PotatoCreekPete
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I am not one who thinks that all of the assistants should be shown the door along with Christensen. Christensen is gone and I wish him the best, but I care about Wyoming more. Back to the assistants, I have 3 that I really like and I hope that they stay, 1 that I am on the fence about and 4 that I hope go with Christensen. People are welcome to disagree, but I am just throwing out the names:
Hope they stay: Jamar Cain, Jason Gesser and Renaldo Hill. I feel all of these guys are truly gifted coaches and with the right HC can really help out the football program with their recruiting and player development.
On the fence: Pete Kaligis. He has done some really good things with the OL, but there have also been some problems. I have liked his recruiting as I believe he brought Olive here and I would hate to see him leave.
Good luck on a different staff: Jim Harding, Robin Ross, Nick Danielson and Derek Sage. The WR's have been a huge disappointment this year under Sage. I thought that we had a really good WR group this year but they never developed and became a huge liability as they couldn't get open against decent defenses and made it incredibly difficult on Brett to throw the ball. Special teams was also a disappointment, as funky things were tried and nothing ever developed and we gave up so many big plays on runbacks over the years it wasn't funny....for the last 5 years, special teams were anything but special.
I am not scared about what the future will bring as some are. Some of the things that Christensen has done has greatly improved the football program but they did not translate to improved performance on the field. Some of the areas that I feel Christensen and his staff fell down on was recruiting and player development. I do feel that we were fed a big bag of cow droppings about the improved recruiting year after year by Christensen and his staff. While I feel there were some gems in the classes, overall, the staff failed to recruit a top notch breakaway WR. We had a lot of guys who had nice hands and ran good routes but failed to have the quickness and speed to keep defenses honest. I also feel that the staff failed to recruit a take charge defensive lineman or a real threat at RB. We have some nice LB's and DE's and an outstanding QB and decent offensive linemen, and acouple of decent DB's but there was no real depth and player development and after 5 years a good coach will have these things in place and not make excuses about a lack of depth.
Hope they stay: Jamar Cain, Jason Gesser and Renaldo Hill. I feel all of these guys are truly gifted coaches and with the right HC can really help out the football program with their recruiting and player development.
On the fence: Pete Kaligis. He has done some really good things with the OL, but there have also been some problems. I have liked his recruiting as I believe he brought Olive here and I would hate to see him leave.
Good luck on a different staff: Jim Harding, Robin Ross, Nick Danielson and Derek Sage. The WR's have been a huge disappointment this year under Sage. I thought that we had a really good WR group this year but they never developed and became a huge liability as they couldn't get open against decent defenses and made it incredibly difficult on Brett to throw the ball. Special teams was also a disappointment, as funky things were tried and nothing ever developed and we gave up so many big plays on runbacks over the years it wasn't funny....for the last 5 years, special teams were anything but special.
I am not scared about what the future will bring as some are. Some of the things that Christensen has done has greatly improved the football program but they did not translate to improved performance on the field. Some of the areas that I feel Christensen and his staff fell down on was recruiting and player development. I do feel that we were fed a big bag of cow droppings about the improved recruiting year after year by Christensen and his staff. While I feel there were some gems in the classes, overall, the staff failed to recruit a top notch breakaway WR. We had a lot of guys who had nice hands and ran good routes but failed to have the quickness and speed to keep defenses honest. I also feel that the staff failed to recruit a take charge defensive lineman or a real threat at RB. We have some nice LB's and DE's and an outstanding QB and decent offensive linemen, and acouple of decent DB's but there was no real depth and player development and after 5 years a good coach will have these things in place and not make excuses about a lack of depth.
