[NU Sports] New OC - Mick McCall?

[Jeff Beamsley]

The key to all of this is that we and he are in good alignment.  He is going
to be looking to make his mark quickly and either move on or renegotiate his
deal.  He isn't going to get a HC job here, but he will have the chance to
move upward and onward to bigger programs if he performs here.  That will
also give him some leverage if he wants to stay.  We are looking for someone
who is going to start quickly and bring some consistency to the offense.  If
he turns out to be a good hire, hopefully he can get a better deal to stay.
If not, he'll quickly leave and we'll try another.

The big hope is that he has some big fast smart HS QB's that he has been
keeping his eye on who might be interested in playing for NU.

Jeff
 

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I know many want to rationalize the choice of McCall and we all hope  that it
turns out well.  But he still only has one year of offensive  coordinator
experience at a non-BCS conference school and has a huge  responsibility
because the head coach himself is not a offense  guy.  There is no time for
"on-the-job" training or the luxury  of  "growing into the position" over
several seasons.  He  (and Fitz's decision) will be judged by what unfolds
next fall,  so 
stay tuned.   The jury is out.

 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:42:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jeff.beamsley at hilgraeve.com writes:

MAC  teams regularly play BT teams, so he DOES have the experience of going
up against them.

Over the past couple of years, BG played MSU,  Minny, OSU, Wisky, Purdue, and
NU and has better record in the league over  that period of time than we do.

They also have done a somewhat less  successful tour of Oklahoma getting
killed by Oklahoma and  Tulsa.

All things considered, it looks like a good fit.  He proven  he can win.
He's a guy looking to move up.  He comes from a  background of coaching QB's
in an offense the depends very heavily on that  position.  Don't know what
his role was in recruiting the two stud  QB's that BG had, but I suspect it
was
significant.   

Jeff



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I hate to be a skeptic, but couldn't we do better than  someone with just
one year of experience as OC from the MAC?  Is  he ready for the Big  Ten?
Or, do we have to wait until he gets  some experience going up against  UM,
OSU and 
Illinois a few  times?   And, I don't want to hear  about McGee's lack of  
experience because he was hired and mentored by Walker, a   strong,
experienced offensive coach.  Now we'll have a young head  coach  without any
offensive experience and an OC with just one season  in a mid-level  D-IA
conference.  I think a good Big Ten program  would find someone  more
seasoned and ready for the big  time.


In a message dated 1/11/2008 8:47:43 A.M. Eastern Standard  Time,
s.fridley at comcast.net writes:

Sporting  News is reporting  the new OC will apparently be Bowling Green's
Mick McCall,  who was  promoted to OC there last season after four years as
QB coach.

He  also spent some time as an assistant at Oregon State, among   others.

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