Wish List for Action Jackson's Staff

[salemjack]

Honestly I don’t have many good ideas of coaches so I thought I’d have a good time. Happy New Year boys!

[DieselJacks]

Luke Meadows - OL/OC. He's at Northern Ill as OL coach, made $100K this season. Olson made $115K and he couldn't hold Meadows jock (had Meadows played). He's a known entity to SDSU and Jackson. He's a SD guy. Served his time, left and made a name for himself as a premier OL coach. Would he step down a level? Who knows. He also took a couple years off from coaching, so maybe a move home would be good for him. NIU has already lost a couple defensive coaches to Fresno St, so why not add an offensive guy leaving to the list.

I would be disappointed if Jackson brought in former players who aren't coaching. He has enough connections to pull together an experienced staff to hit the ground running. Appreciate the sentiment, but guys that aren't currently coaching and have never coached don't scream "we're not rebuilding we're just reloading" to me. Gotta have guys with recruiting connections these days and we all know Jackson was/is a master recruiter.

Sorry- Zenner, Sumner, Johnson, Soulek, Freeman, et al....would give me zero confidence.

I think Zenner has enough connections to be an outlier in the last group, but could be wrong

[peavy]

Zenner would need to do something regarding his clients.

I do like the idea of a GM position or whatever it is (that non X's and O's position) that Bill Belichick and some of the other big programs are adding. Not sure what the role entails, but I was wondering if he'd be a fit for that if the SDSU version of it wasn't extremely demanding.

I did a count of the number of New Mexico announced coaches/staff Eck took with him and it was 7. OC & QB (Schleusner), DC/LBs (Jackson), Offensive Line, Head Str and Cond, DLine, Director of Scouting, DB/Pass Game Coordinator

[peavy]

From my perspective, coaches/staff gone based on twitter followers/follows (Skipped HC, OC, DC, last 2 support staff):
Chris Meyers, Mike banks (not as obvious as others), Jalon Bibbs, Pete Menage, Robbie Rouse, Ron Pavlik, Jonathan Shaeffer,

not displaying obvious WSU signs at the moment, Olson, J. Menage, Matt Jacobs, Brayden Gage, Taylor Lucas (following WSU dep dir below), Lane Peterson, Kyle Saddler and Dalton Thomas (both following WSU fb team)

A WSU deputy directory of athletics is following (with follow back marked as fb) Lucas (fb), Freund, Olson, Rouse (fb), Cashmore, Bobbit (fb), Shaeffer (fb), Bibbs (fb), P Menage (fb),J Menage, Meyers (fb), Banks (fb), Pavlik (fb), Rogers, (and also Vigen for what it's worth). This could be him blindly following, but there is obviously overlap with first list

Rouse and WSU's Assistant Special Teams / Assistant Tight Ends Coach from this past season are following one another, so maybe that's a coach Jimmy will retain.

Methodology: multiple and mostly mutual follows on the following -> WSU players/recruits, WSU support/staff (like director on campus recruiting for football), athletic department higher ups, NIL org, former WSU/NFL QB now NIL guy, etc

[jbjack]

From my perspective, coaches/staff gone based on twitter followers/follows (Skipped HC, OC, DC, last 2 support staff):
Chris Meyers, Mike banks (not as obvious as others), Jalon Bibbs, Pete Menage, Robbie Rouse, Ron Pavlik, Jonathan Shaeffer,

not displaying obvious WSU signs at the moment, Olson, J. Menage, Matt Jacobs, Brayden Gage, Taylor Lucas (following WSU dep dir below), Lane Peterson, Kyle Saddler and Dalton Thomas (both following WSU fb team)

A WSU deputy directory of athletics is following (with follow back marked as fb) Lucas (fb), Freund, Olson, Rouse (fb), Cashmore, Bobbit (fb), Shaeffer (fb), Bibbs (fb), P Menage (fb),J Menage, Meyers (fb), Banks (fb), Pavlik (fb), Rogers, (and also Vigen for what it's worth). This could be him blindly following, but there is obviously overlap with first list

Rouse and WSU's Assistant Special Teams / Assistant Tight Ends Coach from this past season are following one another, so maybe that's a coach Jimmy will retain.

