Yea that was a big mistake because Carter had the tools to be a good recruiter, a good X's and O's guy, had credibility because he played in that defense and played very well and would have been a guy that was good at teaching the players what the culture of TCU Football was all about and we desperately need that right now. What I watched yesterday was not even close to the way the Frogs have played in the GP era. How he let Carter get away but kept guys like Fitch, Modkins and Kenny Hill is something I don't understand. Especially when you think about the fact that Carter was GP's guy when he was playing. I'm sure a guy like Phillips was good for the program when it comes to teaching the players about how to play TCU style of defense too. The chip on your shoulder, super angry and violent style of players but I think Phillips wasn't a very good "yes man" type and butted heads with GP a little bit. I don't know how or what they need to do but they have got to get these guys to understand that TCU got to where they are today because they played old school style of football. Allowing a 100 yard rusher used to be a cardinal sin for this team and now it's pretty much par for the course. I agree they need to clean house when it comes to his assistants but they need to somehow find a way to keep or find some guys that were part of the building process of this program because those are the guys that will help us get back to the days of when our defense would face a 2000+ yard RB in a bowl game (G. Wolf N. Illinois) and hold him to like 37 yards or something like that. Maybe create a "player personnel" position and hire someone like Tank Carder or Stephan Hodge who can help explain the culture of the program that made it so great for so long. Just my dumba#@ opinion but nothing I saw Saturday said TCU Football. Nothing!
would have been nice to have sam on the staff, but i think in the long run he is in a very good place for his career.
he played for good gary when bumpas was still around , he spent 3-4 seasons working with barry odom at missouri as an analyst with barry odom as the hc and cross as the dc first and then ryan walters. he got exposed to offenses coached by josh heupel and then derek dooley in practice and multiple styles of play in the sec.
now at arkansas he is a position coach working with odom under pittman and seen kendal briles' offense in spring etc... that is exposure to a number of good coaches, variety of systems, coached games in a variety of environments, and he definitely has to be on his game in recruiting.
don't know what sam's long term goals are, but if he wants to be a dc or hc one day he is drawing from a variety of philosophies, seen a number of differing offensive schemes, and been exposed to multiple head coaches.
if i am comparing that resume to the members of the frogs defensive staff i honestly like sam's better on paper
