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I have seen people speculate on this, but he has officially taken the OC job at Jackson State. Yet another coach hitting the bricks...

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20 ... immy-Chang

And why would he stay? its going to be June and tom mason next year. Hope they have cleared their schedule.

The running backs were terribly coached in '13. Timmy might be decent with the quarterbacks, but rb coach was not the job for him. I'm not sure who is on the market, but I imagine there is room for drastic improvement.
Let's just rid ourselves of Barocio-Leon now, and hope one of the coaches was taking good notes when Mumme was talking. Then pray.

June hates us so I bet he keeps Barocio-Leon

Good luck at Jackson State, TC.

Tx_Mustang'10 wrote:The running backs were terribly coached in '13. Timmy might be decent with the quarterbacks, but rb coach was not the job for him. I'm not sure who is on the market, but I imagine there is room for drastic improvement.
Let's just rid ourselves of Barocio-Leon now, and hope one of the coaches was taking good notes when Mumme was talking. Then pray.

The basic problem is that June wants a blocking back, not a running back. Thus, he favors bigger, slower backs over guys with speed to really break off some runs. Line was simply not fast enough to be an effective runner.

I don't think coaching was the problem.

Digetydog wrote:

Tx_Mustang'10 wrote:The running backs were terribly coached in '13. Timmy might be decent with the quarterbacks, but rb coach was not the job for him. I'm not sure who is on the market, but I imagine there is room for drastic improvement.
Let's just rid ourselves of Barocio-Leon now, and hope one of the coaches was taking good notes when Mumme was talking. Then pray.

The basic problem is that June wants a blocking back, not a running back. Thus, he favors bigger, slower backs over guys with speed to really break off some runs. Line was simply not fast enough to be an effective runner.

I don't think coaching was the problem.

Kevin Pope will be more than adequate at both in 2014.

SMU404 wrote:

Digetydog wrote:

Tx_Mustang'10 wrote:The running backs were terribly coached in '13. Timmy might be decent with the quarterbacks, but rb coach was not the job for him. I'm not sure who is on the market, but I imagine there is room for drastic improvement.
Let's just rid ourselves of Barocio-Leon now, and hope one of the coaches was taking good notes when Mumme was talking. Then pray.

The basic problem is that June wants a blocking back, not a running back. Thus, he favors bigger, slower backs over guys with speed to really break off some runs. Line was simply not fast enough to be an effective runner.

I don't think coaching was the problem.

Kevin Pope will be more than adequate at both in 2014.

Unfortunately, we need Pope to play LB.

Digetydog wrote:]
Unfortunately, we need Pope to play LB.

Unfortunately, Pope no longer has eligibility.

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:

Digetydog wrote:]
Unfortunately, we need Pope to play LB.

Unfortunately, Pope no longer has eligibility.

Actually he does and he will be playing running back

SMU404 wrote:

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:Unfortunately, Pope no longer has eligibility.

Actually he does and he will be playing running back

Actually, as of today (Tuesday), Pope's possible 2014 eligibility has not yet been determined.

Digetydog wrote:The basic problem is that June wants a blocking back, not a running back. Thus, he favors bigger, slower backs over guys with speed to really break off some runs. Line was simply not fast enough to be an effective runner.

I don't think coaching was the problem.

The running was pretty bad, but there were A Lot of missed blocking assignments, particularly in the first half of the season. Keep in mind I'm not an expert on it, but I thought I saw them taking the wrong first step wayy too often. Though the pass blocking did get better toward the end, so maybe that is to Timmy's credit... But overall, I thought the running backs were very underwhelming this season. Here's to '14!

Any idea of the timeline for a decision on Pope's eligibility? Have I missed that?

I'm not saying it'll happen right away, but I bet Chang ends up being a really good coach one day. Maybe even as a head coach.

Tx_Mustang'10 wrote:

Digetydog wrote:The basic problem is that June wants a blocking back, not a running back. Thus, he favors bigger, slower backs over guys with speed to really break off some runs. Line was simply not fast enough to be an effective runner.

I don't think coaching was the problem.

The running was pretty bad, but there were A Lot of missed blocking assignments, particularly in the first half of the season. Keep in mind I'm not an expert on it, but I thought I saw them taking the wrong first step wayy too often. Though the pass blocking did get better toward the end, so maybe that is to Timmy's credit... But overall, I thought the running backs were very underwhelming this season. Here's to '14!

Could also be do to the lack of full speed/full contact practices JJ likes to have and it takes a lot of games to get used to the speed of the game.