Which coaches would you keep right now? Walters? Lindgren? The rest need to go.
Honest assessment is they are all question marks and it is too soon to tell.
Lindgren: Seems to be good at developing young QBs. Can't tell how good he is at identifying them as HS prospects. Sefo was a recruit from the previous staff so too soon to tell on his evaluations. Playcalling is not as innovative as we were led to believe but what he has to work with here is not good enough to compete with the rest of the conference. Disappointed he didn't call a game that exploited any weakness CSU had on defense in the 2nd half.
Bernardi: I believe he knows what he's doing and at his age has also pulled his weight in recruiting but hasn't been able to instill toughness in a line that desperately needs some.
Walters: Showed good recruiting chops early on. Young and with the NFL pedigree to get young players' attention. Recruiting in southeast Denver metro has been solid but largely unnoticed in Houston. We have good WRs and with a little pass protection could do well in this facet of the game. So I think in the big picture he is still one of our biggest assets on the staff.
Adams: Point man in making Northern California a huge recruiting focus. Stretched a little thin in coaching duties with the TE/RB tag and I believe he may assist in some OL drills as well. Position groups responsible for have been from a personnel view very bleak.
Baer: From the old school of defensive scheming but led team to a touchdowns' worth of a point differential improvement last year. Will need to show a similar improvement this year for me to believe he is worth a multi-year contract.
Jeffcoat: Recruiting is a huge head-scratcher as far as where he goes and who he is evaluating and has gotten a few DL recruits but we haven't gotten to see them play so the jury is out. His name value especially in DFW has not been the splash we thought as a recruiting hire.
LaRussa: Versatile in coaching responsibilities and recruits the Pacific states and territories. Was a better hire in hindsight than the head-scratcher I first thought he was when it was announced he was coming from SJSU. With his focus on defensive ends this year, will we see any improvement from them later in the fall?
Clark: Very unknown to me. We have solid defensive backs and they are the strength of the defense. I'm nothing of an insider when it comes to recruiting but I can't recall how he is doing in his responsibilities there beyond the Shay Fields switch.
Neinas: Not sure how flexible he is as a coach beyond coaching special teams and offering kickers. Since Mike Bohn is no longer here I don't think the loyalty to Chuck Neinas has meaning anymore for this hiring favor. Either our special teams become the difference in games and help us keep a conference game competitive while our offense and defense are overmatched or he needs to be gone.
It's easier to evaluate coaches when your team has P5 conference talent but so many questions here may be the result of personnel being lacking. Because of this, we certainly could use a change if a couple of our coaches are failing to be able to recruit to a Pac-12 school which should hold some value with prospects regardless of a win-loss record. Walters is the only definite plus for me at this point but I'm holding out to see improvement in the playcalling/position groups before I think any of the others should be declared safe.
