Greg Frey Fired From FSU
Florida State announces firing of OL coach Greg Frey, who played on FSU’s 1993 national title team. --per Brett McMurphy
February 15th, 2019 at 2:23 PM ^
Replacement already hired:
BREAKING: A source has confirmed to NoleGameday that #FSU will hire Houston offensive line coach Randy Clements.
February 15th, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
Oh, that's the best....when your dismissal is part of a strategy already in motion. Certainly not in football, but it happened to me a couple careers ago.
In any case, Florida State's offensive line was......well, it was. I'll be polite.
February 15th, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
The Eagles have never been the same band since he left.
February 15th, 2019 at 2:45 PM ^
The H is O.
February 15th, 2019 at 6:05 PM ^
No Fingers Felder? Not my Eagles then. History of the Eagles was a fascinating documentary, but it did show the assholery of Frey and Henley. It was clear that Timothy B. Schmitt was “just happy to be here” and Joe Walsh was a fragile recovering addict who wasn’t going to rock the boat. Frey and Henley (or as they were known in the band, “The Gods”) saw a plum opportunity to power over the others and turn them into hired guns compensation-wise. Felder, who was a full partner, executed his full WTF rights...and was fired. A shame.
February 15th, 2019 at 7:00 PM ^
You have to admit it was pretty funny how they told him if he wrote a song, he could be lead vocals on it. So he wrote ‘Victim of Love’ (great song), and after they let him sing it, they said, “let’s see what it sounds like when Don sings it,” and you know the rest.
February 15th, 2019 at 2:25 PM ^
Feel for Frey. He’s good at spotting and developing talent. But he went from one tough situation (split OL duties/philosophy with Michigan) to another at FSU (rough transition for first year coach). He will probably have to take a step down from a blue blood type program, but imagine he will find a soft landing spot eventually.
February 15th, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
Maybe he just wasn't very good at his job. I was surprised so many people here was happy when he came back. Maybe that was more the Drevno effect.
February 15th, 2019 at 3:35 PM ^
The OL improved every year under him. He recruited and developed several pro players. He did so at WVU and Indiana. He’s a very good OL coach and if he was hired after whenever Warriner left, I would be more than fine with that. He just walked into two jobs that needed immediate results. He’s a long term type hire.
February 15th, 2019 at 3:46 PM ^
Harbaugh and Taggart, thank you for your free assessments. They’d like to say to your expert opinion,”)$3$&:! !$)”
February 15th, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
Yeah I'm sure that's exactly what they'd say.
February 15th, 2019 at 7:42 PM ^
They hired them in the first place. And due to previous relationship, I’m sure JH gave a solid recommendation to Taggart. Frey’s resume speaks for itself. He’s consistently recruited and produced quality OL. Wasn’t a great fit here because of Drevno. And JH decided to go a different route.
February 15th, 2019 at 6:10 PM ^
Having to split OL coaching duties with Drevno would fuck up anyone's resume.
February 15th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
I still don't understand that bizarre situation of 2 coaches. I know JH knows a million times more about coaching than I ever can, but that was eff'ed up.
February 15th, 2019 at 4:54 PM ^
Perhaps he'll land at SDSU. It appears to be pretty damn soft.
February 15th, 2019 at 2:25 PM ^
Frey-erd.
February 15th, 2019 at 2:49 PM ^
The Fyre Frey Festival
February 15th, 2019 at 2:26 PM ^
Frey got Drevno'd
February 15th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^
Considering Francois was little more than a tackling dummy back there, it makes sense.
February 15th, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
To be fair...that was the case before Frey arrived.
February 15th, 2019 at 8:06 PM ^
That guy had like one great TD pass in his entire career, and it had to freaking be against us in the Orange Bowl.
We should have won that game several times over, even without Peppers.
February 15th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^
Damn. He was such an exciting hire here. I guess you can add him to the list of coaches whose careers came to Michigan to die.
February 15th, 2019 at 3:44 PM ^
Fortunately, not as bad as OSU where coaching careers ended for Hayes, Meyer and Tressel. Too bad, those guys were good coaches but being at OSU ended their careers.
February 15th, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
Being dirty fucks ended their careers. Being at osu actually prolonged their careers.
I’m sure other programs are similar (I don’t follow other teams), but Michigan seems to have a lot of coaches who flame out here and then go on to never do anything to suggest that they don’t suck.
February 15th, 2019 at 6:14 PM ^
Tressel and Meyer were dirty fucks. Hayes was a miserable asshole with an uncontrollable temper, but I have never seen any evidence that he was dirty, i.e., that he cheated.
February 15th, 2019 at 9:30 PM ^
Pre-internet everything has kept quiet.
February 15th, 2019 at 4:52 PM ^
You think Meyer’s career is over?
February 15th, 2019 at 3:13 PM ^
Boy, that place is a tire fire.
February 15th, 2019 at 4:01 PM ^
Wonder if Willie Taggert was wearing Aya Stark's face when he sneaked into House Frey and terminated.
February 15th, 2019 at 7:34 PM ^
+1 for whetting my appetite for the last season of GoT.
February 15th, 2019 at 5:32 PM ^
He sucks! Lacks a connection with players and is not a very good teacher. I am not surprised by this.
February 15th, 2019 at 7:10 PM ^
I trust you completely, but I'm also perplexed by this comment. It's hard to argue with his track record of developing players. Is he the luckiest position coach ever?
February 16th, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^
I heard he was “not a good human being” from people in the program. Not slander, just what I heard
February 16th, 2019 at 7:17 PM ^
Interesting take. Taylor Lewan, Michael Schofield, Patrick Omameh, and David Molk (Remington Award winner) all made the league and were either recruited or taught by this coach who sucks. Also had Roger Saffold, Dan Fenney, and Jason Spriggs at IU. 20 players he has coached have reached the league, but he sucks. Whether he connects with players or not the man has a track record that says he can coach.
February 16th, 2019 at 10:59 PM ^
There's more than one way to "suck."
February 15th, 2019 at 6:39 PM ^
Starting to wonder if he just lucked out with Spriggs and the other kid at Indiana and is just riding finding those couple of Diamonds in the rough.
February 15th, 2019 at 6:52 PM ^
February 15th, 2019 at 6:52 PM ^
Maybe he and RichRod will get the band back together somewhere?
February 15th, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
Some community college somewhere, maybe.
February 15th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
Since RR is the OC at Ole Miss now I would expect Frey to land there - he also worked under Kevin Wilson at Indiana. I wonder where he is now!?
February 15th, 2019 at 7:52 PM ^
Is FSU the biggest tire fire in FBS right now? It's really hard to understand Taggert's logic in a lot of his moves since he took over for Jimbo. I understand taking the "scorched Earth" approach, but he may not leave anything left when the dust settles.
February 15th, 2019 at 8:10 PM ^
That should never happen. I remember when they finished in the AP Top 5 for like 15 years in a row.
They can collect absurd talent when they feel like it.
February 15th, 2019 at 9:03 PM ^
Football
February 15th, 2019 at 9:20 PM ^
RR is at Ole Miss?
February 15th, 2019 at 9:50 PM ^
When I was watching Francois get murdered I completely forgot Frey was the Oline coach
In 5 games Francois was sacked at least 4 times in 2018. For comparison, Shea was only sacked 4 or more times in a game ONCE and that was against Florida
February 16th, 2019 at 10:24 AM ^
Perhaps he can join Pep's staff in the XFL.
February 16th, 2019 at 12:34 PM ^
Room for improvement with JT shot selection.
February 16th, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
+1
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