Gus Malzahn vs. Mike Leach
This article compares Leach and Malzahn and concludes that it's too close to call who's better. The article is referring to Maryland's coach search that ended in the hiring of Randy Edsall so it doesn't apply directly to Ole Miss, but it's still interesting.
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I don't necessarily agree with their rationale for the Offensive System
Seems a little short sighted to evaluate it primarily using talent currently in place (although that could be a concern, see Spurlock, Michael or Schaeffer, Brent) – it seems that is a different concern to me than the actual system they use. Maybe current personnel or something.
Now I think you could argue for Malzahn but I still think the edge goes to Leach in that he has 10 years of doing it w/o a Cam Newton.
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WARNING!
What happened to my last comment that was here? Censorship?
I realize now that you boys don’t want any opposing view here so I understand the WARNING! to not post any more comments from the Clarion-Ledger. You at least did leave up the comment from the SunHerald and I just posted a link to a Commercial Appeal article about the Pete Boone mess on another thread.
Just think, y’all were posting picture/cartoons asking me why I was mad and all the time y’all were creating your WARNING! to post when I came back.
Here is the Commercial Appeal link. Read it if y’all can bring yourself to see what others think about our situation.
You're God damned right it was censorship.
It’s my website so I set the rules and tone. If you don’t like it, leave.
And, to be 100% transparent, you’re being censored because you’re being ANNOYING.
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by The Ghost of Jay Cutler on Sep 29, 2011 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
How is it censorship when you are just saying the same things over and over and over
and over and over and over and over and over and over and over? I just consider it making the board readable. Point made. Move on or move out.
With Maryland's Loss to Temple
They may be considering Leach or Malzahn to replace Edsall in a few weeks.
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by SkylarkThibedeau on Sep 28, 2011 3:22 PM EDT reply actions
I would also give the edge to Leach
IMO, Malzahn has never worked for a good/smart head coach – Nutt is an idiot and Chizik is right there with him. I can’t speak to Malzahn’s tenure with Tulsa, but it concerns me that he’s never been in a system that was run by a truly great headcoach (what does he have to draw upon?). On other hand, Leach has ran his own show for 10 years with fantastic results, and earlier in his career worked under Bob Stoopes at Oklahoma and Hal Mume at Kentucky (recruiting violations aside).
On Malzahn - you look at his teams at previous team
and many seem to start the season off hot and fade late. I believe this is because of his up tempo style puts the defense out there too many snaps and they eventually wear down.
Year Team Started Ended
2006 Arky 10-1 0-3
2007 Tulsa 3-1 7-3 – kind of an outlier that doesn’t fit my theory
2008 Tulsa 8-0 3-3
2009 Auburn 5-0 3-5
2010 Auburn By paying Cam Newton $180K
Obviously, last year kinda tanks my theory and I’m sure scheduling has a lot to do with this, but in 3 out of 5 years, you can see a definate late season slide.
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Leach would solve so many problems. You take the colonel’s Kentucky Fried Chicken hat and replace it with a tri-cornered pirate hat, give him a sword instead of a cane, perhaps an eye patch, We call him Colonel Blackbeard. Voila! Everybody wins.
Manny Diaz
Hire him. Seriously, he wouldn’t cost a ton and he’s a hot young commodity. Look at what he did with State’s defense compared to what they’ve done so far this year, and look at what he’s done with last year’s woeful Texas defense this year.
He can recruit. He has SEC and Big XII (/Big VIII) experience. He can damn sure coach defense. He has experience in Mississippi and is familiar with the State. He has strong name recognition throughout the Southeast, and is a product of a very successful family.
I would like him.
But something wouldn’t fit with him being formally form state. We would never hear the end of it.
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by Reb on the Rez on Sep 29, 2011 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
No we need a good HC
One who can hire a good OC or DC depending on the strength of the HC. I would love to see Manny Diaz I bet we would clean up in recruiting with all the defensive players such as Evans and Ward. As long as he hires a good OC and lets the OC do his job then I would welcome Diaz as HC.
My thoughts exactly.
We don’t need an Xes and Os coach, we need a passionate coach who will hire the Xes and Os guys if he needs them. Diaz would be his own defensive coordinator if he was hired, and he’s plenty well connected to go get a good offensive guy.
He’s been around the block and he cares. That’s what matters in my mind. Nutt’s been around the block, but I’m not sure he cares anymore.
Does Diaz have HC experience?
Honest question, I don’t know. I do know I would hope we could do better than one of State’s assistants.
No, but
with assistant coaching experience since 1998 at places like Florida State, NC State, Mississippi State, and now at Texas, he’s anything but a greenhorn in serious NCAA football.
With a $6mm buyout on Nutt, we can’t afford a PROVEN winner. However, we might as well completely overhaul the system and bring in a young guy with a fiery spirit and a world of potential in front of him. Anything but the status quo.
I’m pulling for either Diaz or Kirby Smart. They have very similar credentials.
If he wasn't such an offensive genius
We’d now have no offensive touchdowns against Formerly Div I a opponents instead of two. I think since BYU and Vandy both scored on turnovers, Our offense against Div IA opposition has scored as many points for the opponents as they have for us!!!
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by SkylarkThibedeau on Sep 29, 2011 7:55 PM EDT reply actions
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