Beardown said:There are ex players on this board will disagree w/ your view on coach Boyer.kaydee said:In a weird way, I understand the extension. It rewards Collins the academic successes of the team. But don't forget that he can still be let go at any time. Personally, I think Collins is getting better. I know many of you don't want to hear that, but I think it is true. Collins' biggest challenge at this point is upgrading and managing his staff.
Collins has improved his staff but unfortunately I believe that he still has two glaring weak links in Boyer and Hayden.
Boyer's biggest downfall is that the players can't trust him or stand him, and that won't change any time soon. Experience wise, I would venture to say that he is probably the least experienced OC at the FCS level.
RB coach Hayden is probably the only RB coach in the FCS who never played college ball. That is probably why he doesn't have the balls (or knowledge) to know what RB to play at any given time. Give Reicke and Davis a couple of years and they will be sitting on the bench, replaced by the next group of younger players.
Lets hope that the consistent coaching by Jones, Armour, Davison, Grable, Gordon, Blevins and Wikre will overcome the ineptness of Boyer and Hayden.
I'll bet you thought I forgot Cummings and Butler. Well, I have saved the best for last. Cummings turned an awful special teams into one of the best in the nation. Its a reflection of the passion he brings to the team 24/7. It's a wonder that he wasn't hired away. Kudos to Collins for this hire. And not only did Collins hire a great S&C coach in Butler (look at his success at SUU) but at the same time, Butler replaced one of the biggest weak links in Dinky.
We can only hope that Boyer gets hired away by some clueless AD and take his buddy Hayden with him.
Im a former player and to that Id say name 1 guy - just 1. Lemme guess Lobato? Good one!