What's up BBN? I've been a long time reader here, but never felt the need to throw in my two cents. I feel now is a great time with some big news coming out in the past 24 hours. After doing a good bit of research on both Gran and Hinshaw, it's obvious these two are home run hires and UC will miss them tremendously.
Gran is well respected throughout the country, something that caught my attention from the get go. Recruits and their parents rave about him, similar to the way Marrow has become known as a family-oriented recruiter. Adding another guy like that could never hurt. Coaching wise, the numbers are obviously there. As much as people want to look into the bowl game flop, it wasn't as worrisome as you'd think. The guy was already rumored to be headed to UK and was coaching without his starting QB. So many factors are involved in a situation like this, one game is meaningless in the scheme of things. The guy's offense put up over 500 yards of offense a game, running a balanced attack Stoops likes, and highlights UK's most valuable players.
Under Gran, TEs and RBs thrived, and UK has Conrad and Boom as the leaders in those categories. Dawson rarely used Conrad, whereas Gran will make him a priority in this offense. Obviously a good idea there. According to Freddie Maggard, Gran "has coached nearly 15 SEC and ACC RB's that went on to NFL success." Not bad at all, considering UK has one of the best up-and-coming RBs in America in Boom, along with Jojo Kemp, Mikel Horton, and Siheim King, among the other talented kids coming in. Gran develops players, has a comfortable system that young skill players can ease into, and above all else, puts up unbelievable numbers. With he and Stoops being familiar with one another at FSU, I'd imagine Stoops is much more comfortable to give the reins to Gran and let him control the offense, as opposed to micromanaging like he did with Dawson. Familiarity and trust is quite beneficial in football, especially with a new HC like Stoops. Gran is a hell of a get, one that I didn't expect UK to be in position to snag.
A note on Hinshaw: I read on some of the Cincinnati boards and some of UC's football fan twitter accounts, and they are all terrified of losing this guy. One guy on Twitter under the handle @cinbinbains stated, "If Eddie Gran goes to Kentucky, I'd hope Tuberville promotes Darin Hinshaw faster than Gran can say "I quit"." They love him there, and think he is a future HC somewhere. A ton of potential, players love him, and knows the game. Several schools were interested in offering him an OC job, so if Gran can figure out a way to bring him on board, I'd be ecstatic. Beyond this, he's a QB coach, something that UK needs now more than ever, so it's a match made in heaven. Sign him up at all costs.
The major schools across the country manage to rake in talent and develop said talent through elite position coaches. A head coach and both coordinators help, but the position coaches can't be average guys if you want to develop in the SEC. Stoops would be quite lucky to hire a great OC in Gran, but getting an elite position coach in Hinshaw to follow would be absolutely remarkable.
Gran is well respected throughout the country, something that caught my attention from the get go. Recruits and their parents rave about him, similar to the way Marrow has become known as a family-oriented recruiter. Adding another guy like that could never hurt. Coaching wise, the numbers are obviously there. As much as people want to look into the bowl game flop, it wasn't as worrisome as you'd think. The guy was already rumored to be headed to UK and was coaching without his starting QB. So many factors are involved in a situation like this, one game is meaningless in the scheme of things. The guy's offense put up over 500 yards of offense a game, running a balanced attack Stoops likes, and highlights UK's most valuable players.
Under Gran, TEs and RBs thrived, and UK has Conrad and Boom as the leaders in those categories. Dawson rarely used Conrad, whereas Gran will make him a priority in this offense. Obviously a good idea there. According to Freddie Maggard, Gran "has coached nearly 15 SEC and ACC RB's that went on to NFL success." Not bad at all, considering UK has one of the best up-and-coming RBs in America in Boom, along with Jojo Kemp, Mikel Horton, and Siheim King, among the other talented kids coming in. Gran develops players, has a comfortable system that young skill players can ease into, and above all else, puts up unbelievable numbers. With he and Stoops being familiar with one another at FSU, I'd imagine Stoops is much more comfortable to give the reins to Gran and let him control the offense, as opposed to micromanaging like he did with Dawson. Familiarity and trust is quite beneficial in football, especially with a new HC like Stoops. Gran is a hell of a get, one that I didn't expect UK to be in position to snag.
A note on Hinshaw: I read on some of the Cincinnati boards and some of UC's football fan twitter accounts, and they are all terrified of losing this guy. One guy on Twitter under the handle @cinbinbains stated, "If Eddie Gran goes to Kentucky, I'd hope Tuberville promotes Darin Hinshaw faster than Gran can say "I quit"." They love him there, and think he is a future HC somewhere. A ton of potential, players love him, and knows the game. Several schools were interested in offering him an OC job, so if Gran can figure out a way to bring him on board, I'd be ecstatic. Beyond this, he's a QB coach, something that UK needs now more than ever, so it's a match made in heaven. Sign him up at all costs.
The major schools across the country manage to rake in talent and develop said talent through elite position coaches. A head coach and both coordinators help, but the position coaches can't be average guys if you want to develop in the SEC. Stoops would be quite lucky to hire a great OC in Gran, but getting an elite position coach in Hinshaw to follow would be absolutely remarkable.
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