Beau Baldwin to become head coach at Cal Poly

[HeavyIsTheCrown]

Just weird. Kind of a bummer to see BB at another Big Sky school.

Wouldn’t you rather see Beau Baldwin as EWU’s HC instead of Aaron Best? It’s mind boggling to see Beau Baldwin wearing that green tie! hno:

 

[luckyintheorder]

Just weird. Kind of a bummer to see BB at another Big Sky school.

eh... I don't like it, but it wasn't weird to have Sears at Sac St or Kramer anywhere else right? Honestly, the offenses he had a Cal were awful, it will be interesting to see if he has anything left.

BigSky is looking seriously tough for the near future, am a little more focused on seeing our coaches get it together. KSU lost as many seniors last year and several coaches and still went 11-3 (yes their schedule was BigSouth, but EWU's was the softest BSC schedule possible and we crapped ourselves on the road) Now if someone thinks we have a talent gap it might make some sense, I don't think there is necessarily but it's an open question.

 

[clawman1]

Just weird. Kind of a bummer to see BB at another Big Sky school.

eh... I don't like it, but it wasn't weird to have Sears at Sac St or Kramer anywhere else right? Honestly, the offenses he had a Cal were awful, it will be interesting to see if he has anything left.

BigSky is looking seriously tough for the near future, am a little more focused on seeing our coaches get it together. KSU lost as many seniors last year and several coaches and still went 11-3 (yes their schedule was BigSouth, but EWU's was the softest BSC schedule possible and we crapped ourselves on the road) Now if someone thinks we have a talent gap it might make some sense, I don't think there is necessarily but it's an open question.

In the past the west coast finesse offense was a jump start to some success. If a team was lacking size and enough physical players they would focus on speed and enough points to smother the opposition. Defense be damned! Well that does not work any more.

 

[HeavyIsTheCrown]

Just weird. Kind of a bummer to see BB at another Big Sky school.

eh... I don't like it, but it wasn't weird to have Sears at Sac St or Kramer anywhere else right? Honestly, the offenses he had a Cal were awful, it will be interesting to see if he has anything left.

BigSky is looking seriously tough for the near future, am a little more focused on seeing our coaches get it together. KSU lost as many seniors last year and several coaches and still went 11-3 (yes their schedule was BigSouth, but EWU's was the softest BSC schedule possible and we crapped ourselves on the road) Now if someone thinks we have a talent gap it might make some sense, I don't think there is necessarily but it's an open question.

EWU lost @UW(FBS) @JSU(top 20) @CSUS (top 5) & @UM (top 10) that’s not a soft schedule.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Just weird. Kind of a bummer to see BB at another Big Sky school.

eh... I don't like it, but it wasn't weird to have Sears at Sac St or Kramer anywhere else right? Honestly, the offenses he had a Cal were awful, it will be interesting to see if he has anything left.

BigSky is looking seriously tough for the near future, am a little more focused on seeing our coaches get it together. KSU lost as many seniors last year and several coaches and still went 11-3 (yes their schedule was BigSouth, but EWU's was the softest BSC schedule possible and we crapped ourselves on the road) Now if someone thinks we have a talent gap it might make some sense, I don't think there is necessarily but it's an open question.

EWU lost @UW(FBS) @JSU(top 20) @CSUS (top 5) & @UM (top 10) that’s not a soft schedule.

Believe what you want.

4 out of 12? Two of those finished with less than stellar records and one was exposed for the actual lack of talent on its roster, albeit in the playoffs. The last two games were near miss wins, one required a missed short FG...

 

[luckyintheorder]

Just weird. Kind of a bummer to see BB at another Big Sky school.

eh... I don't like it, but it wasn't weird to have Sears at Sac St or Kramer anywhere else right? Honestly, the offenses he had a Cal were awful, it will be interesting to see if he has anything left.

BigSky is looking seriously tough for the near future, am a little more focused on seeing our coaches get it together. KSU lost as many seniors last year and several coaches and still went 11-3 (yes their schedule was BigSouth, but EWU's was the softest BSC schedule possible and we crapped ourselves on the road) Now if someone thinks we have a talent gap it might make some sense, I don't think there is necessarily but it's an open question.

In the past the west coast finesse offense was a jump start to some success. If a team was lacking size and enough physical players they would focus on speed and enough points to smother the opposition. Defense be damned! Well that does not work any more.

