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Grubb is the guy to go after.
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Grubb is the guy to go after.
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Former hog farmer. Those of that feel Zach fits so well because he has chickens should like that.
We could probably do worse, but we have no idea if he can run a program, much less an SEC program. I see him as being a bit like Lebby except Lebby has been in this league and seems like a much better fit.
I would be excited but nervous as hell. High ceiling, basement level floor.
If we fire arnett this season, I say it's a 10% chance we hire a cood. It almost certainly will be a HC at a G5 school
I like the offense they are running but I'd rather have someone with SEC experience. Preferably they have ran an offense at different spots. Lebby, Longo...if we go offensive coordinator.
I think a G5 coach raises our floor more than our ceiling.
We aren't bringing in an assistant from the west coat. You can forget that.
I don't usually engage in these future HC discussions especially when the current coach hasn't been fired yet BUT ... NO on Grubb. Risk level is at JoMo level looking at his coaching stops/stints. Very HIGH RISK. Not even close to enough experience and not even close to understanding the SEC at all from where he's been. This is maybe a slightly higher notch than Barbay.
If the Herman types are not available for us, then we might be revisiting some of KBs alternate guys.
Not necessarily arguing but I'm also hearing a few things (that I have no clue are true or not), that he seems to be somewhat active on X and some other social media interacting with MS State people. Not sure ... don't know.
ETA: Meaning ... maybe there is a little drive left in him and he knows what he can do at MSU and if he does that, he's probably here until he gets ready to retire (if he wants to be).
I would rather get a Herman type and would try my best to do that. If we go full OC type, then many years as one and someone who has worked under a very good coach at a very good program.
As Homedog said tho ... it's a crapshoot. MSU is a really difficult job for many reasons. And expectations are high. I do think that our fans might have some patience tho with a quality hire with a pretty proven track record. Probably not tho LOL SMH.
So far, Herman is the only name that intrigued me. Maybe Lebby.
If we are focusing on coaches that know the SEC, then we are screwed. There isn't a single offensive coordinator in the SEC right now that screams potential great head coach. If you look at offensive coordinators nationally, you have:
Ryan Grubb at Washington
Garrett Riley at Clemson
Jeff Lebby at Oklahoma
Will Stein at Oregon
Brian Hartline at Ohio State
Sherrone Moore at Michigan
Zach Kittley at Texas Tech
Collin Klein at Kansas State
Andy Kotelnecki at Kansas
Kendal Briles at TCU
Ben Arbuckle at Washington State
Mike Yurcich at Penn State
Alex Atkins at Florida State
Phil Longo at Wisconsin
Brian Lindgren at Oregon State
I'd look at all of them before I looked at an SEC OC.
G5 offensive minded head coaches:
Tom Herman, FAU
Clay Helton, Georgia Southern
Jamey Chadwell, Liberty
Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky
Jeff Traylor, UTSA
Of these, Helton and Herman would be my top two.
One of my top criteria too is ... guys that can develop and know how to handle QBs. 3 and low 4* QBs is what I'm talking about. They know what to look for in lower rated QBs when recruiting and know how to develop it.
Urban can, Herman can, Mullen can, Kiffin can, and not sure of others but that would be high on my attributes list. Or he would bring an OC who can and has done so.
If we go OC, Kendal briles is my preference
I don't think anyone is strictly saying SEC coordinators but coordinators with SEC experience, especially SEC coordinator experience would be on a more preferred list. Lebby, Longo, Briles. But you are skipping Mike Denbrook, he is a very good OC at LSU. Has done good work with QB's as well.
I think what it boils down to is the fact that Grubb believes in throwing the football. Washington throws it more than 65% of the time. We got to get someone that is going to be a big dumb offense guy. How about Mike Bobo? We already have his OL coach, who's a big dumb offense guy.
He would be more qualified to be a HC over Arbuckle, Riley and Kittley. They are not ready to be HC's and struggling as OC this year. I'd consider Curt Cignetti before them, 62 is long in the tooth but he is at least a winner and the same age as Coach Leach would have been this year.