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Bush's never ending couch sale
Someone mentioned that Bush is gonna trip on his dick if he's OC because in the end his dick is Pete's; he doesn't know any offense outside of Pete's. Dude doesn't have a Wikipedia page (WTF?) so I pop over to his gohuskies page to check out his pedigree:
Only UW is stupid enough to keep him for more than one year, and he's had 9 different stints in his 11 year coaching career. No one is fighting too hard to keep him around.
Why did he keep getting moved up? Has he shown anything? Or was it just the allure of a Petersen acolyte, the gesamtsportwerk coach?
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Dude's an OC at a major program at 33 without having skipped any steps to get there and already having coached 3/5 of the offensive position groups. It's not record time or anything but it's pretty rare for someone to have done all of that that early.
Maybe you think HamMan is a killer coach; DDY and budz convinced a lot of people of that, so I wouldn't blame you. But personally I'm not seeing it, and with the benefit of hindsight, maybe that is borne out by the pattern of his constant change of scenery.
I then even mused as to why he kept getting promotions; I think it is more likely people think Pete has a secret sauce than they looked at Bush's personal accomplishments when deciding to hire him.
But, in the end, I hope we are again one of those employers that wishes him well in his future endeavors and lets someone else discover his true mettle.
2016: 4944 yards, 38 TDs, 7 INTs, 69.9% comp rate
2017: 4095 yards, 20 TDs, 12 INTs, 64.7% comp rate
2018: 4924 yards, 35 TDs, 7 INts, 69.4% comp rate
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RyanMa00.htm#all_passing
Ross, Pettis and Chico all had their best seasons rather easily in their one season under Bush.
I don't see any evidence he can coach QBs or run an offense but that doesn't mean he can't coach. And I doubt very strongly teams were just letting him walk without fighting to keep him.
You're creating a narrative here.
I'm mostly ambivalent about his coaching ability, I'm too stupid to really assess it, and with all the confounding variables probably everyone else here is, too. I will admit I'm creating a narrative that supports my desired result of him being shown his walking papers, err, being promoted to OC/AHC at Davidson.
His tenure as UW receivers coach was too short to be 100% sure, but it sure as fuck looked to be going well.
His tenure as UWs OC and QB coach, plus his short stint at Atlanta, are enough. We know he sucks at both. There really shouldn't be a spot on the staff for him unless it's a demotion to WR and I'd prefer to see another year of Junior Adam's before that happened.
edit: damn i am no good with onr arm in a sling. keep hitting wrong buttons - so much for QC