Said as much in 2018 when ISU won some games throwing it all over the field. It will be interesting to see if Baldwin has anything left.

 

[60s Savage]

"It will be interesting to see if Baldwin has anything left." Absolutely. Again he's a HC working in a HC position, and at a level he has proven successful experience. I assume he's making a bunch more $ at C P than he was when he left Cheney anbd picked up new experience along the way. C P, in its last game, a homecoming game, beat Eastern except for a very unlucky field goal attempt. I believe Coach Baldwin will be building on and revising a decent existing team as the 2020 season begins.

 

[luckyintheorder]

"It will be interesting to see if Baldwin has anything left." Absolutely. Again he's a HC working in a HC position, and at a level he has proven successful experience. I assume he's making a bunch more $ at C P than he was when he left Cheney anbd picked up new experience along the way. C P, in its last game, a homecoming game, beat Eastern except for a very unlucky field goal attempt. I believe Coach Baldwin will be building on and revising a decent existing team as the 2020 season begins.

OK. Time will tell. Think that makes him the enemy now. Know that is hard for Eag fans to swallow. Am sure he did what was best for him. Shouldn't EagNation?

(note the salaries of BSC coaches in '17)
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/15/new-contract-rewards-beau-baldwins-winning-ways-wi/

I think it was the next day Baldwin resigned, couldn't find article.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/18/ewu-coaches-players-cope-with-uncertainty/

 

[LDopaPDX]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal. They’ve really struggled on offense under him, for whatever reason.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there. The issue is we simply can’t continue to be a program that plays no defense. It’s that simple, really. You can point to some offensive flaws, but the offense moved the ball well almost all year barring a couple of games. The defense looked rotten in all but a couple games.

The other issue is Eastern must become a tougher team. It seems like injuries are a serious problem EVERY year. Some of that is bad luck, but you can’t just write it off as horrible luck each year. It’s systemic, and it needs to be improved by a lot. I don’t know if it’s the players, the trainers, or the work being done in the offseason. But it needs a critical analysis and a fix immediately.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there.

Yep and me too. You're probably not too far wrong on toughness, I'm just thinking mental toughness. Can't speak to number of injuries vs. other teams.

After watching these post season games, defense better improve or next year will be a long one.

 

[EdubU10]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal. They’ve really struggled on offense under him, for whatever reason.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there. The issue is we simply can’t continue to be a program that plays no defense. It’s that simple, really. You can point to some offensive flaws, but the offense moved the ball well almost all year barring a couple of games. The defense looked rotten in all but a couple games.

The other issue is Eastern must become a tougher team. It seems like injuries are a serious problem EVERY year. Some of that is bad luck, but you can’t just write it off as horrible luck each year. It’s systemic, and it needs to be improved by a lot. I don’t know if it’s the players, the trainers, or the work being done in the offseason. But it needs a critical analysis and a fix immediately.

Agreed on all fronts. Every year, it seems we are a MASH unit by week 6.

 

[clawman1]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal. They’ve really struggled on offense under him, for whatever reason.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there. The issue is we simply can’t continue to be a program that plays no defense. It’s that simple, really. You can point to some offensive flaws, but the offense moved the ball well almost all year barring a couple of games. The defense looked rotten in all but a couple games.

The other issue is Eastern must become a tougher team. It seems like injuries are a serious problem EVERY year. Some of that is bad luck, but you can’t just write it off as horrible luck each year. It’s systemic, and it needs to be improved by a lot. I don’t know if it’s the players, the trainers, or the work being done in the offseason. But it needs a critical analysis and a fix immediately.

Agreed on all fronts. Every year, it seems we are a MASH unit by week 6.

What training/conditioning can a player do so they do not break arms and legs? We had a couple of guys that wanted to be on the field enough that they wore a cast while playing. There were several guys on crutches the last game.

 

[luckyintheorder]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal. They’ve really struggled on offense under him, for whatever reason.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there. The issue is we simply can’t continue to be a program that plays no defense. It’s that simple, really. You can point to some offensive flaws, but the offense moved the ball well almost all year barring a couple of games. The defense looked rotten in all but a couple games.

The other issue is Eastern must become a tougher team. It seems like injuries are a serious problem EVERY year. Some of that is bad luck, but you can’t just write it off as horrible luck each year. It’s systemic, and it needs to be improved by a lot. I don’t know if it’s the players, the trainers, or the work being done in the offseason. But it needs a critical analysis and a fix immediately.

