Campbell sticks with his assistants and players. Often times longer than he should. Look at the offensive line situation. We finally got a new OL coach 1-2 years too late. Even though ISU changed OL coaches, ISU stuck with the OL players we had and did not bring in anyone from the portal. In part because it took so long to hire the new OL coach that all the portal players went elsewhere. If ISU doesn't use the portal to bring in several OL players, it will take 2-3 years to build a quality OL group.
ISU wont release Campbell but if it happened, I would look at the HC at Idaho.
Follow @Coach_Eck Head Coach Jason Eck enters his second season at the helm of Vandal football after a stellar first year in Moscow. He led the Vandals to a 7-4
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He has an excellent offensive mind.
The other coach I would look at is the Texas State HC (former Incarnate Word HC)
GJ Kinne was named the head coach of Texas State football on December 2, 2022. And in a year’s time, the native Texan – and third-youngest coach in FBS – took the
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He has had several very good offenses. He also extensively used the transfer portal to rebuild Texas State this past year.
Give a 30 to 50% bump to all the defensive staff to stay. Maybe even keep most of the offensive staff. Most are new and young. Change the man at the top and the offensive system and that might be enough.
Campbell's system worked when he arrived at ISU but the College football world has changed. NIL, transfer portal and new timing rules to new a few changes. Campbell has to adapt or ISU needs to adapt.