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Post by aggies22 » December 14th, 2020, 10:22 am

Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
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Re: More coaching info

Post by Trueblue14 » December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am

Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?



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Post by HomeTown » December 14th, 2020, 10:33 am

Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
People are saying it will be Ephraim Banda from Miami, I believe.



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Post by thegreendalegelf » December 14th, 2020, 10:35 am

HomeTown wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:33 am
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
People are saying it will be Ephraim Banda from Miami, I believe.
OC from UCF and DC from Miami? Sounds like we are going to be hitting Florida hard for recruiting.
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Post by USU78 » December 14th, 2020, 10:37 am

Banda. Aranda.

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Post by Roy McAvoy » December 14th, 2020, 10:39 am

aggies22 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:22 am
Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
I'm confused/excited. Paul Jackson is the head strength at South Carolina and prior to that spent 8 years as the head strength coach at Ole Miss. Why, exactly, is he leaving that job to come to USU?
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Post by aggies22 » December 14th, 2020, 10:40 am

HomeTown wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:33 am
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
People are saying it will be Ephraim Banda from Miami, I believe.
I'll take the heat for this if I'm wrong. I'm the one that said Ephraim Banda.



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Re: More coaching info

Post by aggies22 » December 14th, 2020, 10:41 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:39 am
aggies22 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:22 am
Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
I'm confused/excited. Paul Jackson is the head strength at South Carolina and prior to that spent 8 years as the head strength coach at Ole Miss. Why, exactly, is he leaving that job to come to USU?
I believe he was part of the staff that was let go at South Carolina.



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Post by ShowMeAggie » December 14th, 2020, 10:41 am

I like the Paul Jackson hire. Sounds like he's been the head S&C guy for SEC teams for the last 9 years, and at Southern Miss, Miami (Ohio) and LSU before that. A great S&C program is absolutely essential for us as a developmental program. We've been lacking in this area the last few years, and I think this is maybe one of the most important hires to get us back on the right trajectory. Nice find, Coach A!!
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Post by TrueAG » December 14th, 2020, 10:42 am

Excited for a new Strength Coach. Seems like one of our biggest needs! Can he help with the Basketball team also?
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Post by Roy McAvoy » December 14th, 2020, 10:45 am

aggies22 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:41 am
Roy McAvoy wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:39 am
aggies22 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:22 am
Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
I'm confused/excited. Paul Jackson is the head strength at South Carolina and prior to that spent 8 years as the head strength coach at Ole Miss. Why, exactly, is he leaving that job to come to USU?
I believe he was part of the staff that was let go at South Carolina.
Ah, got it. Thank you! He was part of Muschamp's staff that was fired. So in turn he was out of a job as well.



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Post by Imakeitrain » December 14th, 2020, 10:46 am

aggies22 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:40 am
HomeTown wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:33 am
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
People are saying it will be Ephraim Banda from Miami, I believe.
I'll take the heat for this if I'm wrong. I'm the one that said Ephraim Banda.
I feel like your twitter was fairly non comittal and said that you were “hearing he’s a candidate” or something. It seems like people ran too far with it



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Post by ShowMeAggie » December 14th, 2020, 10:49 am

according to Jackson's USC bio, his wife is a bit of a winter sports aficionado. *maybe* if we treat him nice and mother nature does her part, we might hope to keep him here a few years?!



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Post by 3rdGenAggie » December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am

There are plenty of threads in which to debate this, but I have to think that at one point Frank stood a really good chance at keeping his job and his top 1.5% in the country income, given that Collins and Bojay are likely invited back.

He'll probably be hired elsewhere and if so it'll be interesting if he can get $250k as a position coach at his next job.
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Post by AGGIEinIOWA » December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am

aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
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Post by ShowMeAggie » December 14th, 2020, 11:31 am

uh-oh. didn't i just hear Coach A say that his S&C coach was part of a bowl team? the Gamecocks are 2-8 this year...not bowl eligible by historical standards, anyway? what am I missing? maybe Jackson isn't our guy after all?