Agreed on all fronts. Every year, it seems we are a MASH unit by week 6.

What training/conditioning can a player do so they do not break arms and legs? We had a couple of guys that wanted to be on the field enough that they wore a cast while playing. There were several guys on crutches the last game.

I wonder too. Eastern has offered players who had serious injuries in HS. Like McPherson and this year the good 3 star LB. These are usually players who would have gone FBS if healthly their senior years. Don't see these as an issue, most have been big time contributors. I don't think it's the "red" carpet. Maybe we can get Ben Affleck to give the team some pointers..
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st6c5DKY6og[/media]

 

[LDopaPDX]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal. They’ve really struggled on offense under him, for whatever reason.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there. The issue is we simply can’t continue to be a program that plays no defense. It’s that simple, really. You can point to some offensive flaws, but the offense moved the ball well almost all year barring a couple of games. The defense looked rotten in all but a couple games.

The other issue is Eastern must become a tougher team. It seems like injuries are a serious problem EVERY year. Some of that is bad luck, but you can’t just write it off as horrible luck each year. It’s systemic, and it needs to be improved by a lot. I don’t know if it’s the players, the trainers, or the work being done in the offseason. But it needs a critical analysis and a fix immediately.

Agreed on all fronts. Every year, it seems we are a MASH unit by week 6.

What training/conditioning can a player do so they do not break arms and legs? We had a couple of guys that wanted to be on the field enough that they wore a cast while playing. There were several guys on crutches the last game.

Eastern suffers catastrophic levels on injuries each and every year. When it gets reported what the injuries are, it's rarely a break on blown ligaments (and when it is, there's nothing you can do about it). It's the ticky-tack injuries where we lose a lot of time. You can't pretend you haven't noticed; I mean this is an every single year occurrence. If it happens every now and then, you can chalk it up to bad luck. But every year? No way I'm buying it. My guess is the trainers need to do a better job, but it may not just be that simple. Ultimately, one of your best players at 80% might still be a lot better than his back up at 100%, so you need to account for that.

 

[clawman1]

Baldwin probably knew his days were numbered at Cal. They’ve really struggled on offense under him, for whatever reason.

As for Eastern, I think the talent is there. The issue is we simply can’t continue to be a program that plays no defense. It’s that simple, really. You can point to some offensive flaws, but the offense moved the ball well almost all year barring a couple of games. The defense looked rotten in all but a couple games.

The other issue is Eastern must become a tougher team. It seems like injuries are a serious problem EVERY year. Some of that is bad luck, but you can’t just write it off as horrible luck each year. It’s systemic, and it needs to be improved by a lot. I don’t know if it’s the players, the trainers, or the work being done in the offseason. But it needs a critical analysis and a fix immediately.

Agreed on all fronts. Every year, it seems we are a MASH unit by week 6.

What training/conditioning can a player do so they do not break arms and legs? We had a couple of guys that wanted to be on the field enough that they wore a cast while playing. There were several guys on crutches the last game.

Eastern suffers catastrophic levels on injuries each and every year. When it gets reported what the injuries are, it's rarely a break on blown ligaments (and when it is, there's nothing you can do about it). It's the ticky-tack injuries where we lose a lot of time. You can't pretend you haven't noticed; I mean this is an every single year occurrence. If it happens every now and then, you can chalk it up to bad luck. But every year? No way I'm buying it. My guess is the trainers need to do a better job, but it may not just be that simple. Ultimately, one of your best players at 80% might still be a lot better than his back up at 100%, so you need to account for that.

Given the NCAA seems to attempt to keep a very tight leash on all athletics are schools required to submit any injury reports?

 

[SloStang]

Baldwin named Paul Wulff OL coach and Run Game coordinator and Nick Edwards OC/WR coach.

 

[MLEagle]

Great group of offensive coaches. I think Cal Poly could be pretty tough in a couple years.

 

[MLEagle]

Great group of offensive coaches. I think Cal Poly could be pretty tough in a couple years.

 

[SloStang]

I got a hunch that we will see another former EWU great on Baldwin’s staff at Cal Poly.

 

[clawman1]

I got a hunch that we will see another former EWU great on Baldwin’s staff at Cal Poly.

EM?