Hey, Vols. I'm a Bronco, but I want to give you congrats on hiring Coach Wil. He's a good guy. Single. Dedicated to the job. Fishing and Football, that's it. So hook him up with some good spots, and you're set.
As I've watched that guy here, I guess the biggest thing that stands out is his creativity. We don't have the best defensive talent at BSU, but this is a guy who plays with the pieces he has on the board.
Fiesta bowl was a fine example. BSU typically runs a 4-3 defense. There's been several that say BSU 'added a 6th defensive back' vs. TCU. That's not exactly right. Given certain TCU formations, BSU rotated either a defensive end or safety to OLB. But I think they played it as a pretty conventional 3-4.
Wilcox, in 6 weeks, installed a new defense and taught new positions to at least 3 players. It was a brilliant piece of coaching and TCU didn't have a clue what they hell they were looking at. Wil has balls, for sure.
Whoever said he'll be licking his lips to play with SEC talent, yeh, that's right on. You can only scheme up New Mexico State so many times, right?
Anyway, best of luck to the Vols. Your program is the sort of institution that BSU aspires to be in, oh, 100 more years of success... we'll be watching and wishing the best to you.
Now here's praying to the Lord Almighty that Coach Wil doesn't take our secondary coach (Yates) with him...
Peace.