U$C has a new assistant coach

by uclabruin34 on Jan 19, 2009 3:24 PM PST Comment 9 comments

According to the Denver Bronco faithful at Mile High Report and The National Football Post U$C has named former Broncos QB coach Jeremy Bates as an assistant coach

Bates helped coach Jay Cutler and the Bronco offense to become the #2 ranked offense in the league this year second to only the Saints. After the coaching change in Denver it was thought Bates would either be promoted to OC of the Broncos or let go of as new HC McDaniels brought in his own staff. Lane Kiffin reportedly tried to hire Bates for the OC position at Tennessee as well, but Bates chose to go to the dark side.

The National Football Post has just been informed that former Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates has accepted an offer to become an assistant coach at the University of Southern California.

Bates, a six year NFL veteran, has spent the last three years in Denver as the quarterbacks/wide receivers coach. Prior to joining the Broncos in 2006, Bates worked for the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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i thought John Morton was named the OC?

This article says he is an assitant coach at SUC, not the OC…

"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"

by silverlakebruin on Jan 19, 2009 3:54 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

fixed

sorry i was reading 3 different articles at the same time and got them mixed up. Thanks for the catch.

by uclabruin34 on Jan 19, 2009 4:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

actually he may be the OC after all

it looks like Petey promoted John Morton for a few weeks, then demoted him for someone.

Boy, that Petey sure is loyal to people… What a selfish A-hole Pete Carroll is. I am surprised people haven’t figured that out yet..

"when you've seen how big the world is, how can you make due with this?"

by silverlakebruin on Jan 19, 2009 6:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't put it past Cheaty

to realize what a cluster flop move that was promoting Morton (who?). I have no doubt it contributed to Pressley and other recruit’s decisions to sign somewhere else. This could be a correction on his part. People may not know the name, but A) he was a coordinator in the NFL and B) the Broncos did really well on Offense this year. (Until they lost every last RB to injuries that is)

But, I seriously doubt Cheaty will come close to admitting he A) needs help, B) does not have all the answers, and C) Offense is not his thing.

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden

by MexiBruin on Jan 19, 2009 7:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Stats...

Denver was #2 in total offense, but only #16 in scoring. They moved the ball well between the 20’s, but completely bogged down in the red zone, and kicked too many FG’s and didn’t score enough TD’s. However, red zone offense was a recurring problem for Shanahan ever since Elway and Terrell Davis left, (and prior to Bates becoming OC) so don’t know how much of that falls on Bates.

greg in denver - UCLA guy for life

by gbruin on Jan 19, 2009 10:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The offense also got a lot worse over the course of the season

by SuperBruinMan on Jan 19, 2009 11:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Very true.

Good point.

greg in denver - UCLA guy for life

by gbruin on Jan 20, 2009 11:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

their offense

only got worse over the course of the season because they had 6 RBs on the injured list, and were unable to run the ball. Defenses were just dropping back into coverage. Furthermore their defense was so bad that they would be forced to throw it because they would often be down early in games. If you remember early about 4 or 5 games in to the season they were on pace to break NEs offensive records set the previous year. Injuries and a horrible defense prevented that, not the scheme.

by uclabruin34 on Jan 20, 2009 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The RB's weren't a huge part of the offense at the beginning

Maybe everything would have been different if Torain or Hillis had stayed healthy, but I’m not so sure. It just seemed like they had a few good games at the beginning before defenses adjusted to the playcalling. For every game where the Broncos put up a ton of points, there was another where they were held in check by some pretty crappy teams. The inconsistency isn’t a sign of great coaching.

by SuperBruinMan on Jan 20, 2009 4:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs