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Agreed, however let's be real. Ohio State could have pretty much already had any of our players they wanted. This just makes that reality even stronger. Any with strong ties to Bowen....yeah they gone.
If we don't want Portal Armageddon to happen to our squad in about 2 months time, we are going to need to nail it with the OC hire and after what just happened with the DC process, let me tell you, my expectations have never been lower.
No offense to Drones, but he's not an OSU starting caliber QB. He'd be 2nd or 3rd string there. But maybe the bag is bigger that way. I can believe it if our OC leaves to be their OL coach.
He wasn't our OL coach though. And everything is relative. Sure Bowen wasn't Don Coryell but he wasn't terrible and he was getting better. He was fine to bring back another year unless you are going to UPGRADE - which means paying an OC 1.5 million - which we weren't going to do. so he bolts at a shitty time so everything together fucking sucks.
Luckily they're all D2 players.
[actual /s just trying to make people laugh in dark times]
-The big boy move here would be to hire Joe Moorhead who is the HC at Akron.
-Brad Glenn is currently OC at Cincy
-Chad Morris offense isn't as innovative as it used to be, but he's coaching WRs at Texas St
-Neal Brown is a good play caller
-Could we pull Marcus Arroyo from ASU?
-Kevin Sumlin is at UMD
-Kirk Ciarrocca is the OC I've always wanted, but may not move from the BIG to the ACC
-Jeff Grimes is at Wisconsin, I've always wanted him back as an OC
-Matt Mumme at Colorado St is the son of Hal Mumme
-I don't think Sean Lewis leaves SDSU HC, but he left Colorado because he didn't agree with Deion
-Holmon Wiggins is co-OC at TAMU but Collin Klein calls the plays
-Tim Beck and Jerry Kill are at Vandy
-Dean Kennedy is the OC at JMU, came with Bob Chesney from Holy Cross and got his start under Dan Mullen
-Dino Babers is available
-Phil Longo just took the HC position at Sam Houston St
-Tom Herman is available
-Paul Chryst is an analyst at Texas
-Jeff Scott is available but also meh
-Jake Spavital is OC at Baylor, but he has a good QB coming back next year
-Kevin Wilson, longtime Ohio St OC is available
-Chad Scott was OC under Neal Brown, so far has been retained by RichRod
-Matt Wells is Co-OC at KSU
-Barry Lunney is probably not leaving Illinois
-Nunzio Campanile is currently the QB coach at Syracuse
-Jeff Redford is available, although he has health concerns
-Nate Potter is the OC at Boise
Drones going to be suiting up for the Buckeyes next year.
You're giving Stiney too much credit. Dude is the HC at Roanoke College these days.
Interestingly enough, there weren't clear national rules for eligibility until after World War II. Previously eligibility was determined by conferences or schools. Even going back to the 19th century there were controversies over "tramp athletes" who would play for different schools without being enrolled -- doing the transfer portal before it was cool.
Justin Fuente.
I wasn't a huge fan of Bowen...I thought he was adequate but also very questionable at times.
His 1st Half Gameplan vs. Vandy was atrocious and played right into their hands.
I know, I know...he had a bad OL, but he is apparently a good enough OL coach to go to coach the defending national champs and their $20mil roster?
I wouldn't personally be that overly worried about this had it happened in early Dec, I think there are plenty of guys who could do as well as Bowen. Problem is, most of them are off the market now.
The other big concern is when the Portal window from Hell opens up again in the Spring--worries about guys like Drones and some of the younger WR in particular taking off if they don't immediately connect with the new O.C . If that happens, Pry is probably officially done and 2025 is a lame-duck, how bad can it get year.
I cannot blame Bowen. I am guessing the money will be better. Plus, there he has a chance to add a Natty to his resume.
Fucking right its a VT problem. We give Mike Young nothing - cause ummm football... yeah... We find an OL coach to take a pay cut. We find an NFL position coach for Marve's salary. We can't pay Kenny Brook's assistants, etc - what ARE we doing with our fucking money?
Stiney or Loeffler would be an upgrade over anyone we are going to be able to hire at this point.
But they wouldn't take the job because they would get more to be OCs almost anywhere else
yes, the reason this sucks so much is that it's not just Bowen leaving. Expect a host of players to bolt as well- Bowen will actively recruit the best ones to OSU for example.
Other ACC schools are paying their coordinators $1.5m - $2m per year and we are having our $870k OC taking a job to be a OL coach a week after we hired a $870k DC
It's a VT problem
Leg, however:
/sss
"We have no desire to compete at the top of the ACC."- yes sir and it's crystal clear- starting with Pry to be honest. A B list candidate at best with no HC experience given the keys to the car because he knew where the drillfield was. Coming off of Fuente- Whit chose to go inexperienced, B list guy. Reap/Sow.
I'm so fucking done with sports.
Absolutely nobody good.
And I fully expect to see our roster completely obliterates in the portal after spring practices.
Initial thought is that This news a lot more about the state college football than about the state of Virginia tech.
We'll see as more info comes out.
What's ol chin balls up to. Paul Johnson's offense is about as serious as our program so I'll take it.
This isn't even big dogged. This is a signal that we aren't a serious player anymore.
There is no /S on this and sadly, at this point I would take him.
Damn, bud! Just take the rest of the week off.