Back up that truck load of offensive talent in Coral Gables, right here...
Shannon actually went after McNulty when he was hired at Miami back in 2006, and McNulty turned him down, citing the lack of offensive talent. Uh, dickhead perhaps? Shouldn’t Randy disqualify him on those grounds alone? Some retribution? As much as we’d all like that, pure hatred is dead in sports these days. You have the obvious relationship stemming from Schiano from his Miami DC days, so that no doubt is playing into Randy’s thought process. And McNulty was up for the Alabama OC job last year, so that will definitely add some reputation clout to his hiring potential.
Rutgers’ offense this year was actually pretty good, considering they don’t really have any talent, no matter what ESPN will lead you to believe. Schiano is overrated. Any competent coach should be able to take any BCS school, even the perpetual shit storm that is Rutgers, to a great season or two. In this day and age of 85 scholarships, the playing field is leveled out. With the offense losing stud Ray Rice, many thought QB Mike Teel would be total shit this year, but guess what, he was pretty good. Sure, some of that can be attributed to him being a senior, but Rutgers had zero rushing attack this year, and finished second to last in the conference.
The good for McNulty? Rutgers conference finishes this year:
Passing Offense: #1 (270 yards per game)
Passing Efficiency: #1 (60 % completion rate; 144.79 rating)
Scoring Offense: #1 (29 ppg)
Total Offense: #1 (398 yards per game)
We all the Big East is not exactly an offensive powerhouse. In fact, with Louisville in the shitter and Rich Rod gone to Michigan, Cincinnati is about the only team with a competent offensive name branded coach. But compare those stats with what Miami did this year under UberCoach Nix (196 passing ypg, 117.91 passer rating, 29 ppg, 326 total ypg), and McNulty is working it with less talent and against arguably better defenses. Throw in the fact he recruited a 4-star QB recruit in Tom Savage to Rutgers, who is #8 nationally at his position, and McNulty could have the makings of a nice fit to a name brand school to be surrounded by shit loads of talent. I’m still for Langsford and Whipple over him right now, but wouldn’t be crying for Rob Chudzinski’s return either if he got the gig.
If you were to read what McNulty said in 2006, he said he did not want to take that OC job at Miami. He said that whoever takes that job will be fired in two years! Prophecy come true. Second time around, you have a better shot at him. Part of the deal will be whether or not he is allowed to bring his O line coach with him from Rutgers. You need to understand that Miami is NOT a premier job. If he does take it, it will be to be an OC in the ACC and parlay that into a head job somewhere. He won’t be at Miami long.
RU fan,
I did see his quotes from the first go round. Said there wasn’t enough talent on the offense, and you’re right, he was proven correct.
And yep, he will definitely last no more than 3 years if he was hired. No one will stay at Miami for 3 years, +/- 1 year. People just don’t want to live here with their families if they aren’t used to South Florida.
Word on the street though is that Mark Whipple could be the next OC, so you might get to keep McNulty and that O-Line coach after all.