Just throwing this out there as a potential talking point
Is there any concern that Fisch hired his OC (Carroll) and DC (Belichick) based primarily on their last names, and that he wouldn't have hired them otherwise had their surname been Schloberknocker? Or are these the two best individuals we could have gotten for the jobs?
Comments
-
At this point Fischer has earned our trust in him. That can change on a dime ala Montana 2021, so don't twist.
But it takes a coach that knows what they are doing to get 10 wins at Arizona. Especially when that 10 wins was built, not inherited. That place was a dumpster fire when he got there.
The only legit knock against him is that he started the wrong QB. While true, he also recruited and developed Fifita.
-
Excellent points
-
I thought we always said that blaming coordinators is the same as blaming the coach. You might get 1 mulligan, but it's the head coach which matters.
As PGOS said this dude has evidence. If we look back at CFB coaching results in the past 15 years, taking Arizona to 10 wins (4th best Arizona final poll ranking alltime, T2 in Arizona wins in a season alltime) in the time he did with what he had to start with has to rank in the top 5? 10? of coaching jobs. Saban, Dabo, Smart, their multiple natties top the list, but that was a hell of a turnaround.
-
Also, Carroll did work for him in the same role at Arizona. Did Carroll get the job at Arizona based on his last name? I don't know, but there is a track record there. I'm not sure we can say he got the job at UW because of his name. Belichick on the other hand? I guess we have to LIPO.
-
I trust Fisch and Carroll as a more proven entity than Belichick. We’ll have to LIPO, but having papa around practice has to help the hype and recruiting.
Fisch seems like a rich man’s sark 2009 with a higher ceiling.
free agency college football might allow is to bounce back through recruiting much faster than in previous eras -
A "rich man's Sark"!! Lulz.
-
Yeah and I remember it being a worry I had and discussion point when those dominoes were falling. I wouldn't be surprised if Fisch himself has some worries about at least Belichick, but it's something different than just hiring one of the run of the mill college football west coast DC guys and UW is a program that should try some unique things. He had a good defense last year with Johnny fucking Nansen so I have faith.
Carroll has probably shown enough at Arizona. My only disappointment there was if they could have kept Huff and if that could have gotten OL guys to stay but that was never an option .
-
Losing coaches to the NFL should never be something to regret, hard to stop that, but keeping our interior OL this team might have put UW into dark horse conversation, such is life. Are we(?) worse than 2023? I think we have the same ceiling if the dominos fall as miraculously.
-
I think the lack of interior defensive lineman is going to be a problem in the B1G that gets exposed Oct/Nov that normally wouldn't be much of a concern in the PAC. There's not much proven talent in that position group.
-
Fish also worked with both Carrol and Belichick in the NFL. He’s got a baseline knowledge of their coaching chops and deemed them valuable enough to offer jobs to. Did their famous fathers help? Maybe, but as has been said, it all starts and stops with Fish. Fish is the OC, BC is there as a trusted coach/sounding board and to run the OL not to call plays.
