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Interesting question on Herman on college sports nation

Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:00 am
Posted by Fratigerguy
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:00 am
Is the past year and a half due to how good Herman is, or how good Greg Ward Jr is? The ones loss he has had in the past year and a half was against Uconn, when Greg Ward Jr didn't play. Question was posed as it related to Gene Chizik as well. When he had Cam Newton, national champs....the rest of the time, well, everyone knows.

Disclaimer...they weren't suggesting he's not a good coach or the success was due to Greg Ward Jr. They only asked the question. They also noted his success with multiple QBs at Ohio state after injuries required they go to both the 2nd and 3rd team QBs.

Just thought it would make for interesting discussion, and I never looked at it the way of Gene Chizik.
Posted by BhamTigah
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:04 am to
Brett Favre made Curley Hallman look good enough to hire.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:07 am to
Ward wouldn't start for most teams in the sec. Maybe vandy.
Posted by therick711
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Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:09 am to
quote:

Is the past year and a half due to how good Herman is, or how good Greg Ward Jr is?


The guy found three competent quarterbacks at tOSU and one at Houston. That's three more than LSU has had over that time period.
Posted by bayourougebengal
Member since Mar 2008
7194 posts
Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:15 am to
Jimbo Fisher and Jameis Winston
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:20 am to
Cam Newton was/is a freak of nature, the 1st pick in the NFL, Heisman winner, NFL MVP, etc

Greg Ward Jr. is a good college QB.

Let's try not to compare the 2.

Posted by Haughton99
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Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:23 am to
Let me ask a question to answer your question.

How good would Greg Ward Jr be in a Cam Cameron offense?
Posted by JuiceTerry
Roond the Scheme
Member since Apr 2013
40868 posts
Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:24 am to
He beat Bama with a 3rd string QB starting his 2nd game.
Posted by Adam Banks
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Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:35 am to
quote:

Disclaimer...they weren't suggesting he's not a good coach or the success was due to Greg Ward Jr. They only asked the question. They also noted his success with multiple QBs at Ohio state after injuries required they go to both the 2nd and 3rd team QBs.






Ohio state is all you have to look at.

He started the year with Braxton Miller who reinjured his shoulder in August then JT Barrett then Cardale Jones

Each one has extremely different skill sets and he morphed the offense every time. Scored no less than 42 points in POST SEASON PLAY with a QB who was a drop back big arm passer and had never started a game.
Posted by shock504
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:37 am to
It's a compelling question in general, whether or not Herman is being overrated.

I think the calculation you make with Herman is if we can't get the kind of guy who has proven he can go toe to toe with Saban on his own, consistently (Fisher), we should go for the high risk/high reward pick (Herman). It's high reward because he looks to be the next Urban/Saban.

But then again, all this brings me to Dan Mullen, who is like a Tom Herman who has already proved it... but just never got as hot as Tom Herman because he coaches in the SEC west.
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
28078 posts
Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:40 am to
Ward only started three less games at WR than he did at QB the year before Herman arrived.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
9726 posts
Posted on 9/29/16 at 10:50 am to
Greg ward is meh. Will not be an NFL qb. Him with Lowell Narcise would be way better
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
10508 posts
Posted on 9/29/16 at 12:12 pm to
I think people are overblowing Herman's potential, but he is a good coach. He's benefited a ton from some great local talent, but he has a promising future.

Could be like Chris Petersen (doing pretty well at UW) after taking over there or Dan Hawkins (failed horribly at Colorado).

The problem with a school like Houston is that Briles built them up into a tough team, he did well at Baylor. Sumlin came in and continued on that and has done mediocre at A&M, and the guy after got fired and now there is Herman.

Neither of those guys was as good as Herman in his first year, but Herman may not be as good as some believe just because of 2 years, but he could be the next Meyer too.
Posted by Oddibe
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Member since Sep 2015
6578 posts
Posted on 9/29/16 at 12:15 pm to
Is Dak Prescott the product of Dan Mullen or is Dan Mullen the product of Dak?
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