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Official The OC Candidates Thread 2.0

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Odin said:
Wonder how TVD feels not having an OC or QBs coach for weeks now.Who is helping him get better as we approach spring practices.Can't imagine he thought we would be here when he decided to come back.Just heard coach Hayes bring up this point and he's right.
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He should be helping himself get better. There are still off field coaches and things he can work with
 
TheOriginalCane said:
Prepare yourself for "The Portal Strategery" TED Talk...
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I bet Mario still makes a solid hire, Gattis has really been his worst coordinator hire probably, but the time it takes it just agonizing
 
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Hufftwoseven said:
I bet Mario still makes a solid hire, Gattis has really been his worst coordinator hire probably, but the time it takes it just agonizing
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If I had to guess, I would say most of us aren't frustrated because we believe Mario will make a bad hire. We're frustrated because his timelines are absolutely ridiculous and raises continuous red flags.

Cribby, D$, and plenty of others continued to relay that Gattis (and others) would be gone. There were still some doubts obviously but most of us truly believed Gattis wasn't going to be the OC in 2023. The issue there was the wait. We lost numerous recruits, both in HS and the transfer portal, to this shadow lurking over the program. Both last year because Mario took forever with his hires and again this year.

I have no doubt in my mind that whoever Mario hires is going to be considered, at least on paper, a solid hire. There may be a few questions marks here and there. But generally speaking, Mario will hire solid coaches at OC and DC.

It just goes back to his timelines for getting this done (although I won't fault him for DC hire unless that drags out into spring). You knew Gattis was gone months ago. You still haven't made your OC hire. And we're weeks away from spring.
 
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The only way this long delay makes any sense at all is if he's waiting to hire Brian Johnson of the Eagles and not wanting to distract him from the super bowl. Otherwise any other hire could have and should have been made. And for the record I don't like that hire...I still want to see Litrell or Frost.
 
InTheCut said:
Clueless? Bruh get your facts straights before you try to check somebody.

A week or two prior to spring ball, coaches are allowed to coach drills during their running sessions or what was formerly known as MAT drills. Then in certain parts of the summer, they’re allowed a few hours a week of film study.
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Exactly. So no coaching can be going on currently. Thanks for proving my point.
 
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Cribby said:
John’s or Littrell and I’m good
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I had never heard of Kevin Johns

Kevin Johns joined the Blue Devil gridiron program in January 2022, and serves as the offensive coordinator. Johns also coaches Duke's quarterbacks.

Johns, who has over 10 years of experience as an offensive coordinator, comes to Durham after serving three seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Memphis.

While there, Johns helped the Tigers earn three bowl invitations, including a 25-10 win over Florida Atlantic in the 2020 Montgomery Bowl. During each of his three seasons, Memphis was among the top five in the American Athletic Conference in scoring offense, including averaging 30.1 points this past season. The Tigers also finished last year second in the AAC in passing offense (298.8), third in offensive yards (435.8), third in first downs (22.5), and third in third down conversion percentage (71-of-174 for 40.8 percent).

In 2020, the Tigers finished the year 22nd in the nation in total offense (453.1) and ranked 17th in both passing offense (307.9) and first down offense (260). Memphis totaled five games with over 500 yards of total offense, including an impressive 703 total yards against Central Florida. During that game, the Tigers set a school-record, coming back from a 17-point deficit in the third quarter to earn the 50-49 win. The 703 total yards of offense were the fifth-most in Memphis history.

In his first season, Memphis ranked among the top 20 nationally in nine statistical categories: passing yards (7th), scoring offense (8th), passing yards/completion (9th), total offense (10th), first downs (10th), passing efficiency (10th), passing offense (17th), passing touchdowns (17th) and third down percentage (19th). The Tigers accumulated more than 500 yards of total offense seven times on the year, including 542 yards versus Big Ten foe Penn State in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. That season, Johns mentored a 4,000-yard passer (Brady White), a 1,000-yard rusher (Kenneth Gainwell) and a 1,000-yard receiver (Damonte Coxie).

Throughout his three years, Johns coached nine players to 12 All-AAC honors, including two-time recipients in Calvin Austin III, Sean Dykes and Dylan Parham. He also mentored Gainwell and Tahj Washington to All-American accolades. Gainwell garnered FWAA-Shaun Alexander, AFCA, and Sporting News Freshman All-America nods in 2019, while being tabbed the FWAA and The American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year. Washington earned FWAA Freshman All-America praise in 2020 after recording 43 receptions for 743 yards (17.3 avg) with six touchdowns.

Before Memphis, Johns spent the 2018 season as the offensive coordinator/inside wide receivers and tight ends coach at Texas Tech University. He guided a Red Raiders offense that ranked fourth in the country with 352.6 passing yards per game and 12th with 485.2 total yards per game. Texas Tech also averaged 37.3 points per game that season, which was the fourth-best mark in the Big 12.

Prior to that, Johns served a one-year stint as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Western Michigan University in 2017. The Broncos ranked 25th in the country that year with 33.9 points per game and 21st with 224.8 rushing yards per game.

From 2011-16, Johns spent six years at Indiana, the final three as the program’s sole offensive coordinator. He also assisted with coaching the quarterbacks and wide receivers after arriving as a co-offensive coordinator in 2011. The Hoosiers rewrote 54 school records during Johns’ time there, including season marks for points, total yards, passing yards and rushing yards.

In 2015, Indiana had a 3,500-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and a 1,000-yard receiver, en route to leading the Big Ten in scoring offense at 36.5 points per game. Two years prior, Indiana had five 1,000-yard receivers playing at the same time. One of them was Cody Latimer, who was one of eight NFL draftees during Johns’ time in Bloomington. Another one was Shane Wynn, who closed his career among the top four in multiple career categories at Indiana, including receptions (189), 250-yard games (13), 200-yard games (19), four-TD games (5) and all-purpose yards (4,429) before joining the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Johns served a second stint on staff at Northwestern University from 2004-10 in a variety of different roles after a three-year tenure from 1999-2001 as an offensive graduate assistant. During his second term, he joined the staff as an assistant coach with the running backs from 2004-05 before beginning work with the wide receivers and serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator for the 2006-07 seasons. He then added passing game coordinator duties in 2008 and served in that role for three seasons until his departure.

He also made stops at the University of Richmond, where he coached the defensive ends (2003) and wide receivers (2002), and Piqua High School in Ohio as the quarterbacks and defensive secondary coach (1998).
 
Badbart43 said:
FOr me, I like what Candle brings to the table offensively, but him taking this long to decide is kinda BS
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If that's the case Mario is giving him this time. I am sure there will be a point of no return that will have to be crossed for Mario to move on.
 
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Salt said:
If that's the case Mario is giving him this time. I am sure there will be a point of no return that will have to be crossed for Mario to move on.
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That point of no return might be when Candle accepts the ND job if it is offered to him. ND is "reportedly" doing phone interviews this Wednesday. If they want Candle and he then goes for an in person interview he might announce the ND job by Friday. Hopefully Mario is at least doing preliminary interviews with his #2 and #3 targets.
 
Guys, stop trying to rush Mario on making these hires.

Let the cake bake.


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