That would be an interesting hire. Here is the article that gives some background on Kiesau when Fresno St hired him when he was an analyst at Bama.
http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/col...-state/bulldogs-football/article52529340.html
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Kiesau worked as analyst at Bama for a year, closely with Lane, responsible for converting to his no-huddle & terminology system. Played QB, solid QB & WR position coach. Position coach, passing game coordinator and OC experience -- under Chris Petersen, Jeff Tedford, Dan Hawkins, Steve Sarkesian, Charlie Weiss.
Liked and sought to learn and adopt Saban's coaching & organizational philosophies while at Bama. Hawkin's OC at Colorado, Sark's OC at UW, and OC & interim HC at Fresno St. Now WR coach at Boise St., for only a month or so. Good OC results at UW, less than stellar results at Colorado & Fresno attributable to lack of player talent. Justin Wilcox (new HC at Cal.) recently came very close to hiring him as OC.
Knows Bama culture, athletic dept., coaches, offensive system & terminology -- smooth transition. Good/right acumen & experience, age/maturity level. Should be able to improve our passing game performance. Tireless work ethic, both coaching & recruiting. Broad western recruiting experience & ties.
It appears Kiesau Would like working for Saban and can/will do what Saban wants offensively, avoiding the need for arse chewings. Fairly likely to stick around for a few seasons, too. Overall, a solid choice and good fit -- seems well equipped to do what Sark was hired to do. All things considered, he's perhaps the best choice for what Saban likely feels he needs and wants.
Perhaps Kieseau is the leader in the clubhouse and the reason Saban has only brought in one guy (Godsey) so far to interview. Kiesau would not even need to come in for an interview or to see what Bama is all about. He already spent a year on Bama's staff.
Liked and sought to learn and adopt Saban's coaching & organizational philosophies while at Bama. Hawkin's OC at Colorado, Sark's OC at UW, and OC & interim HC at Fresno St. Now WR coach at Boise St., for only a month or so. Good OC results at UW, less than stellar results at Colorado & Fresno attributable to lack of player talent. Justin Wilcox (new HC at Cal.) recently came very close to hiring him as OC.
Knows Bama culture, athletic dept., coaches, offensive system & terminology -- smooth transition. Good/right acumen & experience, age/maturity level. Should be able to improve our passing game performance. Tireless work ethic, both coaching & recruiting. Broad western recruiting experience & ties.
It appears Kiesau Would like working for Saban and can/will do what Saban wants offensively, avoiding the need for arse chewings. Fairly likely to stick around for a few seasons, too. Overall, a solid choice and good fit -- seems well equipped to do what Sark was hired to do. All things considered, he's perhaps the best choice for what Saban likely feels he needs and wants.
Perhaps Kieseau is the leader in the clubhouse and the reason Saban has only brought in one guy (Godsey) so far to interview. Kiesau would not even need to come in for an interview or to see what Bama is all about. He already spent a year on Bama's staff.
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Thx for introducing a new name. Seems like a very plausible rationale. I like Kiesau for the spot MUCH more than a Chip Kelly.
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I think it is a false choice. Your presuming we're giving up effective passing in exchange for a duel threat.
I will remind you that it is not likely that AJ would have won that Clemson game as a sophomore.
It's a matter of experience.
last year speaks more about the lack of development of our upper class QBs than it does about the relative merits of a dual threat versus traditional drop back QB. We needed a duel threat last year because we didn't have an effective passer.
Good to hear a new name in Kiesau. Didn't know anything about him (didn't even recognize his name), but I like what I read in the linked article.
Big-time experience as an OC. Time in the Saban Home for Fired Coaches. He's clearly a west coast guy, but 3-4 years in Tuscaloosa could benefit both. Like him a lot more than many of the names mentioned.
Big-time experience as an OC. Time in the Saban Home for Fired Coaches. He's clearly a west coast guy, but 3-4 years in Tuscaloosa could benefit both. Like him a lot more than many of the names mentioned.
I knew I was courting confusion when I wrote that, as Charlie's son was the only one to actually have been officially on staff. But Charlie himself has served as a "consultant," we'll call it, in the past. What I was trying to communicate was that he'd worked with the staff before. Obviously should have worded it differently.
I'd soft-pedal that one for now. I asked about that one tonight and either there's nothing there, or there's something there and the school is being coy about it. If I had to put him on my original list he'd be middle of the pack, in terms of probability.
I'd say the betting leaders at this time are Daboll and Godsey.
Rodney Orr was 99.1 FM in Birmingham just now saying this - and he said don't be surprised to see an announcement in the next 48 hours.
Also said he thinks D. Craig goes to Oregon with the possibility of Tracy Rocker or Gene Chizik as an analyst. (Personally doubt the Chizik part).
Take it FWIW, but Orr says CNS is "high" on Cheezenip.
It would just seem odd to have him around T-town, but it almost be worth it to see how the Barners would invalidate it.
Chizik has a great defensive mind. Saban uses his analysts in very specific ways. Saban needs someone to do 3rd down analysis, for instance. This is what Sark did, and that focus on 3rd down play really paid off last year for Alabama (see improvement year over year from 2015 to 2016 season).
If Saban is after Chizik, it is for something like that. Something that will allow his strengths to help the Tide win games. I doubt that he would bring in Chizik for an on-field role.
No, that would be Bryan Harsin, who used to be the co-OC at Tejas with "Major-Major Pants on Fire" Applewhite.
Like how he had a power runner in DeMarco Murray, trying to run whatever it is he was trying to run with the Eagles
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New England Patriots tight end coach Brian Daboll could be heading south.
Daboll is a candidate for Alabama’s offensive coordinator job. Daboll is expected to interview with the Crimson Tide, per Bruce Feldman of FOX Sports. The position became open after Steve Sarkisian left Alabama to become the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator.
The Patriots’ tight end coach has spent the last 11 seasons in New England.
Daboll was a graduate assistant under Nick Saban while Saban was coaching at Michigan State.
Daboll is a candidate for Alabama’s offensive coordinator job. Daboll is expected to interview with the Crimson Tide, per Bruce Feldman of FOX Sports. The position became open after Steve Sarkisian left Alabama to become the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator.
The Patriots’ tight end coach has spent the last 11 seasons in New England.
Daboll was a graduate assistant under Nick Saban while Saban was coaching at Michigan State.
Now, I think Chizik was a good DC at Alburn, Texas, and UNC. If he could help us continue beating the Barn, et al, that would be fine with me. I'm sure Coach Saban will do the RIGHT thing.
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