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[LetsGoRabbits]

I stand corrected. I hereby sentence myself to three epic scoops of the heartiest SDSU ice cream as "punishment"

i would have to look back at my post- did I include Minnet? perhaps Minnet was here in the time Eids went to SWMSU? but I grew up with Eids and used to talk with him pretty regular. I know he coached Ranek, because we had an awful lot of conversations about Ranek and how special he was. this is off the topic and I know i have said it before. i will still put Ranek with anyone we have ever had. I would have loved to see Josh playing with the defenses and the O Lines we have had the last many years. i feel like the signature play of Isaiah's career was the run in the first championship game (which was unbelievable!!). I feel like Ranek never had near the line and he made a handful, at least, of those plays every season.

getting back on topic

I give Riggs the slight edge as my 1 choice for 2 reasons
1. connections to current and near future players
2. fresh ideas and fresh perspective

disadvantage for Riggs- if he gets back into coaching, I believe he will be looking bigger and his stay with the Jacks would likely be short, assuming it is successful and I WOULD assume that. that said, I think we could have some good options for offensive position coaches who could learn from him and move into the position when he moves on

Eidsness deserves much more credit than I believe he gets from most fans. BOTH Eck and Lujan have at least some roots in the Eidsness offensive tree. Josh Davis is probably even more from the Eidsness school. as Jake, I think, pointed out, when Eids was coaching the offense here, we never had the complete teams that we have had more recently. he had multiple wins vs NDSU in a time when we really were not in the same league as they were in the trenches

I will be extremely happy if either of these two is the next OC

[jakejc795]

Guess that means we'll hear something soon.

Your social media sleuthing was spot on. You confident in DC prediction?

[peavy]

Updated JI post has Eidsness as OC, Vince Benedetto TE coach, and Deontae Cooper RB coach

Guess that means we'll hear something soon.

[jakejc795]

Updated JI post has Eidsness as OC, Vince Benedetto TE coach, and Deontae Cooper RB coach

[jakejc795]

Eidsness was OC for 3 years with Ranek. 1999-2001

I stand corrected. I hereby sentence myself to three epic scoops of the heartiest SDSU ice cream as "punishment"

[fastjacks]

Eidsness was OC for 3 years with Ranek. 1999-2001

[jakejc795]

No! Don’t bring back Eidsness or it will be swing pass right and swing pass left. Look at NIU and what happen.

Let's not age the gent too much. While he wasn't here for Ranek or Minett, he was a part of the offenses that had Sumner, Christion, Wieneke, Cade Johnson, and Goedert.

One aspect of this I haven't seen discussed much is how OCs like Eck and Lujan benefitted from prolific Jacks defenses, which Eidsness did not necessarily have the luxury of, as is illustrated if you look at the team stats available here.

I agree with LGR, that Riggs is flashier (and potentially more apt to pique player and recruit interest), but I don't think Eidsness is anything to shake a stick (or baby carrot) at.

[JackJD]

Along the same line, compare stats from 2023 to 2024. Negligible difference in overall offense. I find it interesting too that Eidness and Beschorner were paid the same this season, so no jump in salary for Wes this year to be OC. Eidness did take that pay cut though.

While many may not agree with Eidness's play calling his last few years here, he has a ton of knowledge and has had productive QB's over his career.

Great to see CarchEmAll actively posting again!

And Thee Catrabbit is more active!

Thanks to the posters who make the effort to follow Twitter and other sources and report on this message board!

[Hareofthedog]

he also was the OC for Ranek, Zenner, Minnet, Weineke, Davis, Kade Johnson, and Goedert, just to name a few. i would have to look but i think there is a good chance that our top 5 passers, rushers, receivers minus Gronowski, Isaiah, and the Jankes all played under Coach Eidsness

there is no argument at all against him being a good and productive offensive coach. Riggs would be my top choice, but Eids is a great choice and a very very close second for me!! and i absolutely believe that our offense would have been better in 2024 with Eids at OC as opposed to what we had. if i have the choice between Eids and Fruend, I am picking Eids every single time with zero hesitation

No! Don’t bring back Eidsness or it will be swing pass right and swing pass left. Look at NIU and what happen.

[jakejc795]

I looked into him yesterday. I don't see anything on Twitter though to indicate he's coming. The follows I can see are SDSU *committed but hasn't re-confirmed* portal QB from STM, Gus Miller, Matt Zimmer, the decommitted 3* Isaiah Hung, and a JI/JFPA member.

His 4 most recent Salaries 2023: $99,350 '22: $78.85k '21 & '20: $75.6k. My understanding of California is that everything is very expensive, so Brookings has that going for it. He would almost need the DC job as you mentioned for it to be worthwhile. He just took on a new role this past year as the Special Teams Coordinator which presumably came with a pay hike. Strictly from a salary perspective, $115k-ish is what our DC/OC made last year. Any SDSU non DC role might be a step down unless you take it hoping it takes you to the next level in 2 years.

When UCD is Mountain West in like June '26, will they see any CFP $? Would you expect the UCD coaches to get a raise to be more aligned with the Mountain West? That might impact a decision.

CA also has income tax, but it's closer to where he's originally from (AZ).

[peavy]

those of you social media experts, NOT ME, are there any connections with Isaiah Jackson? he would have been my first wish for DC

any more info on the NW Mo St coach? weird they would let him go. would he be a positive or negative for getting Claiborne back? i would guess positive but maybe not

I looked into Isaiah Jackson yesterday. I don't see anything on Twitter though to indicate he's coming. The follows I can see are SDSU *committed but hasn't re-confirmed* portal QB from STM, Gus Miller, Matt Zimmer, the decommitted 3* Isaiah Hung, and a JI/JFPA member.

His 4 most recent Salaries 2023: $99,350 '22: $78.85k '21 & '20: $75.6k. My understanding of California is that everything is very expensive, so Brookings has that going for it. He would almost need the DC job as you mentioned for it to be worthwhile. He just took on a new role this past year as the Special Teams Coordinator which presumably came with a pay hike. Strictly from a salary perspective, $115k-ish is what our DC/OC made last year. Any SDSU non DC role might be a step down unless you take it hoping it takes you to the next level in 2 years.

When UCD is Mountain West in like June '26, will they see any CFP $? Would you expect the UCD coaches to get a raise to be more aligned with the Mountain West? That might impact a decision.

Rich Wright is following Kobe Clayborne, Dan Jackson, and more recently Dalton Thomas. Football Scoop said Central Missouri is hiring him. Just a random follow on twitter, which I'm sure there a lot of.

I'll review what Stig said but I'm pretty sure it was along the lines of not taking your friends with you everywhere and needing strangers in your coaching staff. It's possible some of Jackson's recent coach followers are people hoping for a job / applying, like the TE coach at Albany.

[bigticket1]

My list is looking pretty good all the sudden.

The D coordinator position is the one that still intrigues me. Lots of speculation/hope for Christian Smith, but haven't heard much about possibilities beyond him..

[salemjack]

Vince Benedetto is stepping down as Jefferson head coach. Wonder where he is going ?

My list is looking pretty good all the sudden.

[bigticket1]

Vince Benedetto is stepping down as Jefferson head coach. Wonder where he is going ?

[LetsGoRabbits]

those of you social media experts, NOT ME, are there any connections with Isaiah Jackson? he would have been my first wish for DC

any more info on the NW Mo St coach? weird they would let him go. would he be a positive or negative for getting Claiborne back? i would guess positive but maybe not