Has there been an option HC successfully make the transition before?

Nov 27, 2015
1:06:30pm

Pasadena All-American

There have certainly been lots of big time programs play option football in the past and plenty of great HCs at those programs. Has there been the kind of crossover you suggest?

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Would BYU even be able to get Navy's coach when Mendenhall is done?

Peanut

11/27/15 10:27am

Good point. He will be in high demand. There are going to be a lot of open

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 10:32am

but not many willing to jump all in with the his offense

concolor couguar

11/27/15 10:34am

Why do people think he would run the same offense elsewhere?!! He runs triple

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 10:36am

because that is exactly what his mentor did when he left Navy?

concolor couguar

11/27/15 10:46am

Bronco was also a long time 3-3-5 disciple and he has since gone to the 3-4.

foofcoug

11/27/15 11:31am

By the same reasoning that replacing our coaches won't improve our talent

Tom Trails

11/27/15 11:04am

+infinity

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 11:20am

This is the problem. People who are scared to get rid of bronco say there

cougarfann888

11/27/15 10:35am

No kidding. I don't know why this is so hard for people to comprehend. LaVell

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 10:38am

BYU was hardly even a D1 school back then.

Pasadena

11/27/15 10:50am

If you are okay with an unproven coach, the possibilities are endless

NewMexiCoug

11/27/15 10:51am

I didn't say an unproven coach. If you want to limit to proven LDS, head coaches

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 10:56am

I think you know I meant HEAD coach. All of what you say sounds nice.

NewMexiCoug

11/27/15 4:54pm

LaVell was replacing a bad coach. Whoever replaces Bronco won't be.

shakinbaker

11/27/15 10:54am

And LaVell was a great head coach. What was he before BYU hired him? You want

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 10:59am

No, but a decent resume seem like a good idea. I don't think trying to replicate

Pasadena

11/27/15 11:14am

LOL, who said anything about replicating the process from the 70's?!

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 11:20am

I thought you said it. Why else bring up LaVell? Isn't that the purpose of your

Pasadena

11/27/15 11:33am

Do you consider Ken. Niumatalolo to have a "decent" resume? When compared to the

ArcticKat

11/27/15 11:44am

He has a great resume for Georgia Tech. Not for the BYU job in my opinion.

Pasadena

11/27/15 11:51am

So you are saying it's just his system that's winning

Cougarealist

11/27/15 11:58am

I'm definitely not saying that. He's an awesome coach that runs a particular

Pasadena

11/27/15 12:23pm

I guess we will have to disagree. The CFO of the football team should be a

ArcticKat

11/27/15 12:53pm

Has there been an option HC successfully make the transition before?

Pasadena

11/27/15 1:06pm

Not off the top of my head although if you look at the early coaching careers of

ArcticKat

11/27/15 1:50pm

You just don't get it. Enjoy the fantasy world where our NC coach is just

shakinbaker

11/27/15 11:20am

How about a coach that can get BYU to NY6 bowl? What's your plan? Stick with

Kerbouchard

11/27/15 11:28am

Might want to do some fact checking on LaVell's predecessor.

foofcoug

11/27/15 11:27am

Good thing Ken N. has 9 more years of head coaching experience than BM had when

ArcticKat

11/27/15 11:23am

There is a chance you'll draw to an inside straight too...But it's a fools bet.

BarraCouga

11/27/15 12:30pm

You keep bringing up the Nebraska curse - you do realize that Solich was fired because of his substance abuse issues

foofcoug

11/27/15 1:05pm

The point is the macro...not the micros. The odds are bad even for CFB royalty.

BarraCouga

11/27/15 1:12pm

So what's the "curse"? To me that seems you are indicating that the school did something wrong in the dismissal

foofcoug

11/27/15 1:16pm

You're tripping over a mouse turd and I've only used the term "Nebraska curse"..

BarraCouga

11/27/15 1:22pm

You're the one who drop the giant turd out there. You were trying to equate the two situations when they

foofcoug

11/27/15 1:32pm

Ok. Pretend I didn't use that term. It's irrelevant to the point.

BarraCouga

11/27/15 1:40pm

Bad things could happen. Great things could happen. Fabricating cautionary fairy tales and boogie monsters

foofcoug

11/27/15 1:46pm

Math isn't fabricating. It's math. The odds are bad. It's just math.

BarraCouga

11/27/15 2:06pm

And if Bronco gets a DUI or goes psycho like Pellini then we should fire him.

BarraCouga

11/27/15 1:17pm

More than just Nebraska have struggled to find good a replacement coach

SpiffCoug

11/27/15 1:33pm

And others have found great success in hiring new coaches.

foofcoug

11/27/15 1:38pm

Exactly. It might work and it might not.

SpiffCoug

11/27/15 1:49pm

Maybe they should get him while they can

Cougarealist

11/27/15 10:37am

He seems pretty comfortable at Navy

PapaBill

11/27/15 10:38am

I respectfully disagree. People get bored and want to take on new challenges

Tom Trails

11/27/15 11:14am

I would think Ken wants to coach BYU

WJCougar

11/27/15 10:41am

CB cracks me up...

TheWookie

11/27/15 12:57pm

Georgia Tech has beaten plenty of elite teams running it

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