For 12 years now....

[BigHorn]

For 12 years now UW has had a HC that came up through the defensive side of football and were defensively minded HC's. That has given us generally decent defensive teams but except for the Josh Allen tenure from lousy to horrible offenses. Even during Josh Allen's tenure Craig Bohl tried to reign in Josh Allen. What would have happened if they had let Josh Allen more freedom as the QB?

My point to this post is that the HC at UW has been more concerned with stopping scoring instead of scoring more. I would argue that neither Bohl or Sawvel has truly been able to get a handle on how to actually put a creative and successful offense out on the field. Why would anyone expect to see anything different next season as I would be shocked if Sawvel were actually gone for one reason or another.

We have read and heard a lot of lip service about making the offense more productive over the last 12 years and most of it was just BS. There will have to be radical changes to the offensive side of the team imo for a productive offense to actually be put on the field next season.

Is Bouknight the guy to make that happen? What do you guys think?

 

[Cowboy20]

I’m not sure Jovon has had a fair shot at OC with the quarterback he’s had to roll with. An interesting fact is that for the past 12 years, only 3 times has the starting quarterback been the starter the whole season. Now a couple of times it was due to injuries (Allen & Peasley), but every other year it was because of ineffective play. Just by that alone means that since DC, we haven’t recruited a quality quarterback more than once with high school players and once through transfer portal. I think Bohl controlled all aspects of his staff, and basically made his OC’s run a vanilla offense because it worked at NDSU. Sawvel seems to let his assistants run their own thing, but hasn’t hired an offensive staff that can do much with a bad quarterback. He’ll get one more year. Whatever decisions he makes with offensive staff will make or break his tenure at Wyoming.

 

[Vapoke]

The Offense looks just like it did when he was at Marshall. I want Jovon to be successful at Wyoming but that O looks just like the Marshall days and when they couldn't score points.

Now how Tripodi has a job is beyond me. His OL has always been terrible and Peasley covered for him by being able to run out of plays. I have never seen an OL get pushed around like his with ZERO development. He is the new Mike Grant just getting paid as charity at this point. Can UW claim that on taxes?

I said game two the OL was an issue and they should move Luke Sandy in at RG and move Barnett (best OL player and has had a great season) out to RT. Davies had a rating of PFF grade of 9.9 when they brought Jenkins in after....5 games. It took 5 games to move Davies out of LT to RT and then replace him. This weekend they finally brought set the lineup of Johnsen King Walsh Sandy and Barnett and moved down the field better.

The coaching staff kept saying they didn't want to do it but now it is too late. They are way too loyal to players and keep thinking they are magically going figure it out. Also tired of players saying how hard the practice...that is bullshit. The OL was getting pushed 2-3 yards backwards on running plays. Some players may practice hard but it is clear others don't but hey keep throwing big NIL money at QBs

 

[ragtimejoe1]

We should never hire a first time head coach again.

Since we don't have a ton of nil things to juggle maybe we can convince Chip to right the WYO ship, lol.

 

[TheRealUW]

We should never hire a first time head coach again.

Since we don't have a ton of nil things to juggle maybe we can convince Chip to right the WYO ship, lol.

It's kind of ironic you mention Chip Kelly and never hiring a first time head coach in the same post. Chip Kelly was the Jay Sawvel of Oregon. A coordinator elevated to first time head coach for "continuity". Obviously Oregon had a much different outcome with Chip Kelly than we had with Jay Sawvel, but it does work sometimes to elevate internally.

I'm sure it was mostly tongue in cheek, but Chip will likely head back to Ohio State as their OC. Maybe Cal can entice him to take over their program? I'm not sure why he keeps trying the NFL - college football is clearly his game.

 

[ragtimejoe1]

It's kind of ironic you mention Chip Kelly and never hiring a first time head coach in the same post. Chip Kelly was the Jay Sawvel of Oregon. A coordinator elevated to first time head coach for "continuity". Obviously Oregon had a much different outcome with Chip Kelly than we had with Jay Sawvel, but it does work sometimes to elevate internally.

I'm sure it was mostly tongue in cheek, but Chip will likely head back to Ohio State as their OC. Maybe Cal can entice him to take over their program? I'm not sure why he keeps trying the NFL - college football is clearly his game.

Definitely tongue in cheek. Oregon has advantages that allow 1st timers to learn and be successful. We don't. I think you need someone that has their culture, experience running a program, and a good network for coordinators. Obviously they all won't work out but I think odds are better in that group vs 1st timers for the WYO job.

 

[PorkerPoke]

Wyoming is a program that suffers greatly from the ripple effect.

Make a bad hire, live with it 3-5 years and then hire the next. Take another 2 years to get a glimmer of hope or find out the hire was another promising disappointment. When we have made the hot hire (Akers, Dye, Erickson) we usually have had players in the system to work with. Now that the portal is present the better players are likely to leave and follow the coach (just like Sanders from Jacksonville).

Different era but I befriended an older guy (deceased) a few years ago who was recruited by Devaney. He said he had never heard of Laramie before and didn’t know where Wyoming was. Leaving the city was going to be a tough decision but he believed in the program. Devaney sold him on being part of a successful program. He didn’t play much as a backup OL (injuries) but said he ultimately enjoyed Laramie because the program was sold to him. He also met his wife from Cheyenne which made Laramie even more attractive. His emphasis in discussing what it takes to get recruits to Laramie was having a coach that could sell the program.

I believe Bohl could sell the program but refused to adapt to the trending style of offense. My friend said Devany and then Eaton convinced recruits on both sides of the ball that they would be successful and targeted players with specific attributes for the system they ran. He emphasized the offense was built around the QB. He was adamant that Bohl obviously didn’t want passing to be part of the game plan unless needed or to pull an occasional surprise if the defense was in a vulnerable set so a QB that could run was the preference. He felt that played into the opponent not needing to cover a spread field but keep 7 players to be blocked by 5 negating offensive production.

If Toledo from the MAC can run a successful program where scoring points is a priority so can Wyoming.

Where does Toledo get their coaches?

 

[307bball]

Oregon has advantages that allow 1st timers to learn and be successful. We don't.

This is so true....we have to have the top talent at the coach position. Like, the best. We don't have structural, economic or any other advantage. It has to be about football ability. We need a coach that can make up for the deficiencies.