Florida hires Will Muschmap

[NewEnglandGuy]

As mentioned earlier, this puts an interesting spin on the offseason. Texas now needs to replace all three coordinators and a couple other position coaches (I would think Muschmap would pull whoever he could as well) after their worst season since 1997 (4-7 that year). As far as ND is concerned, does this help us open a larger door into the state of Texas for recruits?

Florida now has a first time head coach and a fan base with Notre Dame-like expections. This team is also coming off its worst year since 2004 (identical 7-5). Examining their 7 wins against: Miami (oh), South Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia in OT, Vanderbilt, Appalachian St...provides hardly a who's who considering vandy was 2-10 and the other sec schools were 6-6 teams. It is a good thing they missed playing Auburn and Arkansas. The SEC West is a much tougher division, but I still hope the gators fall flat on their face. Link to ESPNs story on the hire
Florida Gators hires Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp - ESPN

Scrolling down the story implies that "several" freshman transferred. All I can pull are:
Jordan Haden (4 Star safety) still undecided
Scout.com: Jordan Haden Profile
Adrian Coxson (4 Star wide receiver) now at Maryland
Scout.com: Adrian Coxson Profile

Does 2 count as several? Or have I missed any?

 

[Irish Man3]

They were gone before the hire of Muschamp. Not sure if your saying they transferred because of the hire.

 

[Rocket89]

Here's another interesting thing to consider: I do believe that Muschamp favors a pro-style offense and that was leading to a lot of tension during his time at Texas.

I wonder if he'll keep the Gators in the spread or switch them back to a pro-style orientated attack.

 

[NDinMich]

Here's another interesting thing to consider: I do believe that Muschamp favors a pro-style offense and that was leading to a lot of tension during his time at Texas.

I wonder if he'll keep the Gators in the spread or switch them back to a pro-style orientated attack.

If that's true then Texas is much better off w/out Muschamp. What right does the DC (sorry, and coach in waiting) have to say about the offense? Let Mack Brown and the OC handle the offense and you worry about your defense William. As someone said before, Muschamp put a pretty bystander defense out there this season with a lot of talent.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Rather than worry myself overly about other teams' problems [especially ones we don't {yet} play], I wonder how any of these things might affect Notre Dame.

Speculation A: Mack Brown's stranglehold old boys network with Texas HS coaches remains in place. Still, every kid imaginable will show up during Texas Junior Day and that staff will go into feeding frenzy mode. Will not having these former assistants there give pause to any of these kids?? If Brown replaces them with good "politician/schmoozers", then no. Maybe some parents will be bright enough to think that Texas isn't automatically the Cat's Meow and walk their kid away for other folks to talk to. First in line would probably be Oklahoma, Ok State, A&M, TTech and hopefully us.

Speculation B): should it be unlikely that the replacements are as good at player development as the evacuees, then maybe Texas will fall further off over a few years, despite talent. Obviously that helps everybody in the recruiting game. However, even when Texas was just a soft bunch of fancy frontrunners [just a few years ago, when even Brown admitted that they had to get a lot more physical and tough], they still could grab all manner of thoroughbreds for their stable. They just never fully developed most of them, but that fact never seemed to seep into Texas HS parents/athletes consciousness.

Speculation C: Florida's immediate concern with their new hire is psychological. They had to announce/leak it as soon as possible to minimize recruiting damage---many predators [including us] lurk threateningly, aided by their punk season. The Muschamp hire may turn out to be great, but it has no current pop sex appeal, and isn't in line with the speed-blur offensive carnival that Florida fans would like to think they are. Yep, defense and bigs win games; we know that; most don't. Some effective out-competing of Florida might be possible this year before Muschamp and staff prove anything on the field. And it's possible that given that he didn't have to work very hard recruiting with Texas' set-up, maybe he won't ever be as good at it as Meyer.

End of speculations. This plus a few bucks will get you a hamburger.

 

[Rocket89]

If that's true then Texas is much better off w/out Muschamp. What right does the DC (sorry, and coach in waiting) have to say about the offense? Let Mack Brown and the OC handle the offense and you worry about your defense William. As someone said before, Muschamp put a pretty bystander defense out there this season with a lot of talent.

Well Muschamp probably had more pull with Mack Brown specifically because he was the coach in waiting. But all I know is rumors and such and that as a DC Muschamp wanted an offense on the field that ate clock, ran the ball, etc. instead of a spread that left his defense in bad positions all the time (see the entire 2010 season).

I'm sure most Texas fans are a lot more upset about the departure of Muschamp than OC Greg Davis...Davis being pretty much despised by a large contingent of the Longhorn fan base.

Also, Texas was 7th in total defense this year, 8th in passing defense and they led the Big 12 in defense every single year that Muschamp was there.

When you consider that Texas was 86th in scoring offense, tacked on a bunch of yards and points in garbage time losses, and looked inept against the Big 12, it's pretty amazing that the defense did as well as they did.

Like the joke around Austin goes, "Muschamp's defense didn't score enough points to give Texas a victory."

I really like Bob Diaco as an up and coming young defensive coach, but Muschamp is pretty much the best of the best for young DC's coming into a head coaching gig.

 

[bigeasy47]

i think it just might work, id expect a shut down defense in a year or two. offense should stay relatively the same as far as scheme. and where do you think big name coaches come from? their not born big name head coaches they become it from coordinators offense and defense. and since he was labeled "coach in waiting at UT" i believe thats as big as being head coach at lesser schools.

 

[RyCo1983]

I think this is a good hire. Will should run a much cleaner ship than Urban did. Defense should at least be pretty nasty too.

Good move for Florida
Questionable move for Muschamp...That Texas coach in waiting job is one nice position to be in if you ask me...
Recruiting HEAVEN.

 

[NDFANnSouthWest]

With the UF defensive athletes and a good Defensive guy like Muschamp...scary! The real question is on the O side of the ball....

 

[Irish Man3]

Major Applewhite is following Muschamp to Florida to be OC.

 

[TerryTate]

Hearing that Randy Shannon will be the next DC at Texas.