Chico Canales To Tennessee?

[Eagle-96]

@feelslike98 on Twitter reporting this morning that Tennessee has interviewed Chico for the QB coach position. Hope he does well and wish him nothing but the best.

[EagleMBA]

@feelslike98 on Twitter reporting this morning that Tennessee has interviewed Chico for the QB coach position. Hope he does well and wish him nothing but the best.

That would be a great rebound for Chico. He's a class act and I wish him every success going forward.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Hmm.  We played Tennessee this year.  They saw him first-hand.  Guess Butch saw something he liked.

[Withers940]

QB Coach? From the years he was here, I never noticed a QB get better from one year to the next. Chico must know how to write up one hell of a Resume

 

Best of luck to him though

[Eagle-96]

QB Coach? From the years he was here, I never noticed a QB get better from one year to the next. Chico must know how to write up one hell of a Resume

 

Best of luck to him though

Chico and Butch Jones are good friends. Not sure that I would risk my livelihood like that but seems that Butch might. 

[UNT90]

Position coach.

Good luck to him. 

[GOMG2013]

QB Coach? From the years he was here, I never noticed a QB get better from one year to the next. Chico must know how to write up one hell of a Resume

 

Best of luck to him though

tennessee can get a talented QB, just off of the name, so chico won't have to evaluate.  May not have to do much development if the right QB comes along and the OC helps out.  Hopes he does well.

[Withers940]

tennessee can get a talented QB, just off of the name, so chico won't have to evaluate.  May not have to do much development if the right QB comes along and the OC helps out.  Hopes he does well.

I would be willing to say that 95% of the QB that come to play D1 football have to be developed and especially in the SEC that breeds NFL defensive players.

[GreenN'walinsVet]

QB Coach? From the years he was here, I never noticed a QB get better from one year to the next. Chico must know how to write up one hell of a Resume

 

Best of luck to him though

I would guess Derek Thompson would have something to say about that

 

 

[KingDL1]

I would guess Derek Thompson would have something to say about that

 

 

Yup still had lots of bad games his senior year, almost like he toughed it out and over came Chico, really nice bowl game though. 

[Withers940]

I would guess Derek Thompson would have something to say about that

 

 

EH, DT was the best QB that North Texas has had in long time, dont get me wrong but by no means did Chico form him into being awesome

[GreenN'walinsVet]

EH, DT was the best QB that North Texas has had in long time, dont get me wrong but by no means did Chico form him into being awesome

So conveniently since DT had talent his improvement was due to just hard work and no coaching?  but the other QB's lack of improvement is Chico's fault?

 

[Ben Gooding]

 

So conveniently since DT had talent his improvement was due to just hard work and no coaching?  but the other QB's lack of improvement is Chico's fault?

 

Yes. 

[Aldo]

 but the other QB's lack of improvement is Chico's fault?

Who was the QB coach?

[HarringtonFishSmeller]

 

So conveniently since DT had talent his improvement was due to just hard work and no coaching?  but the other QB's lack of improvement is Chico's fault?

 

Crazy how that works, right?

The truth is simply this:  Thompson, a son of a coach, was willing to be coached and understood the benefits of working hard.  All other QBs at North Texas not named Thompson during Canales' tenure, not so much.

Credit both Thompson and Canales for 2013.

Credit Canales for trying with every QB signed by Mac.  But, because it's a two way street - coach coaching, player studying and working - many kids made Canales look bad.

I'll always hold that Canales' problem is that he was too nice.  He gave the QBs too much leeway.  I'll just go ahead and get this out of the way - no way in hell DaMarcus goes into Seth Littrell's office and starts hollering at him...especially after not working hard or watching game film for two months.

Mac and Canales should have given DaMarcus the boot right then and there.  Mac probably knew he was out the door anyway.  And, Chico was too nice to do it.  The results were not any different with DaMarcus than they were with McNulty, so it wouldn't have made a difference.

I hope Canales does well.  I think Butch Jones is in over his head at Tennessee, and they'll boot him with one more slip/losing season.  So, Chico's stay there could be a very short one, if he's hired.

