Comments on: Football: Utah State’s Gary Andersen in demand

By: Tru Dat

Tru Dat — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:43:08 +0000

The “JT interviewing for $C OC” story are FALSE per Bruce Feldman. Also, Kiffy has stated that any and all stories of a Tedford inerview and/or hire are bogus. Don’t know what Dan Patrick thought he knew, but, no…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:54:11 +0000

Tedford at SC as OC. Poetic justice. Would LOVE that. Hope he holds out for $2.3 mil per season.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:24:01 +0000

Of course I am concerned.

But Louisiana Tech leads the nation in scoring. And that’s why Sonny Dykes is a head coaching candidate. But – San Jose beat them.

I think that the points given up to Louisiana Tech should be weighed against the fact that San Jose almost beat Stanford.

I think MacIntyre and Andersen have the same risks. Except MacIntyre has more experience recruiting heavy in California. Which is why he’s my guy.

MacIntyre won the award for top assistant when he was a D Coordinator at Duke. So the argument that one is more defensive minded than another doesn’t hold water. It’s both a key if not the main area of their philosophy.

But to me the decision doesn’t come down to numbers. It comes down to who would one project to build a better program at Cal.

For me, and I could be wrong, MacIntyre did more b/c he literally fought to keep the program in existence for one, and then in three years had them end the regular season at #25 in the BCS rankings.

Andersen would be a great hire also. But if I think of who my biased opinion projects as a better producer at Cal, I think it’s Mac b/c of his familiarity with the area and the key schools for recruiting here.

It’s not so much about the numbers of these two guys or the other guys. Both come from weaker conferences with weaker players and less ability to recruit. So it’s more about with more resources who will do more and faster.

By: 1brsfan

1brsfan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:58:48 +0000

@Juancho. Are you not concerned about SJSU playing absolutely no defense? Look at the teams playing this weekend. All have a solid defense. Oregon scores a lot of points but have not been able to get over the hump against good D’s (and because of a bad kicking game!). That’s my biggest concern with Mac and why I prefer Andersen who is defensive minded. Alabama, ND, Stanfurd… solid Def and good (but not great) QB play that limits mistakes.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:07:53 +0000

@22 – if that is true, reminds me of the old saying, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” That would drive the Moron bonkers.

By: rollonubears

rollonubears — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:25:42 +0000

JT interviewing for OC at U$C per Dan Patrick.

By: daredevilfan

daredevilfan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:09:06 +0000

Thanks Bobsac, that helps. I’m warming up to the possibility. Mostly just don’t want us to fall asleep at the wheel as others fear. Peterson would be the best sparkplug for recruiting and hype, Mac seems real solid with background too, and Anderson sounds like a leader and innovator too. Let’s get it done.

Steve W, your grades don’t sound too far off. A couple of the B’s (LB, WR) could surprise us and do better. But I agree, the lines are the concern, and I personnally feel those are much more important than your specialty position players. I think we have some of the playes there for Dline, maybe we just lacked health and depth and a bit more aggressive coaching. On the Oline, maybe we need to grab some solid Juco’s like we did a few years back and patch things up?

By: The Wisdom Cow

The Wisdom Cow — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:04:13 +0000

Konamike,

Look at her other hires, which includes Monty.

By: Bobsac

Bobsac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:10:29 +0000

# 1 above is “pretty underwhelmed by a Utah State coach”, referring to Gary Andersen. Admitting to having been around for a while, I recall that former Utah State coach John Ralston later took Stanford to the Rose Bowl twice & former Utah State coach Bruce Snyder took Arizona State there after almost getting Cal there.

By: konamike

konamike — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:05:10 +0000

Since Sandy did such a great job w/ Tedford’s contract and not being pro-active to prevent Tosh from leaving why would anyone expect her to do a great job in hiring the next coach? Whoever it is he’s not going to inherit much to work with (see Steve W. above – pretty accurate assessment I think, esp. on the O & D lines ).