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Arnett is temporarily the interim HC at Moo State. Leach had a medical issue and transported to the hospital. 

[AUINSY 2,228]

Hopefully this helps Freeze make a decision on his guy for DC and we can move on. I think others have said we may be intentionally waiting to make official announcements on OC/DC to allow more guys to be on the recruiting trail in the next week or two before early national signing day in a week or two. Glad to see a few recruits rolling in. Hopefully we’ll see a few more gifts under the metaphorical flipmas tree. 
 

Merry flipmas🎅! 🎄

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8 hours ago, Gowebb11 said:

Performance wise, the case can be made that Kelly and Arnett are fairly close in their skill set. That being the case, Kelly is begging to be here and will almost certainly stay a while. Arnett sounds like he’s got other ambitions and is making us wait. My opinion is take the guy who’s begging for the job and let’s go.  

Auburn can do better than both of those guys, Kelly is trash, leave him wherever he is at.

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3 minutes ago, eaglenest said:

Auburn can do better than both of those guys, Kelly is trash, leave him wherever he is at.

Why don't u tell us how u really feel about Kelly

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7 hours ago, Hank2020 said:

Did we get Grant Heard? Haven’t heard anything lately.

No idea. All under tight wraps 

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13 minutes ago, eaglenest said:

Auburn can do better than both of those guys, Kelly is trash, leave him wherever he is at.

Yeah, Saban is famous for hiring trash  assistants. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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1 hour ago, Gowebb11 said:

Yeah, Saban is famous for hiring trash  assistants. 🤦🏻‍♂️

And he considered him one of his best closers...ever

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1 hour ago, Gowebb11 said:

Yeah, Saban is famous for hiring trash  assistants. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Morgan Scalley, Jim Leonhard, mike Tressel, Glenn Schumann to name a few.

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If we hire Charles Kelly, the money will flow into NIL because our biggest donor loves the man.   If he is good enough for Saban, he is good enough for me.

 

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[DAG 33,987]

3 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

 

TAM

Total. Auburn. Move

Out of left field.

Edited December 11, 2022 by DAG
Not saying this is a bad move.

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Never heard of him. I hope he is awesome! Let’s go! 

[DAG 33,987]

This is my one...hmmm hire with Freeze. I never heard of this dude.

[Chaotic_zx 1,044]

So I don't know this guy. I'm confused. Should I automatically hate the hire because of preconceived notions or my lack of knowledge(as others will do)?

 

 

 

Heavy dose of sarcasm for those in the back. 

[DAG 33,987]

So it would seem this guy had some history with Aranda. Aranda gave him his first major power 5 shot which had immediate success in 2021. However, it went backwards this most recent year. He was fired for unknown reasons that even Baylor fans are confused about.

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https://247sports.com/Article/Arkansas-Razorbacks-defensive-coordinator-coaching-search-Ron-Roberts-200135789/
 

If true, here’s an article from 247 indicating Arkansas was targeting him to replace Odom. Guess we paid more.

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Was fired from Baylor... lord help us

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3 minutes ago, Zeek said:

Was fired from Baylor... lord help us

You should read more about it before you become reactive. Even Baylor fans have no clue why he was fired based on what I am seeing.  With that being said, WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY? LOL

Edited December 12, 2022 by DAG

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Ron Roberts, a 31-year coaching veteran, enters his third season as Baylor’s defensive coordinator in 2022. He joined the program on Jan. 21, 2020, following two seasons as defensive coordinator at Louisiana. In addition to his role as defensive coordinator, he coaches the inside linebackers.

In 2021, Roberts’ defense helped BU to one of the most successful seasons in program history, capturing the program’s third Big 12 Title and it’s first BCS/New Year’s Six bowl win in the modern era.

The 2021 Bears defense buoyed Baylor’s success, leading the conference in interceptions (19), turnovers gained (27), turnover margin (0.93) and defensive touchdowns (3). Additionally, BU finished second in the Big 12 run defense (118.4 ypg), scoring defense (18.3 PPG), pass efficiency defense (121.54) and sacks per game (3.14).

Baylor’s defense was one of just three units in the country to limit every opponent to 30-points or fewer. En route to the Big 12 title, BU held Oklahoma to its lowest scoring (14) and yardage (260) outputs in 5 years under Lincoln Riley. Baylor became the first Big 12 team to hold OU without a passing TD since Nov. 22, 2014, which snapped a 65-game streak for the Sooners.

Roberts’ defense punctuated its impressive season with a dominant showing against Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl. The Bears held the Rebels’ high-powered offense to just seven points, which was 28.9 points below their season average. Its 10 sacks were a Sugar Bowl record, as was Al Walcott’s 96-yard interception return for a touchdown.

In 2020, Roberts’ first season leading Baylor’s defense, the unit finished second in the Big 12 Conference allowing only 203.0 passing yards per game and third with 17 forced turnovers. The Bears were second in the league with 12 interceptions, and allowed only 32 plays of 20+ yards on the year, the second fewest in the Big 12.

Longtime associates, Baylor head coach Dave Aranda served as defensive coordinator under Roberts at Delta State in 2007.

Roberts came to Waco from Louisiana-Lafayette where he has coordinated the defense since 2018. Under his leadership, the Ragin’ Cajuns led the Sun Belt Conference and ranked 18th nationally in scoring defense in 2019 allowing only 19.7 ppg, an improvement of 87 spots in the rankings and a difference of -14.5 ppg.

Overall, UL finished second in the Sun Belt in total defense (371.8 ypg) and had the league’s top red zone defense (51.16 percent) with only 22 touchdowns allowed in 43 attempts. His defense held opponents to a Sun Belt-leading 197.7 passing yards per game (No. 21, NCAA).

