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Great hire. He’s been very successful as an assistant and he’s young. You have to start your head coaching experience somewhere.
 
Well . . . I can't say I'm excited by the hire, but it couldn't be any worse than Anderson I guess?

On the plus side, Jonathan Smith seemed to have a horseshoe stuck up his ass when he played for the Beavers, so there's that.
 
Think he will be a good hire. Fusky fans I talked to raved about him. And he knows the school. Still I am sad Beau Baldwin didn't become the coach. He knows about having to recruit under difficult conditions at Eastern Washington. But again, that's probably why he didn't take the job!
 
Nikolokolus said:
Well . . . I can't say I'm excited by the hire, but it couldn't be any worse than Anderson I guess?

On the plus side, Jonathan Smith seemed to have a horseshoe stuck up his ass when he played for the Beavers, so there's that.
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Agree on both counts.
 
It all comes down to recruiting. They need to give him time to get there. It could be a rough few years before it gets better.
 
I'm happy with Jonathan Smith. He's been learning under one of the best college coaches for a few years and almost all of Peterson's former assistants have gone one to be successful head coaches. Obviously the fact that he was a stud QB for us is a huge bonus. I would of slightly preferred Beau Baldwin over Smith. Baldwin has head coaching experiencing and his EW teams/offense was awesome. My best case scenario would of been to get Baldwin as the head coach and Smith as the offensive coordinator (offer him more $$ than what UW pays him).
 
The Professional Fan said:
There's no way OSU CHOSE Smith over Baldwin. No way in hell.
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Bullshit. We could have hired the offensive coordinator for 5-7 Cal, or the offensive coordinator for 10-2 UW. Seems simple enough to me. This idea that Baldwin was some amazing candidate is iffy at best. His predecessor at EWU (who also won big in Cheney) was Paul Wulff. WSU hired him. It was a disaster. Winning at EWU does not necessarily equate to being an awesome PAC-12 coach.
 
BlazerBeav said:
Bullshit. We could have hired the offensive coordinator for 5-7 Cal, or the offensive coordinator for 10-2 UW. Seems simple enough to me. This idea that Baldwin was some amazing candidate is iffy at best. His predecessor at EWU (who also won big in Cheney) was Paul Wulff. WSU hired him. It was a disaster. Winning at EWU does not necessarily equate to being an awesome PAC-12 coach.
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Neither of them float my boat, but I'm happier with Smith than the eastern Washington guy.
 
ripcityboy said:
Think he will be a good hire. Fusky fans I talked to raved about him. And he knows the school. Still I am sad Beau Baldwin didn't become the coach. He knows about having to recruit under difficult conditions at Eastern Washington. But again, that's probably why he didn't take the job!
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I'm guessing Baldwin knows he's going to have better offers in a year or two. Why take a "career killer" that is full of downside and very little upside unless this is your only shot at a D1 gig?

Smith has ties and probably wasn't at the top of anybody's short list, so this might have been his only chance. If he fails, he can probably go back to being an O-coordinator somewhere and chalk it up to being too green for a head coaching gig and in a very tough position to succeed. Baldwin on the other hand seems to have a lot more to lose, in terms of reputation.
 
The Taggert to FSU rumors are really only being talked about by our local media... Kinda like how they were dangling the carrot for us to panic about him leaving for the Florida job. He would be leaving a program that is on par with the FSU program going to an overall weaker conference or at best lateral conference in the ACC to a team that was 5-6 this past season. He already has a QB that will make a lot of national noise next season and (depending on the ratings site) the top recruiting class or at worst top 5 recruiting class in the nation. He also has a "Dream" Coaching staff in place at Oregon.

I just don't see the reasoning for him to go.
 
Schilly said:
The Taggert to FSU rumors are really only being talked about by our local media... Kinda like how they were dangling the carrot for us to panic about him leaving for the Florida job. He would be leaving a program that is on par with the FSU program going to an overall weaker conference or at best lateral conference in the ACC to a team that was 5-6 this past season. He already has a QB that will make a lot of national noise next season and (depending on the ratings site) the top recruiting class or at worst top 5 recruiting class in the nation. He also has a "Dream" Coaching staff in place at Oregon.

