I love one poster said "Butch Jones". Someone replied "Dont be surprised about Jones. The players love him."
Here's another one:
Some may laugh - but Fedora is a GREAT Offense coach.
Sorta like how Carl Torbush was a GREAT DC, but never any good as a HC.
Cheatnik.... No. that's just bad vibes there.
I was gonna say Bill Walsh! ;-) or maybe Joe Walsh????
But Botch Jones? Again, people laugh, but we COULD do worse. PLENTY of people laughed a LOT when Saban hired Lame Kitten - I know I was VERY UPSET. Still, he did a heck of a job most of the time he was here.
Jones' Cincinnati teams scored pretty well and his 2015 & 16 teams scored well when they weren't playing us......
Honestly, he's been here a year and knows the players - so there's your "Continuity" piece of the puzzle.
The more I think about it, the less it bugs me......
Please for the love of all that is good and holy hire Butch as the OCHere's another one:
Some may laugh - but Fedora is a GREAT Offense coach.
Sorta like how Carl Torbush was a GREAT DC, but never any good as a HC.
Cheatnik.... No. that's just bad vibes there.
I was gonna say Bill Walsh! ;-) or maybe Joe Walsh????
But Botch Jones? Again, people laugh, but we COULD do worse. PLENTY of people laughed a LOT when Saban hired Lame Kitten - I know I was VERY UPSET. Still, he did a heck of a job most of the time he was here.
Jones' Cincinnati teams scored pretty well and his 2015 & 16 teams scored well when they weren't playing us......
Honestly, he's been here a year and knows the players - so there's your "Continuity" piece of the puzzle.
The more I think about it, the less it bugs me......
Saban wants the Bama identity back to what he believes worked best .... dominating defense and a power-running offense with a QB that is a good game manager. Saban is cleaning house on theThat's sort of what I'm thinking. It seems like all the offensive staffers are mysteriously going other places. Enos to Miami. Gattis (co-OC) to Michigan. Butch Jones to Maryland. Doesn't seem like Saban is real eager to keep many of them. Makes me wonder what he's up to.
Can you let me know where Butch's offenses ranked as an OC?I know it won't happen, but I'd be delighted if they hired Butch. He has a worse track record as an OC than as an HC.
I think people are assuming that he might thrive with a step down to OC, but he's not like someone like Lane Kiffin who had a great track record as an offensive strategist and player developer. Butch's offenses as OC have generally been terrible. And things really started to fall apart after he lost Bajakian and then Debord; those two carried him on offense at UT (and prior to that at Cincy).