Scratchtown Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 MAD!!!! This is so dumb. I don't know why I get so upset about this but maybe it's just because I know Herman is a star. Riley is not. Riley may win here. But he's not going to bring championships here. Just my opinion. I don't have faith in Riley. If Herman was our guy, we would instantly be a contender in the big 10. Riley is a building process for 5 years down the road, he'll retire or get fired (fired, depending how POB works out). Grill me for making yet another thread about Riley and a lack of faith but I didn't know what else to do, and I just wanted everyone to be able to see this article. Tom Herman is smart. Like, really smart. He’s the type of smart that’s obvious; the type of smart that comes across in pretty much everything he does and says.This type of smart can be annoying. It can be snarky, pretentious. It’s not with Herman. He’s personable and just so damn likable that you’re okay with him making you feel insignificant because he’s that much more intelligent than you are. I covered Herman for two years at Ohio State. He was an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach then. His future was easy to foresee. I came away from every interview we had with him thinking, this guy is going to be a star, this guy is going to be an elite, national champion head coach one day. http://collegespun.com/sec/georgia-sec/if-georgia-isnt-doing-everything-it-can-to-hire-tom-herman-its-making-a-mistake 1 Quote Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 You're mad because you think you know better than Eichorst and others. 6 Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Herman seems to be a good coach, but no one knows how successful he would be at a bigger school where the pressure is ramped up exponentially. Quote Link to comment
cm husker Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Herman seems to be a good coach, but no one knows how successful he would be at a bigger school where the pressure is ramped up exponentially. It's more about bleeding staff, too. A perfect example is Paul Johnson. He's by almost all measures a great coach, but he lost a lot of key assistants as he left guys in charge of programs that he had coached. Herman will undoubtedly go through the same kind of growing pains. Still, I could see him being successful, because success in CFB is directly linked to being offensively dynamic (unless you're Alabama) and his offenses are dynamic. Quote Link to comment
RADAR Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Herman seems to be a good coach, but no one knows how successful he would be at a bigger school where the pressure is ramped up exponentially. It's more about bleeding staff, too. A perfect example is Paul Johnson. He's by almost all measures a great coach, but he lost a lot of key assistants as he left guys in charge of programs that he had coached. Herman will undoubtedly go through the same kind of growing pains. Still, I could see him being successful, because success in CFB is directly linked to being offensively dynamic (unless you're Alabama) and his offenses are dynamic. Yes, top asst. coach's are as important to a head coaches success as talent on the field. Quote Link to comment
I AM FOOT FOOT Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Herman didn't walk into a team with no talent. Houston has be as loaded as Houston can be for a few years now. Quote Link to comment
Scratchtown Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 You're mad because you think you know better than Eichorst and others. I guess I will entertain you. However, I guarantee that I pay more attention to the college football around the nation more so than that effing guy. Not that it matters, he's the AD and I'm not. I would just like to understand his process in the search and why he picked Mike Riley over the other good candidates out there. How on God's green earth does Mike Riley get on a short list of candidates? Forget the well respected in the coaching realm. I bought in at the beginning and I'm still about 4% hopeful for the program to be successful and that all hinges on POB. That's it. 3 Quote Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Never will understand why people get mad when we don't hire the coach they want or miss out on a recruit. Does no good to assume someone would've been successful in a hypothetical situation where they'd come here when they don't. Never seemed like a headache worth having. For instance, I was hoping we'd nail the pipe dream and hire Tressel. But when they announced Riley, I was over it within the day. Just moved on and focused on the positives of MR. No matter how skilled a coach is, there's always a possibility they fail given difficult circumstances. It's a heck of a lot easier to "fail" at Nebraska than succeed given succeeding ultimately necessitates championships. I'm just going to see how it plays out for MR now that he's actually here than be frustrated we didn't go with someone else. 2 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Tom Herman built his staff from the ground up. Brought in guys who shared his vision and mentality. Read this to get really sick. This guy gets it. Too many quotes to post, but I will leave this one.... The offense is geared around inside zone and power-O, run schemes that look to get downhill and plunge the ball through the A and B gaps. Herman will sprinkle in play action and run/pass options to punish defensive tactics for sneaking run defenders into the box. Herman looks to do less with more, emphasizing execution and mixing concepts in different formations to give his QB answers. The guy also managed to get a 3rd string QB to 3-0. The B1G championship, the first playoff game and the MNC..... And we'll we got .500....... http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/9/16/9329945/tom-herman-houston-cougars-football-offense-defense 7 Quote Link to comment
74Hunter Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I swore that someone posted a thread about him a few weeks back. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 The guy also managed to get a 3rd string QB to 3-0. The B1G championship, the first playoff game and the MNC..... Ha ha! Yeah, Cardale Jones was just your run of the mill third stringer. /sarcasm I doubt if there has been another college football team with a better 3rd team QB in the last twenty years. 1 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 The guy also managed to get a 3rd string QB to 3-0. The B1G championship, the first playoff game and the MNC..... Ha ha! Yeah, Cardale Jones was just your run of the mill third stringer. /sarcasm I doubt if there has been another college football team with a better 3rd team QB in the last twenty years. Look at him this year...... Just sayin Quote Link to comment
chainsaw Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 still better then what we got! 1 Quote Link to comment
RedRex Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Herman seems to be a good coach, but no one knows how successful he would be at a bigger school where the pressure is ramped up exponentially. Yeah, because there was no pressure working for Urban Meyer as OC/QB coach at OSU... The frickin Equipment manager at OSU probably sees more pressure on a daily basis than Bruce Read ever knew existed. Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 I think his 5 year deal has been agreed to in priciple. Does this mean he can accept a better offer? Quote Link to comment
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