Methodology: multiple and mostly mutual follows on the following -> WSU players/recruits, WSU support/staff (like director on campus recruiting for football), athletic department higher ups, NIL org, former WSU/NFL QB now NIL guy, etc

Olson is the most interesting since he was offensive coordinator here yet if what's being reported as true, Freund has been named OC at Wazzu. If Olson is moving on, then he's taking a demotion, at least in title. I suppose it's possible he OL and then some jazz like Associate HC. I'd welcome Olson back for the continuity but I'm not wild about the play calling.

I don't know how ready any of these guys are who are leaving to be coordinators besides Bobbit and Olson but if Jackson wanted to bump any of these guys up to that role, how do they not take it? I assume he'll have his own guys though.

[jakejc795]

From my perspective, coaches/staff gone based on twitter followers/follows (Skipped HC, OC, DC, last 2 support staff):
Chris Meyers, Mike banks (not as obvious as others), Jalon Bibbs, Pete Menage, Robbie Rouse, Ron Pavlik, Jonathan Shaeffer,

not displaying obvious WSU signs at the moment, Olson, J. Menage, Matt Jacobs, Brayden Gage, Taylor Lucas (following WSU dep dir below), Lane Peterson, Kyle Saddler and Dalton Thomas (both following WSU fb team)

A WSU deputy directory of athletics is following (with follow back marked as fb) Lucas (fb), Freund, Olson, Rouse (fb), Cashmore, Bobbit (fb), Shaeffer (fb), Bibbs (fb), P Menage (fb),J Menage, Meyers (fb), Banks (fb), Pavlik (fb), Rogers, (and also Vigen for what it's worth). This could be him blindly following, but there is obviously overlap with first list

Rouse and WSU's Assistant Special Teams / Assistant Tight Ends Coach from this past season are following one another, so maybe that's a coach Jimmy will retain.

Methodology: multiple and mostly mutual follows on the following -> WSU players/recruits, WSU support/staff (like director on campus recruiting for football), athletic department higher ups, NIL org, former WSU/NFL QB now NIL guy, etc

Are Christian Smith or Kurtiss RIggs following Dan Jackson?

How about Jacks players, other than Wilde and Gronowski, who have either entered the portal and/or not re-committed?

[Cowbell]

As former head coach Mike Daly said many years ago, "Anyone can teach the x's and o's of football. It's the 'intangibles' that make a great coach." The intangibles include having great people skills to motivate young people, work closely with coaching colleagues to ensure teamwork and having excellent communication with recruited athletes and their families. Just because someone had a great athletic career doesn't translate into making them a candidate for a coaching position. All you have to do is look at the long line of professional coaches (in any sport) who became head coaches and were absolute duds. It's the people skills that make the difference. Exhibit A - Coach Stig.

[JRFanatic]

Gojacks site seems to be updated. Most all coaches are gone including strength coach. Hopefully new staff comes together quickly.


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[ringthebells]

I hope we bring some coaches from outside the program. Increasing our recruiting footprint a bit will pay dividends in the future.

[LetsGoRabbits]

the most desirable OC feels very obvious to me. it has to be Riggs. the problems are would he have any interest at all in working under a first year, first time HC? and if he would, it does seem incredibly likely that he would soon have more opportunities.

personally, i am hoping they are doing any and everything imaginable to get

OC- Riggs
DC- Isaiah Jackson

I think there would be a possibility that one or both could be hired away after one year, but I would hope we could keep them for at 2 years. beyond 2 years, I can think of both good and bad scenarios for them being here beyond 2 years

i absolutely do NOT think a good player equals a good coach, but we have definitely seen some who are! Stig obviously had a close to perfect ability to pick them out. he never let Lujan leave Brookings for a second. Lujan, Rogers, and Jackson are 3 excellent examples with more than a few others. Stig also did an excellent job of going outside- Eidsness and Eck probably sit on top of that list, but again there are plenty others

