Cdn Blackshirt Two

I agree with you that he can get to 300....I'm just worried about addition of that mass onto a smaller frame and the resulting loss of the burst that is clearly apparent at 270. Fingers crossed.....

Interesting....based on his film and his size, he looks much more suited to be a 3-Technique DL where he's trying to penetrate and shoot the gap (as opposed to stand up and occupy his blocker) On the OL, I'd be concerned about him being bull-rushed by some of very large NT's/DT's he will face. As with all things, time will tell. Good luck to the young man.

Haven't heard much about Dawson on recruiting trail.... If I missed that, my apologies. Any chance Frost is actually trying to bring in two new coaches, but is trying to wait for Dawson to find a landing place first?

There must be some "buzz" about Donovan's capabilities as otherwise I cannot comprehend how he ended up on the radar as his bio is a little on the short side. Fingers crossed.

CB2's order of priority: 1. QB 2. OT 3. NG ....anything after those positions are filled is just gravy.

Just my opinion, but I think you have enough raw material left in the OL Depth Chart to make this work. The bigger issue is getting someone competent to teach technique and Tackle-specific S&C that prioritizes foot speed over brute strength. LT - Prochazka / Banks / Transfer? LG - Lutovsky / Miller C - Piper / Hixson RG - Nouili / Bando RT - Corcoran / Benhart (I see him as more an S&C project than anything else) I would add that Hutmacher is the only wide body left on the roster I've noticed at NT and we all saw what happened to to our run defense when Daniels was injured....so as much as prioritizing improvement in the OL is important, with the make-up of the Big Ten West, we can't attempt to fix the OL by gutting our run defense. With Daniels leaving, I'd really love to see Chins go and snag a Vince Wilfork-like kid from the transfer portal with the express objective of being able to hold their ground against Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota double-teams....as we all know they're coming.

Is this because Frost wants to remain the play caller?

Without the money incentive, I cannot see him taking any offer.... With OU and UT leaving he Big12, Baylor now has a much easier "Cincinnati-like" route to an undefeated regular season and NC playoffs versus almost any other P5 team.

The only reason I can think of is a gigantic bag of money that Baylor couldn't match.....

At this point, I don't think we should get overly excited about "what could be".... There are too many options that are up in the air....so although anxious to see who it is, I'm not really willing to get all fired up until we have formal announcements..... Until then, fingers crossed.

That would be "party-worthy".....

I'm really hopeful they opened the bank to get Grimes. As previously voiced, I love the idea of the OL coach also being the Offensive Coordinator, to set the culture for the offense. And from a CEO standpoint, adding a coach with solid Texas recruiting connections would be HUGE.

The problem with it being "Brent Davis" is that his game is TWO weekends away. If he was the choice, I cannot imagine the announcement not having been made immediately with the caveat he's going to stay with Army to coach the game. If that logic is sound, the OC and OL coaches' teams must be playing THIS weekend.....so announcements can be made on Sunday and recruiting can start on Monday. Does that make sense?

Why would you do that to de-motivate Haarberg and effectively kill your chances of bringing in a top portal option? Such a move would also be perpetuating Frost's unconditional over-commitment to AM2 which is the exact opposite thing you should want to reset the team culture. "Playing favourites" (kids who get different rules) is absolutely toxic.

Sorry....double-post.

Personally, I think this could result in ND improving. Brian Kelly has always seemed to me to be a bit of a (self-centered) opportunist and it will be interesting if we see any kind of meaningful turnaround at LSU....I'm not confident we will.

.....which leaves the uncomfortable possibility Frost could still call the plays?

This would make me very happy....having an OL specialist setting the culture for the offense sounds like an ideal situation.

A press conference on Friday seems like about as late as you would want to go with the upcoming Early Signing Day....

It also invalidates claims of a previous LSU coach "being a great recruiter"..... My grandmother could recruit a top-15 class to LSU.

I know people keep saying we should get an OC/QB Coach combo....but I'm leaning towards an OC/OL Coach Combo. Go find the very best OL Coach available and build everything from ground up from there (culture, scheme, playcalling, etc.)

Just my take...but I think HCSF too often looks at his whiteboard and determines what he believes "should work" based on perfect execution instead of acknowledging the fact not all his players are capable of doing what his play requests. Easiest example being leaving Benhart on an island in a long-developing pass plays without having a RB or TE at least chip him. He desperately needs to start assessing the relative talent at each of the "X" vs "O" assignments on his whiteboard and adjust both the plays and his playcalling accordingly. Just as a side note, if the sideline isn't going to shift the RB or TE to Benhart's side on long-developing pass plays, then for the love of God you have to give the QB the authority to make that audible/adjustment.

I kinda read the "new offensive system statement" as a condition set by TA to ensure that this hire couldn't be made.....

The other issue that repeatedly drove me nuts was the unwillingness (saying "stubborn" is an understatement), to adjust formations to provide Benhart with passing blocking support on obvious passing downs. At this point in the season, it is foolhardy for a playcaller to assume he's got an 85% chance of holding his block. Game experience has shown this to be more like 10%-15%. So acknowledging that weakness and adjusting for it was simple common sense. I should add, that if even once they'd run a draw play into the B-Gap on Benhart's side, the OSU Defensive End was usually 5-yards out of position within moments of the snap and it would have burned them badly. Again, something simple that a new OC needs to pick up and act upon. Just in terms of the "Rahmir to the B-Gap", perhaps not a popular opinion, but since this propensity to repeatedly call the exact same (predictable) plays over-and-over again pre-dates the arrival of Matt Lubick, I have my suspicions this behaviour was initiated higher in the chain-of-command. Based on that, whomever is coming in as the new OC absolutely must be giving playcalling responsibilities with Frost retaining control only over things like "What to do on 4th down". Not sure why, but from where he's standing, Frost is not getting a good feel for what's actually going on, on the field.

CB2's List: Special Teams Coordinator: Bill Busch Tight End: Sean Beckton Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line: Doug Marrone Then let Marrone fill out the rest of offensive staff with the guys he trusts.....with the caveat they must be exception recruiters.