Kermit Buggs - New RB Coach?

[ktuck911]

Texas - Ken Rucker:

A native of Morristown, Tenn., Rucker earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from Carson-Newman College in 1976. A standout defensive player for the Eagles, he was named the Most Valuable Player in 1976, all-conference as a linebacker in 1975 and Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 1974. In April of 2009, Rucker was named to the Carson-Newman Football Hall of Fame.

That was after 2 minutes of research

Nice find... Now show me a guy around KB's age...

 

[uconnbill]

Sometimes you have to just stop, think, and not post.

I am think the hire is very good with his connections here and in Va.

 

[huskymedic]

btw, at least the guy the coahed at MSU coached on offense.. but, oh wait, how good is MSU????

Nice find... Now show me a guy around KB's age...

When confronted with facts - Not young enough, not proficient enough offense... cripes.

That's backstroking if you got distracted

 

[RedSoloCup]

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OMG, now I have an alternative to the breaststroke...

 

[sdhusky]

Nice find... Now show me a guy around KB's age...

I got to hand it to you. If someone made me look that dumb, I wouldn't keep calling attention to it.

But you are willing to go all-in on stupid.

 

[NutmegState]

Texas and their stable of five Star backs might not need a RB coach. We do.

I'll give KB the benefit of the doubt for now, but I didn't like the Clayton White hire, and that didn't turn out very good.

 

[Ronpatz11]

Anyone suggesting that we are at ANY disadvantage for having a RB coach who didn't play Running Back in college is, simply put, wrong.

Out of 69 BCS Schools (plus Boise State), guess how many Running Backs coaches actually played RB in college? 24 (and I was generous and included fullbacks as running backs). Yes, you read that correctly. About a third (34.7%) of all major college RB coaches actually played RB or FB in college.

And yes, I do understand how sad it is that I actually looked this up. But with an argument so weak and grounded in nothing but some antiquated high school football mindset, I had to come with facts.

Backstroke on out of this argument.

Thanks.

 

[uconnfan68]

Looks like he was lead recruiter for Silas Redd and Khairi Fortt at Penn State.

We're all set then... he can recruit Connecticut.

 

[NutmegState]

Anyone suggesting that we are at ANY disadvantage for having a RB coach who didn't play Running Back in college is, simply put, wrong.

Out of 69 BCS Schools (plus Boise State), guess how many Running Backs coaches actually played RB in college? 24 (and I was generous and included fullbacks as running backs). Yes, you read that correctly. About a third (34.7%) of all major college RB coaches actually played RB or FB in college.

And yes, I do understand how sad it is that I actually looked this up. But with an argument so weak and grounded in nothing but some antiquated high school football mindset, I had to come with facts.

Backstroke on out of this argument.

Thanks.

So it's your opinion that there is no conceivable advantage to having a former RB as your RB coach, correct?

Would it be okay if not everyone shares that opinion?

Thanks.

 

[J187Money]

I want to go on record that ALL hires are bad no matter who they are so if it turns out they are bad I can win message board arguments. And if they turn out good I will just say we got lucky with recruiting.

 

[SAMCRO]

No mention of wallpaper. That right there is an improvement.

 

[RioDog]

When confronted with facts - Not young enough, not proficient enough offense... cripes.


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That's backstroking if you got distracted

...and my wife thinks I come here to talk about football...

Oh and regarding the RB coach hire, I'm about as far from an insider as you can get, so I can only hope that somebody, somewhere in the program knows something about football and can make a reasonable decision about a coaching hire (fingers crossed).

 

[huskysupporter]

So it's your opinion that there is no conceivable advantage to having a former RB as your RB coach, correct?

Would it be okay if not everyone shares that opinion?

Thanks.

That is absolutely my position as far as coaching the position.

And of course it is okay to have a differing opinion. This board would be boring if everyone agreed.

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[ktuck911]

I got to hand it to you. If someone made me look that dumb, I wouldn't keep calling attention to it.

But you are willing to go all-in on stupid.

