Loffler to Eagles QB Coach

[Flipper]

Jacobs is a local guy...born in Maumee

[hammb]

Football Scoop reporting Mike Jacobs is a candidate for the job.

I would be in favor of this.

Dude has an 85-20 HC record across 3 schools at D2 & FCS. 8-3 is the worst winning percentage he's ever had in a season as a HC.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume he's got more coaching chops in his little finger than Loeffler does in total.

I'm in. He's big on trench play (no shocker given his position history, and playing for Tressel). He talks about being multiple with pro-style offenses using RPOs and PA game. That will be interesting because Loeffler always talked about a pro-style offense, but it never looked right. If we ran RPOs, we never ran them well, so I'll be curious to see how that changes.

It's a tough time of year to go out and get a new coach. Jacobs, in particular, has taken his staff with him from stop to stop, so would he get them on board to move here at this point in the process?

[Rocket_Fanatic]

You’ll probably still beat us next season…

[kdog27]

I’m glad he cleaned up the program, brought in and retained good players and believe he did an above average job overall. I do believe we should have been better than 6-7, 7-6 and 7-6 the last three seasons. The biggest limitation to his teams in my opinion has been the QB and he lands himself as the QB coach of the most recent Super Bowl champion qb. Yea I don’t get this guy’s reputation as a qb guru.

[JohnFloyd4Life]

He’s a fraud, falling into job after job while never producing results.

[Falconwriter]

I’m glad he cleaned up the program, brought in and retained good players and believe he did an above average job overall. I do believe we should have been better than 6-7, 7-6 and 7-6 the last three seasons. The biggest limitation to his teams in my opinion has been the QB and he lands himself as the QB coach of the most recent Super Bowl champion qb. Yea I don’t get this guy’s reputation as a qb guru.

Sadly, those records were what I saw as the ceiling with SL. He's a solid (in most ways) coach but nothing out of the ordinary.

It will be interesting to see who is on the AD's short list.

[TommyG]

I’m over BG football completely so don’t care too much what they do next. Definitely not ideal timing.
I am happy that it helps the Lions…I’d think it’s a pretty safe bet you’ll see some regression out of Eagles QB play.

[BG816]

I’m over BG football completely so don’t care too much what they do next. Definitely not ideal timing.
I am happy that it helps the Lions…I’d think it’s a pretty safe bet you’ll see some regression out of Eagles QB play.

Man, did the entire athletics department sleep with your wife?

[BG816]

He’s a fraud, falling into job after job while never producing results.

He worked his ass off, built some competitive teams, and helped develop some good human beings. He probably hit his ceiling at BG last year, and BG should strive for better results on the field. But he’s not a fraud. He’s a good dude who put in the work, had mediocre results, and decided the toll on his health and family wasn’t worth it. Good for him, and now, hopefully good for BG.

[TommyG]

I’m over BG football completely so don’t care too much what they do next. Definitely not ideal timing.
I am happy that it helps the Lions…I’d think it’s a pretty safe bet you’ll see some regression out of Eagles QB play.

Man, did the entire athletics department sleep with your wife?

Hope not….
I’m just confident that this is a poor hire for the Eagles and it helps the NFC contenders….which I’m hoping will be the Lions.

[Flipper]

If they stay comparatively healthy this year...the Lions will be Super Bowl contenders again. My biggest concern is DT and IOL. Alim McNeil probably won't be ready at the beginning of the year and Zeitler is a FA.

So far as SL goes...I wish him well but I'm mystified by the Eagles hiring him

[Globetrotter]

Pretty amazing that we lost our head coach and the consensus is....oh that's pretty cool, he was ok but I'd love for someone new to come in. Really telling. I wish him well in Philly, that's a road to an NFL OC position

[BGSU33]

The timing of this is simply BRUTAL for BG. There's no other way to sugarcoat it. I see some differing comments about the importance of the timing and the assistance of the portal, but there are a number of factors to consider involving both issues, and none are good for BG right now:

1. While it's true you can try and rebuild quicker in college football nowadays with the portal, you also have to remember how it works right now in a time like this. As far as outgoing portal entries are concerned, BG has already gone through one window in December, and a second one is coming in April. But now - BG players will have to navigate around an additional THIRD departure only window (a 30-day window since the resignation). BG doesn't get a new third window to bring guys in, it is only hamstrung with having an additional one against it.

