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Biggest addition from the offseason - washingtonismoney - 09-08-2012
Is unquestionably Pete Alamar. I criticized Shaw for the hire, but it's clear that the special teams are a different and far better unit through two games. A special teams free of gaffes! Who could've conceived of such a thing!
Re: Biggest addition from the offseason - Roberton3 - 09-08-2012
I was thinking the same thing, but was holding off on saying anything for fear of jinxing it...
it will be interesting to see what happens - Redrum - 09-08-2012
Alamar was considered an over-the-hill semi-competent by Kal posters. So maybe that is a comment on Brian Pollian, that his main responsibility-- Special Teams-- was improved by hiring an over-the-hill semi-competent. But I kind of think maybe Harbaugh knew this but hired Pollian anyway because of JH's relationship with the Pollian family and because --on balance-- Brian Pollian's recruiting ability made it worthwhile despite his weaknesses.
Re: it will be interesting to see what happens - washingtonismoney - 09-08-2012
(09-08-2012, 11:02 PM)Redrum link Wrote:Alamar was considered an over-the-hill semi-competent by Kal posters. So maybe that is a comment on Brian Pollian, that his main responsibility-- Special Teams-- was improved by hiring an over-the-hill semi-competent. But I kind of think maybe Harbaugh knew this but hired Pollian anyway because of JH's relationship with the Pollian family and because --on balance-- Brian Pollian's recruiting ability made it worthwhile despite his weaknesses.
I think that's putting kal posters' opinion really kindly: they hated him. But then, they hate Alamar's successor, so perhaps the problem goes straight to the top. (T.edford a problem there? NO WAY.) Anyway, you're right: we'll have to see.
The Polian hire, I think, was a gamble that didn't quite work out. I understand Harbaugh's reasoning for it, so even in retrospect I don't fault him--although I think if DJ Durkin is coaching in 2010, we're Pac-10 champions. The special teams were one thing, but it's not at all clear Polian was a master recruiter for us. Contrast the kal class falling apart post-Tosh and the...nothing...after Polian left. Typically those ace recruiters have recruits name-checking them constantly; I can't recall the last recruit to say, "Man, I've got a great relationship with Coach Polian." But I've heard recruits favorably cite their relationships with Bloomgren, Sanford, etc. Not to say Polian can't be an effective recruiter for other schools, but for Stanford he was a dud on the field and a dud off the field. Not sure whether he jumped or he was pushed, but the staff seems to have been upgraded all the same.
I'm pretty sure that surprise Duke onside kick works on a Polian-coached team. Hell, Polian had the trick pulled on him twice (@Oregon 2010 and vs. Duke 2011).