[Withers940]

 

So conveniently since DT had talent his improvement was due to just hard work and no coaching?  but the other QB's lack of improvement is Chico's fault?

 

Every Blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Look at the track record of QB's that have come here since he has been the OC/QB coach. Other than your golden boy DT, who has he improved? McNulty? Dajon Williams? Riley? Vizza? Other than lack of talent, did you ever notice any improvement from year to year with McNulty? Dajon?

[medpilot21]

Wishing Chico the best. His heart is in the right place, but he will need SEC coaches to show him how to find and evaluate talent.

Good luck Coach Chico.. and we thank you.

GMG  

[MeanGreenTexan]

Every Blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Look at the track record of QB's that have come here since he has been the OC/QB coach. Other than your golden boy DT, who has he improved? McNulty? Dajon Williams? Riley? Vizza? Other than lack of talent, did you ever notice any improvement from year to year with McNulty? Dajon?

Vizza was gone by the time Chico showed up.   Riley loves Chico.

[GOMG2013]

 

So conveniently since DT had talent his improvement was due to just hard work and no coaching?  but the other QB's lack of improvement is Chico's fault?

 

did DT improve?  Just because we won does not mean he was the improvement.  Trice went from average to all conference.  Abbe went from a rotation guy to cusa hon mention.  Those are improvements.  Both corners were upgraded.  The OL improved and was a year older.  ST added a coach and more athletes and improved in blocks, coverage and returns.  

How much did DT improve as a senior?  And I'm not knocking DT.  It's probably not his fault.

[Got5onIt]

Every Blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then. Look at the track record of QB's that have come here since he has been the OC/QB coach. Other than your golden boy DT, who has he improved? McNulty? Dajon Williams? Riley? Vizza? Other than lack of talent, did you ever notice any improvement from year to year with McNulty? Dajon?

In Chico's defense, he was under the thumb of McCarney and his ridiculous 6'4" minimum height requirement. You're cutting of 3/4 of your QB pool at that point. 

[GreenN'walinsVet]

I would say that yes DT improved.  His decision making was much improved his senior year.  

Riley - Only worked with Chico for one year, most of which was hurt or playing hurt

McNulty - wasn't a D1 talent.  wasn't even close.  Did he improve - NO - that is on Chico

Dijon - One could argue he didn't want to improve, get better, or put in the work to get better.  Not much Chico could do with him

 

Again I'm not wishing Chico was still here, but i think knocking him for not making salad out of shit is wrong.  Now if we want to argue that his talent evaluation is sub par then i have no argument and i agree with you, but that is a separate damnation.

 

 

[GOMG2013]

In Chico's defense, he was under the thumb of McCarney and his ridiculous 6'4" minimum height requirement. You're cutting of 3/4 of your QB pool at that point. 

why is this non sense constantly repeated on here...if this were the case we would have a bunch of tall scrubs at QB because Mccarney forced chico to find 6'4 QBs.  Just because a coach PREFERS or WANTs ideal measurable does not mean that's all he is looking at or considering.  We have several qbs that does not meet mac's requirement of mobile and tall.  Even the one he picked.

[emmitt01]

QB Coach? From the years he was here, I never noticed a QB get better from one year to the next. Chico must know how to write up one hell of a Resume

 

Best of luck to him though

 

Ever stop to consider that sometimes it's not the artist, it's the materials that are deficient?

Edited December 9, 2015 by emmitt01

[UNTexas]

Best of luck to him. However, an SEC team won't endure his QB evaluations. (Mac holds more blame though.) Tennessee won't allow him to rotate QBs and blow an easy win like he did two weeks ago. That was a disgrace to intentionally set this team up to fail.

[GOMG2013]

In Chico's defense, he was under the thumb of McCarney

and In mac's defense he INHERITED an OC based on the end of a season he had with an NFL caliber RB running wild.

Is mac a great coach? No.  Can he pick coaches?  Well Skladany came in and showed his worth.  He picked perry and ST improved.  What happens if he picks an OC that can recruit and cater to his run first philosophy?  Is mac against running QBs?  History says he isnt, and there's PLENTY of QBS that can run.