Blackice12 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 215 Content Count: 1,777 Reputation: 139 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2003 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Houston and SMU changed coaches in the off season. Houston hired Tom Herman, the former Ohio State Offensive Coordinator and QB coach. SMU hired, Chad Morris, the former Clemson Offensive Coordinator. Both coacheshave improved the performance of their teams without a full year of recruiting. Willie Taggart is in his 3rd year and on his 3rd offensive coordinator and has yet to show an improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puc86 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 147 Content Count: 19,272 Reputation: 6,158 Days Won: 255 Joined: 10/13/2002 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Everyone knows that its until you graduate your third year of your recruits until you can expect any marked improvement the first seven years are just about catch phrases and rhetoric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfgrad84 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 246 Content Count: 6,348 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 8 Joined: 05/25/2006 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Take a look at the better or up and coming programs in the conference. With the exception of Rhule at Temple, all the coaches were accomplished cooordinators or HC (Tubberville and O'Leary) at P5 programs. They understand what it takes to prepare and what it takes to win in a high level position at a high level program. Taggart was a position coach for a couple of years. Does just being around a succrssful coach and being on the staff teach you and prepare you to be a high level producer? Not so sure. So, you basically have a guy calling plays that only was a RB coach calling plays trying to match up against guys like Fuente or Chad Morris both considered among top play callers in the country when they got their HC jobs or a Tom Herman who was a coordinator on a championship. I would like to see a RB coach match up against a proven coordinator from any P5 team. I think he is in over his head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puc86 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 147 Content Count: 19,272 Reputation: 6,158 Days Won: 255 Joined: 10/13/2002 Share Posted September 20, 2015 We are just waiting for the day we magically learn to win, apparently we aren't supposed to actively do anything about it until that day 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaPenguin777 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 3 Content Count: 1,629 Reputation: 243 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2008 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Take a look at the better or up and coming programs in the conference. With the exception of Rhule at Temple, all the coaches were accomplished cooordinators or HC (Tubberville and O'Leary) at P5 programs. They understand what it takes to prepare and what it takes to win in a high level position at a high level program. Taggart was a position coach for a couple of years. Does just being around a succrssful coach and being on the staff teach you and prepare you to be a high level producer? Not so sure. So, you basically have a guy calling plays that only was a RB coach calling plays trying to match up against guys like Fuente or Chad Morris both considered among top play callers in the country when they got their HC jobs or a Tom Herman who was a coordinator on a championship. I would like to see a RB coach match up against a proven coordinator from any P5 team. I think he is in over his head. Uh did you miss the three years that he was head coach of Western Kentucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_Bullnard_Shaw Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 55 Content Count: 6,740 Reputation: 1,743 Days Won: 17 Joined: 11/04/2012 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Take a look at the better or up and coming programs in the conference. With the exception of Rhule at Temple, all the coaches were accomplished cooordinators or HC (Tubberville and O'Leary) at P5 programs. They understand what it takes to prepare and what it takes to win in a high level position at a high level program. Taggart was a position coach for a couple of years. Does just being around a succrssful coach and being on the staff teach you and prepare you to be a high level producer? Not so sure. So, you basically have a guy calling plays that only was a RB coach calling plays trying to match up against guys like Fuente or Chad Morris both considered among top play callers in the country when they got their HC jobs or a Tom Herman who was a coordinator on a championship. I would like to see a RB coach match up against a proven coordinator from any P5 team. I think he is in over his head. Uh did you miss the three years that he was head coach of Western Kentucky? A perennial P5 powerhouse. He is speaking of Taggart's P5 experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackice12 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 215 Content Count: 1,777 Reputation: 139 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2003 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Seems like the formula of hiring a P5 coordinator is key to improving the on field performance Calvin Magee http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=750029&SPID=127113&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30700&ATCLID=207985621&Q_SEASON=2015 Scott Frost http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=210229558&Q_SEASON=2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usfgrad84 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 246 Content Count: 6,348 Reputation: 662 Days Won: 8 Joined: 05/25/2006 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Take a look at the better or up and coming programs in the conference. With the exception of Rhule at Temple, all the coaches were accomplished cooordinators or HC (Tubberville and O'Leary) at P5 programs. They understand what it takes to prepare and what it takes to win in a high level position at a high level program. Taggart was a position coach for a couple of years. Does just being around a succrssful coach and being on the staff teach you and prepare you to be a high level producer? Not so sure. So, you basically have a guy calling plays that only was a RB coach calling plays trying to match up against guys like Fuente or Chad Morris both considered among top play callers in the country when they got their HC jobs or a Tom Herman who was a coordinator on a championship. I would like to see a RB coach match up against a proven coordinator from any P5 team. I think he is in over his head. Uh did you miss the three years that he was head coach of Western Kentucky? Lower level school. What experience does he have in understanding what it takes to run something at the highest level. That was my point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFbulls24 Posted September 20, 2015 Group: Member Topic Count: 17 Content Count: 1,516 Reputation: 175 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/20/2013 Share Posted September 20, 2015 SMU's coach took over a situation even worse than what Taggart took over here and they've had two top 5 teams sweating bullets this year and scoring with no problems. Amazing what a good coach can do for your team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FazaUSF Posted September 21, 2015 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 94 Content Count: 2,305 Reputation: 670 Days Won: 11 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Sounds like what Charlie Strong did at Louisville. And he had less to work with in his first year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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