New Gardner-Webb Head Coach

[Sly Fox]

Reich would be curious choice. But I'll bet he is the most cost effective of the bunch.

[littlered]

Everyone is anxious to hear the results of the search. I, personally, hope that Reich is not the choice, if, as rumor has it, that he plans on bringing all of his own staff and not retain anyone from GW. What a mistake that would be!! Some NFL experience would be a benefit to our student athletes, I believe. I just pray that the right decision is made.

[elcid83]

I've been following the story as a South Atlantic Conference reporter and my sources are telling me Reich will get the HC job at GWU. Unsure what he will do with coordinators but in my opinion he will bring whatever he can. If this pans out true, GWU got a great young and upcoming coach. Has a great family background, son of a longtime coach and brother being former NFL QB Frank Reich.

Thanks SAC. I don't know if Reich will be our new HC but, at this point, I am getting anxious for the powers that be to make a final decision and get this process going. Hopefully, none of us will have to speculate much longer as to who our next coach will be and we can then start to speculate about the new staff. If anyone followed Furman's coach hiring process, I think they are still finalizing their staff and they hired their head coach before Christmas.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[elcid83]

My guess is that we will have an announcement sometime today or tomorrow around lunchtimeish. This is when one might expect to be able to entice the Charlotte TV guys over to cover the official announcement [so I hear]. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[horseman23]

I just wanted to say that I agree with 94 that when doolittle was part of the program there was drama with him at the positions he coached and I am glad that he has left the program. I mean when you are coaching the D-line but you would rather watch your son play QB than coach up your guys during a game there is a problem and also he never thought his son did wrong and that is also a problem. When Campell was a senior and they made him sit the bench and let stan play, that was a problem and Campell was just as good as stan.

I am really interested to see who the ne HC see for GW is and cant wait for the annoucement.

[huthuthut]

Heard they called one candidate in to be reinterviewed (?) Not sure what that means. Could be a problem with $$ offered.

[EagleDawg]

horseman23 - welcome aboard and without further delay let's utlize this forum for what it is a place to register opinions. To be fair to Stan Doolittle, he was voted First Team All-Conference QB his senior year and that vote for the best at his position within the Big South had nothing to do with his father or any other coach at GWU. Secondly, being voted first team all Big South at the QB spot obviously means that you were perceived to be the best at your position in the conference. While not impossible it would be unlikely that a single school would have 2 QB's who regardless of who played would be voted the best within their conference. GWU would have won 2 or 3 more games this past season if the play at QB had been as steady, if not unspectacular, as Stan's senior year.

Whether you like or dislike Mike Doolittle there can be little doubt that GWU was lacking experience at the OL Coach position this past season and Doolittle would have remained the better option at that spot this past season. Finally, if there's any drama on a team, it falls on one guy to rein it in and that guy fairly or unfairly is being replaced thus the subject matter for this thread.

Let's hope that we all can be excited about the ultimate choice for the new HC. Let's see if he can assemble a staff from within and from the outside and be a strong leader of a staff that collectively will excel in all facets of collegiate coaching to help GWU move from being mediocre/mid-tier in the Big South to a team that contends every season for a conference championship and playoff spot.

I'm still thinking Scott Wachenheim unless contract dollars get in the way.

Again welcome aboard!
Go Running Bulldogs

[elcid83]

Heard they called one candidate in to be reinterviewed (?) Not sure what that means. Could be a problem with $$ offered.

Footballscoop.com is reporting that Coach Wacchenheim [UVA asst.] just withdrew his name from consideration. Sounds like we are getting down to brass tacks.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[EagleDawg]

Sounds like money is getting in the way! If the Scoop is correct then I'm now thinking Dickerson or Sanders unless Monday's candidate wins by a nose as they come down to the wire, uh my bad that's horse racing lingo.

[elcid83]

Heard they called one candidate in to be reinterviewed (?) Not sure what that means. Could be a problem with $$ offered.

Footballscoop.com is reporting that Coach Wacchenheim [UVA asst.] just withdrew his name from consideration. Sounds like we are getting down to brass tacks.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

Also on Footballscoop.com. They are now reporting that Ole Miss has hired a new WR coach. Current Ole Miss WR Coach, Ron Dickerson, Jr., interviewed for our HC job, but he had not been let go by Ole Miss. Wonder if there is a connection???

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[EagleDawg]

It's gotta be Dickerson if the Scoop is right!

[horseman23]

I think that the reason the O Line maybe did not play as good is because of the quality of players, which is not the coaches fault. Some have been starting that really have no reason to play because they are not ready. So dont give doolittle all the credit, he may of had better players.
As for stan I think he is a an ok QB, but would get happy feet and leave the pocket when their was no pressure. I truly think that his play was worse his senior year than his junior year, and I like the guy but I know that if we had a better back up they might have been given a shot because of stans poor decision making. I am just speaking from what I saw during the games that season, great guy but struggled his senior year I think.

Well I hope that they decide soon, I really want to know who the new guy is.

[elcid83]

I think that the reason the O Line maybe did not play as good is because of the quality of players, which is not the coaches fault. Some have been starting that really have no reason to play because they are not ready. So dont give doolittle all the credit, he may of had better players.
As for stan I think he is a an ok QB, but would get happy feet and leave the pocket when their was no pressure. I truly think that his play was worse his senior year than his junior year, and I like the guy but I know that if we had a better back up they might have been given a shot because of stans poor decision making. I am just speaking from what I saw during the games that season, great guy but struggled his senior year I think.

