We're not going to change the offensive scheme and he has talent. It is really that simple in my mind. He'd have to be an awful playcaller to mess this up.
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We're not going to change the offensive scheme and he has talent. It is really that simple in my mind. He'd have to be an awful playcaller to mess this up.
2005- Coached under Ron Zook: Offense was averaging 17 points per game. Tim Brasic threw 206/337 for 1979 with 11 touchdown and 11 interception. Rushing offense was averaging 158 a game with 4.0 yard per carry. They were horrible.
2006- Slightly regressed. QB play was horrible, but their running game wsa pretty decent. They used Juice Williams a lot that year with Pierre Thomas and Rashard Mendenhall.
2007- Improved a lot. Went from 17 points to 19 points to 27.8 per game. Juice improved a lot, but still had too many interceptions. Mendenhall had 1681 yard rushing that year.
2008- Went from 27.8 to 28.7... QB play improved. Rushing offense was solid.
Maryland
2012- 20.1 per game. QB play was inconsistent. Running game was nonexistent.
2013- 26.2 per game QB play improved slightly. Running game improved slightly.
2014- 28.5 per game. QB play improved. CJ Brown threw for 2288 yards with 13 touchdown and 10 interceptions. Running game was there. Used Brown a lot.
2015- 24.7 per game. Inconsistent QB play. Running game was very good.. Ross averaged 958 yards with 6.4 per carry.
Key stats:
Locksley likes to use his QB in the running game. He has history of using RPO options. He likes to be aggressive with his playcalling.... Almost all of his qbs has thrown for at least 8 interceptions to 11 interceptions each year. If he goes with Tua, I can see him being aggressive at times... So I would expect Tua to have between 8 or 10 interception next year. If he sticks with Hurts.. Interception rate is low... So Locksley needs to figure out the balance of aggressive and calling smart game.
In every school he has called game.. his team has improved dramatically and averaged 27 to 30 points a game. I think with the talent we have at QB and RB and WR.... WE should easily averaging 35 to 40 points a game next year. Oh, Locksley has a history of using two QBs system.
I think it is safe to say that he will be fine calling the game because of all the talent he has surrounding him with. Have faith.
2006- Slightly regressed. QB play was horrible, but their running game wsa pretty decent. They used Juice Williams a lot that year with Pierre Thomas and Rashard Mendenhall.
2007- Improved a lot. Went from 17 points to 19 points to 27.8 per game. Juice improved a lot, but still had too many interceptions. Mendenhall had 1681 yard rushing that year.
2008- Went from 27.8 to 28.7... QB play improved. Rushing offense was solid.
Maryland
2012- 20.1 per game. QB play was inconsistent. Running game was nonexistent.
2013- 26.2 per game QB play improved slightly. Running game improved slightly.
2014- 28.5 per game. QB play improved. CJ Brown threw for 2288 yards with 13 touchdown and 10 interceptions. Running game was there. Used Brown a lot.
2015- 24.7 per game. Inconsistent QB play. Running game was very good.. Ross averaged 958 yards with 6.4 per carry.
Key stats:
Locksley likes to use his QB in the running game. He has history of using RPO options. He likes to be aggressive with his playcalling.... Almost all of his qbs has thrown for at least 8 interceptions to 11 interceptions each year. If he goes with Tua, I can see him being aggressive at times... So I would expect Tua to have between 8 or 10 interception next year. If he sticks with Hurts.. Interception rate is low... So Locksley needs to figure out the balance of aggressive and calling smart game.
In every school he has called game.. his team has improved dramatically and averaged 27 to 30 points a game. I think with the talent we have at QB and RB and WR.... WE should easily averaging 35 to 40 points a game next year. Oh, Locksley has a history of using two QBs system.
I think it is safe to say that he will be fine calling the game because of all the talent he has surrounding him with. Have faith.
Thanks for the in depth post. One thing I could see definitely being different here is the use or should I say consistent use of a dual qb system. With the talent we have at that position, I would think we have the skill set s there for one guy to take over that's including of course the expectation that Saban will prefer a one qb system of course (I would assume so) anyways ..good info.
Another thing he didn't have was good defense at his previous stop. That plays a role... in winning games.
If Saban hires him it means he's past a pre-requisite of hurdles for CNS to believe he's qualified. Heck, look what had to happen before Tua got put in. 
LOL! Coach rarely jumps the gun on things until he feels comfortable with it.
LOL! Coach rarely jumps the gun on things until he feels comfortable with it.Thanks for the info. Also in his defense, he lost 4 QBs in '12 and ended playing a LB at QB, no one could overcome that, and in '15 he was named interim HC mid season.
Bama wants to get the most out of it's talent, but whomever Saban chooses, we should assume the best. And Locksley does have '07 and '08, and there were extenuating circumstances for the other years.
In terms of his being aggressive, maybe too aggressive, he did have poor defenses on that team. So, he was likely playing from behind often. So, he may have been aggressive out of necessity.
It's also Illinois and Maryland. That one year they had at Illinois where they went to the Rose Bowl, they got crushed by USC. Neither of those two programs have near the kind of talent and depth that he'll have at his disposal at Alabama. It's just a completely different universe. You can glean something from his tenure there about his tendencies, but not how good he is overall or how good he will be with Alabama.
Last I heard... Coach Saban is color blind, but results oriented.
We have had some outstanding coaches who were black,
BUT...
We have never had a coach because he was black.
Unless a recruit is prejudiced toward one race or another...
(We would not recruit him)
So far our Recruits want to play for the best coaches.
Our Recruits want to play for coaches
who will give them a chance to win.
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One thing I saw that I liked is that he does like to sometimes run out of the pistol. I like the pistol, and hope to see us using it more in the future.
Exactly. Freeze will need to learn the plays, terminology,etc. and will be the eyes upstairs-
I'm late to the party, but I had to respond to this. I don't disagree, and yet I think he'll be on the staff in some form next year (unless I hear otherwise in this thread as I catch up ;-) )
I'm not sure you should use Freeze and the OSU mascot in the same comment. Bad juju.
It's Houston Nutt, y'all.
I heard he was interested in the position. Perhaps he can finally coach up Duron Carter.
TBH, the language in the posted comments just state the "head coach" would have a 2 game conference suspension "if hired" not "if hired as a Head Coach." I'm not saying that you're not right, but the language posted on here is vague enough to imply he'd be suspended if hired by Nov 30 regardless.
Let's try this one more time... He has a two game suspension IF HIRED AS A HEAD COACH. He has no punishment if hired as an assistant.
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