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Post by Aggie84025 » December 14th, 2020, 11:36 am

AGGIEinIOWA wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
I hope he brings in a coach that understands the returned missionary program and the importance of it. That is one area that helped turn this thing around. Not saying that should be our only focus, for sure should be something that is important for USU. We are obviously going to open and spend a lot more time in Texas, Florida and the south which I think will be great. Most important thing is to get guys that want to be in Logan since it is a lot different from other places. I am stoked to have BA leading the charge.



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Post by usufan1 » December 14th, 2020, 11:39 am

ShowMeAggie wrote:uh-oh. didn't i just hear Coach A say that his S&C coach was part of a bowl team? the Gamecocks are 2-8 this year...not bowl eligible by historical standards, anyway? what am I missing? maybe Jackson isn't our guy after all?
South Carolina is playing in a bowl game. Season record requirements were thrown out the window this year.

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Post by ShowMeAggie » December 14th, 2020, 11:40 am

yep...i stand corrected:

South Carolina Gamecocks Bowl Projections
ESPN (Mark Schlabach): Gasparilla Bowl (South Carolina vs. Georgia Tech)
ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): Liberty Bowl (South Carolina vs. TCU)
College Football News: Armed Forces Bowl (South Carolina vs. Colorado)
CBS: Gator Bowl (South Carolina vs. Wake Forest)
Stadium (Brett McMurphy): Gasparilla Bowl (South Carolina vs. Liberty)

So there's still a chance Jackson is our guy. (Never really doubted aggies22, but I got worried that something might have happened to torpedo what looked to be a stellar get. i feel better and shouldn't have freaked out...)
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Post by Yossarian » December 14th, 2020, 11:40 am

Aggie84025 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:36 am
AGGIEinIOWA wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
I hope he brings in a coach that understands the returned missionary program and the importance of it. That is one area that helped turn this thing around. Not saying that should be our only focus, for sure should be something that is important for USU. We are obviously going to open and spend a lot more time in Texas, Florida and the south which I think will be great. Most important thing is to get guys that want to be in Logan since it is a lot different from other places. I am stoked to have BA leading the charge.
Even if he doesn't have a coach on staff that is LDS, he will not have a shortage of outside advisors that can explain how the missions work and how to recruit LDS kids.
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Re: More coaching info

Post by Sl7vk » December 14th, 2020, 11:42 am

Yossarian wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:40 am
Aggie84025 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:36 am
AGGIEinIOWA wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
I hope he brings in a coach that understands the returned missionary program and the importance of it. That is one area that helped turn this thing around. Not saying that should be our only focus, for sure should be something that is important for USU. We are obviously going to open and spend a lot more time in Texas, Florida and the south which I think will be great. Most important thing is to get guys that want to be in Logan since it is a lot different from other places. I am stoked to have BA leading the charge.
Even if he doesn't have a coach on staff that is LDS, he will not have a shortage of outside advisors that can explain how the missions work and how to recruit LDS kids.
Is the missionary program that difficult to decode?
We make it sound like it's more complicated than solving world hunger....
It just takes the ability to do some basic math, and understand the benefits that come along with 2 extra years of development.
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Re: More coaching info

Post by Yossarian » December 14th, 2020, 11:45 am

Sl7vk wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:42 am
Yossarian wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:40 am
Aggie84025 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:36 am
AGGIEinIOWA wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
I hope he brings in a coach that understands the returned missionary program and the importance of it. That is one area that helped turn this thing around. Not saying that should be our only focus, for sure should be something that is important for USU. We are obviously going to open and spend a lot more time in Texas, Florida and the south which I think will be great. Most important thing is to get guys that want to be in Logan since it is a lot different from other places. I am stoked to have BA leading the charge.
Even if he doesn't have a coach on staff that is LDS, he will not have a shortage of outside advisors that can explain how the missions work and how to recruit LDS kids.
Is the missionary program that difficult to decode?
We make it sound like it's more complicated than solving world hunger....
It just takes the ability to do some basic math, and understand the benefits that come along with 2 extra years of development.
I don't think the math part of it is the difficult part. I think having a coach that understands why the kids go and how it could be off-putting if you get the reputation as a guy that tries to talk kids out of going on a mission. That's one area where an advisor can help - be he a coach on staff or otherwise.


