They have been pretty good offensively
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Actually Samford is behind a bunch of teams in total offense. They are 6th in passing offense. Fordham, UIW, EKU, Bryant, and Cal Poly are all in front of them. Samford threw for a shade over 300 yds a game and rushed for around 120 yds a game.
However as Bank noted earlier, the worry with Hatcher is that when he played superior competition his teams struggle to run the ball.
The game against NDSU had to be a talent issue. NDSU recruits pretty well. Didn?t the UIW HC just get hired somewhere out west? That offense was fun to watch.
Buck-what would you think about Sam getting into the college game at some point? Y?all have had some tough breaks the last two years in the state championship.
No doubt about it. I forgot that win streak. Lot of guys at that level are true football players and not just great athletes.
When I was on Senior Bowl committee we always had guys from those smaller schools there. Watching Josh Allen and Baker dual it out after practice in a passing competition was fun to watch. I also took joy watching the Saints draft selection this past year, Penning, get after it at the practices. He had some guys ticked off that they were getting showed up by a FCS guy
And maybe he would. But "just fine" is not going to light the recruiting trail on fire. Briles and Kiffin carry 100 times the name recognition of a guy who hasn't coached at the FBS level this century. Again, I'm not saying Hatcher would be a bad hire because we don't know. But there will be no hype surrounding that hire. In his defense though, outside of some OOLF hire of a Kingsbury, Riley, or Kittley type there won't be much hype surrounding the hire. We swung big and missed.
I see Thomas is still trolling around here. He's been banned from every site but keeps reincarnating.