That 2016 UCLA season looks like a full blown come apart where it’s too hard to know why without having been a UCLA fan who would intimately know why imo.
But still the other 5 years I listed were solid at worst to really good at best.
Even if he’s a better recruiter than actual position coach the end results were definitely positive.
So I’m looking for the potential good… lol
I get jumped on routinely for “being negative” (not by you of course) and since there seems to be more positive here on the surface I’m going the positive route.
I won’t get credit for it but… eh I tried.
I've rebranded to critical™, give it a try!
When I first dug into his resume I was actually really down on him, in part because I came across that 2016 thing early, but also just looking at his resume and trying to figure it out. It was puzzling.
So, let's get the bad out there.
He had the second worst rushing offense in college football in 2016, an epic collapse probably fueled by the NCAA investigation and the suit brought against him. He then took two years off, not just because the show cause because he didn't work in the NFL either.
He then got promoted to OL coach for the Steelers and left before the season was over (reportedly didn't get along with Matt Canada).
The Oregon year, nothing seemed to go wrong but he still left.
The Patriots year he also left early, but this time the public reason was health although there were reported behind the scenes confrontations (yelling at Matt Groh for poor talent on the offensive line).
Then he took a year off again. So to summarize, epic collapse, three years off, left two jobs prematurely. Those are red flags. But, great recruiter (probably better than Kap) and when there weren't any issues his offensive lines seemed to at least meet expectations (demonstrably better than Kap).
The more I thought about it though the more I thought may be what Alabama's staff needs is someone yelling at them. So I started to warm up a bit to the idea of the hire.
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