved in the on-field coaching aspect as well. He isn't afraid to correct a player if they're making a big mistake. I think early on he also said that he would be heavily involved in special teams as well.
 
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I hate a techie, but wish Kliff all the best. The concept of him being the lynchpin for our offensive success last year is sketchy at best.

This is Sumlin's show. Besides, we played a decent game without Kliff calling plays against Ou in the Cotton Bowl. I think we'll be fine, and I think he'll have growing pains out in Lubbock for a while.

I still wish him well. He's a character.
 
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Rudy123 said:
He might be like Cutcliffe, in that as long as Fulmer had Cutcliffe around, he was successful.

If Jones keep Bajakian around, then he will be successful.
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Historically correct about Fulmer and Cut.... have no way of knowing, at this point, about Butch and Coach Jake
 
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i have also thought kingsbury was the one pulling the strings as far back as houston
 
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TXA&M07 said:
I hate a techie, but wish Kliff all the best. The concept of him being the lynchpin for our offensive success last year is sketchy at best.

This is Sumlin's show. Besides, we played a decent game without Kliff calling plays against Ou in the Cotton Bowl. I think we'll be fine, and I think he'll have growing pains out in Lubbock for a while.

I still wish him well. He's a character.
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You be careful with that line of thinking. We played a pretty nice BCS national championship game in 1998, but it didn't exactly mean that Randy Sanders was going to be the ideal replacement for David Cutcliffe.
 
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From all accounts Spav and McKinney have made a seamless transition. We'll just have to see. They've got plenty of talent to work with, I'll say that.
 
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fade route said:
Fulmer/Cutcliffe = Jones/Bajakian?
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No. I think CBJ has a pretty good offensive mind in his own right. When he was OC in D3 ball at both Wilkes U. and his alma mater, Ferris State, he had high-powered offenses. His offense led the nation in scoring at Ferris St.

I remember reading an article after CBJ was hired and he stated he was brining CMB over to UT from Cincy. The article stated that when the 2 first met they realized they had so much in common offensively. I think it is a matter of them working so well together because of their sharing the same philosophy and offensive acumen that has caused CBJ to continue to bring CMB along with him at his different stops. I most certainly don't think CBJ's offense would stall simply because CBM were to leave. At least if we look at how successful CBJ's offensives were pre-CMB.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
No. I think CBJ has a pretty good offensive mind in his own right. When he was OC in D3 ball at both Wilkes U. and his alma mater, Ferris State, he had high-powered offenses. His offense led the nation in scoring at Ferris St.

I remember reading an article after CBJ was hired and he stated he was brining CMB over to UT from Cincy. The article stated that when the 2 first met they realized they had so much in common offensively. I think it is a matter of them working so well together because of their sharing the same philosophy and offensive acumen that has caused CBJ to continue to bring CMB along with him at his different stops. I most certainly don't think CBJ's offense would stall simply because CBM were to leave. At least if we look at how successful CBJ's offensives were pre-CMB.
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Look at 2005 west Virginia. He wa say that was a damn good offense.
Edit: NVM, he was the WR coach, but he was OC at Central Michigan from 02-04
 
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I bleed orange but i'm not sure Bajakian should be compared to Kingsbury just yet. Kingsbury just coached a Heisman trophy winner. Bajakian just had a nice season in the Big East, but i'll reserve judgement against him til I see his offense in the SEC. Maybe next year at this time we can compare the two.
 
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Dougie_D said:
I would like to see how Texas Tech does this year. I'm starting to wonder if he was the mastermind behind Houston and Texas A&M success. If Texas Tech is amazing and Texas A&M flops than we would know

I'm wondering if Mike Bajakian is similar? Could he be the one that has actually been the reason of why CBJ has been so successful? The reason why CBJ takes him everywhere he goes?

Also, if we are successful, what assistants on our team would be most likely to be hired as a coach?
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He's probably in a similar situation as Fulmer and Cutcliffe. Fulmer was the OC when Majors got canned and he got promoted...but Fulmer wasn't all that successful without Cutcliffe.

Part of being a great leader is having enough sense to surround yourself with a great staff.
 
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TNRazor said:
I bleed orange but i'm not sure Bajakian should be compared to Kingsbury just yet. Kingsbury just coached a Heisman trophy winner. Bajakian just had a nice season in the Big East, but i'll reserve judgement against him til I see his offense in the SEC. Maybe next year at this time we can compare the two.
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Bajakian developed the midmajor version of Tebow. He's had 6 very nice years. :)
 
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Sheik Yerbouti said:
You be careful with that line of thinking. We played a pretty nice BCS national championship game in 1998, but it didn't exactly mean that Randy Sanders was going to be the ideal replacement for David Cutcliffe.
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Understood that Cut devised the game plan for FSU. Sanders just followed it.
 
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CBJ wouldn't have brought along marginal coaches from Cincy unless he was doin a petrino on one of their wives. lol
 
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SaintLouisVol said:
As much as it hurts to say it, it seems to be working out really well for him.

Maybe that is a good thing. Hopefully when he retires, goes somewhere else or gets hit by a bus, his control freak nature means 'Bama won't have an heir apparent that will just re-load and keep rocking.
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It is no stretch to say Saban is one of the greatest college coaches of all time. You can't expect to replace a guy like that easily. A winner? Probably. Another Saban? No way.
 
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