I am hoping that Stig is the #1 advisor to DJ as he chooses his staff. that said, players are going to want to know who they are playing for beyond the HC. there is some need for being quick!! a name like Tucker Kraft would carry weight. obviously that will not be one of the choices!! but our current players and likely newest recruits have some awareness who the legends of the program are. some of those legends coming back would help players to understand that THEY WILL STILL BE PLAYING FOR SDSU and not just the name on the shirt with no connection to the program that it has been

in my mind some seem far more likely to be good choices to carry on the tradition of Rogers, Lujan, Bobbit, etc...

Jake Weieneke
Jake Ohnesorge
Jake is so easy to spell they had to balance it out with impossible last names. hopefully recruits would not have to be able to spell their names to play for them!!
Logan Bachaus- not sure i got that spelling correct either

spelling issues aside, these 3 always had the reputation for leadership and intelligence and understanding of the game that I believe has proven to translate into coaching ability. I think Jake W starts at QB or WR coach, Jake O and Logan B position seem pretty clear put them under Jackson, Riggs, and Jackson and they could be the future coordinators.

I am sure DJ has some other people in mind, and i would never suggest that all or even most of the staff need to be former players (and I always assumed you were just having fun Salem), but there is unquestionable value at this moment in having some of these legends come home

[LetsGoRabbits]

I hope we bring some coaches from outside the program. Increasing our recruiting footprint a bit will pay dividends in the future.

it seems to me at this moment there is FAR greater importance to hire coaches who are going to keep this program the program that it has become- the program that Kraft and others say prepared them to play in the NFL and the program that is clearly at the very top of the FCS mountain

are any of the most recent recruiting class thinking of staying? or will they all follow the coaches who recruited them, or choose another school that also recruited them that did not lose a bunch of coaches? if any of those players are thinking about staying, they definitely want to know that they are still coming to the same program that the committed to in the first place

as far as the recruiting landscape goes
1. recruiting has to be at the VERY TOP of DJ qualifications and abilities. it seems like that might be the last of our worries about him as HC
2. i believe our most recent class has been said to be arguably the best class we have ever had. they were recruited by a staff that is nearly completely from inside the program
3. seems to me whatever we have been doing for recruiting has been producing pretty good results

[jakejc795]

Stig will be guest on tomorrow's Happy Hour to provide additional context on Jackson.

[bigticket1]

Only four of the coaches on the last staff ( Rogers, Bobbit and the Menage cousins ) played for SDSU.

[jakejc795]

Only four of the coaches on the last staff ( Rogers, Bobbit and the Menage cousins ) played for SDSU.

Pavlik too.

[peavy]

Olson is the most interesting since he was offensive coordinator here yet if what's being reported as true, Freund has been named OC at Wazzu. If Olson is moving on, then he's taking a demotion, at least in title. I suppose it's possible he OL and then some jazz like Associate HC. I'd welcome Olson back for the continuity but I'm not wild about the play calling.

I don't know how ready any of these guys are who are leaving to be coordinators besides Bobbit and Olson but if Jackson wanted to bump any of these guys up to that role, how do they not take it? I assume he'll have his own guys though.

I'd like to think Jackson would have already talked with and figured out his OC/DC before he started interviewing. Where do we think Jackson is with his own staff selection?

I think we can rule out Olson on the coaching staff as OC and maybe everything else because Dan Jackson isn't following Ryan Olson on Twitter. Olson is following Jackson. Jackson's last year was was 2019, and Olson's first was 2020. That being said, isn't it usually custom to keep at least one or two coaches on the staff?

If Jackson wanted to try to get a coach from Rogers, he'd have to move fast because they're moving even faster. Rogers' team probably landed in Washington the same day Jimmy did, so they're been working together for days as a new staff and meeting with players/recruits in-person.