I usually agree with you on things. On this we aren't in the same yard. I can't even see your yard from where I am.
Chad Morris will be the final nail hammered into Gus' Auburn coffin. It shows no inclination to reach outside his own insular "ah, done wroted a book" mentality. It is yet another example of his maddening over-inflated ego. It's not going to get us any closer to LSU. It's not going to get us any closer to (F)UGA or Florida. Just more of the same "what the FUCK did I just see?" seasons. No quarterback development. No improvement in the routes.
Did you happen to see Arkansas' quarterbacks this season? I watched (accidentally) three or four of their games. They were the absolute worst. Unprepared. Poorly trained. Miserable fundamentals. Every single one of them was worse than Clint Moseley on his worst turtle day. That was the biggest clusterfuck of an offense I've ever seen -- and you know we've seen our fucking share over the last decade.
I am vehemently opposed to this hire. Even considering it puts me right back in the kick Gus the fuck out of here line.
I'll play devils advocate a little here since I think the pendulum is somewhere in the middle here on Chad. Again, Im not the biggest fan - mainly because of the sycophant reasons more than anything but I digress.
Here goes:
- We all know being a HC and OC are very different. Just look at Gustav ala 2010 and 2018. Morris did very well at Clemson as an OC whether you or I like it or not. He developed Tahj Boyd tremendously. And Ellington. And Hopkins. Dabo went 15-12 his first two seasons in Clemson. The next 5 seasons with Morris? 10-11-11-10-14 wins. Top 10 offenses.
- Has Clemson been as good since he left? Yes. And they still run his offense per Dabo. They also have a buttload more talent this year and the last 3 years than they did between 2009-2014. Most would argue Watson and Lawrence are both generational talents. Moreso than Boyd was. Morris also recruited, landed and developed Watson his first year.
- I didnt realize SMU had gotten progressively better each year. 2-5-7 wins. They are now playing this year in the top 25 with the 4 classes he put together. 3 of them he coached/developed. I erroneously stated last week Morris left everyplace worse than he found it. He also made Clemson exponentially better than he found it.
- Arkansas - Im not sure what to say here. Was this Morris? Or was this more how bad Arkansas is holistically, pre-Morris, Ath Dept, Bert, etc? Bert also was lights out at Wisky and came to Fayetteville and laid a dud. Most considered him a solid coach, and he still may be. Weve said it over and over that trying to win at MSU, OM and ARK is near damn impossible consistently. Morris was attempting to do the near impossible there - take caveman fb players from Bert and convert them all to a spread offense - IN THE SEC WEST. In 2 years. Not sure why anyone thought that would work. Despite all that, he didnt recruit horribly. Per Rivals.
- Texas inroads. Morris has a lot of recruiting inroads, esp in Texas. He recruited a lot of players to Clemson because of this. The same ones we saw Dabo win with after Morris was gone. Also per Rivals.
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