I would imagine that he would like to evaluate our players and skill sets before making a set plan on what he wants to do going forward. That being said, a pistol offense would be fun to watch.
Anything but the spread. If I see 4th and 3/4 inches at the 1 yard line from the shotgun once more on TV I'm going to barf. Personally, I'm bored to death with the spread at this point. Cutting edge in 2004....
I think he will have great connections and have the ability to bring in a great staff. His son was a great QB and has been working in the coaching ranks and wouldn't be surprised to see him find his way onto the staff. Will be great to see the names that come with Hawk.
He will hire an OC who will install whatever offense they plan on using for several years. You can't install a new offense every year, so I don't think he will consider who we have on the current roster as his guide. We do have to consider the athletes we land in recruiting, and to me that's a spread type offense that forces them to assign an LB or DB to cover the QB.
Dan did a fair amount of announcing for ESPN and had participated in a SIRIUS radio show about college football. He's remained in contact with plenty of coaches around the nation, so hopefully he'll have a good list of up-and-comers that can join the staff and have a big impact.
With all due respect, how was his son a great college QB? I don't think Colorado ever got much over .500, and the perception of favoritism was partly responsible for Hawks downfall.
I know a freshman backup QB on that Colorado team well, and he loved Hawkins and that entire staff (and they hated the moron who came next). Hawk's son was a good QB on a mediocre team, and a watched more than a few games. He played really hard, and without him they win less games. The stuff about nepotism was totally unfounded from what I heard, and I would assume backup QB and his dad would be saying it if it had happened. Hawk's downfall and the speculation about nepotism flowed from them losing games...typical in all levels of sports I suppose. I have no problem with his son coming in an working a position coach, and it happens in a ton of programs. Lots of misinformation comes from unqualified sources about programs, and only I truly trust what I hear when it comes from multiple players and/or coaches within the team. The rest of the world just speculates. It's a non-issue unless his son was unqualified or doesn't work hard.
EWU's Kupp and Hill were clearly the 2 best receivers in the Big Sky, but Doss had very similar stats to NAU's Butler who got the last spot on the 1st team. Butler had less than 100 more yards total on the season than Doss, while Doss had 1 more TD. You could have made an argument for him to have made it this year.