Austin-American Statesman: Greg Davis to Iowa as OC
Having lived in Texas for a long time, Kirk Bohls is one connected dude at UT so I have to think this is legit. This is an interesting hire in the sense that UT fans (I attended grad school there so I know a ton of them) hate Greg Davis. I mean hate the guy. This is strange since Greg Davis was there for a NC win and coached McCoy, Young, Simms and Applewhite who were all pretty successful. However, most UT fans claim that they won in spite of Greg Davis since his play calling sucked, particularly in big games. His goal was to out-execute you, which worked against many opponents due to the crazy recruiting classes Texas would regularly pull in. Will be interesting to see where this goes for Iowa who will not have superior talent compared to the teams in the B1G, seems like a double down on Lloyd-ball for Kirk.
February 22nd, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
If his goal is to out-execute you, wouldn't that have more to do with coaching than immense amounts of talent?
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:12 PM ^
talent makes coaching easier. obviously you still need coaching chops as well.
February 22nd, 2012 at 7:48 PM ^
The criticism still doesn't make sense. He says that Davis tries to out-execute you. Which makes me believe that the coach focuses on fundamentals and scheme. But then he goes on to say that they were just lucky they had more talent than 95% of the country. So it leads me to believe that his problem wasn't because he tried to "out-execute" the other team, but just tried to beat them straight up with talent. Technically every coach tries to out-execute the other. So I don't really get his point with that statement.
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:36 PM ^
predictable. He simply took advantage of having better players than the other team and would out execute or over power them. This does not work well when your opponent has equal talent. Also, this is not my observation since I never really paid attention to UT football when I was in Texas beyond some obligatory games, I put my energy in watching Michigan play. This is feedback from many, many UT fans.
February 22nd, 2012 at 9:37 PM ^
Then he's pretty much out-talenting everybody. Not trying to out-execute them. Which is what I"m saying. Not saying your wrong, just that that sentence didn't make sense to me.
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:13 PM ^
I lived in Austin for 7 years, many of which were during Davis' tenure... and UT fans absolutely hated him. And from my completely unbiased and independent opinion (since I am not a UT fan), I think they had every reason to hate him... he had ridiculous talent, but the playcalling was way too predictable which meant they would steamroll all their competition except for when they met up with real teams (like Oklahoma, who would manhandle them regularly).
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:36 PM ^
lololololol
Texas fans wanted to destroy Davis by the time he was done. His offenses were blessed to have McCoy and Young, but man, last year was ugly. That may in part have had something to do with terrible QB play, but taking Texas to 5-7 speaks volumes about that man.
I also think some members of Shaggy Bevo bought banner space on an airplace denouncing Davis.
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:41 PM ^
Who the hell is Greg Davis?
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^
It's surprising that Texas hasn't done more with their seemingly endless supply of recruits.
February 22nd, 2012 at 7:04 PM ^
Unless you're Alabama, you still only get so many to choose from. Yes, they'll always have an elite class, but those guys have to meet expectations. And really, up until the last two seasons, the Mack Brown era has been pretty prolific. 10 straight years in the top 15, 4 BCS games in 6 years, two championship game appearances, one national title. Not much more you can ask for.
February 22nd, 2012 at 7:59 PM ^
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:01 PM ^
Why why why can't we rescue Soup Campbell from the disaster that is Iowa football? I miss that guy so much.
Though admittedly Soup is probably pretty comfortable with zone left,
February 22nd, 2012 at 9:05 PM ^
Wonder how they'll get word to Alex Kozan in Alaska.
February 22nd, 2012 at 9:57 PM ^
Greg Davis = Mike DeBord
February 22nd, 2012 at 9:59 PM ^
or Terry Malone. take your pick