Gary Crowton For Off Coord ?

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For The LSU Tigers.....He was so so with the Bears when he worked for Jauron.. But hey he can't be all that bad.....Or is he just a college Coord ...

Thoughts ?


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Ok now i do remember he was the first coord with the bears who was horrible .. Most people said he was in over his head in the NFL .. and that he was just a college coach...anyway he not leaving ...to come to the NFL.... shoop now at UNC was the guy that replaced him.

http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28715&SPID=2164&DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=748627&Q_SEASON=2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shoop

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Crowton did a stint as HC of BYU and basically dismantled the offensive system that Lavell Edwards and Norm Chow had used to develop all of the top-flight QBs that they had there (McMahon, Young, etc.). The results were not pretty and he got canned.

According to ESPN the magazine, Crowton and Les Miles work together on the LSU offense: "Nobody knew which LSU offense to expect in the Aug 30 season opener. Would it be new coordinator Gary Crowton's pass-happy spread or Miles' run/pass power sets? Mississippi State D-coordinator Ellis Johnson found the answer--both--the hard way....". Earlier in the article it says: "At the beginning of every offensive meeting, Les Miles barks his mantra: Stay balanced. And his Tigers--218.9 rushing ypg and 229.2 passing ypg--listen." (Jan 14, 2008 edition, pg 70--sorry no link, I get it in hardcopy).

Crowton seems to me to be a much better fit at the college level and as an OC for a HC who will keep an eye on what he is doing. IMHO that's not the kind of guy that you would want as OC for the Bills under Dick Jauron who tends to give his coordinators a lot of control over what they are calling, especially on offense.