Bambi

January 10th, 2019 at 3:31 PM ^

He was a great recruiter and WR coach at PSU before he went to Bama this year too. We saw the drop off in PSU's WRs without him. This could be awesome on multiple levels.

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Mr Miggle

January 10th, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^

This could mean McDaniels isn't getting hired. The last I heard was that Jim hoped to hire him as the WR coach, but I never saw anything definite.

Pep wasn't ever given the OC title, was he? If Gattis is named the OC, I don't see Pep getting elevated to co-OC and maybe Gattis wouldn't come here for that either. Pep could stay to be an overpaid QB coach. Maybe this helps push him to move on.

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bluepalooza

January 10th, 2019 at 3:33 PM ^

So Day hires a RETREAD Dline coach as DC and Harbaugh hires a coveted OC from Bama for OC. Looks like Harbaugh is playing Chess and Day is playing Checkers.....

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lhglrkwg

January 10th, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^

Interesting for multiple reasons.

1) Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall anyone being called the actual OC around here in the last few years. It's always run game coordinator and pass game coordinator. Is this a change in the coaching hierarchy?

2) If he is OC, what does that make Pep

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bamf_16

January 10th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^

Could Pep just not be QB coach and Assistant HC?

Not necessarily predicting or advocating for this, but stating a possibility.

Would it really be that bad if he were just working with the QB's? He seems to get high praise from them.

Just let someone else design the passing plays and call the plays and Pep can work with the QB's on the execution of plays that other people design and call.

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bamf_16

January 10th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^

Could Pep just not be QB coach and Assistant HC?

Not necessarily predicting or advocating for this, but stating a possibility.

Would it really be that bad if he were just working with the QB's? He seems to get high praise from them.

Just let someone else design the passing plays and call the plays and Pep can work with the QB's on the execution of plays that other people design and call.

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Coach Carr Camp

January 10th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^

Penn State fan comment on Reddit when he got poached by Bama

"This is a huge huge loss for us. Bama you’re getting one of the best recruiters and WR coaches in the country."

This is incontrovertible evidence he is amazing. 

Quick scan of Bama boards for comments on this guy, he seemed to have been overall well regarded, especially for recruiting.   

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cactus

January 10th, 2019 at 3:38 PM ^

Can't imagine he would have agreed to flip to UM without Harbaugh agreeing to give him the reins, or at least primary responsibility for the offense.

I'm excited!

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Ham

January 10th, 2019 at 3:39 PM ^

Sounds like a promising start, though I know nothing about him and didn’t love the game plan Alabama had for Clemson. I just like that there’s going to be a defined OC. Hope this goes better than the last Alabama guy we hired as OC.

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UMBSnMBA

January 10th, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^

Hopefully he works out as well as the last OC we got from 'Bama!  /s

Sorry, I had to make the comment.  I'm surprised no one mentioned this before me ... 

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FrankMurphy

January 10th, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^

This is good news and all, but remember how excited we all were about Nussmeier and how that worked out? I'm cautiously optimistic, but the emphasis is on cautiously.

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