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When I think about Kal and the trajectory of that program, I always think about their offensive and defensive coordinators.

On offense, they have Tony Franklin, whose bio highlights his glory days as a running backs coach at Kentucky. Before signing on with Dykes at La. Tech, he was at a Sun Belt school, Troy. He's 58-years-old.

On defense, they have Art Kaufman, 57. Kaufman parlayed six seasons as defensive coordinator at Mississippi into holding the same title at Arkansas Tech. He then returned to being a position coach for eight years at powerhouses East Carolina, Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss and North Carolina. He finally got back into a coordinator role, serving one-year stints at NC, Texas Tech and Cincinnati before arriving at Kal.

I just contrast this with the coordinators/assistant coaches under Harbaugh and Shaw, many of whom are now head coaches or in the NFL: Taggart, Shafer, Roman, Fangio, Hamilton, etc.

If Lance Anderson or Bloomgren were to decide to leave, do you think they would be wanting for a lack of coordinator opportunities? No way.

The group over at Kal just seems underwhelming by comparison. Maybe I'm spoiled because of the success I've seen Stanford assistants have.

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When I think about Kal and the trajectory of that program, I always think about their offensive and defensive coordinators.

On offense, they have Tony Franklin, whose bio highlights his glory days as a running backs coach at Kentucky. Before signing on with Dykes at La. Tech, he was at a Sun Belt school, Troy. He's 58-years-old.

On defense, they have Art Kaufman, 57. Kaufman parlayed six seasons as defensive coordinator at Mississippi into holding the same title at Arkansas Tech. He then returned to being a position coach for eight years at powerhouses East Carolina, Middle Tennessee, Southern Miss and North Carolina. He finally got back into a coordinator role, serving one-year stints at NC, Texas Tech and Cincinnati before arriving at Kal.

I just contrast this with the coordinators/assistant coaches under Harbaugh and Shaw, many of whom are now head coaches or in the NFL: Taggart, Shafer, Roman, Fangio, Hamilton, etc.

If Lance Anderson or Bloomgren were to decide to leave, do you think they would be wanting for a lack of coordinator opportunities? No way.

The group over at Kal just seems underwhelming by comparison. Maybe I'm spoiled because of the success I've seen Stanford assistants have.