After being a life-long OSU fan, Alum, and religiously following Gundy & the Cowboys I feel like I have a decent beat on who Gundy looks for in Coordinators (With that being said, do we really? I mean Gundy always surprises us). But anyways, I have compiled a list of 6 Candidates that I think Gundy might go after. All have done more with less. All have been towards the top in the defensive statistics that Gundy has shown he cares about, etc.
(In no particular order)
Scott Symons - Liberty University
Tom Kaufman - Kent State
Lou Esposito - Western Michigan
Austin Armstrong - Southern Miss
Zach Arnett - San Diego State
Shane Eachus - Houston Baptist
The outlier here, is is Shane Eachus, and that is because he won’t show up towards the top of the defensive statistics. He is a guy that just left OK State for a DC job at Houston Baptist. While at OK State he was Knowles right hand man. He was a grad assistant with Knowles at Duke, and followed him to OK State. He had the same role at OK State, and essentially ran all of Knowles Individual drills at practice. Knowles trusted him… Previously he was a DC at a DII school I believe, and so he has done it before, and then learned from Knowles.
I was stumping for Jim Knowles golden retriever dog to run the defense last night on another thread. LOL. But having a real live human who was his right hand man “go for” at OkState is an even bigger upgrade. I’m on the the Shane Eachus train. Toot! Toot!
Are we just assuming that Jim Knowles, an Ivy League grad who grew up in a city that hasn’t had a Republican governor since 1948, is a staunch Republican?
U got part of it. Do they only hire Trump supporters on the liberty football team.
And as long as their not briles, I’m into the best we can get.
I hope we look within.
I don’t think that supporting Trump is why you shouldn’t want anything to do with employees at Liberty. I don’t think that is what @TheHeadChimp was saying either.
Certainly possible, but that’s quite an assumption. And I’m not sure why politics of your coach really matters all that much. Find the best guy. Don’t hire despicable humans.
Well, I love our defensive assistants, but none of them have any experience. I think they are really good at what they do as well.
Clements would be the guy if anyone IMO…
Just not Gundy’s track record. Especially when it comes to defense I just think Gundy will go with a guy that has experience, and someone that doesn’t need his hand held. You look at what he finally did with Dunn, and it’s been a struggle for the most part. You can also see that Gundy has had to help him along quite a bit. Gundy is not a defensive mind. That is not his specialty.
Not sure how politics entered the thread. I’m sure that’s not what Chimp meant. Who cares what a coach’s political affiliation is anyway? As long as they fit the “culture” at OkState and do their job well (ethics + winning), it shouldn’t matter, right? Please, let’s not get going on the Gundy t-shirt again. Stupidest nothingburger made into a Hollywood drama in OkState’s history.