That's exactly what most think of us UCONN football fans anyways so keep piling on bro...

Husky fan til I die... My initial issue was misunderstood from the beginning... typical of this board... So, I play along... Some of you are a little too sensitive at times... Relax... It's just a football team that we hope we finally get its head out of its a** and take the next step...

Bottom line: we all really know jack*** about what's going on behind the seens and are entitled to our views and post them as we please... Don't know you and anybody else on this board from Adam other than that ( or maybe I do.. might gone to UCONN at the same time and we were in a few classes together way back when ).

Go Huskies

 

[HobokenHusky]

I want to go on record that ALL hires are bad no matter who they are so if it turns out they are bad I can win message board arguments. And if they turn out good I will just say we got lucky with recruiting.

Being a pessimist is the easy way out. . . .. we suck and you are right, we win and you are happy we win. There is absolutely no risk.

and, just to clarify, being an optimist is very different than having blinders on. There are very very obvious things that we need to improve as a program, starting with the gameday experience (AND THE MICKEY MOUSE SCOREBOARD/DJ DOG POUND), but in regard to these hires. . . . . when you combine available historical data, and where are as a program perception wise. . . .... these are great hires. Chip Kelly is not walking through that door guys. Maybe we have the next Chip Kelly? Who knows.

Nutmeg State - You are def entitled to your opinion that having a former RB as RB coach is an advantage to coaching the position, but multiple people have just brought forth actual facts that speak to the contrary. If you choose to ignore these facts and keep the same opinion, that is your choice, but no one should be called out for bringing facts to the argument.

 

[ZooCougar]

I will bash Pasqualoni till the cows come home, but this hire doesn't seem that bad. If you are coaching at this level, and you can't coach more than one position then you shouldn't be coaching at this level.

We haven't been to a bowl in ages, we are barely in a conference. The Head Coach is probably gone by December 1. The program is in worse shape than it was three years ago. Who do you think we're gonna get?

 

[uconnflyer88]

He's got a twitter account @KBuggs4

There are a lot of people congratulating him on a new coaching position.....looks like it may be official soon

 

[johnhuskies95]

So it's your opinion that there is no conceivable advantage to having a former RB as your RB coach, correct?

Would it be okay if not everyone shares that opinion?

Thanks.

Honest question: would you rather have had UConn hire a graduate assistant at an FCS school that played running back?

 

[uconnflyer88]

BOOM.....

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012313aab.html

 

[Jimdish255]

We're all set then... he can recruit Connecticut.

Put him on Newsome for the full court press right now!

 

[kibblesnbits]

BOOM.....

http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012313aab.html

Note that it does say special teams and running backs.

 

[weyuo]

So we're still short one coach. Maybe P is saving best for last.

I will bash Pasqualoni till the cows come home

-ZooCougar

You need to cut Coach P some slack. He was contracted to build a program and you just don't wave a magic wand and make it happen overnight so you can sit there and pout and stamp your feet and act like a spoiled 5 year old all you want. If Burton couldn't get his way what do you think your hate rants are going to accomplish? LOL...what a joke!

 

[Husky68]

So we're still short one coach. Maybe P is saving best for last.

-ZooCougar

You need to cut Coach P some slack. He was contracted to build a program and you just don't wave a magic wand and make it happen overnight so you can sit there and pout and stamp your feet and act like a spoiled 5 year old all you want. If Burton couldn't get his way what do you think your hate rants are going to accomplish? LOL...what a joke!

If you read this board, fhcRE built a program at Uconn. PP was hired to take it to the next level, which was assumed to be up.

 

[NutmegState]

Honest question: would you rather have had UConn hire a graduate assistant at an FCS school that played running back?

Why would this hypothetical coach have to come from an FCS program?

Maybe Buggs can do it all, and at least, upon further review, he does have some history on the offensive side of the ball, unlike Clayton White.

If he can recruit, great. Our stable of backs is borderline sad at the moment. I think KTuck, and myself, are just thinking we could use all the help we can get back there right now.