New Co-OC - Herb Hand (Auburn OL coach)

Interesting timing

 

So warehime canned???

 

as long as his contract isn't dependent on proving he called plays. oy!

 

Here is what BON says about that

The Texas Longhorns made a splash hire on Tuesday by stealing offensive line coach Herb Hand away from the Auburn Tigers by giving him a co-offensive coordinator role in Austin, according to Brett McMurphy and later confirmed by Auburn247. Hand will also have a role in coaching the offensive line of the Longhorns.

The expected hire would fill the 10th assistant coach position currently occupied on an interim basis by Assistant Director of Player Personnel Bryan Carrington and puts both offensive coordinator Tim Beck and offensive line coach Derek Warehime on notice.

Beck drew criticism this year for his play calling, while Warehime’s offensive line group struggled after suffering numerous injuries. It’s not yet clear how Hand and Warehime will split offensive line duties — it’s possible that Warehime decides to move on after National Signing Day.

Hand’s addition should provide a boost to offensive line recruiting and could even help with a graduate transfer target like Rice’s Calvin Anderson, who was visited by Hand last Friday. At his last two stops, Hand has also landed two consensus five-star offensive linemen.

Where he could make the most difference is on offense. Hand has experience with the power spread run by Gus Malzahn at Auburn and Tulsa, the West Coast/power run game hybrid James Franklin used at Vanderbilt and Penn State, and the up-tempo spread run by Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia.

As a result, Hand has a wealth of experience in offenses similar to what head coach Tom Herman brought with him to Austin.​

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someone has to be

 

Upper hand

 

Saw an Auburn person reply to a tweet saying "Texas is probably going to lead the league in sacks allowed and negative yards plays" or something like that. I almost replied "Uhhh... too late..."

 

Sounds like a solid hire, when you're as low as we've been you can only go up

 

I only saw a few auburn games this year so I don’t really know what to expect but I’m okay with the fact that he addressed the problem and didn’t wait another year. I know stidham wasn’t the typical Gus malzon type qb but the offensive systems don’t look much different than ours.

 

at the very least it shows Herman is making a real effort to change directions. wonder how Carrington feels about it, kind of a ****** move in that sense

 

I thought it was announced that Carrington was temporary until a tenth could be found, so he could help in recruiting.

 

I was unaware it was an interim promotion. also saw this

https://www.burntorangenation.com/2...-sumlin-texas-longhorns-quality-control-coach

 

Hand>Mazzone

 

There are quotes from SEC Rants and Georgia/Bama fans not unhappy about his departure.

 

Was that said before or after the hire?

 

A few more scattered tidbits --

Chip Brown --

"Warehime won't be the O-line coach for the 2018 season."

"Warehime may be reassigned within the football operation (non-coaching)."​

Hand was the recruiting coordinator at West Virginia for five years.

In coaching circles, he is considered to be the guru of play action pass principles out of the spread.

 

More --

" ..... Malzahn and Hand designed offenses together as co-coordinators at Tulsa, during which the Golden Hurricane led the nation in offense in both 2007 and 2008. Hand is credited with implementing zone-read concepts with Malzahn's Hurry-Up, No-Huddle offense that he learned during his time coaching under Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia.

Tulsa's rushing offense improved in their second season together as they implemented more looks for the running game. Production jumped from 172.9 yards per game to 268 yards per game.

"We wound up taking the best of what we did at West Virginia and the best of what Gus did at Springdale (Ark. High) and at Arkansas and we married the two systems," ....."​

 

How'd they do on sacks allowed and negative yards plays?

 

More --

"Herb Hand Top All Time Commits"
https://247sports.com/Coach/Herb-Hand-744/AllTimeRecruits

 

This is related, Nahlin confirmed today that Tom Herman was the playcaller for the Texas Bowl. And he thinks that was it for Beck as offensive playcaller going forward. I guess most of us suspected this or something like this, but its the first time Ive seen it confirmed.

 

So warehime gets the qc role that mazzone would have held for the time being

 

If you mean we cant trust anything Chip writes then you are probably correct

 

Herman making moves.

I like it.

 

http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.ssf/2017/11/auburn_ol_joe_moore_finalist.html

 

Cant be worse than this, right?

 

I have no idea how to assess this move but will hope for the best, and trust in THs judgment. That said, if TH was calling the plays in the Texas Bowl, count me as one of many who were not impressed.