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IIRC, Petersen decided to move on from Strausser after that local 5 star OL went to Stanford over UW. I think Petersen felt he had to pick up a lot of slack for Strausser and then it was too late.
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FremontTroll said:
You have to do both. For a great coach/developer a large percentage of Strausser’s diamond in the rough signees never came close to doing shit. Sosebee, James, Turner, remember these names?
It became abundantly clear in 2016 and 2017 as our Plan A-D guys signed elsewhere that another Adams or McGary wasn’t walking through that door.
To say otherwise is revisionist history.
The Nfl is a better fit for him.- McGary - recruited as a DE by Kwat anyways, so Strausser gets zero credit for the recruitment here. But development was all him.
- Matt James - lol
- Jesse Sosebee - also lol
- John Turner - who?
- Devin Burleson - useless
- Jared Hilbers - give Strauss credit, a nobody recruit who developed into an above average starter
- Henry Roberts - not sure Strauss even ran point on this, but it was a good signing. He of course ended up busting.
- Trey Adams - Obviously a big dick get. Give Strauss credit.
- Luke Wattenberg - Solid signing, but has turned out to be useless. Maybe Strausser could have developed him into something better.
- Nick Harris - Not a big signing, but clearly Strausser's best success.
- Henry Bainivalu - See Wattenberg.
- Cole Norgaard - who?
- Jaxson Kirkland - Maybe Strauss gets credit for evaluating him? Losing Sarrell was obviously a blessing in disguise on this one.
- McGary - recruited as a DE by Kwat anyways, so Strausser gets zero credit for the recruitment here. But development was all him.
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Strausser was built for the NFL so getting rid of him was a blessing for everyone. Now he can be a good coach and just worry about the players he is given and not getting them.
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THere are people that do enough of both. Personally, I don't care what the coordinators do with regards to recruiting as much as a positional coach but offensive line is a very important position. Strausser just didn't want to do it and we didn't get enough talent without the effort.TXDawg said:
That’s a great question. If you’re a HC, do you want the steak of having a great positional coach or the sizzle of a 50-year old man who doesn’t mind texting 17-year old boys at 10pm?AtomicDawg said:It is possible to be a good coach and recruiter.
All that being said, Huff sucks. -
We? need to stop being presented with two bad choices and being told to pick oneAtomicDawg said:
THere are people that do enough of both. Personally, I don't care what the coordinators do with regards to recruiting as much as a positional coach but offensive line is a very important position. Strausser just didn't want to do it and we didn't get enough talent without the effort.TXDawg said:
That’s a great question. If you’re a HC, do you want the steak of having a great positional coach or the sizzle of a 50-year old man who doesn’t mind texting 17-year old boys at 10pm?AtomicDawg said:It is possible to be a good coach and recruiter.
All that being said, Huff sucks.
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Disagree. Adams committed to UW under Sark and maintained his commitment throughout. Strausser did nothing. He had the same level of involvement in his recruitment as I did.GreenRiverGatorz said:FremontTroll said:You have to do both. For a great coach/developer a large percentage of Strausser’s diamond in the rough signees never came close to doing shit. Sosebee, James, Turner, remember these names?
It became abundantly clear in 2016 and 2017 as our Plan A-D guys signed elsewhere that another Adams or McGary wasn’t walking through that door.
To say otherwise is revisionist history.
The Nfl is a better fit for him.- McGary - recruited as a DE by Kwat anyways, so Strausser gets zero credit for the recruitment here. But development was all him.
- Matt James - lol
- Jesse Sosebee - also lol
- John Turner - who?
- Devin Burleson - useless
- Jared Hilbers - give Strauss credit, a nobody recruit who developed into an above average starter
- Henry Roberts - not sure Strauss even ran point on this, but it was a good signing. He of course ended up busting.
- Trey Adams - Obviously a big dick get. Give Strauss credit.
- Luke Wattenberg - Solid signing, but has turned out to be useless. Maybe Strausser could have developed him into something better.
- Nick Harris - Not a big signing, but clearly Strausser's best success.
- Henry Bainivalu - See Wattenberg.
- Cole Norgaard - who?
- Jaxson Kirkland - Maybe Strauss gets credit for evaluating him? Losing Sarrell was obviously a blessing in disguise on this one.
- McGary - recruited as a DE by Kwat anyways, so Strausser gets zero credit for the recruitment here. But development was all him.
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IMHO Henry Bainivalu has been coming along.
But yeah, the only coach worth keeping on the offensive side of the ball is Adams (maybe Caho). Keith B's results unfortunately haven't been very good since Gaskin and Ahmed left for the NFL. -
Cato recommended JonDon to lake so he can GTFOHFNY said:IMHO Henry Bainivalu has been coming along.
But yeah, the only coach worth keeping on the offensive side of the ball is Adams (maybe Caho). Keith B's results unfortunately haven't been very good since Gaskin and Ahmed left for the NFL. -
The hiring of Huff should be viewed separately from the firing of Strausser. People always conflate the two (think Roman/Hopkins.)
I think we need a full cleanse on the offensive side of the ball but I wouldn’t be surprised if Huff lands on his feet somewhere and ends up being a good coach. Everything has been fucked under Hamdan and JonDon and it’s just not clear how to apportion responsibility beyond the OC and head coaches. -
I could see maybe moving Huff to TE so he could help assist OL recruiting, but he should probably be spaced along with the rest of the staff sans Malloe.
