The staff as we know it...

[The Huddler]

49 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Richardson wasn't. He was ready to fire Rivera two years in before Marty fell on the sword.

Also worth remembering that we've got additional incentive to hope this stuff succeeds given that our head coach doesn't believe in firing assistants.

Hey

 

we are swinging for the fences. We are taking a big chance on Rhule, and if he hits, its going to be big. I think your motto of playing it safe has a lot to do with why you can spend so much time on a message board, having twice as many posts as the next guy. Im not exactly sold on what the message board guy thinks on how we should build a franchise. Ima go with the self made billionaire guy. I trust his opinion more than dysfunctional message board guy. 

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, UNCrules2187 said:

Other guys being Matt LaFleur (who you noted, went 14-4 and had a postseason bye) and Zac Taylor who, yes, went 2-14, but for a team that was clearly tanking and now has the #1 pick and in line to select who could be the next generational talent at QB? Who else is there? And to be fair, all of these guys, McVay included, are actually part of the Shanahan coaching tree.

edit: And if you include Kliff Kingsbury, he's also an NFL HC rookie that was working with a rookie QB. Bottom line, if you're expecting anything more than 4-5 wins this coming year (especially if Cam is gone), you're expecting too much, and I'm willing to bet that'd be the case whether we hired a college HC or a veteran NFL coordinator. There is simply not enough talent on this team short-term.

I'm not expecting much this year, and that wouldn't have changed no matter who we hired.

The main point was to remind folks that "new and different" doesn't necessarily mean it's gonna be great. We all hope it is, but I remember when Chip Kelly was going to set the league on fire, the Dolphins running the Wildcat all the time was revolutionary and everybody was gonna be running the read option all the time too.

[GRWatcher]

There will be games where we really will suck. There will be games where we blow the opponent out of the water. New coaches, it's to be expected. There's just one request I'm making:

Please, please, please beat the sh!t out of Atlanta, New Orleans, and Tampa Bay. At least at home but I'll take away games too.

[onmyown]

2 hours ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

After noticing how nearly every other coach on the staff is at least an entire generation younger than he is, I envision Snow looking around the room at the first coaches meeting like flinty eyed Sam Eliot playing Sgt Major Plumley In We were young and Soldiers once:

”Any of you sumbitches calls me grandpa and i’ll @#$&ing kill ya.”

I’ve noticed this coaching staff is in my generation and even younger. This makes me sad.

[Mr. Scot]

For anybody that wants to read up further on any of these guys, here are some previous bios I was able to find (still online for the moment)

Assistant QB Coach Matt Lombardi: https://media.miamidolphins.com/staff/matt-lombardi/ (PDF Format)

RB Coach Jeff Nixon: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jeff-nixon/1421

WR Coach Frisman Jackson: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/frisman-jackson/1425

Assistant WR Coach Damiere Shaw: https://fordhamsports.com/staff-directory/damiere-shaw/1420

Pat Meyer: https://www.chargers.com/team/coaches-roster/pay-meyer (yep, the link says "pay")

E J Barthel: https://tribeathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=302

Frank Okam: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/frank-okam/1427

Al Holcomb: https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches-roster/al-holcomb

Mike Siravo: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-siravo/1428

Jason Simmons: https://www.packers.com/team/coaches-roster/jason-simmons

Evan Cooper: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/evan-cooper/1424

Cedric Whitaker: https://hbu.edu/contact/cedric-whitaker/ (it's empty)

Panthers.com had bios for Peetz and Blackburn but they're currently unavailable. Ditto for Colts.com and Mike Phair. Jeremy Scott still has a staff listing on Baylor's website but no bio.

[Cavscout]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

For anybody that wants to read up further on any of these guys, here are some previous bios I was able to find (still online for the moment)

Assistant QB Coach Matt Lombardi: https://media.miamidolphins.com/staff/matt-lombardi/ (PDF Format)

RB Coach Jeff Nixon: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jeff-nixon/1421

WR Coach Frisman Jackson: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/frisman-jackson/1425

Assistant WR Coach Damiere Shaw: https://fordhamsports.com/staff-directory/damiere-shaw/1420

Pat Meyer: https://www.chargers.com/team/coaches-roster/pay-meyer (yep, the link says "pay")

E J Barthel: https://tribeathletics.com/staff.aspx?staff=302

Frank Okam: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/frank-okam/1427

Al Holcomb: https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/coaches-roster/al-holcomb

Mike Siravo: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-siravo/1428

Jason Simmons: https://www.packers.com/team/coaches-roster/jason-simmons

Evan Cooper: https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/evan-cooper/1424

Cedric Whitaker: https://hbu.edu/contact/cedric-whitaker/ (it's empty)

Panthers.com had bios for Peetz and Blackburn but they're currently unavailable. Ditto for Colts.com and Mike Phair. Jeremy Scott still has a staff listing on Baylor's website but no bio.

 the only real concern I have for this group is Pat Meyer

[Soul Rebel]

8 minutes ago, Cavscout said:

 the only real concern I have for this group is Pat Meyer

Yup. I too am concerned because this is an area that we have struggled with and is in need of vision, talent evaluation, and putting a blueprint together to keep our QB clean and our RBs with alleys.

We supposedly had one of the "best in the biz" with Matzko, but I wonder why our OLs have been so awful for so long under his watch. 

Either we didn't provide the talent to him to mold or maybe he had better players to work with in Baltimore prior to Carolina, thus it was the players that made him succeed. 

[Mr. Scot]

Sure would like to have gotten James Campen for that OL Coach job.

Bill Callahan would have been great too.

[raz]

1 hour ago, The Huddler said:

You sound like the guy in high school that went after the popular girls with loose gaping holes because collectively they are considered attractive and popular by everyone, yet you pass up the cute quiet girl with glasses that wears a sweater that ends up being smoking hot and a great personality, and didn't have 50 dicks pounding her brains out. 

oh god, why did i read this?    you've got to be able to come up with a better 'metaphor' than this.   this is fugging awful

[MMA]

Too many Baylor guys

[The Huddler]

39 minutes ago, raz said:

oh god, why did i read this?    you've got to be able to come up with a better 'metaphor' than this.   this is fugging awful

the fug you talking about i speak straight art

[Mr. Scot]

3 hours ago, onmyown said:

I’ve noticed this coaching staff is in my generation and even younger. This makes me sad.

I hope it's a good staff.

If it isn't, I really hope Rhule isn't too firmly committed to that "no firing assistants" idea.

[Moo Daeng]

Staff Tracker 17

[Tarheel119]

Any thoughts on when we’d make the staff official?