2025 Outlook - Revenge.

[salemjack]

I woke up this morning with a bad taste in my mouth.

You can’t win them all, but let’s take a look at how the Jacks can re-group and win it all next season. I wanna go to Nashville!!!!

Coaching:

HC: haven’t seen Jimmy name in talks of any major positions. I would be shocked if he left after a loss like that. I think Jimmy is a great coach and the perfect guy to push this group back to the top.

Offensive: As I mentioned in the GDT thread, Olson needs to focus on O Line and be on the sideline. Fruend needs to become play caller. Or just bring Davis back.

Defensive: We might lose a coach or two but Jimmy will always make sure the defense is top notch. No concerns, no direct changes needed.

QB: Chase Mason woke up this morning with the crown. I hope he steps up as a leader like Mark did and makes sure plenty of extra time is spent to get the pass game dialed before next season. Chase will be one heck of a running threat, but we will need to avoid running him in the regular season as there is a not a clear high level back up for next year. I still get nightmares from when J’Bore went down. I’m still excited about Eschelman, but maybe the Jacks would look at a grad transfer with experience from the D2/D3/NAIA ranks to at least have an experienced back up on the roster.

RB: I’m guessing Maxwell Woods will be the featured back, with Angel mixed in like we saw this year. I would like to see Angel used more creatively at time, as his speed in the slot of bubble screens or jet sweeps would be deadly. Kirby gets 5-10 carries a game, utilized kind of like a goal line back. Kirby also blocks really well, and should get used in any 2 back sets. I’d expect a very even carry share between these 3, and I think they will be more productive than what we saw this year.

WR: Wilde is set as an elite WR1. Grahm is a solid WR2. Lofton could step up and be WR 2 too. Can Jack Smith, Landon Dulaney, Carter Pabst, or otherwise step in and give us another deadly WR to rotate? The WR room should, and needs to be, more productive with another year of development.

TE: We rotated a lot do guys and I expect the same next season. We need one of them to emerge in the passing game. I’m hoping for more Alpers. Like the WRs, TEs should be better with a year of development.

OLINE: Need to replace G-C-G. Not sure who is expected to fill these roles. Gus is tough to replace. Jacks could look for a portal interior lineman to provide some experience.

DLINE: Losing DePreist will hurt. We played good amount of guys this year. Need some young ones to step up. Should be okay. Already brought in a DE from Tulsa with NFL pedigree.

LBS: This is our biggest loss. Luckily, Jimmy Rogers is our coach. He will get the new group ready to go.

DBS: sounds like Humphrey has another year. Large is back to lead the secondary. This has been a strength for the Jacks and I expect it to continue to be one.

Overall: I think this loss will motivate the guy to more development and growth than we saw last year. It’s tough when your season going into January. I would take a portal QB, IOL, and maybe a WR or LB if there was an elite one out there.

We will be back.

[bigticket1]

It will be interesting as all of the final 4 teams lose their QB's and a lot more. Saw that USD loses 16 of 22 starters. For us, OL and LB lose the most. Paepke played as much as Vibert, so you basically have to replace Gus and Beerntsen. At least this season they subbed late in games and the back-ups got some time, unlike the last couple of seasons where the Hogs played the entire game, every game. Getting Francl back is huge, and I think the coaches really like some of the young LB's. There's a reason that McShane hit the portal so early after realizing he was getting passed by. Chase has been around long enough to know the offense - he has the running ability and the arm, it's just a matter of dialing in the accuracy.

[jakejc795]

It will be interesting as all of the final 4 teams lose their QB's and a lot more. Saw that USD loses 16 of 22 starters. For us, OL and LB lose the most. Paepke played as much as Vibert, so you basically have to replace Gus and Beerntsen. At least this season they subbed late in games and the back-ups got some time, unlike the last couple of seasons where the Hogs played the entire game, every game. Getting Francl back is huge, and I think the coaches really like some of the young LB's. There's a reason that McShane hit the portal so early after realizing he was getting passed by. Chase has been around long enough to know the offense - he has the running ability and the arm, it's just a matter of dialing in the accuracy.

Do you think there's any risk Francl would hang it up?

