owlcountry40 said

We had the 103rd ranked offense and the AVG D we played of 112th. 

Again BTW this all the good stuff inwould bring to the pod cast. 

Posted On: Aug 17th 2015, 11:19 AM #347296

walty12 said

owlcountry40 said

We had the 103rd ranked offense and the AVG D we played of 112th. 

Again BTW this all the good stuff inwould bring to the pod cast. 

Posted On: Aug 17th 2015, 11:19 AM #347296

Just to point out how irrelevant and skewed the numbers in your post are….(I'll dig into your whole 2nd year coaches post next).

FAU vs Alabama 41-0.  Bama 620 total yards, FAU 145 total yards.
FAU vs Nebraska 55-7  Nebraska 784 total yards, FAU 200 total yards.

Been awhile since I took statistics, but those look like outliers to me.  I could rework the numbers and show that our offensive and defensive rankings would have been DRASTICALLY different without the 2 cash games, but I think we all get the point.

And yes, I would love to hammer your thoughts in a podcast.

Posted On: Aug 18th 2015, 10:26 AM #347332

owlcountry40 said

Ok there has been some talk on the nest debating how long it takes to get a real idea of what kind of head coach you have.
Some want to give a head coach for ever before you shrug your shoulders and say "maybe he isn't  the one".
I on the other hand I realize you don't need to give a coach that long to decide whether you is worth it or long.

So I did some research to see what all the 2nd year head coaches did in 2014.
The numbers to were a bit shocking to me on how much 2nd year coaches improved from there 1st year.

Out of 25
16 Improved there team by 2 games or more accounting for 52 more wins from the year before.
only 4 coaches got worse from year 1 to 2 and two of those coaches took over from programs that were successful before they arrived and the coach before went onto larger program for example San Jose Head coach Ron Gragher.
There were 4 2nd year coaches in C-USA last year.
Ron Tuner had a 3 game improvement.
Skip Holtz had a 5 game improvement.
Todd Monken  won 2more games.
Sean Kugler had 5 more wins from year one.
Other notable coaches with 2nd year success.
Some other Notable improvements.

Bret Bielema (Who Charlie coached under)won 4 more games in the SEC west.

PJ Fleck went from 1-11 in year one to 8-5 ( Has a lot of South Florida recruiting ties.)  

Mark Rhule went from 2-10 to 6-6( If he can do it with Temple Owls we should be good in Boca)

Scott Satterfield went 4-8 his first year with then FCS App St then won 7 with FBS App St in his 2nd year.

Many of these coaches did not have the luxury of taking over a bowl eligible team in the best area for recruiting in the country or was able to keep an interim head coach who won 4 games the year before.

In my eyes this 2nd year will show what impact he has made on the program.
He has now had 20 months to make his changes and lets see what he has.

Some say he "needs 3-4 years to get all his guys"
Many coaches prove that he can do it with his guys and get more out of the players that were there before him. (This is what Charlie needs to prove)

I OC40 has faith we will see a strong OWL football team this year (7-8 WINS) anything less some changes will need to be made going into year three.

(I do not need to tell you this I am sure you know) I will stop accepting meritocracy this season!!

GO OWLS!!  

Posted On: Aug 14th 2015, 2:48 PM #347205

FAU 05 said

OC40 check this out. It's more than possible for Charlie to improve the win totals. Mark, this article paragraph relates to the 4 time in a row New Orleans bowl champs ULL that we were talking about in your store.  It's from 2014. They have gone 9-4 for four years now. 

The Ragin' Cajuns were coming off of a 3-9 season and had never been to a bowl game when Hudspeth, a former successful Division II head coach, was hired away from the Mississippi State coaching staff in late 2010. His teams have gone an identical 9-4 and won a New Orleans Bowl championship in all three seasons of his Ragin' Cajuns tenure.

Posted On: Aug 20th 2015, 3:35 PM #347429

FAU 05 said

OC40 check this out. It's more than possible for Charlie to improve the win totals. Mark, this article paragraph relates to the 4 time in a row New Orleans bowl champs ULL that we were talking about in your store.  It's from 2014. They have gone 9-4 for four years now. 

The Ragin' Cajuns were coming off of a 3-9 season and had never been to a bowl game when Hudspeth, a former successful Division II head coach, was hired away from the Mississippi State coaching staff in late 2010. His teams have gone an identical 9-4 and won a New Orleans Bowl championship in all three seasons of his Ragin' Cajuns tenure.

Posted On: Aug 20th 2015, 3:35 PM #347429

FAU 05 said

"I want to see what the team looks like against Tulsa. I can't just read articles and then make assumptions about how good we are. I am not that good at evaluating football talent."

Dido… We can all dream… Go Owls!

Posted On: Aug 20th 2015, 5:36 PM #347437