Oklahoma State hires Todd Monken as Offensive Coordinator
by Royal John on Feb 9, 2011 5:22 PM CST
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PrintMost recently with the Jacksonville Jaguars as their wide receivers coach, Monken has over twenty years experience coaching. He also coached under Les Miles while at OSU from 2002 to 2004. Afterward he was the co-offensive coordinator at LSU for two seasons. He has experience coaching wide receivers, running backs and quarterbacks. He will also double as the quarterbacks coach along with offensive coordinator here at OSU.
First thoughts: Wow. Didn't see this coming. I knew that he was one of the rumored candidates but I didn't think he'd be the guy. He was rumored to have some interesting things to say about how it is difficult recruiting to OSU when he jumped ship with Les Miles back in 2004...then again, at the time it was probably true. A lot has changed in six years.
Other than the past OSU ties, Monken has only been an actual offensive coordinator for two years out of his career (he was the passing game coordinator at LSU). Obviously he has tons of experience at different levels so I'm not sure if there is much to worry about as far as that goes.
That's all for now. More to come. What do you think of the hire?
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Not surprised.
This is a friend of the family/don’t rock the boat hire. I’m ok with it this year since Blackmon and Weeden will most likely run the show in all reality. He’ll likely earn his paycheck the following year, but a lot can change in a year.
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I thought Gundy wanted to keep the Holgorsen system....
does this guy run the air raid? I kinda thought the Miles offense was pretty much the Gundy offense which is not the Holgorsen offense. so are we going back to the Miles/Gundy “run 50% of the time or more, throw deep on occasion to loosen the defense up” offense?
For what it's worth...
by Something Witty on Feb 9, 2011 11:18 PM CST reply actions
Great questions
I’m going to write an article asking a couple of these things and basically evaluating the decision. How would you feel if OSU did back away from the “air raid” attack a bit?
Personally I'd be cool with it.
My extensive football playing/coaching experience and knowledge (NONE) has led me to be a big believer in ball control offense. Run, eat clock, long drives of 3-4 yards per play, that’s what I’m talking about baby! I realize you gotta throw well to keep defenses honest, and that’s well and good 35-50% of the plays. But I’m a run first guy.
On the other hand, you can’t deny the success of the “air raid”. My “perfect world” I guess is the Holgorsen offense except we run more than 12 times in the OU game & bowl game.
I should’ve remembered to put this in my previous post as well, but a Tulsa World article I recently read that had to do with the incoming Frosh class compared J.W. Walsh to Zach Robinson. So (conspiracy theory hat on) I’m wondering if Gundy looked at B-Weed and said “I’ve got a gunslinger here, I need to modify our offense for him, but in the long term I want to stick to the Zach Robinson Model for quarterbacking.” So EUREKA he hires Holgorsen knowing all along that Dana wouldn’t stay long, but would be perfect for the B-Weed era at OSU. Then meanwhile he still looked to recruit Robinson types, found Walsh, got Sims, hires Monken, and now has the ingredients he likes for a return to the Gundy offensive stew in 2012. So, 1 more year of Weeden to Blackmon air assault (which Gundy had to be preparing for the possibility that they wouldn’t both return) then back to his true vision for the future of OSU Football.
I know I’m dumb, but this seems too plausible to me to be mere coincidence. You with me???
For what it's worth...
by Something Witty on Feb 10, 2011 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
Good points
I think Monken’s biggest strength is his ability to develop players. Everywhere he has been he has made his players better. I’ll go through the list in the upcoming article.
I think Monken will be able to maximize the players’ potentials better than anyone before him. He has experience at every level and that goes a long way. To me, I think too much of any type of offense is a bad thing. Too much run, too much pass…whatever. What I like about Monken is he wants to create flexibility. That is going to demand more from the offensive players but I think he is good enough of a coach to get it done.
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