If that is true, he should continue because after the loss of Williams, Delone looked to be the only playmaker on the team. Then Rutgers happened. And even though we lost, the UConn game had some dandy offensive numbers as well.

I wire tapped Rob Spence’s office and got the inside scoop. Here is a conversation that happened right before the UofL game:

HCDM: “Hey Spency… Land any big recruits this week?”
[OC Rob Spence puts down his sky blue crayola crayon and looks up at HCDM]
Spence: “Nope. Too busy working on plays.”
HCDM: “Well I guess thats good Rob. So whats the game plan for this week?”
Spence: “I was thinking screen pass to the WR, and maybe mix in some screen pass to the WR”
HCDM: “What if we bring Ryan in, do you have a package for him?”
Spence: “Stop me if Im too far outside the box, but Im drawing something up right now and get this… Ready?… Screen pass to the WR!”
HCDM: “Ill give you until the end of the season to clear out your office.”

—He (steve Kragthorpe) said he has already been offered three coaching positions, one being an offensive coordinator gig at a BCS conference school.

From the Card Chronicle recap of his goodbye presser.

buying the whole “ego” thing. Confidence in what he does? Yes- but I think that stems from all the preperation he does. From day one HCDM has preached that all of these changes are about the team and the school. I have not heard him make one remark that left me thinking that Marrone sees what he is doing as “his way”. I think he sees all of what the program is doing as the “right way” because that’s how he was taught and that’s what he has seen succeed.

was recently working with Sean Payton, who is a member of the Bill Parcells coaching tree. Guys from this system (including all the NE guys) like to keep things close to the chest and control all aspects of the game. SU alum Tom Coughlin is also a member of the Parcells tree and look at how tight a ship he runs in NY. Disipline is the name of the game (quite the opposite of GRob) Look at Caughlin’s first year and how much backlash there was from the players. Once he cleared out the dead weight and the bad guys in the locker room (Tiki, Shockey) they won a superbowl with a roster of team players.

I can see HCDM wanting to control the offense and buy this argument just because he has seen how successful that approach can be. And lets be honest, Sean Payton had a lot to do with the offense with the saints. After experiencing that, I dont expect Doug to give up the reins.

That being said, HCDM is also a product of the Tony Dungy coaching tree (defensive minded with a real love for your players) by way of Herman Edwards. A lot of that mentality can be seen in his treatment of Paulus. If you were to ask an expert to pick an NFL guy to be a successful college coach, it would be anyone from the Dungy tree because he and his deciles have shown so much loyalty to their players and dedicate themselves to helping them develop both on and off the field.

All in all the guy has worked under some good teachers and evidence there of is shown in his treatment of the many situations we have been through in his turbulent first year.