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Posted on 2/4/15 at 9:43 pm to scrooster
Posted on 2/4/15 at 9:43 pm to scrooster
I just did the averages.
Hoke was a Top 20-25 DC the years he was at Florida...under Spurrier.
Hoke was an Avg to Below Avg NFL DB Coach over 13 seasons on 2 different teams. He had some awesome years, and then several crappy years.
The Pro game is completely different than college though. Pro Coaches don't deal with recruiting, but they still have to scout and manage talent with players. Also, they can be vetoed on personnel decisions by Front Office staff and Owners and budgets. Again though, it's important to consider that he was just a DB Coach in the NFL, the defense weren't all to his credit, nor all his fault.
With all that said, and the data reviewed, I don't think Hoke is that much of an upgrade from Ward. Ward had 3 years in the Top 20 for Total Defense before his debacle that was this season. I also think that if Ward had better DE's and CB's this year, that this would've never happened. Although, he's responsible for recruiting the defense, and he didn't do great in '12, '13 or '14 to address that.
So is Hoke some stellar recruiter? You can't find the people he recruited to UF in Rivals or the other sites.
Hoke was a Top 20-25 DC the years he was at Florida...under Spurrier.
Hoke was an Avg to Below Avg NFL DB Coach over 13 seasons on 2 different teams. He had some awesome years, and then several crappy years.
The Pro game is completely different than college though. Pro Coaches don't deal with recruiting, but they still have to scout and manage talent with players. Also, they can be vetoed on personnel decisions by Front Office staff and Owners and budgets. Again though, it's important to consider that he was just a DB Coach in the NFL, the defense weren't all to his credit, nor all his fault.
With all that said, and the data reviewed, I don't think Hoke is that much of an upgrade from Ward. Ward had 3 years in the Top 20 for Total Defense before his debacle that was this season. I also think that if Ward had better DE's and CB's this year, that this would've never happened. Although, he's responsible for recruiting the defense, and he didn't do great in '12, '13 or '14 to address that.
So is Hoke some stellar recruiter? You can't find the people he recruited to UF in Rivals or the other sites.
This post was edited on 2/4/15 at 9:49 pm
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Posted on 2/5/15 at 12:13 am to CockInYourEar
I don't think SOS brought him in for no reason. He has wanted him here since day one. He must have made a big enough impression on him from his last three years at Florida to want him here still 11 years later.
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