Man, so stoked to have Trav back home! Really feel like we’re catching a young, hungry Gamecock on the upswing of their career. I think we’re going to see our DL play with a mean streak like we haven’t seen in a while.
Welcome home Travian!!
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Not if we have a spot. Yesterday was the deadline to enter without sitting a year but we can still add if we have room. Not many players have moved on so we only have a few spots. Need RBs bad.
I'm happy to have him back in the fold, but I do hope we are not hiring him just because he's a former Gamecock.
As noted in a previous thread, our run defense was pretty shabby last year, so we can definitely upgrade and can't get a whole lot worse.
As noted in a previous thread, our run defense was pretty shabby last year, so we can definitely upgrade and can't get a whole lot worse.
Agree with this. We at least have bodies at DE. Getting Strachan back is big. Dawkins has at least played at the P5 level at NCST, and getting him back to 100% is big too. We have one player at RB who has played the position, and he’s not an every down back. With Ratt, the WRs, TEs, and OL we’re building it should be appealing to a RB looking for a change. We’ll see how it shakes out.
We’ve been near the bottom of the league in rush D, sacks, and TFL in Beamers first two years. Not a good look for the DL coaches. A little puzzling why LSU would want him, but good for us.
I'd have to assume it's because he previously worked with LSU's DC. Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense for the reasons you mentioned.
He’s being hired because he was a damn good defensive lineman, he has coaching experience now, and he played in the NFL for four years. I’d say that’s a résumé anyone would look at and him playing at his alma mater is a plus. He kicked butt for us and I will take 50 like him. One of my favorites……so not only welcome home….glad he’s home!!!
I get it. There's just always a rush by some in our fan base to bring back former players as coaches, though in many cases they have no credentials. In this case, Travian does have some credentials. I just don't know if he'd have been on our radar were he not a former Gamecock. As it is, he is and he's got the job and I'm happy to have a familiar face back. He played on some stout defenses, so he will not take kindly to having the 117th ranked run defense in the nation. If he's got the coaching chops, combine that with his pride in being a Gamecock and it could be potent.
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And we know he was coached by a damned good DL coach….had to have learned some things from Lawing.
Travian was a great player who played under a good defensive coach and now has experience as well as being a Gamecock. It is always a good thing when we can get someone like him back on board. I think that he will be able to communicate effectively to our defensive players and he is young enough to where they can relate to him. Go Cocks!!
That hire happen quickly! I wonder how long Beamer had been in contact with him before all of this went down with Lindsey.
Hopefully he is better than Tanner at keeping an active list for just such an occasion.
I'll say this. Lindsey bounced around FCS for 14 years before finally getting a chance at Western Kentucky. TR actually played at the highest level before going into coaching. And his ascension was much quicker. That's usually an indicator of perceived coaching ability. He spent one year in FCS before putting up really good results at two FBS programs. I'd much rather have that scenario than Muschamp's "let's just hire SEC retreads that have only performed well at shingle schools" approach.
Just saw Lindsey is going to be making $750/yr on a 3 yr deal. That’s absolutely insane. Dude parlayed one of the worst performing DLs in the SEC into an 80% raise.
Good posts, it definitely is one of the most seamless coaching changes I can remember at Carolina, the fact that we have sucked at run D for a while has everyone excited that we can get better and I think the Lawing factor is huge!
Seems like Shane threw some unintentional shade at Lindsey during Travian's intro presser. Said Travian was an upgrade in all aspects.
Also said you don't expect to lose coaches after the spring game so that was disappointing.
Also said you don't expect to lose coaches after the spring game so that was disappointing.
Timing was strange and maybe suggested by Beamer.
I have very high hopes for this hire and looking forward to seeing the results.
I have very high hopes for this hire and looking forward to seeing the results.
From what I read about him I feel really good about the T-Rob hire.
Nooo, we can't call him T-Rob. Too many bad associations.