Shit. That's too bad. One of my all time favorite players and I was hoping he'd make the most of the opportunity.
Indeed. This scares me about Marcus Freeman, too.
Maybe not all, but a lot of players seemed to have some kind words for him.
Wasn't his issue recruiting? Thought he was pretty well thought of as a coach, as he got a lot out of players. Just was a terrible recruiter. If that was the problem, that won't be an issue in the NFL
I don't think there was an issue with recruiting. Not really even a minor one let alone anything that would lead up to "terrible."
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This is a pretty bad take. He was one hell of a teacher and developer as a RB coach. Yes, he could be a little quirky with his recruiting and bible verses, but he got the most out of his players. He certainly didn't fail at ND, and the fact he didn't do well as a HC at Charleston Southern doesn't detract from his ability to coach the RB position.
I might be incorrect, but wasn't he point man on Kyren Williams and Tommy Tremble? I believe he handled Florida too and helped Hiestand land Hainsey in addition to other Sunshine State guys like Drew White?
Good catch.
I'm not going to fault anyone for recruiting under BK at this point. From the few staff that stuck around it sure seems like recruiting in general stepped up after BK went out the door. Evidence seems to solidly suggest BK was lazy, and the strategy was likely to chase low hanging fruit to secure above average, loyal talent that was unlikely to flip. "RKGs"
He was much more than fine at ND. The RB position underperformed before he arrived with barely anyone reaching their potential let alone exceeding it. Theo was the only guy that definitely reached his potential. Maybe Cam too but he had some key bad moments. Atkinson, G. Bryant, and C. Wood never actually hit their potential, and fundamentals, especially ball security, were a huge issue. Then Denson arrived and he got the best out of every player he coached. Josh Adams had the greatest freshman year in ND RB history. Prosise was developed into a 3rd round NFL draft pick in his 1 and only year as an RB under Denson. Jafar Armstrong actually looked like a good back in 2018 before he got hurt, but then looked like he had no idea how to play the position after Denson left the following year. Dexter Williams struggled with injuries and inconsistency but Denson kept developing him and he went out with a fantastic senior year. Even Deon McIntosh showed huge potential under Denson before getting into trouble.
That's a good point on the fumbling. For all his pluses, Alford's backs occasionally had fumble issues and Denson basically eliminated them all together. Most of those fumbles may have been more under Hinton though, before Alford switched from WR to RB.
Didn't he prove to actually be a pretty good coach? Just was very good at recruiting.