[GoJacks2011]

My biggest question for next year is our offensive coordinator. I don’t think Olsen is going to cut it. The lack of creativity (don’t even get me started on how he used Mason) killed us yesterday and in the big games this year. Watching Montana St yesterday was a breath of fresh air as they called their offensive game plan the way we used to and should have. I don’t see Jimmy ever letting Davis come back but that coaching position will warrant a change if we are going to be successful again.

[bigticket1]

Do you think there's any risk Francl would hang it up?

I think it depends on how bad the injury is. It looked like it could be a pretty severe concussion. It's not a good sign when the arms raise up after taking that kind of hit.

[jakejc795]

I think it depends on how bad the injury is. It looked like it could be a pretty severe concussion. It's not a good sign when the arms raise up after taking that kind of hit.

That's what had me wondering. If that's the case, I'd hope he'd be considered for GA, if he'd be interested in that

[jbjack]

I woke up this morning with a bad taste in my mouth.

You can’t win them all, but let’s take a look at how the Jacks can re-group and win it all next season. I wanna go to Nashville!!!!

Coaching:

HC: haven’t seen Jimmy name in talks of any major positions. I would be shocked if he left after a loss like that. I think Jimmy is a great coach and the perfect guy to push this group back to the top.

Offensive: As I mentioned in the GDT thread, Olson needs to focus on O Line and be on the sideline. Fruend needs to become play caller. Or just bring Davis back.

Defensive: We might lose a coach or two but Jimmy will always make sure the defense is top notch. No concerns, no direct changes needed.

QB: Chase Mason woke up this morning with the crown. I hope he steps up as a leader like Mark did and makes sure plenty of extra time is spent to get the pass game dialed before next season. Chase will be one heck of a running threat, but we will need to avoid running him in the regular season as there is a not a clear high level back up for next year. I still get nightmares from when J’Bore went down. I’m still excited about Eschelman, but maybe the Jacks would look at a grad transfer with experience from the D2/D3/NAIA ranks to at least have an experienced back up on the roster.

RB: I’m guessing Maxwell Woods will be the featured back, with Angel mixed in like we saw this year. I would like to see Angel used more creatively at time, as his speed in the slot of bubble screens or jet sweeps would be deadly. Kirby gets 5-10 carries a game, utilized kind of like a goal line back. Kirby also blocks really well, and should get used in any 2 back sets. I’d expect a very even carry share between these 3, and I think they will be more productive than what we saw this year.

WR: Wilde is set as an elite WR1. Grahm is a solid WR2. Lofton could step up and be WR 2 too. Can Jack Smith, Landon Dulaney, Carter Pabst, or otherwise step in and give us another deadly WR to rotate? The WR room should, and needs to be, more productive with another year of development.

TE: We rotated a lot do guys and I expect the same next season. We need one of them to emerge in the passing game. I’m hoping for more Alpers. Like the WRs, TEs should be better with a year of development.

OLINE: Need to replace G-C-G. Not sure who is expected to fill these roles. Gus is tough to replace. Jacks could look for a portal interior lineman to provide some experience.

DLINE: Losing DePreist will hurt. We played good amount of guys this year. Need some young ones to step up. Should be okay. Already brought in a DE from Tulsa with NFL pedigree.

LBS: This is our biggest loss. Luckily, Jimmy Rogers is our coach. He will get the new group ready to go.

DBS: sounds like Humphrey has another year. Large is back to lead the secondary. This has been a strength for the Jacks and I expect it to continue to be one.

Overall: I think this loss will motivate the guy to more development and growth than we saw last year. It’s tough when your season going into January. I would take a portal QB, IOL, and maybe a WR or LB if there was an elite one out there.

We will be back.

I think it's a stretch to call Grahm a solid WR2. There was a big drop off behind Wilde at at WR.. The passing game seemed to improve with Lofton at #2. Grahm drops too many balls.

[salemjack]

I think it's a stretch to call Grahm a solid WR2. There was a big drop off behind Wilde at at WR.. The passing game seemed to improve with Lofton at #2. Grahm drops too many balls.

That’s fair.

Do you feel we need to bring in a transfer WR?

[jbjack]

That’s fair.

Do you feel we need to bring in a transfer WR?

I think so unless Lofton and Prejean can realistically make a jump. Grahm is who he is at this point. I assume if Smith or the other young guys were the answer they would have been on the field this fall.