RealRhino
New Fish
I hope we've calmed down a bit here. Is it likely that Bob was the best possible choice for DC? Of course not. Any time you hire internally or from the family it's shown to be likely a worse choice than if you went outside and did a real search. BUT....
Why is it nobody blasted Oregon for hiring DeRuyter but we get ridiculed/blasted for promoting Gregory. Forget that he's already been here. Check the resumes:
Both were DC at Cal. In DeRuyter's four years his D finished 7, 3, 4, and 5th in the Pac, allowing from 20-28 pts/game.
In Bob years at Cal his D finished 7, 5, 2, 1, 2, T6, 2, and 7th in the Pac, allowing from 16-27 pts/game.
Bob's average finish was slightly higher than DeRuyter's at the same spot, same league. And his best years were better. Why do we act like Oregon's retread shrivel-dick old white guy DC is better than ours? Because they hired him away from somewhere to do it? And how is he as a recruiter? I have no idea, but I haven't heard of him being great.
Now, did we improve at recruiting? I'd say yes, from the VERY little we know. First, Bob's role there won't really have expanded. So that remains essentially constant. But we swap in Rip for Kwat. Kwat was definitely not known for his recruiting, and the players seem pretty excited about Rip. Which means when HS kids ask, they are going to pass along their praise, which is probably the best recruiting tool there is (besides $$). So we should see a slight improvement.
Don't jump off bridges, LIPO is what I'm saying.
Why is it nobody blasted Oregon for hiring DeRuyter but we get ridiculed/blasted for promoting Gregory. Forget that he's already been here. Check the resumes:
Both were DC at Cal. In DeRuyter's four years his D finished 7, 3, 4, and 5th in the Pac, allowing from 20-28 pts/game.
In Bob years at Cal his D finished 7, 5, 2, 1, 2, T6, 2, and 7th in the Pac, allowing from 16-27 pts/game.
Bob's average finish was slightly higher than DeRuyter's at the same spot, same league. And his best years were better. Why do we act like Oregon's retread shrivel-dick old white guy DC is better than ours? Because they hired him away from somewhere to do it? And how is he as a recruiter? I have no idea, but I haven't heard of him being great.
Now, did we improve at recruiting? I'd say yes, from the VERY little we know. First, Bob's role there won't really have expanded. So that remains essentially constant. But we swap in Rip for Kwat. Kwat was definitely not known for his recruiting, and the players seem pretty excited about Rip. Which means when HS kids ask, they are going to pass along their praise, which is probably the best recruiting tool there is (besides $$). So we should see a slight improvement.
Don't jump off bridges, LIPO is what I'm saying.