KC Keeler the new HC at Sam Houston State

[MrTitleist]

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[dbackjon]

Wow - great hire, IMHO

[YoUDeeMan]

If the rumors are true, then SHSU just got a great new head coach.

Congrats to SHSU and KC!

[Grizalltheway]

I assume 93's congratulations card is in the mail?

[bluehenbillk]

KC is probably salivating over all the transfers he can poach from fellow Texas schools. Good luck to him.

[tribe_pride]

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Good hire but...

K.C. Keeler has been named head coach at Sam Houston. Per multiple sources, athletic director Bobby Williams recommended to the board that they hire Mel Tjeerdsma but was ultimately over-ruled by university president Dana Gibson. Further update to come...

Wow. That can't be good.

[bluehenbillk]

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Good hire but...

K.C. Keeler has been named head coach at Sam Houston. Per multiple sources, athletic director Bobby Williams recommended to the board that they hire Mel Tjeerdsma but was ultimately over-ruled by university president Dana Gibson. Further update to come...

Wow. That can't be good.

Actually the same thing happened at Delaware basically. The President at the time - David Roselle was going to hire Harvard's Tim Murphy to replace Tubby Raymond & the Board of Trustees said no & they hired KC.

[93henfan]

I assume 93's congratulations card is in the mail?

I don't hate him at all. I just wanted him gone from Delaware. Can't keep a guy that misses the playoffs in six of his last eight years.

SHSU fans, prepare to watch some of the most boring football you've ever witnessed in your life.

[YoUDeeMan]

I assume 93's congratulations card is in the mail?

I don't hate him at all. I just wanted him gone from Delaware. Can't keep a guy that misses the playoffs in six of his last eight years.

SHSU fans, prepare to watch some of the most boring football you've ever witnessed in your life.

Huh? KC's offense has been awesome at times. Hall, Flacco, Devlin...they all did well. And KC was looking for some duel threat QBs before UD decided to go with a friendly sheep. I think our previous OC was sleeping at the wheel and KC was going to jettison that OC after trying to get him coached up the previous off season by sending the staff to observe the offenses of some high powered teams (apparently, the clown didn't take any notes).

KC has also been able to observe a host of pro and college teams over the past year...and if you listened to his observations, you could see he appreciated creative offenses. If KC hires the right OC, SHSU will continue to run a high powered offense. In the meantime, I think KC can improve their defense quickly.

On the other hand, next year Delaware fans can prepare again to watch the most pathetic defensive football we've ever watched in our lives. Until Weaver goes, the Hens will be scored upon at will.

[93henfan]

I don't hate him at all. I just wanted him gone from Delaware. Can't keep a guy that misses the playoffs in six of his last eight years.

SHSU fans, prepare to watch some of the most boring football you've ever witnessed in your life.

Huh? KC's offense has been awesome at times. Hall, Flacco, Devlin...they all did well. And KC was looking for some duel threat QBs before UD decided to go with a friendly sheep. I think our previous OC was sleeping at the wheel and KC was going to jettison that OC after trying to get him coached up the previous off season by sending the staff to observe the offenses of some high powered teams (apparently, the clown didn't take any notes).

KC has also been able to observe a host of pro and college teams over the past year...and if you listened to his observations, you could see he appreciated creative offenses. If KC hires the right OC, SHSU will continue to run a high powered offense. In the meantime, I think KC can improve their defense quickly.

On the other hand, next year Delaware fans can prepare again to watch the most pathetic defensive football we've ever watched in our lives. Until Weaver goes, the Hens will be scored upon at will.

I know you're a huge KC fanboi and apologist, but you're dilusional if you think what was put on the field the last eight seasons was exciting in any way. It was the most predictable offense I've ever witnessed in my life. The exciting part was that KC was adept at finding great transfers who could simply out-talent the opposition. When he whiffed on the transfers, then you got the 3 out of every 4 years at the end when we sucked hard. The Flacco and Devlin second seasons were obviously more fun than the Schoenhoft fiasco and the Riccio choke in Williamsburg.

[bearkat91]

Huh? KC's offense has been awesome at times. Hall, Flacco, Devlin...they all did well. And KC was looking for some duel threat QBs before UD decided to go with a friendly sheep. I think our previous OC was sleeping at the wheel and KC was going to jettison that OC after trying to get him coached up the previous off season by sending the staff to observe the offenses of some high powered teams (apparently, the clown didn't take any notes).

KC has also been able to observe a host of pro and college teams over the past year...and if you listened to his observations, you could see he appreciated creative offenses. If KC hires the right OC, SHSU will continue to run a high powered offense. In the meantime, I think KC can improve their defense quickly.

On the other hand, next year Delaware fans can prepare again to watch the most pathetic defensive football we've ever watched in our lives. Until Weaver goes, the Hens will be scored upon at will.

I know you're a huge KC fanboi and apologist, but you're dilusional if you think what was put on the field the last eight seasons was exciting in any way. It was the most predictable offense I've ever witnessed in my life. The exciting part was that KC was adept at finding great transfers who could simply out-talent the opposition. When he whiffed on the transfers, then you got the 3 out of every 4 years at the end when we sucked hard. The Flacco and Devlin second seasons were obviously more fun than the Schoenhoft fiasco and the Riccio choke in Williamsburg.

