Yeah I'm not against a change, and I love what Simon did vs Auburn, that will be a great moment in Gopher history for a long time.
If we are going to move on from Sanford it makes sense to give Simon a trial run during this season.
Simon made gameplans for Ciarrocca. He was already passing-game coordinator, back then.
Yeah that's usually the SOP unless you got a guy on the other phone.
I think you're right on Simon. The jury is still out on him, but I do think that the verdict is back on Sanford in multiple stops ands it's not good. I'd rather risk it with Simon than have hired Sanford
True we may not know what PJ has up his sleeve, I am not saying Simon is a gaurantee but you'd hate to not give him a chance if Purdue goes sidways.
Why would it be silly to muse whether Rossi was ready. He wasn't a good DC at Rutgers and his stock had fallen so low he was making sure kids went to class when he first got here. There wasn't a ton of evidence that he'd be a panacea when Smobb Rith was canned.
These are fair points .... if the argument was that Simon won't be a good OC.
Good point -- I've said it before regarding Fleck, but he had said he wants his OC to coach the quarterbacks. Thus I don't think Simon will ever be qualified unless Fleck changes the structure of his staff.
Picking coordinators and head coaches is hard.
Does Simon not have any say or influence over the offense now?. If he does I'm a little hesitant to say he's the guy given the performance so far.
Good question. He is the "Co-offensive coordinator", although Sanford is simply the "offensive coordinator" (not co- ... makes sense).
This is true and only Fleck knows how much of an impact each is having on the gameplan. He has got to be smart enough to know how he can fix it because it's obviously broken right now. I believe he has the talent to do it - he just needs to know what changes need to be made or they ALL will be out in the streets looking for a job and I am not talking about USC, either!!
That's just my point... If Tanner has lost confidence because he's not getting the same level of play from his receivers, it's not gonna go well.
Yes the offense vs BG was awful. But it’s still a far superior offense to what Brew and Kill had, even with Sanford. Brew lacked talent across the offense (especially rb and oline) and the OC turnover sucked. Kill lacked talent somewhat too (o line, qb, wrs), and the offensive coaching was lacking as well. Fleck has brought in much more talent across the board and this offense is superior even with Sanford, but it’s not at the level it should/could be.
Actually, my argument was that there's more to being an OC than calling plays...and because most of us have no idea what goes on behind closed doors in the FB complex we don't KNOW whether Simon is ready or qualified in the other areas. If you know for a fact he's been doing all these duties at a high level already, then you know more than I do...and I'm flummoxed as to why he wasn't given the job when KC left. All I know is he appears to be a very capable WR coach and he calleda good game against Auburn (although the chatter leading up to that game was the KC had already designed the gameplan and begun installing it before he left...but again, that's hearsay).
You think the wideout dropped it because tanner didn’t have confidence?
There is no proof that Simon wants the job.
OK, fair enough.
How do you know Simon made game plans for C? I heard C made the game plan for the Auburn game and Simon of course called the plays. But I heard the game plan was complete before C left.
Yes, the current personnel is clearly better than Brewster and Kill teams. The playcalling has been atrociously simple and predictable, nullifying any advantages the Gophers have against teams like BG and Miami. They seem to get more risk-adverse every game. It's Limegrover-like. Arguably worse last game.
That's how it works at a lot of jobs!
There is no rub. Simon is already listed (and paid) as co-offensive coordinator. They aren't going to take away Sanford's title or try to re-negotiate his contract in the middle of the season. If they take away his play calling responsibilities, I'd guess he moves on after the season.