re: Coaching Changes

Because Coley is likely to remain play caller , I think kirby will have to look for someone unheralded the same way Orgeron did. Joe Brady was a offensive assistant. Guys like Will Hall and Mike LaFleur are already being sought after for HC gigs and OC positions. It is unlikely they will take demotions in salary and positions to come here

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How's he being fast tracked to be an NFL head coach? He's a passing game coordinator and has only been a position coach for all of two years. Maybe he wants to be an offensive coordinator and wants to make more money. It's not that big of a stretch.

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He could’ve already been an OC. He was recently interviewed for Browns HC job. If we get LaFluer it would cost a fortune, he won’t be here long and would be a huge coup

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Cooley's play calling leaves a lot to be desired.

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The playcalling sucks but the philosophy is worse. It's the old Mark Richt mantra - we have more talent so we are just going to run our shite and you cant stop us. Every good OC in college football spends more time exploiting other team's weaknesses than just playing to their own perceived strengths. Coley showed no capacity to do that at all this year.

First of all, play calling is hard and complex. It is part science and part art. You get better as you get a better feel for it. People at all levels, with pro’s leading the pack, have gone to situational play blocks, where they group plays by situations and down and distance. Being very comfortable with this tool takes time. Some obviously get it better than others. There are a few dudes out there that can do it all or most all in their heads.

I’d say Coley’s two biggest deficiencies this past year were lack of creativity at times in play calling. The other were the plays themselves. I feel like our elite lineman were getting outschemed at times. They were losing the point of attack at the line too often. Though, I will also say that some were just losing their individual battle. Defenses were not “stacking the box”, but they were aggressively attacking the little gaps and winning a lot. You can do this with stunts, formations, and run blitzes. And just winning battles.

One thing that I saw from time to time that made me wonder was receivers running stop/curl/ settle routes while in man coverage. That could be scheme or bad reads by our guys. You really can not know for sure from TV. They need to bring some folks in who can fix this. If people are pressmaning us, we need to have plays to beat this. I think this was a big part as to why the receivers were blamed and maybe it was their fault... bottom line, they were covered too often. Need to scheme and coach to get that fixed.

Beyond that, it doesn’t matter to me. We just have to have people on staff who want to fix the issues.

You ever hear of the Peter principal? What if the individuals given the responsibility of fixing the issues dont have the ability to fix the issues.

I'm not saying this is the case but I fear that some coaches may not be able to get the job done from an x and os standpoint but are retained because they are good recruiters and a demotion isn't an option.

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We changed the run blocking a lot on the Sugar bowl. We ran a lot more power and a lot less inside zone (except for the first drive).

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I must say that game was the best called all year by far. The blocking scheme was especially promising.

What I've noticed about the O line is that we intentionally left all 5 in individual blocking assignments throughout most of the year. Not much combo or pull, no layers. I never paid attention but what was the o-line scheme when Pittman was OL coach at Arky?

Scott Fountain (ST coach) was hired by Pittman.

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Scott Fountain (ST coach) was hired by Pittman.

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Yes he left and the ideal scenario most are hoping is we let someone else coach ST and we hire and Offensive guru/passing game coord/QB coach.

Basically we need a keen offensive mind and not a ST coach.