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Post by 3rdGenAggie » December 14th, 2020, 11:50 am

Yossarian wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:45 am
Sl7vk wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:42 am
Yossarian wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:40 am
Aggie84025 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:36 am
AGGIEinIOWA wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
I hope he brings in a coach that understands the returned missionary program and the importance of it. That is one area that helped turn this thing around. Not saying that should be our only focus, for sure should be something that is important for USU. We are obviously going to open and spend a lot more time in Texas, Florida and the south which I think will be great. Most important thing is to get guys that want to be in Logan since it is a lot different from other places. I am stoked to have BA leading the charge.
Even if he doesn't have a coach on staff that is LDS, he will not have a shortage of outside advisors that can explain how the missions work and how to recruit LDS kids.
Is the missionary program that difficult to decode?
We make it sound like it's more complicated than solving world hunger....
It just takes the ability to do some basic math, and understand the benefits that come along with 2 extra years of development.
I don't think the math part of it is the difficult part. I think having a coach that understands why the kids go and how it could be off-putting if you get the reputation as a guy that tries to talk kids out of going on a mission. That's one area where an advisor can help - be he a coach on staff or otherwise.
He just was very clear about being a religious person in the press conference. He won't have any issue with the mission program or recruiting LDS kids at all.


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Post by ShowMeAggie » December 14th, 2020, 11:53 am

3rdGenAggie wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:50 am

He just was very clear about being a religious person in the press conference. He won't have any issue with the mission program or recruiting LDS kids at all.
unless he hates mormons ;) :stirpot:
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Post by USU78 » December 14th, 2020, 12:02 pm

ShowMeAggie wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:53 am
3rdGenAggie wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:50 am

He just was very clear about being a religious person in the press conference. He won't have any issue with the mission program or recruiting LDS kids at all.
unless he hates mormons, too ;) :stirpot:
FIFY :devil:
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Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
Bert Watts LB coach at Memphis and former Fresno State DC will be the DC. Anderson and Watts are represented by the same agent. I would look for Watts to be announced right after Memphis’ bowl game on the 23rd or maybe after signing day tomorrow.



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Post by Aggie19 » December 15th, 2020, 6:02 pm

Jete2 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 5:48 pm
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
Bert Watts LB coach at Memphis and former Fresno State DC will be the DC. Anderson and Watts are represented by the same agent. I would look for Watts to be announced right after Memphis’ bowl game on the 23rd or maybe after signing day tomorrow.
He looks pretty white, didn't Anderson say yesterday in his press conference that his OC, DC and ST coordinators were all minorities?
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Post by AggieFanNate » December 15th, 2020, 6:05 pm

I thought It was gonna be banda?



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Post by gomretat » December 15th, 2020, 6:18 pm

Yossarian wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:45 am
Sl7vk wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:42 am
Yossarian wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:40 am
Aggie84025 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:36 am
AGGIEinIOWA wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
aggies22 wrote:Expect to hear Paul Jackson from South Carolina named as the strength and conditioning coach. Also don't be shocked to see Bojay Filimoeatu and Stacy Collins retained.
So Shane Beamer must not be retaining Jackson then. That’s a pretty big get for us.

I’m glad Collins is being retained. He’s gotten a lot of good players for us out of the NW. maybe he goes back to special teams coach and one other position.

Question about Bojay. Isn’t Filimoeatu Tongan decent, which is same as Frank? Hopefully Bojay can help smooth over some of the damage. I’d like to see another poly or two and strong LDS connection. We are going to need to rebuild some trust within those demographics.
I hope he brings in a coach that understands the returned missionary program and the importance of it. That is one area that helped turn this thing around. Not saying that should be our only focus, for sure should be something that is important for USU. We are obviously going to open and spend a lot more time in Texas, Florida and the south which I think will be great. Most important thing is to get guys that want to be in Logan since it is a lot different from other places. I am stoked to have BA leading the charge.
Even if he doesn't have a coach on staff that is LDS, he will not have a shortage of outside advisors that can explain how the missions work and how to recruit LDS kids.
Is the missionary program that difficult to decode?
We make it sound like it's more complicated than solving world hunger....
It just takes the ability to do some basic math, and understand the benefits that come along with 2 extra years of development.
I don't think the math part of it is the difficult part. I think having a coach that understands why the kids go and how it could be off-putting if you get the reputation as a guy that tries to talk kids out of going on a mission. That's one area where an advisor can help - be he a coach on staff or otherwise.
Agreed. And how the topic is dealt with and understand has a lot of impact on what parents say and how they whisper (or shout) in the ear of their son about what makes sense. Not a math issue in any way but a big deal how it is supported if you want to recruit Utah.



