Tom Herman

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Someone educate me on this man. Some people are saying we might pursue him.

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OSU OC in 2014 when their offense ran roughshod over some great defenses with a second string QB (Barrett) and then a third string QB (Jones) on their way to a national title. OSU offense hasn't been anywhere near as good this year, while Houston's offense took off like a rocket upon hiring him.

UGA has some skill players in place to run his offense (Michel, McKenzie and Godwin would thrive in it and Chubb would still be the hammer a la Ezekiel Elliott), but there isn't a QB in place to run it and Eason probably wouldn't come to UGA if Herman was the hire.

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Spread guy at Houston, formerly Ohio State under Urban Myer post Dan Mullen.

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Would be one of my top choices. I want an offense that attracts duel-threat QB's which is the direction of football even in the NFL; in college see Deshawn Watson with #1 Clemson and in the pros Russell Wilson at Seattle and Cam Newton with Carolina.

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Super young.

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40 years old...

I think 40 is perfect

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Someone educate me on this man.

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You will be happy, lsu fan will be sad....

Apparently he was also recruited Atlanta players during his time at OSU

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Normally I agree with most of your psosts, but not this one. I do not believe dual threats are the next thing in the pros. IF they are super talented, teams will take a chance on them, but the pros will always prefer their QB's stay in the pocket and not run. It's simply too risky. Wilson has severely curbed his running with Seattle, and, to a lesser degree Newton with Carolina. The only reason Cam gets away with it is because he is 6'5" and 250LBS.

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This is spot on. If anything, the NFL is showing that they still prefer to have pocket passers who make quick reads and have quick release times. Extending plays through mobility/durability a la Big Ben, Brady (to some extent), etc. is huge, but ultimately being able to deliver the ball and avoid mistakes is critical. Kaepernick is already out at SF, Russell has been much more limited in his runs, and Cam is a once in a lifetime player who is built bigger than most LB's but has the ability to play QB, thus can afford to take a little more of a beating and even he has struggled in past seasons to stay healthy the duration of the season.

The point that seems to be missed here, is that "pro-style" has very little to do with succeeding in the NCAA. I'd much rather have an offense that works well in college than attempt to emulate the NFL with talent that doesn't equate. Outside of Alabama, most of the teams that have won a national title in the last 15-20 years are not running a strict pro-style offense, and even Alabama has incorporated elements of the zone read into their schemes. Ultimately, they have succeeded in evaluating and attracting top linemen (O & D), which has been instrumental in improving the overall quality of their teams. If the spread allows us to get more with less out of the OL, I'm all for it given that HS OL talent is largely difficult to assess and often times lacking outside of the top 3-5 guys anyways.

Herman seems like he'd be a dynamite hire, even if Eason is a no go. I have no doubt that he would have the ability to draw a highly talented kid to come run his offense given how he's shown the ability to develop QB talent.

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This is spot on. If anything, the NFL is showing that they still prefer to have pocket passers who make quick reads and have quick release times. Extending plays through mobility/durability a la Big Ben, Brady (to some extent), etc. is huge, but ultimately being able to deliver the ball and avoid mistakes is critical. Kaepernick is already out at SF, Russell has been much more limited in his runs, and Cam is a once in a lifetime player who is built bigger than most LB's but has the ability to play QB, thus can afford to take a little more of a beating and even he has struggled in past seasons to stay healthy the duration of the season.

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Very much this. Right now the NFL is in a place where ever decent QB is a $100 million contract player. You don't want that guy taking a bunch of unnecessary hits.

As for college, I don't think it matters if you have a pro-style or spread type offense. Both have their merits and have proven successful.