What is your take on Litton. I have been crucified for thinking he is no good for the herd. You have been a quarterback coach. Be honest. He can throw if no pressure is on him and he cant run. He lacks intestinal fortitude. Not a leader. Doc has sucked on quarterbacks. But he moved to conference usa so he has kinda got by until litton.I saw where he is pre season 4th team conference. After his sorry ass finished last year he deserves no awards. Good grief.
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I haven't watched enough of his games to know, Sisters. I had major, major apprehensions about his character based on his high school arrest.
Some crimes to me are more indicative of a person's character. If a kid gets arrested for weed possession, given a citation for public intox, etc., I don't think that is necessarily a reflection of his character and quality as a person. Poor choice? Yes. Immature? Yes. A substance abuse problem? Perhaps.
On the other hand, breaking into garages and cars to steal things from citizens, then selling them to pawn stores? I consider that a huge red flag of a person's character and quality. The kid didn't grow up poor, so it isn't like he was trying to get money to pay for his meals or to help his little sister get money for piano lessons. That's just a bad apple. Hearing stories from quarterbacks he went to camp with in high school just solidified my views (as have his actions while at Marshall).
I will tell you more about his football value in ten days.
Some crimes to me are more indicative of a person's character. If a kid gets arrested for weed possession, given a citation for public intox, etc., I don't think that is necessarily a reflection of his character and quality as a person. Poor choice? Yes. Immature? Yes. A substance abuse problem? Perhaps.
On the other hand, breaking into garages and cars to steal things from citizens, then selling them to pawn stores? I consider that a huge red flag of a person's character and quality. The kid didn't grow up poor, so it isn't like he was trying to get money to pay for his meals or to help his little sister get money for piano lessons. That's just a bad apple. Hearing stories from quarterbacks he went to camp with in high school just solidified my views (as have his actions while at Marshall).
I will tell you more about his football value in ten days.
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Other than cato raoul. I quess it seems like years since cato was here. This is the 3rd straight year without a qb I LIKE
Doc's problem is his recruiting. As the old saying goes, "everything that glitters is not gold"
Brian Anderson was a full time starter, AJ Graham was a starter almost half of a season, Cato was a starter for many years, and Litton. Of course, that doesn't count the numerous QB recruits who haven't panned out here.
But that isn't necessarily the head coach's fault, especially one who is a defensive coach. What can be blamed on him is his recruiting philosophy in a few avenues. One of those is his decision to recruit by area instead of by position. In doing that, a QB coach (who tends to be the expert of the position on a staff) doesn't really get to recruit who he wants. The area recruiter will take the bulk of that relationship to start. Sure, the position coach will be in the mix, but the position coach also has the responsibility of his own region. So, if you aren't the full-time coach in charge of recruiting most of the QBs, it makes the QB coach get stuck with guys he may have been able to recruit better than if the staff recruited by position instead of region.
There is a potential downfall to that. If the best recruiter(s) on a staff are coaches who have a position that only plays one player at a time on the field (QB, RB, TE, etc.), their recruiting expertise could be wasted. If a team only needs to sign one QB that season, your best recruiter on staff is the QB coach, and if you recruit by position as a staff, you are wasting the ability of your best recruiter by having him only sign/recruit one player that season.
I stand corrected. I was putting the blame on doc because he is the head coach. He landed cato. Gaines and Morrell are two more that havent helped.
I wasn't implying that Doc was exempt from any blame. He is the ultimate decision maker for the program, so it inevitably comes back on him.
I think he was wise in what he initially did- hire assistants who are smarter than he is and let them do their thing. I think over the last few years, he has made hires who didn't fit that profile and it has caught up with them.
