Hello, Knights. Cougar, here, to congratulate you on this hire. I can't speak to his time at JMU or Ohio State, but the guy connects very well with recruits, and Herman brought him here while "losing friends" by rejecting a ton of other guys who wanted to come with him. Herman thinks a lot of him. As far as fears that he won't utilize the talent you have, those are, I think, unfounded. If he takes after Herman, then he adapts schemes and play-calling to the talent you have. I can tell you that despite the fairly the gaudy stats by our offense, our team's talent this year really resided on the defensive side. Our success on offense was achieved through coaching up the kids, and making most of what we had (which, TBH, is Ward, Farrow, and Ayres-all the others chip in as role players).
As far as pace, we don't hurry up just to hurry up (a la Kingsbury, Sumlin, or Levine). We hurry up at strategic points during the game, to throw the defense off balance. But if the situation calls for ball control, we'll do that. And we run the ball a lot. Herman also thinks the offensive scheme and pace needs to take the defense into account. So while Tech, or A&M might play hurry up all the time, while exposing their own defenses, Herman won't. Since Mehringer doesn't call the plays here, I can't assure you that he's a Herman clone, but I assume that he'll take much from his mentor.
As far as recruiting, we have our best WR class committed in a long time, including the top rated WR in Texas. That reflects very well on Mehringer.
Anyway, I know from experience that transitions can be difficult, so good luck to you with your know Head Coach and staff. I know Herman really thinks a lot of Mehringer, so I suspect you got a real good one.
As far as pace, we don't hurry up just to hurry up (a la Kingsbury, Sumlin, or Levine). We hurry up at strategic points during the game, to throw the defense off balance. But if the situation calls for ball control, we'll do that. And we run the ball a lot. Herman also thinks the offensive scheme and pace needs to take the defense into account. So while Tech, or A&M might play hurry up all the time, while exposing their own defenses, Herman won't. Since Mehringer doesn't call the plays here, I can't assure you that he's a Herman clone, but I assume that he'll take much from his mentor.
As far as recruiting, we have our best WR class committed in a long time, including the top rated WR in Texas. That reflects very well on Mehringer.
Anyway, I know from experience that transitions can be difficult, so good luck to you with your know Head Coach and staff. I know Herman really thinks a lot of Mehringer, so I suspect you got a real good one.