I have a question for you UD guys. In looking at KC's head coaching record, it seems he had trouble with consistency at UD. At Rowan, he was very consistent. Why do y'all think he had such up and down seasons at UD?

[93henfan]

I know you're a huge KC fanboi and apologist, but you're dilusional if you think what was put on the field the last eight seasons was exciting in any way. It was the most predictable offense I've ever witnessed in my life. The exciting part was that KC was adept at finding great transfers who could simply out-talent the opposition. When he whiffed on the transfers, then you got the 3 out of every 4 years at the end when we sucked hard. The Flacco and Devlin second seasons were obviously more fun than the Schoenhoft fiasco and the Riccio choke in Williamsburg.

I have a question for you UD guys. In looking at KC's head coaching record, it seems he had trouble with consistency at UD. At Rowan, he was very consistent. Why do y'all think he had such up and down seasons at UD?

Well, QB was the elephant in the room. KC never could develop a workable high school recruit at the position. Hall (transfer), Riccio (transfer), Flacco (transfer), Schoenhoft (transfer), Hakes (transfer), Devlin (transfer), Sasek (HS recruit), Donnelly (HS recruit), Hurley (transfer) were his starters.

This got us into a feast or famine mode where when he hit on a good one (Hall, Flacco, Devlin) we went to the Chipper and when we didn't we missed the playoffs.

Do UT, A&M, TCU, or SMU have any disgruntled freshman or sophomore QBs? If so, you may be playing in Frisco in two years.

[bluehenbillk]

I have a question for you UD guys. In looking at KC's head coaching record, it seems he had trouble with consistency at UD. At Rowan, he was very consistent. Why do y'all think he had such up and down seasons at UD?

Recruiting can sum it up in one word. Whiffed on too many scholarship players. Was always needing transfers to plug holes. Now as previously said most, not all, but most of the time KC was money on the quality of his transfers - Devlin & Flacco are a hard tandem to top. What you are getting is a straight shooter, KC would tell it like it is, very blunt. You're going to get a good salesman - KC will out-do any of his Southland peers in attracting transfers from SEC or Big 12 schools - Hens fans would be pretty near unanimous on that. They guy wants to win - he was able to do that at UD but not as consistently as everyone would've liked.

I'm very interested to see who KC brings onto his staff there & what he does differently after having been off the sidelines for a season. There will certainly be a lot of SHSU followers in the greater Mid-Atlantic area moving forward.

[93henfan]

I have a question for you UD guys. In looking at KC's head coaching record, it seems he had trouble with consistency at UD. At Rowan, he was very consistent. Why do y'all think he had such up and down seasons at UD?

Recruiting can sum it up in one word. Whiffed on too many scholarship players. Was always needing transfers to plug holes. Now as previously said most, not all, but most of the time KC was money on the quality of his transfers - Devlin & Flacco are a hard tandem to top. What you are getting is a straight shooter, KC would tell it like it is, very blunt. You're going to get a good salesman - KC will out-do any of his Southland peers in attracting transfers from SEC or Big 12 schools - Hens fans would be pretty near unanimous on that. They guy wants to win - he was able to do that at UD but not as consistently as everyone would've liked.

I'm very interested to see who KC brings onto his staff there & what he does differently after having been off the sidelines for a season. There will certainly be a lot of SHSU followers in the greater Mid-Atlantic area moving forward.

Agree on just about every point here from BillK.

You're also going to get a guy who likes to complain to the refs the entire game and who will not hesitate to throw the players under the bus after the game.

Just giving equal airtime.

[93henfan]

He also drives a Porsche, is very picky about his parking spot at his weekly radio show, tips like a Jew, and gets real gems in his championships rings while ordering cub-z for the players.

[andy7171]

For God's sake, let's hope the Southland HCs have a solid hand shake!

[grizzaholic]

I have a question for you UD guys. In looking at KC's head coaching record, it seems he had trouble with consistency at UD. At Rowan, he was very consistent. Why do y'all think he had such up and down seasons at UD?

Not enough transfers?

[bearkat91]

I have a question for you UD guys. In looking at KC's head coaching record, it seems he had trouble with consistency at UD. At Rowan, he was very consistent. Why do y'all think he had such up and down seasons at UD?

Well, QB was the elephant in the room. KC never could develop a workable high school recruit at the position. Hall (transfer), Riccio (transfer), Flacco (transfer), Schoenhoft (transfer), Hakes (transfer), Devlin (transfer), Sasek (HS recruit), Donnelly (HS recruit), Hurley (transfer) were his starters.

This got us into a feast or famine mode where when he hit on a good one (Hall, Flacco, Devlin) we went to the Chipper and when we didn't we missed the playoffs.

Do UT, A&M, TCU, or SMU have any disgruntled freshman or sophomore QBs? If so, you may be playing in Frisco in two years.

