Screamindemon3
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States OC to Boone, Eliah Drinkwitz
States OC to Boone, Eliah Drinkwitz
Not an impressive hire at all.
State is now losing their OC, OL Coach, QB, top two WRs, starting RB, and 3 starting OL. Should be a solid offense next year in Raleigh.
State is now losing their OC, OL Coach, QB, top two WRs, starting RB, and 3 starting OL. Should be a solid offense next year in Raleigh.
State fans bitch about everything anyway so I wouldn’t let that be a marker for good/bad performance.
Top two WR's aren't known yet. Emezie is back and if Meyers is back you have two of 3 starters back and one set the school records in catches this year while hurt and missing at least 1 game. 3 different players have rushed for 1000+ in last 3 years. Lot of pieces coming back and strong program building so far by DD. This year was supposed to be the "rebuild year" so I think you can expect another competitive team in Raleigh next year. Good programs have coaches and coordinators move on to better jobs, looks like that is happening here.
Similarly 3 years ago State lost it's OL Coach and OC and DD hired Ledford and Drink. I think you have to believe he will do well again given his track record.
Did App even look at any current head coaches?
I've heard this several times, and feel like it's a classic cop-out for an underachieving season. When your offense is starting an elite QB, 4 other seniors, and 2 junior NFL WRs, it certainly is not a rebuilding year. Sure the defense was unproven coming in, but they still started ~9 juniors or seniors on the 2 deep. That wouldn't be considered a rebuilding year anywhere, certainly not at State.
Revisionist history is fun isn't it? The 2017-18 team lost an all american RT, an all conference RB, it's program leader in receptions, both starting LB's and 4 starting DL. 7 of which were drafted. The year after that is a rebuild for any team. The success (9-3 even in a week ACC is only an underachievement to crazy NCSU fans given our history) of this season is more a testament to the coaches and programs/recruits on the team than it shows that it "wasn't a rebuild".
NCSU lost 12 starters off of the 2017/2018 team and will lose 9 off of this team. QB is big but acting like it's some huge rebuild compared to the one last season is just not true. QB is huge but it appears that NCSU has plenty of talented options.