Dana Holgorsen Hired as Offensive Coordinator

In the Deed the Glory said:
Changing play callers can and should absolutely make a difference. If you listened to Rhule today you’d know that we have a lot of the stuff that Dana likes to run put in already.  He’s just better at getting the ball to the best players and setting plays up. 
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The fact that our O-lline can not sustain there blocks would allow me to predict even more screen passes.  I don't think it matters right now who calls the plays if the line can not block.

 
lo country said:
This is why I think Frank was screwed.  7-7, fired his defensive staff, went 10-3 and fired before the bowl game (w/Bo coaching the bowl win).  I really wanted to see what he could do, but it was not to be.And then Cally came in.
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Short of winning a NC, probably not much Solich could've done.* Pedey wanted HIS guy, no matter how far down the list he had to go.

*7-7 was pretty damning and the 10-3 record was a product of beating all the "average" or worse teams on that schedule and getting pants-ed by the "good" ones.

 
Crusader Husker said:
If we fire Satt today, he still collects a check for a while.  Since there is not a limit on coaches, who cares.

Seems like people stopped listening to him and didn't have faith in him anyway.  He is not only ineffective as a OC, but probably harmless as a TE coach.
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Double checked when he was TE coach at Baylor in 2019, the 2 TE's had 7 catches,  38 yards, zero rushes and zero TD's......No loss there either.  Again, why the hire.  Even if it was to be TE coach.  I applaud his humility and professionalism throughout this.

 
hskrpwr13 said:
Short of winning a NC, probably not much Solich could've done.* Pedey wanted HIS guy, no matter how far down the list he had to go.

*7-7 was pretty damning and the 10-3 record was a product of beating all the "average" or worse teams on that schedule and getting pants-ed by the "good" ones.
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I still do the "what if" Carl Crawford had signed and not played baseball.  

 
hskrpwr13 said:
Short of winning a NC, probably not much Solich could've done.* Pedey wanted HIS guy, no matter how far down the list he had to go.

*7-7 was pretty damning and the 10-3 record was a product of beating all the "average" or worse teams on that schedule and getting pants-ed by the "good" ones.
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Pedey was an idiot, but the program was declining under Frank.

lo country said:
I still do the "what if" Carl Crawford had signed and not played baseball.  
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The biggest what if in history is letting Tom hand pick his successor.  If the AD was allowed to go after a young Bob Stoops like he wanted to, its possible none of the pain of the last 25 years happened, at least way less of it. 

 
Because I was curious:

Caveat being I'm not sure who was calling the plays when he was HC (probably still him but ...)

The site I was looking at had wonky stats from his days as an OC so I don't have those numbers.

Year - School - Scoring O Rank - Total O Rank - Passing O Rank - Rushing O Rank

2011 - West Virginia - 13 - 13 - 8 - 103

2012 - West Virginia - 8 - 12 - 14 - 72

2013 - West Virginia - 71 - 55 - 31 - 100

2014 - West Virginia - 39 - 14 - 8 - 37

2015 - West Virginia - 35 - 19 - 43 - 9

2016 - West Virginia - 49 - 19 - 51 - 25

2017 - West Virginia - 30 - 22 - 13 - 88

2018 - West Virginia - 10 - 7 - 3 - 108

2019 - Houston - 46 - 67 - 85 - 55

2020 - Houston - 51 - 51 - 33 - 82

2021 - Houston - 19 - 57 - 24 - 73

2022 - Houston - 13 - 21 - 7 - 113

2023 - Houston - 85 - 80 - 53 - 114

 
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kchusker_chris said:
He was discussing the original hire, not the progression (or regression) over 2 years.  I just find it really hard to Monday morning QB the Satt hire without it being a complete failure on Rhules part (which it turned out to be) but it could have just as easily gone the other way.  It wasn't as though the guy was completely unqualified, and Rhule had worked w/ him for years in the past.  
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Your argument is moot wheen 2 people come in with marginal resumes and 1 performs and one doesn't..!!

 
Nebhawk said:
Honestly, how much of a difference can changing OC make right now?  Lets be completely forward thinking.........the players know certain plays, schemes, etc........what real difference can be made right now?  Panic move if you ask me.........which smart players will see thru.  I am guessing this is a Dylan move, and only a Dylan move.  Something has been said and now we are saving face some to hold onto a only 5 star qb recruit in school history........tell me I am wrong!
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Okay...  you are wrong..!!

 
Really excited that Rhule isn't afraid to make changes, and early rather than waiting until the end of the year. Need to get at least one of these remaining games. 

Can't install an offense in two weeks but can be more situationally smart. 

