Portland State Fires Barnum

[Ut-Grizfan]

Did him dirty, fired him on the tarmac. Hopefully Bobby brings him in (keep hearing they have a great relationship). If he does would he be an assistant to Pease?

Portland State fires football coach Bruce Barnum after 1-11 season

In 11 seasons with the Vikings, Barnum led the Vikings to a winning record just once.

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[Griz til I die]

Tarmac firings are cruel but I do think it was long time for PSU to try something new. Barny is a great guy and didn’t have a lot to work with, but it was time. I wish him the best with whatever’s next.

 

[Copper Griz]

Did him dirty, fired him on the tarmac. Hopefully Bobby brings him in (keep hearing they have a great relationship). If he does would he be an assistant to Pease?

Portland State fires football coach Bruce Barnum after 1-11 season

In 11 seasons with the Vikings, Barnum led the Vikings to a winning record just once.

www-oregonlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org

I hope Bobby doesn’t bring him in. There is nothing to indicate Barnum would be an upgrade to the staff. He looks undisciplined himself and I see no recruiting advantages. Robby coming over seems very realistic and maybe he can fix special teams for the Griz. The bigger question is what players can the Griz pick off from their O or D lines? The answer might be none at this point.

 

[retiredpopo]

I look at his record in portland...yea no I don't want him on staff unless he is going to be the social director as he seems like a fun guy but coaching not so much....

 

[alabamagrizzly]

Robby coming over seems very realistic and maybe he can fix special teams for the Griz.

Team ST BSC rankings

KR avg
UM 24.3 3rd
PSU 18.7 10th

PR avg
UM 9.9 3rd
PSU 7.6 8th

Net KO's
UM 40.5 6th
PSU 39.0 7th

Net Punting
UM 39.7 5th
PSU 36.7 9th

FG %
UM 4/9 56% 12th
PSU 13/15 78% 2nd

 

[Ursus1]

Those stats show if Robby gets hired it is due to name not results

 

[Copper Griz]

Given what Robby has to work with, I don’t know that those numbers are terrible. Especially with one of the tougher schedules in all of FCs. I would certainly take the field goal percentage every day of the week over 56%. The way I read it, UM has a 44% success rate. That is terrible. Also, bad judgement yesterday on returning kicks. Robby would also be able to sneak a few more tackles in to pad his record.

 

[Theonewhoknocks]

I honestly think Barney wouldn't be the worst hire. You just have to find the right spot for him. He mentioned earlier this year that, "He loves watching good Portland state football players, they are just being good players on other teams they transferred to." (Obviously not verbatim).

He might be a pretty decent recruiter or at least have an eye for talent. Just a thought.

 

[Wolf777]

The real question is do we have a Special teams coach on staff? Bobby serves the role currently. I’m assuming we see Robby on staff before Barnum.

 

[SloStang]

Cal Poly parts ways with Paul Wulff.

Cal Poly Announces Change in Football Leadership - Cal Poly

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly has announced a change in leadership in its football program and parted ways with head coach Paul Wulff .

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[mthoopsfan]

A Griz football analyst next year. Do we have room to hire him right now? And Robbie?

 

[Griz til I die]

Cal Poly parts ways with Paul Wulff.

Cal Poly Announces Change in Football Leadership - Cal Poly

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Cal Poly has announced a change in leadership in its football program and parted ways with head coach Paul Wulff .

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Woah. That one kind of surprises me.

 

[SloStang]

Woah. That one kind of surprises me.

3-8, 3-8 and 4-8.

 

[Ursa Major]

TIMMY!

We don’t need him.

 

[Griz til I die]

3-8, 3-8 and 4-8.

It felt like you guys were maybe starting to turn the corner a little bit though. I forgot you guys hired a new AD last month though. I see he has Stanford ties. Any speculation as to who might be some of the candidates?

 

[Griz til I die]

As for Portland State, the press release said the entire staff has been let go, so that means Robby is probably not in consideration. I think the only viable route for PSU to go with their search is the D2 ranks. There’s a lot of D2 schools that are funded like PSU so it’d be easier for a guy like that to get a grasp with the challenges that exist there. Maybe a guy like Chris Fisk at Central Washington would entertain it?

 

[SloStang]

It felt like you guys were maybe starting to turn the corner a little bit though. I forgot you guys hired a new AD last month though. I see he has Stanford ties. Any speculation as to who might be some of the candidates?

One name stands out. Troy Taylor. He won 3 straight Big Sky Championships at Sac State that has done nothing before or since Taylor. It ended ugly at Stanford and our new AD came from Stanford so I don’t know if that helps or hurts Taylor’s chances.

 

[Skookum-Jim]

One name stands out. Troy Taylor. He won 3 straight Big Sky Championships at Sac State that has done nothing before or since Taylor. It ended ugly at Stanford and our new AD came from Stanford so I don’t know if that helps or hurts Taylor’s chances.

Recruiting to Poly is so much different than SSU. It's similar to Stanford which takes a special kind of coach. I would be leary of Taylor. Great coach but probably not a fit for Cal Poly. I think they should try to poach Mat Coombs or Paul Shelton from UCD.

 

[Wolf777]

Woah. That one kind of surprises me.

Agree. It’s only been a couple years and he actually had them consistently competitive in games this year.

 

[4_0_6]

I'm surprised they thought he was the problem. Why would anyone want that position? Seems like only way psu could succeeded is if they somehow got strong connection to Oregon or Oregon St and could basically be their minor league team.