2 things about Lashlee: he's not an Air Raid guy, Dykes is. Lashlee's got more background with Malzahn than he does with Dykes.
I am against bringing Kevin Johns back. I’m not familiar with all the others but KJ was a good guy but was in over his head here and I seriously doubt Memphis is as good as their rank.... no way....it would be bad for the program.... we are better than that
You can keep the Fresno's of the world away if you pay a guy $1.2 million or so for their patience. But if they pay $1.5 million and you pay $800k, that's a problem. Only good news is that 800k allows you steal quite a few good coordinators from other school. Personally I think the guy is worth $1.5 mil to the program. I'd think you'd get that back in ticket sales.
Johns would be an awesome pick. He's got the right temperment and knows IU. He'd be able to step right in.
Everyone needs to remember what DeBoer walked into. The guy was handed probably the best offensive roster ever and a staff that had been together for 2 years unchanged. It was a recipe for success for any OC with a good scheme. Most coaches ask for 2 year guarantees from OC or DC hires.
It looks like I will get a few days to watch Lashlee work as it looks as if SMU will be using our facilities for practice for the Boca Raton Bowl. Was really cool watching UAB last year and again last Friday for Conference USA championship game. Bill Clark is definitely a head coach to keep an eye on. Really surprised did not get something this year.
Not only that but apparently was not well received by the Indiana high school coaches
Definitely rubbed them the wrong way. Talk of him being condescending and arrogant.
IU came in to recruit a top OL of mine when in Indy and they were not impressive at all. Cam made disparaging remarks about my player when giving a talk later that day in Indy. My OL started for four years when BC was good and played in the NFL for a few years. Cam was not well though of by Indiana coaches as he came across as not valuing Indiana players.
I've heard many similar stories. Doesn't make sense to me. Out on the recruiting trail, you'd think a head coach would be on his best behavior, not some dick. Few people would think of RMK as "charming", but he could lay it on thick when he was going after a kid. Doesn't mean he made promises or sucked up, but he still treated people with a little respect and consideration in those circumstances.
Marten with Northwestern and TN pushing hard to get him to their schools. Cam made the comment that Marten wasn't good enough for IU even though he was 6'8" and ran a 4.9 forty electronic timed at TN's camp. I got a call a few days later wanting the info for Marten IE address, phone#, etc because they didn't get it when visiting at the school. I can attest that Cam came across as aloof and arrogant when dealing with him. I couldn't believe his comment about Marten not thinking the word would get back to us even as Marten was deciding what school to choose.
Cam Cameron? He was never a college OC before he came to IU.
I'll be damned. I would have bet cash money he was the OC at Michigan. But Wikipedia tells me otherwise.
I believe you are correct about him being OC at LSU a few years ago.
That's right - I forgot he coached at LSU.
If that's true, that was part of the problem - Defense was a foreign concept to him.
I remember during the Cameron era our secondary was so bad the corners would play like 10-12 yards off the line of scrimmage and the back peddal when the ball was snapped. The WRs could literally run to the sticks, stop, catch the ball, then half the time we'd miss the tackle and they'd gain 10-15 more yards. It was so frustrating to watch.
Remember when Knight showed up to practice and was telling the DBs to play up closer to the LOS?
