Shout out to my man Mark Milton on a certain other site.
Some Walt Bell articles and podcast discussion…
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Shout out to my man Mark Milton on a certain other site.
Shout out to my man Mark Milton on a certain other site.
Thank you RBB89 for the links to articles and podcast!
I love this stuff especially with the opening of Fall camp--not to mention the uncertainty with two new coordinators and a large influx of recruits and transfers.
Well he sounds more intelligent than Sheridan, but that was a pretty low bar. The only thing I can remember Sheridan was saying that "I have to coach better." And he never did coach better. Will be interesting to see what he can do. I love that he believes in running the ball. Hopefully, they can execute it.
The area that has teams have always struggled is sacks. All of his teams give up a lot of sacks. Good yards per play averages outside of sacks, but sacks are pretty high with him.
The area that has teams have always struggled is sacks. All of his teams give up a lot of sacks. Good yards per play averages outside of sacks, but sacks are pretty high with him.
i don't understand most of what he said but for some reason i feel very encouraged
Shout out to my man Mark Milton on a certain other site.
Chad Wilt article:
Indiana football's Chad Wilt, Tom Allen's new right-hand man on defense, is a lot like his boss
Tom Allen is back to calling defensive plays at Indiana, but still needed a coordinator to organize the unit. He has that In Chad Wilt
www.heraldtimesonline.com
I think Wilt agreeing to a Diet DC role means it will likely work well. It’s obvious he’s not a full fledged DC, but it’s just as obvious that he took the job knowing that, so it should work well.Chad Wilt article:
Indiana football's Chad Wilt, Tom Allen's new right-hand man on defense, is a lot like his boss
Tom Allen is back to calling defensive plays at Indiana, but still needed a coordinator to organize the unit. He has that In Chad Wiltwww.heraldtimesonline.com
I feel the same...hopefully the players are able to pick up on Coach Bell's lingo & philosophy quickly.
Coach Bell is going to be a welcomed addition to the staff. Outside of DeBoer, he’ll probably be the best OC we’ve had since the days of Wilson calling the offense. I’m going into this season with the full expectation that we’ll be markedly improved and , yes, there are a lot of new faces….but they are faces that have largely seen enough snaps in college or JUCO ball to expect them to perform.
We had an offense last year that all the guys should have been very comfortable running and those guys stunk up the joint.
We had an offense last year that all the guys should have been very comfortable running and those guys stunk up the joint.
I hope you are right. One thing for certain, TA running the offense with Sheriden through a headset was not the right answer. Anyone at the games could see the distraction. TA is better off calling plays on D.
It will be a fun season if the offense can approach your evaluation to go along with a defense that should be very good. It could be a very fun season, but we will have to wait and see the Illinois game to find out. I can envision, with the players on offense, having a very explosive offense with the Siver's speed and power, the speed and power other RBs provide, plus the speed and shiftiness our WR now have. If the OL plays decent football this could be a very good offense.
I think the thing Bell is bringing to the program is having a legitimate system and style of offense. I don’t know what that monstrosity was called last year? The best thing about having a very deliberate style of offense is that if you run it well, you can hang with most teams that are more talented.
Bell has the oppotunity to really settle in and run his schemes, allowing TA to spend time in-game on calling the defense. Depth is stil a concern given our propensity for injuries. Game1 getting closer by the day!
When Coach Bell was the offensive coordinator at Florida State University he did not call the plays. He then left FSU to take the head coaching job at Massachusetts a program that nobody in their right mind would have wanted to coach. He won two games and lost 23 before being fired with three games remaining in the season last year. I really hope I am missing something here.
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He did call the plays, at least for a time, at FSU. I think Taggart stepped in and grabbed the wheel once the iceberg was sighted, but it was too late by then.
I was curious, and this is what I found on 247/Noles from 2018.
Quoted from article.
Florida State head coach Willie Taggart conceded play calling duties to offensive coordinator Walt Bell on Saturday versus N.C. State. It was the first time this season that Taggart himself was not calling the offensive plays. Although Bell has the offensive coordinator title, he had not called the plays prior to Saturday's game.
A source told Noles247 that this change will be permanent for the remainder of the 2018 season. Bell will call the plays for the remaining three games -- Notre Dame, Boston College and Florida.
After the loss at N.C. State, Taggart explained that giving up play calling allowed him to spend more time with all parts of the team. He reiterated this point on the Jeff Cameron radio show on Monday as well.
Apparently Taggert relinquished the play calling duties to bmBall after the 8th game of the season. At that time the FSU offense was ranked 108 out of 130 teams. It was the first time in Taggert's 9 years as a head coach that he had given up control of play calling.
Look at the post after your post to see how wrong you are. You are believed to have much inside info you think you have.
I never claimed to have any inside information on FSU, and it was clear that I wasn't entirely sure about what happened there. I probably should’ve googled it like others typically do. My bad. I am lucky enough to have some really good IU football contacts though, and I’ll keep passing along things to you and the others as the season goes in hopes it gives you some insight into the program.
Go Hoosiers.
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Everyone knows going into a Taggart staff that the guy has full control over the offense. He has spent his entire career since WKU as an offensive coach or coordinator in some capacity and was a former QB.
Unlike this board, most coaches and the folks in the coaching circles view Walt Bell with high respect. If you get named as a coordinator in your early 30s, you are doing something right.
Unlike DeBord or Sheridan, this guy has worked at several P5 schools with many different influencers.
UMASS is a damn near impossible job became they haven’t invested in football.
Unlike this board, most coaches and the folks in the coaching circles view Walt Bell with high respect. If you get named as a coordinator in your early 30s, you are doing something right.
Unlike DeBord or Sheridan, this guy has worked at several P5 schools with many different influencers.
UMASS is a damn near impossible job became they haven’t invested in football.
We have been asked by a mod to ignore the troll, the assumption being he will move on once he doesn't get the attention he craves.
I think Bell has gotten a fair shake here. No?
Interesting fact about Bell's tenure at UMass, the defenses he had were horrible, to say the least. Kevin Wilson's defenses at level or really bad. The last couple of years, his offenses didn't score a lot of points there either. While I think he may have great offensive schemes I think the jury will be out whether the guys he has can execute. I've got to believe the players at IU offer a lot more upside than what he had at UMass though.
Too much concern placed on his head coaching stint at UMASS.
I expect him to have a dynamic offense. Allen defenses had a difficult time with his offenses.
I’m unusually bullish on the new OC. Just hope he sticks around.
If he does really well, he’ll get a chance to be a head coach again, just like Kalen. It would be a pleasant problem to have. Among the many keys to his O will be athletic, first step / punch OL who can create running lanes. This is a spread run attack played at tempo, first and foremost, much like Oregon did during Chip Kelly’s best years. Mostly four receivers pushed away from the tackles, spreading the D to the boundaries, and trying to win the numbers between the hashes. It also makes it tough for both safeties to stay in the middle of the field, which creates additional advantages for the O. Whether we can make it go with an immobile quarterback will be a huge question, but there’s little of this style in the BT right now, so it wont be easy for other teams to prepare for us.
Go Hoosiers.
Ehhh, UMASS has to be a part of the discussion, even he will admit he has some scars.
Most here agree with your general position though, which has been quite reasonable of late...let's just hope an early L to ILL doesn't send you off the ledge
UMass was a terrible situation moving forward into a higher classification and trying to be a head coach was a bad choice for him. I hope he has success this season and stays for a while to try being a HC at a better school.
