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34blast wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:42 am Would be nice if there was a bit more write-up to read about our new head coach, besides the Twitter

 

wiu712 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:59 am

34blast wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:42 am Would be nice if there was a bit more write-up to read about our new head coach, besides the Twitter


 

Joe Davis Named Western Illinois Football Coach.
https://goleathernecks.com/news/2023/12 ... coach.aspx
 
 

 

Long story short....

Had a scrimmage in mid-August in Grundy Center because he wanted to play outside on grass before playing Iowa State and our outdoor was the old garbage pit.

Joe Davis had been hired as OC and put in an uptempo, fast break, throw it all over offense that was snapping the ball every seven seconds with Eli Dunne running it over Bailey.

That night he was absolutely shredding the defense. Up and down the field, touchdown after touchdown, just electric.

Problem being that plays were going in and being run before Mark could think about them and because they're calling two or three at a time, Mark couldn't step in and overrule them. It was just too fast for him and he'd lost control.

Called Joe Davis in the following Monday, told him that he was going to decide who played quarterback (Bailey) and that they were going to slow it down and run the ball.

ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:20 am Over on AGS, a UNI guy sent me a link to a story about Davis's time coaching for them (Mark in this story is UNI HC Mark Farley):

Long story short....

Had a scrimmage in mid-August in Grundy Center because he wanted to play outside on grass before playing Iowa State and our outdoor was the old garbage pit.

Joe Davis had been hired as OC and put in an uptempo, fast break, throw it all over offense that was snapping the ball every seven seconds with Eli Dunne running it over Bailey.

That night he was absolutely shredding the defense. Up and down the field, touchdown after touchdown, just electric.

Problem being that plays were going in and being run before Mark could think about them and because they're calling two or three at a time, Mark couldn't step in and overrule them. It was just too fast for him and he'd lost control.

Called Joe Davis in the following Monday, told him that he was going to decide who played quarterback (Bailey) and that they were going to slow it down and run the ball.

Assuming we can get the players to execute it, it could be a pretty fun offense to watch. The downside is, if you don't pick up first downs, then you can end up with a 30-second 3-and-out before the defense goes back on the field.

 

meganeck wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:54 am

ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:20 am Over on AGS, a UNI guy sent me a link to a story about Davis's time coaching for them (Mark in this story is UNI HC Mark Farley):

Long story short....

Had a scrimmage in mid-August in Grundy Center because he wanted to play outside on grass before playing Iowa State and our outdoor was the old garbage pit.

Joe Davis had been hired as OC and put in an uptempo, fast break, throw it all over offense that was snapping the ball every seven seconds with Eli Dunne running it over Bailey.

That night he was absolutely shredding the defense. Up and down the field, touchdown after touchdown, just electric.

Problem being that plays were going in and being run before Mark could think about them and because they're calling two or three at a time, Mark couldn't step in and overrule them. It was just too fast for him and he'd lost control.

Called Joe Davis in the following Monday, told him that he was going to decide who played quarterback (Bailey) and that they were going to slow it down and run the ball.

Assuming we can get the players to execute it, it could be a pretty fun offense to watch. The downside is, if you don't pick up first downs, then you can end up with a 30-second 3-and-out before the defense goes back on the field.


 

There's a guy a Twitter, who I have seen in a couple replies really praising Davis, calls him a future P5 coach. Not sure who he is but he seems to think highly of Davis.