He was already a coach here. If we’re going to take moral high ground (which even then I believe people deserve second chances) then he shouldn’t have been a coach to begin with. But if he’s already been on staff before, there’s no reason for him not to be able to be a head coach.
Head Coach represents your University, DJ Durkin won’t get hired as HC again but he is an Ole Miss Assistant
Agree with that. DG really wanting Lebby made me want him, but nothing more. Seems like with each coach there is this expectation of needing a GOL -> Frost quantum leap and I don't believe that's necessary, let alone even possible. We have talent and a very desirable coaching staff. We need to execute. We're arguably a couple of dropped passes and a blocked punt away from being undefeated. There was a moment in time not long ago when we were a Shannon-led team. Certainly, nobody believes that was the better option?
Very true, easily if healthy and a couple plays go our way we are 5-0. The injuries in the Louisville game hurt us significantly.
Thanks for the reasonable take / response.
Despite the baseline talent, I believe he, like all head coaches, will still need to succeed and succeed well. UCF liked going undefeated and they haven't forgotten how that made them feel.
No ifs needed. Although we look as hapless as Cincinnati did in 2017 when we beat them 51 - 23 in a game that was called early due to weather, we have every opportunity to rebuild just as quickly as they did after that 2017 campaign.
You don’t know anything about me. We’re a 3-3 football team who’s going to struggle to be bowl eligible. “Unrealistic expectations is expecting us to be better than 6-6? OH MY GOSH THE HORROR!” You’re still so blind that you can’t see how bad his offensive scheme is. Gus Malzhan will NEVER have a top 5 or maybe even a top 10 offense ever again. You just haven’t seen the flaws in his scheme yet… but you will, one day. And I’ll be here for you to apologize to.
Same offense that everyone use to complain about because they “run up the middle” too much? That one. And we know Lane is calling the plays that comparable to saying Frost wasn’t calling ours.
Huh? Before your triple post you asked what scheme we should emulate. What does that have to do with Tulsa (who BTW Lebby lost to once)?
Agree with you but Frost did the same kinds of things in year one. I think I’d be alright with it if Gatewood threw it at least 25% of the time to keep the defense honest. Right now when he’s in we’re running the ball. I don’t get that. Without any regard for the game situation (under Frost) we ran plays as fast as possible, even to our detriment. It was equally as frustrating.
Difference was, Frost was a first year head coach who was learning how to head coach and could improve. Gus had been a head coach for a decade now so what we see is what we get. Scheme isn’t going to get any better under Gus because he’s already learned enough and done this long enough.
I get that. If I was a zero year head coach, like I am, armchair and all, I would know enough to slow the game down with leads. We lost games in 2016 trying to run plays at warp speed, even with leads (e.g. we were up 24-3 @ Houston in the second half and lost). To me that was a sign of caution for him in the long run, that he just ignored what should have been pretty obvious. We got lucky we ran across a Heisman-level QB like Milton, along with all the other NFL-level talent. He had a special group of talent that was hungry due to many of them hitting rock bottom in 2015. He did turn them loose to become the best versions of themselves. I give the staff credit for that. Other than the one season, he’s a pretty bad head coach.
this is a legit concern and why some worry about ‘retread’ hires who may treat the job like a vacation. but I obviously hope it works bc UCF desperately needs stability
