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[Dean Pope]

Deshaun Foster may not have any experience. But he’s smart enough to hire coordinators and assistants that do. He had no problem bringing in EB (huge steal of a hire) who has far more experience experience and success than himself. EB’s resume looks a lot like he should be a HC in the NFL. Foster isn’t trying to develop coaches and rehab career losers. He’s hiring people smarter than himself and letting them do their thing. But hey, I’m sure Skippy McQuire will be a great coach with few years of development…

No arguments there, but it's all about who you know and who knows you. Not sure why Bieniemy came to UCLA, but I believe he was from SoCal when Colorado recruited him. So that coming home aspect may have been part of it. He also retained some coaches and that appears to have worked out fine too.

 

[Dean Pope]

I won't be surprised if Foster follows the same path that countless UCLA coaches have before him and is a consistent 500 coach that is eventually fired. But as of today they are better than half of the Big 10.

This is a reality of coaching, especially in the mega conferences. You can only go 7-5 or 6-6 for so long before a change is needed in order to bring in the next contestant. Only one team out of 18 can be the winner. In a given year, only two or three fan bases are going to be satisfied with the results.

 

[Dean Pope]

. They have better athletes at a couple of spots but that isn’t the difference IMO. The biggest difference is that they’re getting better QB play largely because they have a better OC.

Teams know Raiola by now. He's very good if given time to throw. Get him to scramble out of the pocket and he's among the worst in the league. There's a huge difference. We've all seen it. At this point, his eyes drop quickly to see where the rush is coming from and if a receiver is open he won't see him.