2. As far as the portal itself, the main movement period (the first one in December) - has already come and gone. Yes, there is another one coming in April, but your bigger targets (the ones who already knew they were leaving) typically move in and during the first window. The next window is more of the guys who waited to see where they pecking order was after spring ball was over The second portal window is what teams fill holes with, not rebuild rosters with. That's the big difference between the two periods and it's a very crucial difference.

3. You also have to consider how this news fell not only AFTER the new group of transfers coming in, but it also came after BOTH the December and February signing periods. ALL of those guys slated to be coming to BG are now potential losses - not to mention - with the entire rest of the roster that has the ability to depart as well.

4. BG is also on the verge of starting spring ball. Uhhhh......could there be any more uncertainty entering spring than this? You don't have a coach. You don't know who your coach will be. You don't know if any of the coaches here now will be here tomorrow. You don't know if any of the transfers and signees will stay. And you don't know how many returning players will be staying. How the hell do you conduct any beneficial spring functions under those circumstances? This spring is shot to hell.

5. It's also not out of the realm of possibility that every coach is going to be replaced.

In short, none of that is good news for BG. There's nothing about the timing of this announcement that wasn't that bad for BG. Had it happened after the season or 6-8 weeks ago, it would have had an impact, but not like this. It would have been much easier to manage and navigate. This is a total $hit show to manage right now. True, BG was looking at a drop off next season. It still wasn't going to be able to beat or compete with top MAC teams like Ohio and Miami. But it now has to try like hell not to fall into the pitfall of what happened to Kent State when Sean Lewis left. And remember - he left in early December - not on the last day of frickin' February like SL did.

[Flipper]

You can't really compare Kent State to BGSU...they have seen little in the way of success since Jack Lambert graduated. Worrying about whether this is good bad or indifferent is pointless. It's reality, so let's focus on moving forward

[guest44]

The timing of this is simply BRUTAL for BG. There's no other way to sugarcoat it. I see some differing comments about the importance of the timing and the assistance of the portal, but there are a number of factors to consider involving both issues, and none are good for BG right now:

1. While it's true you can try and rebuild quicker in college football nowadays with the portal, you also have to remember how it works right now in a time like this. As far as outgoing portal entries are concerned, BG has already gone through one window in December, and a second one is coming in April. But now - BG players will have to navigate around an additional THIRD departure only window (a 30-day window since the resignation). BG doesn't get a new third window to bring guys in, it is only hamstrung with having an additional one against it.

2. As far as the portal itself, the main movement period (the first one in December) - has already come and gone. Yes, there is another one coming in April, but your bigger targets (the ones who already knew they were leaving) typically move in and during the first window. The next window is more of the guys who waited to see where they pecking order was after spring ball was over The second portal window is what teams fill holes with, not rebuild rosters with. That's the big difference between the two periods and it's a very crucial difference.

3. You also have to consider how this news fell not only AFTER the new group of transfers coming in, but it also came after BOTH the December and February signing periods. ALL of those guys slated to be coming to BG are now potential losses - not to mention - with the entire rest of the roster that has the ability to depart as well.

4. BG is also on the verge of starting spring ball. Uhhhh......could there be any more uncertainty entering spring than this? You don't have a coach. You don't know who your coach will be. You don't know if any of the coaches here now will be here tomorrow. You don't know if any of the transfers and signees will stay. And you don't know how many returning players will be staying. How the hell do you conduct any beneficial spring functions under those circumstances? This spring is shot to hell.

5. It's also not out of the realm of possibility that every coach is going to be replaced.

In short, none of that is good news for BG. There's nothing about the timing of this announcement that wasn't that bad for BG. Had it happened after the season or 6-8 weeks ago, it would have had an impact, but not like this. It would have been much easier to manage and navigate. This is a total $hit show to manage right now. True, BG was looking at a drop off next season. It still wasn't going to be able to beat or compete with top MAC teams like Ohio and Miami. But it now has to try like hell not to fall into the pitfall of what happened to Kent State when Sean Lewis left. And remember - he left in early December - not on the last day of frickin' February like SL did.

That's a whole hell of a lot of useless words to say what you really wanted to say.

It still wasn't going to be able to beat or compete with top MAC teams like Ohio and Miami.