USF FOOTBALL: Taggart Adds Two Coaches to Offensive Staff

[Ruger7mmmag]

Definitely not flashy, but if they can teach proper mechanics, wins will come and that will be all we need to get this thing rolling the right direction. Like said above, cost effective hires and Taggart will be the brains behind the offense really so I'm not really concerned. My curiosity like others is with the defensive side of the ball. That's where we really need a difference maker to compliment Taggart concentrating on the offense.

[jd77]

"Four Hilltopper offensive linemen have earned All-America honors under Wells' direction"

http://www.wkusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5400&ATCLID=1568761

How many All American lineman has USF had? He had 4 All Americans at freaking Western Kentucky.

[jd77]

"Four Hilltopper offensive linemen have earned All-America honors under Wells' direction"

http://www.wkusports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5400&ATCLID=1568761

How many All American lineman has USF had? He had 4 All Americans at freaking Western Kentucky.

[Triple B]

"Four Hilltopper offensive linemen have earned All-America honors under Wells' direction"

http://www.wkusports...&ATCLID=1568761

How many All American lineman has USF had? He had 4 All Americans at freaking Western Kentucky.

Just to clarify, none of those All Americans at freaking Western Kentucky were at the 1-A level but hopefully he can translate that success to here ...

[CousinRicky]

Not that impressed with the hires, but willing to believe Tagz knows what he's doing unless proved otherwise.

Which we found out with Holtz is about 3 years, which if it happens again puts USF in the lower echelon of college football forever. Not impressed with this yet not surprised. You had to figure some of his people from WKU would come with him. Like everyone else, we need a proven defensive coordinator.

[gobulls83]

The Nick Sheridan hire is very concerning to me. Was hoping for a Blackwell, Weinke, or similar hire. He threw 148 passes in college and has only two-years experience with college QBs. Not someone I feel that the QB recruits will be flocking to play for. Granted he had success with Kawaun Jakes but I was crossing my fingers for a splashier hire. I'm going to have to reserve judgement though. I'm so jaded from the Holtz New Dark Era that every time Taggart announces another one of his WKU guys joins the staff, I cringe. I'll have to 'Trust in Taggart' I guess.

How many college quarterback coaches can you name? How many teams make a "splash" by hiring a quarterbacks coach?

[usfbullrider]

Coach Taggart will have a hand in everything offense so I guess saving money is good. If Ric Flair didn't have a big ego I'd pray we could hire him away from Harbough to run our D.

Edited December 21, 2012 by usfbullrider

[Skingraft]

I did not really read Sheridans background.... Like many, I am going to have to trust WT on this one, but I cannot see how he is fully qualified but I realize I have no clue about his knowledge, and I am only looking at his background... not impressed by this guy at all, but I will reserve judgement.... Sun Belt hires on the D side of the ball will not cut it though....

[Who'sYourData?]

Not that impressed with the hires, but willing to believe Tagz knows what he's doing unless proved otherwise.

Which we found out with Holtz is about 3 years, which if it happens again puts USF in the lower echelon of college football forever.

Let's not be ridiculous. Tell me how many years it took FSU to become a good program.

[TheUpperHand]

The Nick Sheridan hire is very concerning to me. Was hoping for a Blackwell, Weinke, or similar hire. He threw 148 passes in college and has only two-years experience with college QBs. Not someone I feel that the QB recruits will be flocking to play for. Granted he had success with Kawaun Jakes but I was crossing my fingers for a splashier hire. I'm going to have to reserve judgement though. I'm so jaded from the Holtz New Dark Era that every time Taggart announces another one of his WKU guys joins the staff, I cringe. I'll have to 'Trust in Taggart' I guess.

How many college quarterback coaches can you name? How many teams make a "splash" by hiring a quarterbacks coach?

You make a "splash" by hiring a coach whose qualifications speak for themselves. If I was a QB prospect, I'd want to know what my potential coach accomplished on the field and/or while coaching so I can make a guess as to what my development is going to be like. Weinke won a national championship, played with the Panthers, and directed the IMG Madden football academy. Marquell Blackwell guided USF (the program the recruit would be playing for ) to a 29-12 record, led us to our first ranked win, and practiced with the Jets. Sheridan threw the ball 148 times at Michigan, coached college QBs for two seasons, and helped JaWaun Jakes to an "honorable mention" all-Sunbelt season (i.e. would probably be considered the 3rd best QB in the conference). Kids want to hear about what you did the best or what you helped other kids do the best. I'm not saying Sheridan can't do the job, but compared to the other possibilities, it's dissapointing. Taggart was a QB himself and so I have to trust that he knows what he's doing but on the surface it just feels like a hire suitable for SunBelt.

As for how many college quarterback coaches can I name. I could use the internet and tell you the name of every one, same as any recruit would do. You can't go based on name alone because most of these kids are too young. When I hosted recruits at RJS 6 or so years ago, they had never even heard of Lee Roy Selmon before.

Edited December 21, 2012 by TheUpperHand