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New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:55 pm
by SDHornet
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento State football team has hired Jody Sears as its defensive coordinator, it was announced by head coach Marshall Sperbeck.
A veteran of the Big Sky Conference, Sears was the defensive coordinator at Eastern Washington from 2003-07 and returned to the league as the head coach at Weber State in 2012-13.
Sears' first opportunity in the Big Sky came at Eastern Washington where he coached the safeties, linebackers and defensive backs from 2000-02. He was elevated to defensive coordinator in 2003 and had seven of his players earn all-Big Sky honors.
While with the Eagles, the team made the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs three times and also produced three FCS All-Americans on defense, including Buck Buchanan Award winner Greg Peach. Eastern Washington also ranked among the conference's leaders in takeaways during Sears' time as defensive coordinator.
http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/fbal ... 0123hvreiz
Looks like a good hire for DC on paper. Thoughts (especially from Weber and EWU fans)?
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:01 pm
by AZGrizFan
He's a better DC than a HC....
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:23 pm
by EWURanger
I was not a fan of his defenses at EWU.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:25 pm
by AZGrizFan
EWURanger wrote:I was not a fan of his defenses at EWU.
Well, I'm pretty sure WSU fans weren't a fan of his whole teams.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:10 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
AZGrizFan wrote:He's a better DC than a HC....
He didn't exactly inherit a winning situation, though. Most of the McBride's talent seemed to be gone, plus he had to try & clean up the John L. Smith disaster.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:28 pm
by Wildcat Ryan
Teams set records against our defenses under Sears, course that could have been a mixture of his defense and the fact that we were just horrible as a team.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 8:51 am
by AZGrizFan
Mvemjsunpx wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:He's a better DC than a HC....
He didn't exactly inherit a winning situation, though. Most of the McBride's talent seemed to be gone, plus he had to try & clean up the John L. Smith disaster.
I think the Weber administration effed Sears hard.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:46 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
The good news is that Sears has the prevent D perfected.
Good news for Sac's opponents, that is.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:18 pm
by SDHornet
Can't imagine it could be worse than last season.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:23 pm
by dal4018
EWURanger wrote:I was not a fan of his defenses at EWU.
What style of defense did he run at EWU???
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:04 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
dal4018 wrote:EWURanger wrote:I was not a fan of his defenses at EWU.
What style of defense did he run at EWU???
4-2-5, I believe.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:24 pm
by kalm
Mvemjsunpx wrote:dal4018 wrote:
What style of defense did he run at EWU???
4-2-5, I believe.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:35 pm
by WeberAlum02
AZGrizFan wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:
He didn't exactly inherit a winning situation, though. Most of the McBride's talent seemed to be gone, plus he had to try & clean up the John L. Smith disaster.
I think the Weber administration effed Sears hard.
It was written into his contract that if he didn't win 4 games Weber could release him without further compensation. He knew exactly what he was signing up for. And asking him to win just 4 games in a 12 game season isn't asking much. He did inherit a mess though, thanks to the asshole (JLS) who hired him. But in two seasons there was just no sign of improvement and little hope that things were going to get better. Sears is a really good guy but I never thought he was HC material. I hope the best for him in Sacramento.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:48 pm
by SDHornet
Mvemjsunpx wrote:dal4018 wrote:
What style of defense did he run at EWU???
4-2-5, I believe.
Fuck, that is what our last broke dick DC (now secondary coach) ran.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 8:35 am
by UNI88
Mvemjsunpx wrote:dal4018 wrote:
What style of defense did he run at EWU???
4-2-5, I believe.
Patterson's TCU defense (with 3 safeties)?
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:49 pm
by SDHornet
UNI88 wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:
4-2-5, I believe.
Patterson's TCU defense (with 3 safeties)?
That's what former DC Parker ran. A FS, SS, and NB (nickle back). Not sure if Sears' 4-2-5 will be different (if he plans on running that here) but something needs to change cause that 4-2-5 we have been seeing was utter garbage.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:24 am
by BlackFalkin
Mvemjsunpx wrote:dal4018 wrote:
What style of defense did he run at EWU???
4-2-5, I believe.
Sears was a good guy. Im happy he found a DC job. Dont know if I would have taken the Weber State job.. Hindsight
is 20/20 tho.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:27 pm
by Mvemjsunpx
BlackFalkin wrote:Mvemjsunpx wrote:
4-2-5, I believe.
Sears was a good guy. Im happy he found a DC job. Dont know if I would have taken the Weber State job.. Hindsight
is 20/20 tho.
It fell into his lap kinda at the last second (interim promotion from DC). Woulda been difficult to find a better job at that point. He definitely wasn't expecting to be the head guy when he went there.
Re: New Sac State DC: Jody Sears
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:06 am
by Cap'n Cat
"Jody" is a girl's name.