Mike Sewak

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_ This is not accurate. Paul Johnson runs the option out of a flexbone formation as a primary set. He may have some shotgun sets but I promise you his QB is running under center flanked by 3 running backs. It's what he brought to Navy and what Navy continues to run today. The triple option he runs and the one we ran in 2005 are completely different. _

Fair enough, but for the record, Coach Johnson erroneously calls his offense the Spread Option, as does Monken :-)

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_ I just don't want to run a flexbone triple option attack...Pretty simple for me. I also don't want to pay the guy 400k to do it. _

But we will be getting a real bargain compared to what everyone else is paying to have guys run it :-)

[Duggie35]

I am as die hard as they get, but I will not support Sewak, even if he wins. I detest the wishbone/triple option and wing t that much.

Go ahead and call me shortsighted or a bad fan, but I have other things I could do on my weekends. _

If that is truly your position, you are certainly NOT a die hard fan. Die hard fans WILL be there, win or lose with this coach or that coach!!!

[CajunNation]

What the hell is wrong with the option? It works for Air Force, Navy, and Army. Notice a trend. They don't exactly have the greatest talent pool to recruit from. They have smart, tough, well conditioned athletes probably not the prototypical BCS athlete. But when we try to run the normal BCS offenses we don't get the the prototypical BCS athlete. People on this forum complain all the time about short passing game, bubble screens, etc. I guarantee one thing no matter what offense the new coach runs someone will complain about it. Give me an offense that no one else in the conference is running whether it is running or passing. I am sick and tired of looking at the spread and the pistol. I want to see a huddle. I don't understand why fire Bustle and run the same scheme. I want something that the other teams have to prepare for once a year. Most of all give me a defense. Everyone is worried about offense. Let us pray for a defense that can be first in conference.

Hiring Sewak will almost guarantee 40 points per game.

That is what his offenses have averaged for 9 years while the offensive ccordinator and head coach at GSU.

[Textitan]

As a defensive high school coach, we actually have one team in our district that runs the triple option. We can't wait to play this team, not because it is fun to watch, but because for us, it is easy to stop. The reason not many people run it anymore, is because it has been "figured out". Now there is some clarifications, this team in our district runs it because of talent level, they feel this offense helps to elevate their talent system. But as BOP has often said, what determines if it is good or not is P-L-A-Y-E-R-S! If a team like North Shore (in Houston) would run the option, I am sure they would win a lot, because they have athletes. This other team?? They finish last every year in our district. I don't think that shows any elevation of talent. The school I coach at is also behind the bar talent wise. We recently shifted to a spread/passing offense and turned our focus to defense. We have made the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years. All of that to say, I am not a fan of the triple option, but no matter who is brought in, it all depends on what players are brought in as to whether this is a successful hire. Just my thoughts.

[SlappyCajun]

_ Hiring Sewak will almost guarantee 40 points per game.

That is what his offenses have averaged for 9 years while the offensive ccordinator and head coach at GSU. _

Are you Sewak's son? J/K

I'm not sure if you can say. Apples to Oranges comparison.

[anhil8tor]

Whats the difference between the veer and the triple option?

[ragin91cajun]

_ Are you Sewak's son? J/K

I'm not sure if you can say. Apples to Oranges comparison. _

You started this thread because you were worried about a coach that got fired at an FCS school getting the job here. Now you're saying that on field successes at an FCS school are an apples to oranges comparison with UL.

[MissingMandy]

It amazes me on a daily bases how many comments are made on not knowing what most people don't know but think they do. For the record it takes ALOT MORE then an offensive lineman to win a football game.

[SlappyCajun]

_ You started this thread because you were worried about a coach that got fired at an FCS school getting the job here. Now you're saying that on field successes at an FCS school are an apples to oranges comparison with UL. _

Look. Personally, I believe in second chances. I don't necessarily think he will not succeed at UL because he was fired from an FCS program.

I think in general success translates up the latter pretty well. However, I do think it is fair to say that just because the guy averaged 40 points per game running the triple option at one of the best FCS jobs in the country that it guarantee that he will average 40 points per game in the FBS at one of the worst jobs in the country.

See my reasoning? That is my apples to oranges comparison. Of course we have to look at what he did in the FCS. He had some success obviously not as much as what guys before him had at that program, but he had some success. I also think one of the hardest things to do in coaching is to follow someone who won really big. (Les Miles for example). Sewak got the job, an incredibly hard one and didn't deliver. That may not be his fault. However, I do not think that scoring 40 ppg will definitely translate.

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_ It amazes me on a daily bases how many comments are made on not knowing what most people don't know but think they do. For the record it takes ALOT MORE then an offensive lineman to win a football game. _

I think folks are correct in some of their comments, but maybe they do not realize that players playing out of position due to injuries was what made them correct...

[CajunFun]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution says Sewak has 'No Comment'

http://ultoday.com/node/sports-headlines