LOL. Yes, it was against an FCS (11th ranked) school, but I saw nothing in the 49 points Mess laid on them to suggest he's not a P5 level coordinator. One game doesn't tell a season's story though.
Coach Messingham, I've seen both pluses and minuses ...
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LOL. Yes, it was against an FCS (11th ranked) school, but I saw nothing in the 49 points Mess laid on them to suggest he's not a P5 level coordinator. One game doesn't tell a season's story though.
Good for him, hope he does well. But he was awful here at ISU - one of the worst we’ve ever had...and that’s saying something.
Statistically? I'm too lazy to look up the numbers. Herman parlayed his tenure here into the tOSU gig, and while Mangino was a jerk (or worse) I'm not sure he was statistically worse?
I'm one of the minority that thinks CPR was the major factor in assistant coach failures. Mess was hamstrung here as was Herman. But I don't think Mess tried to bang any Olive Garden waitresses...
CPR was probably the worst of the entire CPR tenure in hindsight and that's recognizing without his early efforts we wouldn't be where we are now - HOPEFULLY on the cusp of sustained goodness...
Which is a better indicator of how a coach was as Iowa State’s OC, their stats as the OC at ISU, or their job elsewhere?
For example, by resume Mangino is potentially one of the best OCe we’ve had. But as measured by the offense in his time here, he was bad.
Mess did just as well running Herman’s offense as Herman imo
Relative to Bill Snyder's offense, we were all amazed at how Mess ran his Saturday. 360 rushing; 210 passing. A ton of rotations and very fluid. But that was against Nicholls, I know, I know ...
If I were a KSU fan, I would have viewed the first game as a HUGE success. It wasn't just a decent win - it was a thrashing. Look at KU last year - they lost to a Nicholls St team that was arguably worse than this year's version. Again, time will tell once KSU goes up against P5 competition. But I would be thrilled with Saturday's results if I was part of the EMAW crowd.
A Messingham Offense has done that before. See below for his two years at Iowa State. Pay close attention to points scored agains good defense. Look super close.
Judging by his offenses at UT, very few programs do.
Horizontal Herman’s offenses sure are good with OSU players and Meyer’s staff.