 
Mavric said:
Because I was curious:

Caveat being I'm not sure who was calling the plays when he was HC (probably still him but ...)

The site I was looking at had wonky stats from his days as an OC so I don't have those numbers.

Year - School - Scoring O Rank - Total O Rank - Passing O Rank - Rushing O Rank

2011 - West Virginia - 13 - 13 - 8 - 103

2012 - West Virginia - 8 - 12 - 14 - 72

2013 - West Virginia - 71 - 55 - 31 - 100

2014 - West Virginia - 39 - 14 - 8 - 37

2015 - West Virginia - 35 - 19 - 43 - 9

2016 - West Virginia - 49 - 19 - 51 - 25

2017 - West Virginia - 30 - 22 - 13 - 88

2018 - West Virginia - 10 - 7 - 3 - 108

2019 - Houston - 46 - 67 - 85 - 55

2020 - Houston - 51 - 51 - 33 - 82

2021 - Houston - 19 - 57 - 24 - 73

2022 - Houston - 13 - 21 - 7 - 113

2023 - Houston - 85 - 80 - 53 - 114
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Here's another one that came form one of our beat writers.  Same issue, no idea who the "OC" was when he was HC.  Shows conference rank/national rank:  Even his worst year rushing record not "much" worse that ours.(2007)  His passing ranks far and above us.  Some one had posted he averages 10 points more per game than NU's....We'd have 9-10 wins per past 2 years.













Program


Points per game


Total yards per game


Passing Yards per game


Rushing yards per game







 


 


 


 


 




OC Texas Tech (2007)


40.9 (3rd/7th)


529.6 (1st/2nd)


470.3 (1st/1st)


59.3 (12th/119th)




OC Houston (2008)


40.6 (3rd/10th)


562.8 (2nd/2nd)


401.6 (1st/2nd)


161.2 (5th/47th)




OC Houston (2009)


42.2 (1st/T-1st


563.4 (1st/1st)


433.7 (1st/1st)


129.6 (9th/83rd)




OC Oklahoma State (2010)


44.2 (1st/3rd)


520.2 (1st/3rd)


345.8 (1st/2nd)


174.4 (4th/36th)




HC West Virginia (2011)


37.6 (1st/13th)


469.5 (1st/15th)


346.8 (1st/6th)


122.7 (4th/92nd)




HC West Virginia (2012)


39.5 (3rd/9th)


502.0 (3rd/10th


330.2 (5th/10th)


171.8 (5th/53rd)




HC West Virginia (2013)


26.3 (7th/81st)


410.8 (5th/63rd)


262.1 (4th/34th)


148.7 (7th/83rd)




HC West Virginia (2014)


33.5 (5th/37th)


499.8 (4th/12th)


317.0 (4th/9th


182.8 (4th/45th)




HC West Virginia (2015)


34.0 (6th/36th)


479.7 (5th/22nd)


251.5 (6th/42nd)


228.2 (2nd/16th)




HC West Virginia (2016)


31.2 (7th/50th)


485.5 (6th/17th)


257.2 (7th/42nd)


228.4 (5th/25th)




HC West Virginia (2017)


34.5 (3rd/22nd)


459.5 (4th/20th)


309.3 (4th/13th)


150.2 (5th/84th)




HC West Virginia (2018)


40.3 (2nd/10th)


512.3 (2nd/7th)


351.3 (2nd/4th)


160.9 (5th/76th)




HC Houston (2019)


30.7 (6th/51st)


392.6 (8th/78th)


203.3 (9th/91st)


189.3 (5th/37th)




HC Houston (2020)


30.0 (7th/53rd)


408.9 (6th/56th)


265.8 (4th/34th)


143.1 (10th/84th)




HC Houston (2021)


35.9 (3rd/15th)


414.9 (5th/59th)


271.4 (3rd/23rd)


143.4 (9th/86th)




HC Houston (2022)


36.1 (2nd/17th)


455.8 (4th/25th)


314.0 (2nd/8th)


141.8 (8th/77th)




HC Houston (2023)


23.7 (12th/90th)


360.2 (13th/86th)


241.5 (8th/53rd)


118.7 (12th/104th)















 
 

 
Really glad Rhule did this. However, based on stats shared by Mavric above, I do not see an offensive juggernaut in Dana but Satt was becoming complacent. At least we now know that Rhule is willing to replace coaches who are not performing. My only question is why keep Foley. I can argue that Foley is 10 times more incompetent than Satt. Our ST have been abysmal to say the least. They cost us way more games than offense. 
 

let us see how all this translates on the field this Saturday.

 
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