re: sipping and then drinking the kool aid...the Krag love process

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So, you reset and say, "OK, I am going to take a full fledged drink of the kool aid, instead choosing to focus in on the more positive aspects of the hire, like he fact that he is not Crowton, his TAMU and Tulsa OC results, how he is a QB coach with solid experience perfect for coaching Mett/Rivers, how he runs a true Pro style offense, how we will finally have a true offensive identity, and his seemingly strong rapport with CLM.

When you do, you start to feel a lot lot bettter.

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Not really. It's like you said, the last guy was awful, so even if Krags isn't the right guy for the job, he can't be any worse. However, I haven't noted anything too terribly impressive about his resume. This morning, I checked the Dandy One's site and felt even less excited about the hire. Even the Tulsa stint looks dimmer: 29-22...AT TULSA. I thought, "well, it took him some time to turn things around at that awful program." But he went 8-5 in his first season. Which means he didn't get a whole lot better the rest of the time he was there. I get that he won conference USA with a 9-4 record in 2005, but we're talking about Conference USA. I was kind of hoping for 2 or 3 loss seasons against the monsters in that league.

Next, I look at at his performances in bowl games against national powers. Again, not impressive. His offense put up 23 points in a losing effort against UCLA in 1997, 14 points in a losing effort against Ohio State in 1998, 0 points against Penn State in 1999, 41 points in a losing effort against Miss. St. in 2000, 10 points against Georgia Tech in a losing effort in 2003 (the year he was up for all of the coaching honors), 31 points in his only bowl win against Fresno State, and 13 points against Utah in his last losing effort in a bowl game. Not exactly setting the world on fire.

His other major acomplishment was the coaching of Drew Bledsoe at Buffalo. But Drew Bledsoe had already been in the league for nearly a decade. He had been to the Pro Bowl 3 times prior to ever meeting Krags. I don't know how much coaching Krags could have given Drew Bledsoe.

But I'm not a Debbie Downer on this one. Krags may turn out to be a great fit. Only time will tell. But I certainly think there were better options available. Not the first time Les has made an underwhelming hire.