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Post by gomretat » December 15th, 2020, 6:19 pm

3rdGenAggie wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 11:08 am
There are plenty of threads in which to debate this, but I have to think that at one point Frank stood a really good chance at keeping his job and his top 1.5% in the country income, given that Collins and Bojay are likely invited back.

He'll probably be hired elsewhere and if so it'll be interesting if he can get $250k as a position coach at his next job.
I was thinking the same thing. And I am probably in the minority but keeping a few people from the previous staff has some huge benefit if they buy into what the new coach is doing. Really hope that happens.
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Post by Jete2 » December 15th, 2020, 6:39 pm

Aggie19 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 6:02 pm
Jete2 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 5:48 pm
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
Bert Watts LB coach at Memphis and former Fresno State DC will be the DC. Anderson and Watts are represented by the same agent. I would look for Watts to be announced right after Memphis’ bowl game on the 23rd or maybe after signing day tomorrow.
He looks pretty white, didn't Anderson say yesterday in his press conference that his OC, DC and ST coordinators were all minorities?
Oops, I just went back and listened. I was getting info from two college coaches who stopped by my school and
“assured” me that Watts would be the new DC. So, we will see.
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Re: More coaching info

Post by splintorb » December 15th, 2020, 7:56 pm

Jete2 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 6:39 pm
Aggie19 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 6:02 pm
Jete2 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 5:48 pm
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
Bert Watts LB coach at Memphis and former Fresno State DC will be the DC. Anderson and Watts are represented by the same agent. I would look for Watts to be announced right after Memphis’ bowl game on the 23rd or maybe after signing day tomorrow.
He looks pretty white, didn't Anderson say yesterday in his press conference that his OC, DC and ST coordinators were all minorities?
Oops, I just went back and listened. I was getting info from two college coaches who stopped by my school and
“assured” me that Watts would be the new DC. So, we will see.
Jete, so who you saying will be the DC?
Cause you’ve now said two different people...
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Re: More coaching info

Post by Jete2 » December 16th, 2020, 8:59 am

splintorb wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 7:56 pm
Jete2 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 6:39 pm
Aggie19 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 6:02 pm
Jete2 wrote:
December 15th, 2020, 5:48 pm
Trueblue14 wrote:
December 14th, 2020, 10:23 am
Do we know who our defensive coordinator will be?
Bert Watts LB coach at Memphis and former Fresno State DC will be the DC. Anderson and Watts are represented by the same agent. I would look for Watts to be announced right after Memphis’ bowl game on the 23rd or maybe after signing day tomorrow.
He looks pretty white, didn't Anderson say yesterday in his press conference that his OC, DC and ST coordinators were all minorities?
Oops, I just went back and listened. I was getting info from two college coaches who stopped by my school and
“assured” me that Watts would be the new DC. So, we will see.
Jete, so who you saying will be the DC?
Cause you’ve now said two different people...
Not sure what you mean if you reread my posts. I said Bert Watts and only Bert Watts based on what a couple of coaches in the profession told me. I went back and listened to Coach Anderson’s presser to hear him say his coordinators would be minorities. Coach Watts appears to be white (maybe he is not; but I don’t know). I was just confirming from the previous poster that he appears to be white. Now I am confused!



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Re: More coaching info

Post by JFW_AGGIES » December 16th, 2020, 9:18 am

I'd be OK with Bert Watts he seems to have operated some very good D's in the past.



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