[NU Sports] No posts regarding McGee? [Correction]

[Joe Thiegs]

Okay, I'm a little bit embarrassed about this, but a correction is in order.
I mixed up the Gopher offensive coaching staff.  Browning did NOT stay on
after Mason was shown the door.  That was OL coach Gordie Shaw, who
subsequently interviewed with Brewster but wasn't retained.  I don't know
what I was thinking.  That doesn't change the success Browning had, however,
and why he might not be a bad hire by NU.  Here's an outtake from the
release upon his hiring by Syracuse:

""Mitch's trademark is a dominant offense with an effective running game and
an efficient throwing game to create a balanced attack," Robinson said. "He
directs offenses that advance the ball down field and score points."

Browning -- who coached at Minnesota from 1997 through 2006, including seven
years as an offensive coordinator -- helped the Gophers to eight consecutive
seasons with more than 2,000 yards rushing and more than 2,000 yards
receiving.

During that run, the Gophers offenses ranked in the top 35 nationally in
total offense for seven consecutive seasons and produced the top five
single-season total offense efforts in Minnesota history, including a school
and Big Ten record 6,430 total yards in 2003. In 2005, the Gophers offense
averaged 494.8 yards per game."

Orange hire Browning as coordinator
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/ncaa/12/07/syracuse.browning.
ap/index.html

The 2003 team that set the Big Ten record for total yards featured an insane
backfield with Thomas Tapeh (Eagles), Marion Barber III (Cowboys), and
Laurence Maroney (Patriots), but still . . . .  My one knock about
playcalling is that Browning tended to go too conservative with significant
leads, seemingly taking the foot off the accelerator, which contributed to
some of those seemingly regular, historic collapses that cost Mason,
Browning, and Co. their jobs at Minnesota (see, e.g., NU in 2000, Michigan
in 2003 and 2004, Wisconsin in 2005, Texas Tech in 2006).

-Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:43 AM
To: mlinhardt at netzero.net; nwu-sports at tssi.com
Cc: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] No posts regarding McGee?

Let's go get Ed Orgeron for our DC.  He doesn't have a job yet, right?  That
would give recruiting quite a boost too.

On offense, it's too bad the timing didn't work out to get Mitch Browning.
He was OC for six years for an incredibly hard-to-stop Minnesota offense (if
the Gophers ever had a defense to go with it they would have been really
scary).  He is a particularly excellent o-line coach too.  After Glen Mason
and his staff were let go a year ago, Browning was asked by the AD to stay
on temporarily to keep things running and hold on to as many recruits as
possible during the head coach search, which he did admirably.  A lot of
people expected Brewster to keep him as the lone hold-over from the Glen
Mason regime, and Tim gave him an interview but decided to start with a
clean slate and then hired Mike Dunbar.  Anyway, last month Syracuse picked
up Browning as their new OC, and I doubt he'd quit to come to NU after
signing only a month ago, especially since he goes way back with Orange HC
Greg Robinson.

-Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
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Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:05 AM
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Cc: Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com
Subject: [NU Sports] No posts regarding McGee?

Arkansas grabs NU's offensive coordinator
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=104839

A few people on the list were trying to get rid of him, but I was not one of
him.

I think that have no offensive coaching continuity will damage the 2008
season.  The transition between RW(the real OC) to McGee was painful.  This
will be even worse.

I did not like KWs comment about the fact we don't pay enough given the
price of Evanston, but I understand it.  I believe we pay comparably, but
Evanston is just expensive, but it could be misinterpreted as we pay below
market.

Who are your "fantasy" OC/DC choices?

For OC I like either Bob Christian, Zak Kustok, or Matt O'Dwyer.

For DC I like Vandy, a Michigan position coach that is not retained, or
Casey Dailey.  Anything on defense is a potential improvement.

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