Godfrey: Drevno a candidate at FCS Idaho
https://twitter.com/38godfrey/status/1461745666179448840?s=21
So yesterday we got rumors of a more popular former staff member potentially getting a head job, there is now rumors of another head job possibility.
Drevno was the OL coach at Idaho back in 2002, before he got connected to Harbaugh. He’s currently serving an analyst at UCLA after being let go at SC last season.
The Vandals have had at least 7 losses per season (non COVID) since dropping back down to FCS in 2018, so it hasn’t exactly been a boon.
November 19th, 2021 at 12:42 PM ^
I remember having higher hopes for his O-lines at Michigan.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:09 PM ^
Yeah, he's probably not a very good OC, and he was definitely overmatched trying to coach OL on top of being OC. The thing that's probably most surprising for me though is how badly he flopped as OL coach at USC, since pre-Michigan he had the reputation of being very good at coaching OL. It's like he lost his mojo when he came here, and has seemingly yet to rcover it.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:23 PM ^
His OL's in 2015 and 2016 were a step up from the OL's Hoke was delivering, though. We were generally pretty happy them. Actually, the 2017 OL wasn't too bad, either - it was QB injuries that left us with O'Korn that turned that season sour. Maybe brought on by a porous OL against Purdue?
Nonetheless, once he was given the 'OC' title (co-OC, actually) his OL units started to get progressively worse. I am at a loss as to what happened at USC...
November 19th, 2021 at 1:31 PM ^
I think the consternation was the number of sacks in 2016 (45) and 2017 (43), probably amplified by Speight getting killed by Purdue and Peters getting knocked out by Wisconsin in 2017.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:36 PM ^
2017 also had the weird coaching staff with Greg Frey taking the tight ends and tackles.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:41 PM ^
Uh, the 2017 OL was a disaster. The QB injuries were in part due to a line that couldn't block. 2017 was the year that Nolan Ulizio was moved to starter in a desperation move, a decision that both telegraphed the OL struggles that season and caused the biggest neg meltdown in the history of this board.
15 and 16 were ok. Not as good as more recent years, but improved. There were personnel holes that were a Hoke legacy. 17 is where the cracks clearly emerged, and Drev had to be put to the sword.
November 19th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
Yeah, the first two years were about maximizing what they had in place while hoping to get their own guys in place. Unfortunately the Newsome injury led to having to play Cole at LT and starting Patrick Kugler, along with the aforementioned Ulizio experiment (he actually was functional after he transferred to Pitt).
November 19th, 2021 at 12:52 PM ^
I don't think I've ever watched an Idaho game, but I am a little bit of a fan simply because they are called the Vandals.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:29 PM ^
They play home games in a place (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32319238/an-ode-kibbie-dome-college-football-weirdest-stadium) not that much bigger than Michigan's indoor practice field:
November 19th, 2021 at 1:36 PM ^
Floating goalposts? Very cool.
November 19th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
I feel like I read or saw recently that that's a wood dome. Pretty unique stadium - would love to get there one day
November 19th, 2021 at 2:57 PM ^
That actually looks really cool, especially considering the weather in Moscow. Oh wait, that's Moscow, IDAHO. Still imagine the weather isn't too great and probably a better way to get people to attend games. Watching football in freezing temps isn't the most fun, especially when you're rooting for a really bad team.
November 19th, 2021 at 5:51 PM ^
It’s also less than 10 miles from Pullman, WA, where Washington State is. My wife went to WSU and said at the time that Moscow was actually bigger and busier, enough that if they needed to get groceries or things, they’d typically go there.
November 19th, 2021 at 4:58 PM ^
Yet somehow their visiting locker room and medical facilities are better than Purdue's.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:03 PM ^
I hear Drevno's hiring at Idaho depends on his ankle flexion coefficient.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:04 PM ^
What about Lane Kiffin, he might be interested???
November 19th, 2021 at 1:06 PM ^
And they said Harbaugh's coaching tree was not very good.
I wonder where Dantonio's band of brothers are now? I'd google them, but I don't actually know who any of them are.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:34 PM ^
Well, one of them is a win away from the ACC title game and another’s DC at Cincinnati
November 19th, 2021 at 1:17 PM ^
I searched on "Idaho Vandals Football Field" and found out they play in a domed stadium. It's called "Kibbie Field." It has a capacity of 16,000 and was built in 1971.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:22 PM ^
DonAZ, are you shopping jobs? I thought you were going to be DonUMass.
November 19th, 2021 at 2:19 PM ^
Shhhhh .... I'm trying to start a bidding war. ;-)
November 19th, 2021 at 1:25 PM ^
Does it have running water or a well hand-pump?
November 19th, 2021 at 1:29 PM ^
A lot of northern tier FCS schools have domed stadiums (Three of the four Dakota schools do, as does Idaho State and Northern Iowa).
November 19th, 2021 at 1:30 PM ^
Yes, it's called the Kibbie Dome. It's more famous for hosting the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival every year in February.
November 19th, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
To pump the water?
November 19th, 2021 at 2:09 PM ^
Interesting, I'd have to assume an FCS HC is a step up from an FBS position coach and he's been let go by his last two employers. I'm not sure that's a great resume for being a HC, but I wish him luck.
November 19th, 2021 at 2:12 PM ^
they used to be one of the worst jobs in fbs now its probably umass. uconn is close but the facilities definitlely give uconn the advantage
November 19th, 2021 at 2:22 PM ^
Definitely a more attractive job now that they're back in the FCS / Big Sky and they actually have some hopes of fielding a competitive team
November 19th, 2021 at 2:27 PM ^
Shouldn't take it for less than $96,000,000/10 years ...
November 19th, 2021 at 3:05 PM ^
W. C. Fields expostulates: "Godfrey Daniels!"
November 19th, 2021 at 3:25 PM ^
I'm probably the only wolverine fan in Idaho. Well besides our TE recruit. I think the big house holds more people than the state of Idaho has at times. He will fail miserably here, Boise State quit being their rival because they pretty much suck. The stadium looks like a airplane hanger basically.
November 19th, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
Looks like a generator for a rebel base, hope the Empire does not send any probe droids to Idaho.
November 20th, 2021 at 9:17 AM ^
There was another Wolverine fan there, back in the day when I fought fires in the West, including Idaho.
Also, I would have spent a summer based there as a smoke-jumper but I turned down the job for love, to stay with my honey in Philadelphia. I had left town, driving west when, on impulse I turned around to rejoin her. In a movie, my return would have been a heart-warming climax. In life . . . not the best decision I've ever made.
November 20th, 2021 at 11:48 AM ^
Women, they're hell of a drug.