There are certainly more aspects to coaching than just wins and losses, but I mean... His record was 12-33 as our HC. In most any profession if you underperform for long enough in some of your duties you're gonna lose your job.

Gould seemed like a nice guy, but these guys all know that getting results is part of the job.

I think Dan probably had the class to let the team know his decision to resign before this news dropped today so players entering the portal were probably already in the works. A HC leaving is a big deal to these kids, especially if it's the one to recruit them. I think we are going to see more transfer announcements before this all plays out... not that there aren't transfers every year, but I think the rate will be higher than normal.

Chubba to the portal

I think it benefits the Aggies that Hawkins isn't leaving for another coaching job and in fact is staying on as some sort of advisory role. Hopefully that will keep what we have as a recruiting class on board and limit portal losses.

I mean, I'm sure he's no longer going to be paid HC salary, but I'm guessing he'll be paid something.

https://ucdavisaggies.com/news/2023/11/28/dan-hawkins-stepping-down-as-aggie-head-football-coach.aspx

Press release from the Aggies. Dan says he's stepping down as HC, but is staying on as an advisor role of sorts. That would be a strange thing to do if the next HC wasn't already deep into the works.

He hasn't been hired yet, but he had some fun offensive schemes while here.

Well with Dan stepping down I wouldn't be surprised to see more enter. We'll also have to see what this does to our recruiting class with the first signing date less than a month away.

Wow didn't see that coming at all

from what I can see he just re-tweeted Kyle Hill's commitment to Davis. It looks like at one point in time he was committed to Minot State, but his profile now says College of the Desert. The odd thing is that he shows up on neither of their rosters.

Drake almost had the Bison today... Another 15 minutes and they surely would have turned it around.

In all seriousness though it is frustrating that the Pioneer gets an auto bid when they are so clearly not at a competitive level with the rest of the playoff teams.

We recruited WR to a much larger extent last year when compared to this year so hopefully we get some guys from that group that pan out as contributors going forward.

3 star OLB Kyle Hill has committed to UC Davis! That's our 3rd 3 star LB commit! GO AGS!

New offer on ATH CJ Millican from right on our doorstep Davis, CA! GO AGS!

With the season over I hope the coaching staff is starting to get out on the recruiting trail once again especially since the early signing period (which has become the main signing period) starts in just about a month!

Your point is valid though. I'm very glad he's not a freshman!

Bennett was a junior this season. Conklin was their true freshman QB that played in the 1st half.

That's why I mentioned in my first response that I think the passing game as a whole needs to be looked at and reassessed; coaches to scheme to players... It's not just on Miles, but when you're the QB the offense runs through you.

Everything you said is fair and I've tried my best to make it clear that my gripes this season aren't meant to be a personal attack on anyone. At the end of the day these are kids and they are doing the best that they can.

We kinda did that already with Lan running the wildcat down the stretch of the season. It worked because Lan is a stud, but I would rather just have a QB who has a more complete skill set AND have Lan on the field.

With Trent Tompkins switching from QB to general athlete and Mitchell Dixon from QB to TE our QB options are actually fairly limited for the time being.

On roster:
- David Rasor
- Michael Ingrassia
- Miles Hastings
- Grant Harper

Committed, but not signed yet:
- Damon Wrighster

What I find interesting is that Dan and company put out an offer on another QB Caden Pinnick after Wrighster had already committed. Wonder if we're going to get a multiple QB recruiting class. I guess it's also possible we could look at the JUCO route if the staff really wants multiple QBs coming in.