From what I can gather in what went on this week. And stuff I was told. Nothing about the hire was really slow or inefficient. Parts kept moving and then finally aligned. Also knowing who was in the mix Spav is a solid choice of an OC who has succeeded as an OC at every P5 stop he has been to.
Solid hire where we know the floor with a coach that recruited here annd knows how to recruit at Cal. And that floor on the field is a conference leading offense with a top 15 offense in YPG, TDs, YPP and total yards.
For those of you who wondered why this took so long......it was because I wad glued to twitter and looking at sources for the next move. Today I traveled.....and here we are. You're welcome :)
On a serious note: Spav has proven not only at other places but also at Cal that he can run an offense. I think Wilcox needed someone who was the anthesis of him and here we are. This benefits the receivers and Ott, who can attack the 2nd level and break a tackle and he's gone.
Also and I cannot stress this enough: his head coaching record DOES NOT have relevance here. The administrative work and purpose is completely different. I give this hire a B.
Surprised by all the negative reactions to this hire. Wherever he's been the OC, they've had top 25 offenses. Hell, when he was here at Cal we had the best offense in the PAC12. He's proven as an OC, even if he didn't succeed as a HC. I don't care about hiring someone that generates "hype," I care about hiring someone who can flat out coach.
I dont hate it. Head coaching clearly wasn’t his thing, but we know his scheme can score points and can probably work reasonably well out the gate without needing pro level O line players. Wilcox needed a guy who runs a scheme that can score points yesterday, and he went and got one.
The prevailing hypothetical has been what if we could pair Wilcox’s defense with Sonny’s offense. Welp, this is about as close were going to get to see if that can happen. For me, it makes a lot of sense. The biggest question will be whether he can coerce the types of players he needs for his offense to run to come here.
This is objectively a good hire. Young, strong recruiter, established track record of success as a power 5 offensive coordinator. Period. Not a great head coach at Texas state? Who cares. Not all good coordinators make good head coaches. For anyone saying this is Beau Baldwin all over again, no it’s not. Beau Baldwin’s experience prior to Cal was Central Washington and Eastern Washington.
I like this hire because I see 2 definitive outcomes:
1. Wilcox is adapting and growing. He’s accepted that he needs some modern concepts on offense which includes pace. He’s willing to sacrifice some of the advantages his defense gets by slower play.
2. If the offense continues to play at slow paces and ultra conservative, we’ll know that it’s been Wilcox dictating offensive strategy to the OCs. If that’s the case, there is no need to keep him behind next season.
Hello WFC overlords. In the comments to the WFC OC Big Board I asked why no mention of Spav. No one replied. I’d love to say I have special CFB insight but that isn’t true. I’d love to say I have a gift of prescient name dropping but that also is not true. It was dumb luck that I saw he was fired and asked about him. Still, seeing this announcement gave me a good LOL!
From what I can gather in what went on this week. And stuff I was told. Nothing about the hire was really slow or inefficient. Parts kept moving and then finally aligned. Also knowing who was in the mix Spav is a solid choice of an OC who has succeeded as an OC at every P5 stop he has been to.
Solid hire where we know the floor with a coach that recruited here annd knows how to recruit at Cal. And that floor on the field is a conference leading offense with a top 15 offense in YPG, TDs, YPP and total yards.
For those of you who wondered why this took so long......it was because I wad glued to twitter and looking at sources for the next move. Today I traveled.....and here we are. You're welcome :)
On a serious note: Spav has proven not only at other places but also at Cal that he can run an offense. I think Wilcox needed someone who was the anthesis of him and here we are. This benefits the receivers and Ott, who can attack the 2nd level and break a tackle and he's gone.
Also and I cannot stress this enough: his head coaching record DOES NOT have relevance here. The administrative work and purpose is completely different. I give this hire a B.
Surprised by all the negative reactions to this hire. Wherever he's been the OC, they've had top 25 offenses. Hell, when he was here at Cal we had the best offense in the PAC12. He's proven as an OC, even if he didn't succeed as a HC. I don't care about hiring someone that generates "hype," I care about hiring someone who can flat out coach.
This is an EXCELLENT hire. It shows that Wilcox is breaking out of his conservative offense ways and this guy has been great as an OC.
I’m as negative as any bear fan. I feel like this is a solid hire. I’m firing up my sunshine pump machine tonight.
He is a solid recruiter and we will score points. Two major issues in the Wilcox era.
I dont hate it. Head coaching clearly wasn’t his thing, but we know his scheme can score points and can probably work reasonably well out the gate without needing pro level O line players. Wilcox needed a guy who runs a scheme that can score points yesterday, and he went and got one.
The prevailing hypothetical has been what if we could pair Wilcox’s defense with Sonny’s offense. Welp, this is about as close were going to get to see if that can happen. For me, it makes a lot of sense. The biggest question will be whether he can coerce the types of players he needs for his offense to run to come here.
This is objectively a good hire. Young, strong recruiter, established track record of success as a power 5 offensive coordinator. Period. Not a great head coach at Texas state? Who cares. Not all good coordinators make good head coaches. For anyone saying this is Beau Baldwin all over again, no it’s not. Beau Baldwin’s experience prior to Cal was Central Washington and Eastern Washington.
I’m shocked but in a good way. I’m very excited for this hire.
Wilcox and Spav can make a very good team. We just need to get a good OL coach hire and then hit that portal HARD!
I'm legit excited by this hire
Time is a flat circle.
I like this hire because I see 2 definitive outcomes:
1. Wilcox is adapting and growing. He’s accepted that he needs some modern concepts on offense which includes pace. He’s willing to sacrifice some of the advantages his defense gets by slower play.
2. If the offense continues to play at slow paces and ultra conservative, we’ll know that it’s been Wilcox dictating offensive strategy to the OCs. If that’s the case, there is no need to keep him behind next season.
Either way, I see this as a positive move.
Well I guess this is the closest thing we can do to hire Dykes as OC.
Hello WFC overlords. In the comments to the WFC OC Big Board I asked why no mention of Spav. No one replied. I’d love to say I have special CFB insight but that isn’t true. I’d love to say I have a gift of prescient name dropping but that also is not true. It was dumb luck that I saw he was fired and asked about him. Still, seeing this announcement gave me a good LOL!
#drop50