Baldwin to Cal? Official as OC

[mtgrizrule]

Congrats to Baldwin. I wish him the best and will be pulling for him. I am a lot surprised that he had to go this route. I feel he would be a great BCS power 5 head coach. I wonder if EWU will continue to be a QB and WR factory?

At least EWU has a great returning qb to make the new coaching transition easier. It would be great if this will allow the GRIZ to possibly land another quality recruit from them?

 

[Yukon]

Pflugrad to EWU? Just my thought; nothing else.

Would not be shocked by this.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

Pflugrad to EWU? Just my thought; nothing else.

Would not be shocked by this.

I would be very shocked if they even consider him.

 

[kemajic]

Pflugrad to EWU? Just my thought; nothing else.

Didn't get hired at Rocky; little chance EWU would bite.

 

[rpwalleye]

Rocky? Phlu turned that one down-was not Rocky decision.

 

[MrTitleist]

The interesting part of this hire is that most HCs have a huge ego.. most would not want to go from HC to OC/DC, yet Baldwin decided to give up the power of being an HC to take a step backwards on the ladder to get the opportunity to maybe jump over his previously job..

 

[SloStang]

The interesting part of this hire is that most HCs have a huge ego.. most would not want to go from HC to OC/DC, yet Baldwin decided to give up the power of being an HC to take a step backwards on the ladder to get the opportunity to maybe jump over his previously job..

That step backwards just doubled his salary.

 

[NendzoneGRIZ]

The interesting part of this hire is that most HCs have a huge ego.. most would not want to go from HC to OC/DC, yet Baldwin decided to give up the power of being an HC to take a step backwards on the ladder to get the opportunity to maybe jump over his previously job..

That step backwards just doubled his salary.

And gives him alot bigger name to back his work up

 

[behappp]

http://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...-coach-and-offensive-coordinator-to-fbs-jobs/

 

[MrTitleist]

The interesting part of this hire is that most HCs have a huge ego.. most would not want to go from HC to OC/DC, yet Baldwin decided to give up the power of being an HC to take a step backwards on the ladder to get the opportunity to maybe jump over his previously job..

That step backwards just doubled his salary.

If only we could all do that.

 

[casewinter13]

And someone tweeted at a Marc Anderson that the eastern football program is in good hands with him at the helm. A quick search shows that he is the current director of football operations at Eastern.

Anderson might be a good coach, but doubt he is a Baldwin. BB's the best I've seen at this level; hard to replace.

Jesus, I hope that's hyperbole.

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[rocklobster]

If EWU goes 6-5 next year, do the faithful call for the HC's head? Oh wait, wrong school!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Congrats to Baldwin. I wish him the best and will be pulling for him. I am a lot surprised that he had to go this route. I feel he would be a great BCS power 5 head coach. I wonder if EWU will continue to be a QB and WR factory?

At least EWU has a great returning qb to make the new coaching transition easier. It would be great if this will allow the GRIZ to possibly land another quality recruit from them?

That Qb just might follow him to Cal.

 

[brewskis]

If EWU goes 6-5 next year, do the faithful call for the HC's head? Oh wait, wrong school!

No way. For them it will be a re-building year with a lot of young talent and inexperienced players. Meanwhile Stitt will be raked over the coals for praising the current staff, and it will be interpreted as some elaborate, side-handed insult at Tyler.


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[The_Real_Chief]

Is Pflugrad the new Jon Gruden of FCS football? Are we going to list him as a candidate for every single job?

 

[PDXGrizzly]

The interesting part of this hire is that most HCs have a huge ego.. most would not want to go from HC to OC/DC, yet Baldwin decided to give up the power of being an HC to take a step backwards on the ladder to get the opportunity to maybe jump over his previously job..

For the most part, P5 OCs seem to be higher in the pecking order than FCS HCs. Or sometimes FBS HCs. Either way, although it is technically a demotion (HC to OC) it is still an upward move. If he has success at Cal, then he will have a lot of doors and even bigger contracts open to him. I don't begrudge him that move in the slightest and wish for him all the luck in the world (except when he plays OSU, but he doesn't need any luck with that one...).

 

[kemajic]

And someone tweeted at a Marc Anderson that the eastern football program is in good hands with him at the helm. A quick search shows that he is the current director of football operations at Eastern.

Anderson might be a good coach, but doubt he is a Baldwin. BB's the best I've seen at this level; hard to replace.

Jesus, I hope that's hyperbole.

Not at all. Let's see your list of FCS coaches that have accomplished what he did with the level of resources and facilities he had.

 

[Gaeilge1]

Neither good news or bad news from my perspective. I wish Coach Baldwin all good success in the future.

However, regardless of what this means for EWU we still have our own sh*t to deal with!

 

[AZDoc]

The interesting part of this hire is that most HCs have a huge ego.. most would not want to go from HC to OC/DC, yet Baldwin decided to give up the power of being an HC to take a step backwards on the ladder to get the opportunity to maybe jump over his previously job..

For the most part, P5 OCs seem to be higher in the pecking order than FCS HCs. Or sometimes FBS HCs. Either way, although it is technically a demotion (HC to OC) it is still an upward move. If he has success at Cal, then he will have a lot of doors and even bigger contracts open to him. I don't begrudge him that move in the slightest and wish for him all the luck in the world (except when he plays OSU, but he doesn't need any luck with that one...).

Obviously he wasn't going to leave for just any job. He's been a candidate for quite a few. I'm sure he wouldn't leave to be OC for a MTN West team. This is Pac 12 level. He knows if he wants to be HC at a big school, this was the way to go. As good as he is, he was really maxed out at FCS. Contending year after year and repeat. Sometimes that leads to just going through the motions. This will energize him and he will learn from other coaches at this higher level. Friends of mine that are coaches tell me this all the time. the reality is, just like Bobby, he needs a challenge again. He's a young guy, so 2-4 years as OC gets him a head coach job somewhere.

 

[EverettGriz]

From this:

To this:

God, how long do you suppose it took him to say yes.