In two seasons at Louisiana, he had nine defenders earn All-Sun Belt honors. The program made two consecutive Sun Belt Conference championship game appearances and won a school-record 11 games in 2019 including a 27-17 bowl victory over Miami (Ohio).

Prior to joining Louisiana, he served as the head coach as Southeastern Louisiana. During his time at the helm of the SLU football program, Roberts led the Lions to two conference championships with a 42-29 overall record and a 35-14 Southland Conference mark.

The Lions won their second-straight Southland Conference championship in 2014, sharing the regular season title with Sam Houston State, following that season the Lions placed 16 players on the 2014 All-Southland Conference teams.

Under Roberts, the 2013 Lions won their first-ever Southland Conference championship and their first league title of any kind since 1961. Southeastern finished with an 11-3 overall record and 7-0 mark in league play, earning its first-ever FCS playoff berth and the No. 4 national seed. The single-season school record victory total propelled the Lions to a No. 6 ranking in the final FCS Coaches and Sports Network polls.  The 2013 squad had a school record 24 All-Southland Conference players.

Prior to SLU, Roberts spent five season at the helm of Division II Delta State where he led the Statesmen to a 47-16 record, four 10-win seasons and two NCAA Super Region II titles that included an appearance in the 2010 NCAA Division II national championship game and the 2011 semifinals.

A native of Visalia, Calif., Roberts led DSU to an 11-3 record in 2011.  The Statesmen led the GSC and finished 12th nationally with 463.7 yards per game while ranking 21st nationally in passing offense (282.7). DSU, which was ranked No. 1 nationally in the Division II polls for much of the season, paced the GSC in seven categories including total offense, scoring offense (33.4), total defense (336.6) and rushing defense (134.1).

In 2010, the Statesmen averaged 31.9 points and 452.9 yards of total offense per game. That combination propelled the Statesmen to an 11-4 overall record and a 6-2 mark in GSC play; giving the Statesmen a share of the GSC title for the third time in four years.

Roberts spent two seasons as defensive coordinator at DSU under former coach Rick Rhoades before becoming the school’s 17th head coach in 2007.

The successes of 2007 continued into 2008, where the Statesmen finished the season ranked second in the GSC (471.9 ypg) and sixth nationally.

Prior to joining the DSU staff, Roberts served one season as head coach at Mount Whitney (Calif.) HS, and the 2003 season as defensive coordinator at Texas State.

Roberts spent five seasons as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Tusculum College (1998-2002). Prior to joining the Tusculum staff, Roberts served as an assistant coach at Greensboro College in 1998 and was head coach at Burroughs High School (1994-96) in California.

Roberts is married to the former Didi Walker of Germantown, Tenn. The couple are the parents of three children; Reed, Reilly, and Ryan.

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Just now, DAG said:

You should read more about it before you become reactive. Even Baylor fans have no clue why he was fired based on what I am seeing. 

The article linked stated that he was Aranda's mentor. He originally hired Aranda to work under him when he was HC at another gig. then roles reversed and he was working under Aranda at Baylor. maybe some clashing egos?

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Ron Roberts OUT as Baylor Bears Defensive Coordinator

Third year Baylor Bears defensive coordinator Ron Roberts leaves after a disappointing 6-6 regular season.

• CAMERON STUART
• DEC 1, 2022 5:28 PM EST

 

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In a season where the Baylor Bears and their defense regressed from a program-record 12 wins in 2021, to just six in 2022, defensive coordinator Ron Roberts is no longer with the program.

Roberts and safeties coach Ronnie Wheat are the first to go after the lackluster season where the Bears' defense dropped from the second-best overall defense in the conference a year ago to a middle-of-the-pack, fifth-ranked defense this year that allowed just under 27 points a game. 

Roberts came over with Dave Aranda when Aranda got the Baylor job in early 2020 after two years coaching the defense at Louisiana-Lafayette. Aranda previously served under Roberts when the latter was the head coach at Delta State in 2007.

In 2021, Roberts' defense was dominant, leading the Big 12 in turnovers forced, turnover margin, and defensive touchdowns. The Bears were one of just three FBS teams to not give up more than 30 points in a single game that season and smothered Ole Miss to the tune of 10 sacks and three interceptions in the Sugar Bowl.

Even in the miserable 2-7 debut campaign under Aranda in 2020, Roberts' unit was second in the conference in total defense. Roberts has been coaching for 33 seasons and was a two-time Gulf South Coach of the Year at Delta State in 2007 and 2008.

In 2022, the Bears were 121st in the nation on opponent's third-down percentage, allowing them to convert 47% of the time, a problem that got worse as the season went on, allowing opponents to convert at a 50% clip the last three games.

Wheat just came to Baylor in January to coach the safeties and serve as special teams coordinator. Baylor's special teams struggled throughout the year, finishing sixth in the conference in net punt yards and just seventh in field goal percentage, switching from Isaiah Hankins to John Mayers for placekicking duties early in the season.

Wheat worked under Aranda for four years as a defensive analyst at LSU, winning the national championship together in 2019, before taking an assistant job with the Nevada Wolf Pack, his last stop before Baylor.

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21 minutes ago, gr82b4au said:

Never heard of him. I hope he is awesome! Let’s go! 

He was just fired by Baylor

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2 hours ago, tigers23 said:

Arnett is temporarily the interim HC at Moo State. Leach had a medical issue and transported to the hospital. 

Dang. Hope he’s ok. 

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38 minutes ago, Tony4AU said:

 

BOOM!!!

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And Montgomery as OC