Change Is In The Air

Croom has decided to promote from within. Charlie Harbison is the new MSU defensive coordinator according to the Clarion-Ledger. For those of you who don't know, he was the safeties coach this past year, his first at MSU. He has never been a D-coordinator before so I don't have anything to go on. Harbison seemed to do a good job with the safeties this year but that does not necessarily make a good DC.

Its pretty obvious Croom went with the safe and unimaginative move here. With most of the defense coming back next year along with the way they performed this year, he wanted someone to maintain continuity. If I am not mistaken there is a quote in the article I linked above to that effect. So, is this the homerun I said MSU had to get? No, but it could be in time. We will just have to wait and see. I'm not terribly enthused about it, but I'm not terribly upset about it either. Only time will tell.

Another coaching move to note, Louis Campbell will be the new linebackers coach. He was with Arkansas this past year as the secondary coach (I think) and was supposed to be joining the Ole Miss staff, but I guess the floor fell through on that one because here he is. No idea if this is a good hire to be perfectly honest. Sorry, but I just don't keep up with NCAA position coaches.

Also, you may have noticed in the first linked article, an anonymous university has been granted permission to speak to Woody McCorvey about a head coaching position. Gregg Ellis speculates it may be South Alabama.


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Please, please by all means, take him. I don't know what they would be thinking and I don't really care. As happy as I am with the news, I don't know that even a new OC would help the offense. This offense is Croom's baby. Croom is the one who force fed it to McCorvey and consequently McCorvey to us. If Croom hires a new OC and relinquishes control, turning over the reigns to the new guy, then improvement may happen. If not, then we will get more of the same old crap sandwich of an offense, just with a new nameplate on the OC's office door.