Bill Stewart to resign following bowl
According to the Smoking Musket (WVU blog) Bill Stewart will resign after the Mountaineers' bowl game. I'd seen several reports throughout the day that hinted at this, but this is the first concrete statment about the situation.
Oklahoma St OC Dana Holgorsen is expected to replace Steward. Interestingly enough, Holgorsen had recently declined to seek the Pittsburgh opening.
Link: http://www.smokingmusket.com/2010/12/13/1874910/breaking-bill-stewart-t…
December 14th, 2010 at 11:13 AM ^
Dana Holgorsen is the OC for Okie St. not the DC. Oklahoma State doesn't know what defense is.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
Holgorsen is an OC so he doesn't have a current defensive staff to bring with him. If I were him I would not mess with WV's current killer defense.
December 14th, 2010 at 9:13 AM ^
As I said in another post, I'm not at all sold on the 3-3-5 in the Big Ten. While Casteel's defense is 2nd in scoring defense right now, that's against the Big East, who's champion was only able to score 10 against us (the least of the season). Iowa, on the other hand, is 7th in the country in that category despite playing three of the top ten teams.
You can attack big slow guys playing defense with small shifty guys on offense, but the opposite is not true. We need a Big Ten defense, and Iowa's defensive staff can give us that. Plus, most of them have Michigan roots or connections. Norm Parker, their DC, is from Hazel Park and went to EMU.
Hire Iowa's defensive staff, in light of their recently discovered drug cartel.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:06 AM ^
...were a big part of the reason they only scored ten. Didn't we block a field goal, too?
They'd also benched Frazer, the guy who started against us. Cody Endres seemed to be doing better--until he was suspended for the rest of the year.
Keep in mind that by all accounts this is a down year for the Big East. Very down. Very, very down. I don't think this is a good year to be drawing conclusions about schemes based on the conference.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
That's one idea, another might be that we might all want to be happy that Martin and Coleman did not hire Kirk Ferentz so that this is not happening here.....
December 14th, 2010 at 12:23 PM ^
"You can attack big slow guys playing defense with small shifty guys on offense, but the opposite is not true"
Why do you say that? Small shifty guys on defense can't hold up to blocks from guys a lot bigger but they can avoid those blocks and bring down the ball cariers who are not usually that big. I totally disagree with your basic premise and if the players are used properly any system can be successful in any league, including the Big Ten.
Also, I think we have to get the idea of having a top ten defense out of our heads. If you have an offense that is dominant, you give the other team more possessions and hurt your chances of having a statistically elite defense.
December 14th, 2010 at 9:16 AM ^
As a Syracuse fan...
December 14th, 2010 at 9:37 AM ^
Should Vic Fangio choose not to come to Michigan with Jim Harbuagh, I don't think Casteel would be an alternative as Harbaugh does not run a 3-3-5.
December 14th, 2010 at 9:41 AM ^
December 14th, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
RR should fire GERG and hire a new DC NOW. That might help him keep his job.