Well I hope that they decide soon, I really want to know who the new guy is.

Careful Horseman when you talk about our linemen. Many of their Dads post on here.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[horseman23]

I am not saying that they are not good players, what I am saying is that they may be young, college is different than high school and it takes some time to get used to it. I am just trying to figure out why you would put the blame on the O line coach for their performance when it is clear that the HC and the OC were not a good fit for the program. Many of the plays that were called during the year were horrible and often needed to be questioned for the situation that they were called in. I know many of the O lineman, so dont ever think that I am trying to say that they suck or anything like that, I am just saying that they had some young guys playing for this year.

[coachonwheels]

Monday's candidate was Reich right? Who is the Webb going to hire? Recruiting visits this weekend?

[elcid83]

Who interviewed Monday?

Coach Wachenheim from UVA. He's the one who withdrew his name.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

[Bulldogdad]

I think that the reason the O Line maybe did not play as good is because of the quality of players, which is not the coaches fault. Some have been starting that really have no reason to play because they are not ready. So dont give doolittle all the credit, he may of had better players.
As for stan I think he is a an ok QB, but would get happy feet and leave the pocket when their was no pressure. I truly think that his play was worse his senior year than his junior year, and I like the guy but I know that if we had a better back up they might have been given a shot because of stans poor decision making. I am just speaking from what I saw during the games that season, great guy but struggled his senior year I think.

Well I hope that they decide soon, I really want to know who the new guy is.

Careful Horseman when you talk about our linemen. Many of their Dads post on here.

Go Runnin' Bulldogs!

It's ok Elcid. He/She has already contradicted Him/Herself. In one post they are not "quality players" and in another post they are not bad players. Just wondering why in the world a South Carolina fan is posting on a G-Webb thread. I think Coach King will be an excellent O-Line coach one day. Our players missed leadership qualities at the OL position this year. For example they did not receive grades on some games and most grades came late in the week. Hard to correct your mistakes Sun thru Wed when you dont know what they are until Wed or Thurs.

[littlered]

Come on guys! Let's keep it real. Quit the bashing (players and coaches). I know everyone is on edge and anxiously waiting for an answer, but we do need to be careful about what we post. Gardner-Webb is an awesome school with some awesome student athletes and staff. Change does not always come easy, but life is all about changes. I know I have my own opinion about the changes that I would like to see take place, but I do try to keep them on a more positive side. I also know that there are some people that I definitely do not want to see leave, but even that is beyond my control.

[EagleDawg]

BulldogDad - As usual your post is spot on. The characteristics of a young coach or player often is one of lack of consistency. When you have both a young inexperienced coach and you pair that with some of the OL who were young and lacked true game experience, that is a recipe for inconsistent performance. When you don't review film consistently to identify and attempt to correct those inconsistencies they don't magically disappear. Even with inexperience though, the play calling many times on short yardage situations was to snap the dang ball five yards further away from the line of scrimmage. I for one clearly recall when a young man #44 was pressed in to service at Liberty at RB and I don't recall in the first half where the young man lost yardage behind our OL against what was supposedly the best DL in the conference. Somehow we went away from the run game far too often. Let the "biguns" do what they do best which is push, turn and sometimes pancake the DL and LB's who often were much smaller than our OL. I hope the new HC will bring an attitude of we're big, we're bad and we're gonna knock you on your ass mentality. We have the hogs to do it if the attitude and play calling of the staff has some focus on that approach. We have the potential to a good solid running team that should be able to get what we want when we want it.

[proasu89]

Popes are chosen quicker than this.

[coachonwheels]

lol, Amen!

[Bulldogdad]

Come on guys! Let's keep it real. Quit the bashing (players and coaches). I know everyone is on edge and anxiously waiting for an answer, but we do need to be careful about what we post. Gardner-Webb is an awesome school with some awesome student athletes and staff. Change does not always come easy, but life is all about changes. I know I have my own opinion about the changes that I would like to see take place, but I do try to keep them on a more positive side. I also know that there are some people that I definitely do not want to see leave, but even that is beyond my control.

Littlered, not bashing the coach,just defending the players(mine in particular). Coach King will be an awesome coach one day.He just needs some experience under his belt and people have to understand we will not have a "veteran OL"until this happens. You are correct G-Webb is an awesome school and my son is 110% happy there regardless of the wins and loses. It just bugs me that when something goes bad everyone blames the OL(they heard this all year) and especially when negative comments are posted by someone that appears to have no ties in the situation. We are a very young team with a lot of Freshman And Sophomores playing and some good coaches on the staff. We just need a HC that can put everything that we have to offer together.

[g-webb1994]

If something official doesn't break by Thursday afternoon, I'll be shocked. I'm pretty sure Dr. Bonner and Mr. Burch should have their minds made up by now.

[Bulldogdad]

If something official doesn't break by Thursday afternoon, I'll be shocked. I'm pretty sure Dr. Bonner and Mr. Burch should have their minds made up by now.

I hope so 94. With only 2 weekends left for officals it would be beneficial to have a HC in place.

[littlered]

Elcid83, Dickerson was let go from Old Miss long before he interviewed for the GW HC position. He is still in the running, but the announcement that Old Miss is looking for a WR coach doesn't really tell us anything.