Let’s make no mistake: The school took a major gamble by hiring Ron Prince. He was a 36-year-old offensive coordinator at Virginia. I mean, that was pretty much his whole resume. Well, he did coach Cornell’s running game for two years. He seemed very sharp. He clearly wasn’t overqualified for the job.
Prince then proceeded to hire a 29-year-old defensive coordinator and a 34-year-old offensive coordinator. Neither had ever been a coordinator before. Neither had ever been coach at a major college football program. In other words, Prince searched America and somehow managed to find two coaches in America who had less experience than he did. The offensive coordinator, James Franklin, coached wide receivers for the Green Bay Packers. The defensive coordinator, Raheem Morris, was the assistant defensive backs coach in Tampa Bay.
Not to knock the importance of that position, but best I can tell the Chiefs don’t even have an assistant defensive backs coach.
Prince went for it on fourth down one time and ran the ball on third and long another, showing he can coach conservatively and liberally. Wildcats quarterback Dylan Meier unveiled a fun series of audible signals. At one point, he flapped his arm like a chicken. At another, he made puppet motions with his hands. At yet another, he scraped his right foot in the dirt like a bull getting ready to charge a matador. I kept waiting for him to do that mime thing where he pretended to be in a box.
Prince went for it on fourth down one time and ran the ball on third and long another, showing he can coach conservatively and liberally. Wildcats quarterback Dylan Meier unveiled a fun series of audible signals. At one point, he flapped his arm like a chicken. At another, he made puppet motions with his hands. At yet another, he scraped his right foot in the dirt like a bull getting ready to charge a matador. I kept waiting for him to do that mime thing where he pretended to be in a box.