Caliborn72

Pinned a different tweet for what it’s worth. Might not be anything, I’m not trying to be paranoid guy.

Thanks for the link, weirdly complicated but footballscoop broke down his contract where upfront money brings it down. http://footballscoop.com/news/willie-taggarts-buyout-makes-shockingly-available/

Had to be McShane, right?

Reading some rumors that Taggart is at the top of the list for Florida. He has a surprisingly low buyout at Oregon.

Visiting Oklahoma this weekend.

I don’t mind some of the excuses he is making, year one of a new scheme can be tricky. There’s some things I would like changed but I also don’t know all the ins and outs and what’s going on in practice and behind the scenes. My issue is that the staff didn’t do a whole lot to muzzle the off-season hype. I’m not sure, maybe all of the hype helped with recruiting. But then the season gets here and we don’t look remotely close to a 10 win team and it’s really puzzling to think that Riley kept saying he brought Diaco in for immediate success. I know they can’t just be pessimists but it would have been nice to hear: “it’s a new defense, there will be bumps along the way but the important thing is that we will get better as the season goes on.” I actually kind of respect DL for being honest and telling people to hold their horses on the Tanner Lee hype.

Oh by all means. That’s why I put in the due diligence part and the part about not taking someone just to take someone. Thought it would make it clear that I wasn’t suggesting to recruit back-ups. We should have been recruiting QB all along was my point.

The thing with QB is that if there is unexpected attrition, injuries, or regression, then you likely can’t just move a scholarship player over to QB and be successful. Struggling tackles can move around the OLine, WRs can try out defensive back positions and vice-versa, LBs can move around, etc. I don’t want the staff to bring in a QB just to bring one in - there’s no point in wasting a spot on someone who won’t pan out. It should take due diligence and scouting to make sure to find someone who will fit the system, even if it means taking “just a 3-star.” At worst, the player will (in theory) learn the playbook and be a vital arm in practice. But that’s not what they’re doing, they didn’t plan to take one and now it feels like they’re scrambling to find someone which I expect means some attrition at the position. RB is the same way and it’s why I think you should always take a QB and a RB in every class. Those are two positions where roster holes can be devastating.

DLine recruiting still seems weird to me. I thought Wildeman was more of an OLB, but maybe the plan is that he will be a DE going forward. I would think DE has a favorable depth chart for recruits but we don’t seem to be making much ground on true DEs for the system.

Interesting, maybe one of those OLB positions in Diaco’s defense? Seems too light to play 3-4 DE and I know Indiana runs a 4-3.

Wisconsin played a bend but don’t break defense better than we did. They broke once right before the end of the half but other than that, they let us get some yards and move downfield without really amounting to anything. They played sound defense and forced us to execute several plays each drive and we couldn’t, then they attacked at the right times.

That was a major part of KW’s pitch to him haha. "In terms of the scheme at Ohio State, I would have been more of a situational player. I would play some in the backfield, some in the slot, some at receiver and basically move around to take advantage of mismatches but I don't think I would have developed as well as a receiver being used that way. "A perfect example is what happened with DeAnthony Thomas. That's a guy I'm close to and we play a lot alike. At Oregon, he was that situational guy, moved around a lot and had success but when he got to the NFL, he didn't really have a position. He's now playing receiver and has to basically start from scratch in how to play and how to run routes. But guess who's training him, who he picked to teach him how to run routes in the off-season and learn the position, Coach Williams."

So, it never made sense not to go after a RB this class but it’s even more questionable with how this season has progressed. I’m not sure that Bryant will ever be able to play a full season again. Maybe taking several months off from football and lifting will help get his knee right, but our staff needs to prepare as if that’s not the case. After ‘18, we lose Ozigbo, Wilbon, and possibly Bryant and that would leave a junior Bradley and, I assume, a true freshman as the only scholarship backs heading into the ‘19 season. That would be beyond terrible roster balance and management.

Will wait and see. Kind of out of nowhere, but I’m optimistic and I like his résumé. I don’t want Leach though. He has gotten more out of less, but his teams always drop games they shouldn’t and his offenses usually take several games to get in rhythm. He’s funny, and I think small town media gives him a break because of it. He would be eaten alive by our media. I don’t know if the AD hire means we are bringing him too, but I hope not.

1) Definitely confused and worried that he was the best we could do. 2) Cautiously hopeful that we found a diamond in the rough who could ramp up our recruiting and take the next step with our resources. I’m anxious and nervous for the next hire. I keep thinking about that anonymous coach who told Athlon how bad this job is and I’m hoping we can still attract a big time coach.

What about Oregon DC Jim Leavitt? He wants another chance at a head coaching job and specializes in the 3-4. We would definitely need to nail the OC hire. I prefer Frost, just speculating.

+ I’ll give Tanner Lee credit. I’m impressed that he’s hanging in there. He’s one tough sucker with some of the hits he’s taken this season and with how nasty OSU’s front is. + I have genuinely laughed at many of the responses in here. A lot of funny posters helping me get through this. + We have a bye after this. I think we’d lose to Ohio State two weeks in a row at this rate, no matter who our opponent would be. At least this way, we can recuperate. + Spielman. Everything else sucked.

I think Lamar Jackson is hurt and trying to play through it. Not excusing his poor tackling, but some of the angles and the way he’s shielding his body makes me feel he’s not 100%.

Dre’Mont Jones will play. Hopefully there is a plan to get the ball out quickly against this DLine.

Knowing how set our staff was on not needing a QB for the class, I wonder if the sudden interest is due to some potential attrition at the position?

I watched this presser finally and it sounded like Diaco was firing some shots at the offense. Not that I blame him really, hard to believe that we don’t score another point after tying the game with 11min to go in the 3rd quarter. But it is worrying how many coaches are throwing other coaches under the bus. I think the offense’s problems are obvious to everyone at this point. I’d prefer if Diaco just accepted the blame and continued to try to fix some issues that the defense has.

I wonder if he might need to medically retire unfortunately. Hoping for the best, but it sounds like something that has been effecting him for a while and that won’t go away.

Seems like a great edge rusher. I’m curious if those other offers see him more on offense or defense because that’s a pretty good offer list.