I just don't see the reasoning for him to go.
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Schilly said:
The Taggert to FSU rumors are really only being talked about by our local media... Kinda like how they were dangling the carrot for us to panic about him leaving for the Florida job. He would be leaving a program that is on par with the FSU program going to an overall weaker conference or at best lateral conference in the ACC to a team that was 5-6 this past season. He already has a QB that will make a lot of national noise next season and (depending on the ratings site) the top recruiting class or at worst top 5 recruiting class in the nation. He also has a "Dream" Coaching staff in place at Oregon.

I just don't see the reasoning for him to go.
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Big reason for him to go - it's his home, his dream job.
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
J.Smith's press conference was awesome. All Beaver fans should listen to it.
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A lot more passionate and fiery than I expected him to be. My perception of him has always been of a Mike Riley type; seems like he might be more like Mike Gundy.
 
Schilly said:
The Taggert to FSU rumors are really only being talked about by our local media... Kinda like how they were dangling the carrot for us to panic about him leaving for the Florida job. He would be leaving a program that is on par with the FSU program going to an overall weaker conference or at best lateral conference in the ACC to a team that was 5-6 this past season. He already has a QB that will make a lot of national noise next season and (depending on the ratings site) the top recruiting class or at worst top 5 recruiting class in the nation. He also has a "Dream" Coaching staff in place at Oregon.

I just don't see the reasoning for him to go.
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BoBoBREWSKI said:
Big reason for him to go - it's his home, his dream job.
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Sure, but if he fails at FSU (which is highly likely because their standards are insanely high that they don't even like Jimbo all too much after winning a title), a lot of teams will be hesitant to hire him as HC again. He will have the homie hopper Lane Kiffin stench on him.
 
Beavs just announced they are bringing on Mike Riley as an Assistant Coach. Interesting move.. I wonder what type of offense we will be running next year...
 
LOL looks like they didn't want it to be a big announcement
 
Schilly said:
The Taggert to FSU rumors are really only being talked about by our local media... Kinda like how they were dangling the carrot for us to panic about him leaving for the Florida job. He would be leaving a program that is on par with the FSU program going to an overall weaker conference or at best lateral conference in the ACC to a team that was 5-6 this past season. He already has a QB that will make a lot of national noise next season and (depending on the ratings site) the top recruiting class or at worst top 5 recruiting class in the nation. He also has a "Dream" Coaching staff in place at Oregon.

I just don't see the reasoning for him to go.
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This post didn't age well :smiley-tange:
 
I’ve been a pretty loyal Beaver fan for most of my life but the Anderson hire left me completely cold. I never “got” it (I thought the guy was tremendously overhyped) and the decision drove me away from even caring about OSU football during his regime. Hiring Jonathan Smith (far and away my favorite Beav of all time.....with apologies to ‘Quizz) has me ecstatic. Bringing Riley on board is just the icing on the cake. Love him or hate him, the guy is a class act and I think OSU is on the right track again after the absolute train wreck/debacle of the Anderson regime. I can actually say I am looking forward to the college football season again.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
I’ve been a pretty loyal Beaver fan for most of my life but the Anderson hire left me completely cold. I never “got” it (I thought the guy was tremendously overhyped) and the decision drove me away from even caring about OSU football during his regime. Hiring Jonathan Smith (far and away my favorite Beav of all time.....with apologies to ‘Quizz) has me ecstatic. Bringing Riley on board is just the icing on the cake. Love him or hate him, the guy is a class act and I think OSU is on the right track again after the absolute train wreck/debacle of the Anderson regime. I can actually say I am looking forward to the college football season again.
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I agree with all of this except for Smith vs. 'Quizz. I actually had two classes with JaQuizz when I attended there and he's a really good guy. So he gets the nod for me.

As for Gary Anderson, good riddance. Ready to start a new era with our former walk-on, 5'11", 4 year starting quarterback, as the head coach.
 
So wait, Mike Riley is an "Assistant Head Coach" and Jim Michaelczik is "Associate Head Coach"? Are they going to hire Dennis Erickson as "Auxiliary Head Coach"?
 
BBert said:
So wait, Mike Riley is an "Assistant Head Coach" and Jim Michaelczik is "Associate Head Coach"? Are they going to hire Dennis Erickson as "Auxiliary Head Coach"?
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Anything's better than what the Ducks are--absent head coach.
 
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