I will admit it.
I think Tom Herman would look pretty good with Sam Richardson, Aaron Wimberly, and Quenton Bundrage at his disposal. I think all are more talented than anyone he had at those respective positions.
OC's available at the end of the season...
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I will admit it.
I think Tom Herman would look pretty good with Sam Richardson, Aaron Wimberly, and Quenton Bundrage at his disposal. I think all are more talented than anyone he had at those respective positions.
He'd still need an o-line, but I think he'd work around having a bad o-line a lot better than Mess has.
CycloneErik
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Me, too. I think it's pretty clear that we had a talent problem, not a Herman problem.
Jeff Mullen, Offensive Coordinator and Quarterback coach for the Charlotte 49ers.
2013 is the first year Charlotte has a football program since 1948. In their first year of FCS football, they're currently 4-3. Mullen has been a college football coach since December 1994. He has coaching experience at Ohio, Wake Forest, West Virginia, and Charlotte. He was the OC at WVU when Pat White was there with Bill Stewart as the head coach.
Jeff Mullen Bio - Charlotte 49ers
He isn't coaching at another BCS school which takes away the point other posters have that no one is going to move away from an OC job at a BCS school to come coach at ISU.
He's also a midwest guy, originally from Ohio.
Strength of schedule and level of division aside, below is a statistical comparison of the two offenses. Charlotte's roster consists of mostly freshman, both true and redshirt, and most players are from the state of North Carolina.
Football - Roster - Charlotte 49ers
The advantage to the respective school is bolded.
2013's offensive stats for Charlotte:
Avg. yards per carry: 4.7
Avg. rushing yards per game: 188.6
Rushing TDs: 10
Fumbles lost: 10
Avg. yards per pass: 7.2
Avg. passing yards per game: 267.9
Completion percentage: 62.3
Passing TDs: 19
Interceptions: 8
Total Offense per play: 5.9
Total Offense per game: 456.4
Points per game: 34.1
http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/23200/football/2013 stats/CharlotteFBSeasonStats.pdf
2013's offensive stats for ISU:
Avg. yards per carry: 3.4
Avg. rushing yards per game: 131.8
Rushing TDs: 7
Fumbles lost: 2
Avg. yards per pass: 6.4
Avg. passing yards per game: 220.0
Completion percentage: 56.3
Passing TDs: 11
Interceptions: 6
Total Offense per play: 4.8
Total Offense per game: 351.8
Points per game: 25.2
Iowa State - Cumulative Season Statistics
2013 is the first year Charlotte has a football program since 1948. In their first year of FCS football, they're currently 4-3. Mullen has been a college football coach since December 1994. He has coaching experience at Ohio, Wake Forest, West Virginia, and Charlotte. He was the OC at WVU when Pat White was there with Bill Stewart as the head coach.
Jeff Mullen Bio - Charlotte 49ers
He isn't coaching at another BCS school which takes away the point other posters have that no one is going to move away from an OC job at a BCS school to come coach at ISU.
He's also a midwest guy, originally from Ohio.
Strength of schedule and level of division aside, below is a statistical comparison of the two offenses. Charlotte's roster consists of mostly freshman, both true and redshirt, and most players are from the state of North Carolina.
Football - Roster - Charlotte 49ers
The advantage to the respective school is bolded.
2013's offensive stats for Charlotte:
Avg. yards per carry: 4.7
Avg. rushing yards per game: 188.6
Rushing TDs: 10
Fumbles lost: 10
Avg. yards per pass: 7.2
Avg. passing yards per game: 267.9
Completion percentage: 62.3
Passing TDs: 19
Interceptions: 8
Total Offense per play: 5.9
Total Offense per game: 456.4
Points per game: 34.1
http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/23200/football/2013 stats/CharlotteFBSeasonStats.pdf
2013's offensive stats for ISU:
Avg. yards per carry: 3.4
Avg. rushing yards per game: 131.8
Rushing TDs: 7
Fumbles lost: 2
Avg. yards per pass: 6.4
Avg. passing yards per game: 220.0
Completion percentage: 56.3
Passing TDs: 11
Interceptions: 6
Total Offense per play: 4.8
Total Offense per game: 351.8
Points per game: 25.2
Iowa State - Cumulative Season Statistics
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Holgorsen is from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and is friends with Sturdy. They lived together at one point. FYI
1. How do you know this?
2. Really makes me think Hologsen will be our next OC if this is true.
If we can get an absolutely proven commodity (and by that I mean as OC at a major conference school), I'd certainly make the change at OC. Our offense has needed a shot in the arm for years, and we can't pass up the opportunity if it presents itself.
However, at this point I would not make the change for sake of making the change. And I wouldn't be in favor of bringing in someone who has only had a successful offense at a mid-major level or lower.
From the original post, I'd be in favor of any of those 5, if we could get them.
However, at this point I would not make the change for sake of making the change. And I wouldn't be in favor of bringing in someone who has only had a successful offense at a mid-major level or lower.
From the original post, I'd be in favor of any of those 5, if we could get them.
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It's legitimate. He has Iowa connections, his time at West Virginia is coming to a close, and if he has connections to the staff I could see it happening.
Holgorsen is a better head coach than Rhoads is. I don't think it's very likely at all that he would be ISU's OC. He will be offered another head coaching position somewhere.
I absolutely disagree. Rhoads was 6-7 last year, Holgorsen was 7-6, and Holgorsen had way more talent to work with.
This is obviously a subjective call. I'd probably rather have Holgorsen as our head coach right now than Rhoads... IF... we were guaranteed Holgorsen would stick around for a while.
I prefer to have an offensive minded head coach that hires a good defensive coordinator than vice versa.
Wally's D just gave up 58 points. I know the O wasnt great and really pitiful but that is still 8 touchdowns.
Because I know them. Sturdy lived with and played football with Holgorsen's brother Brett at St. Ambrose. Incidentally Brett Holgorsen's son is a highly recruited QB in Texas. Both Dana and Sturdy have ties to Mike Leach and Hal Mumme from when Dana was at Iowa Wesleyan.