This is exactly what a lot of Kat fans are afraid of. We had a coach at SHSU (Ron Randleman) who was there for 22 or 23 years. His overall record was something like 8 games over .500. The only time we had success under this coach was when we got a kick ass transfer QB. (Josh McCown from SMU, Dustin Long from a&m). For all the other years this under Randleman, our record was similar to Keeler's at UD. I'm hoping like hell we won't have to go through that again because it just destroys any momentum at building a program. Our fan support sucks balls and I'm convinced it's because of all the years of ups and downs. Anyway, I'll be pulling for the Kats and I hope KC can be consistent. Thanks for the input, guys.

[YoUDeeMan]

He also drives a Porsche, is very picky about his parking spot at his weekly radio show, tips like a Jew, and gets real gems in his championships rings while ordering cub-z for the players.

Jealousy and being part of the rumor mills aren't among your best traits.

[YoUDeeMan]

I know you're a huge KC fanboi and apologist, but you're dilusional if you think what was put on the field the last eight seasons was exciting in any way. It was the most predictable offense I've ever witnessed in my life. The exciting part was that KC was adept at finding great transfers who could simply out-talent the opposition. When he whiffed on the transfers, then you got the 3 out of every 4 years at the end when we sucked hard. The Flacco and Devlin second seasons were obviously more fun than the Schoenhoft fiasco and the Riccio choke in Williamsburg.

You thought Devlin's offense was predictable? You thought the offense under Flacco was predictable?

We had some of the most prolific offenses under KC. The shoot outs with UMass and Navy were things of beauty. Sure, we had some boring times under KC, but "Turn the page Tubby" certainly didn't start under KC's watch.

KC himself said we had to get faster and more athletic at QB...and he took steps to get our offense playing at a faster clip. Too bad our OC wasn't up to the task. I believe KC will get SHSU back into the championship hunt very quickly.

In the meantime, we have a new OC who tends to get too conservative when it counts, and a DC that doesn't know what the D in his title means.

Want to make an avatar bet as to which team makes the quarterfinals first...UD or SHSU?

[bearkat91]

I know you're a huge KC fanboi and apologist, but you're dilusional if you think what was put on the field the last eight seasons was exciting in any way. It was the most predictable offense I've ever witnessed in my life. The exciting part was that KC was adept at finding great transfers who could simply out-talent the opposition. When he whiffed on the transfers, then you got the 3 out of every 4 years at the end when we sucked hard. The Flacco and Devlin second seasons were obviously more fun than the Schoenhoft fiasco and the Riccio choke in Williamsburg.

You thought Devlin's offense was predictable? You thought the offense under Flacco was predictable?

We had some of the most prolific offenses under KC. The shoot outs with UMass and Navy were things of beauty. Sure, we had some boring times under KC, but "Turn the page Tubby" certainly didn't start under KC's watch.

KC himself said we had to get faster and more athletic at QB...and he took steps to get our offense playing at a faster clip. Too bad our OC wasn't up to the task. I believe KC will get SHSU back into the championship hunt very quickly.

In the meantime, we have a new OC who tends to get too conservative when it counts, and a DC that doesn't know what the D in his title means.

Want to make an avatar bet as to which team makes the quarterfinals first...UD or SHSU?

That brings up another question. What kind of defense does KC like to run? We had a first year DC from McNeese this past year (if only we could give that useless POS back to the boys in Louisiana) and he was absolutely terrible. My hope is that KC fires this guy before sunset today. If not, hopefully he'll get re-assigned as a position coach.

[andy7171]

Does Cluck have relatives married into the Keeler clan? Do you get a discount off sunglasses through that type of a relation?

[YoUDeeMan]

Does Cluck have relatives married into the Keeler clan? Do you get a discount off sunglasses through that type of a relation?

I'm simply not blinded by garbage. KC had some great years and some tough years, but he was a Hen through and through.

KC haters drone on about KC's conference record, usually omitting some years to make their point, but in the end only a couple wins separate the top teams. Somehow, KC is a bad coach while Talley, Mickey, and everyone else is a genius.

In the meantime, no one in the conference, and virtually no one in the land, was a better coach in the playoffs.

KC will be successful at SHSU...and it will be interesting to see who he chooses for his staff. Look for a championship run from them soon.

[bluehenbillk]

That brings up another question. What kind of defense does KC like to run? We had a first year DC from McNeese this past year (if only we could give that useless POS back to the boys in Louisiana) and he was absolutely terrible. My hope is that KC fires this guy before sunset today. If not, hopefully he'll get re-assigned as a position coach.

The generic answer you'll get on both is offense & his defense is Multiple. in 2010 when UD made the NC game they did it on the strength of their DB's. In 2007 the defense was patchwork, & in '03 it was one of the best FCS has ever had - that team still has the record for fewest points let up in the tourney I believe (23 total). One of the things that stood out - I don't know if you have any teams in the Southland that run option but his defenses were normally very good against that. He shut down GSU's & Wofford's run game & played as well against Navy most years as you can expect - & he had a winning record against the Mids I believe too.

Just don't believe it if he says we're going to "attack you from the moment we get off the bus", 93 will concur with that one.

[bearkat91]

KC will be successful at SHSU...and it will be interesting to see who he chooses for his staff. Look for a championship run from them soon.

Let's hope you're right.