Sources: University of Houston is set to hire Baylor TE coach Shawn Bell for an on-field staff position. He's coached quarterbacks in the past and has extensive Texas ties.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) December 17, 2023
Shawn Bell leaving for Houston
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Last: 2 yr ago by Daveisabovereproach
Bless!!!!
Congrats to him
Thank goodness. I'm sure he's a good guy, but there's no way we can't do better. Maybe go out and hire the best high school coach we can find to take that TE coach spot
Bell is a former Baylor quarterback and #txhsfb coach who joined Matt Rhule’s initial staff in 2017. He was moved down from QBs to TEs coach this off-season.
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 17, 2023
With the decision, four of five offensive coaches are gone from Baylor’s 2023 staff. https://t.co/6IQ8JR6VNB
Need any help packing?
And the entire staff from our 107th-ranked defense remains intact.Russell Gym said:Bell is a former Baylor quarterback and #txhsfb coach who joined Matt Rhule’s initial staff in 2017. He was moved down from QBs to TEs coach this off-season.
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 17, 2023
With the decision, four of five offensive coaches are gone from Baylor’s 2023 staff. https://t.co/6IQ8JR6VNB
Would you hire them away? That is the only way they are leaving.
I mean Dave isn't going to fire them. He only fires coordinators to save his job.
I mean Dave isn't going to fire them. He only fires coordinators to save his job.
Anywhere beer is plentiful.
Shawn has his QB position for several years and didn't move up. Time for him to move on. I sure do appreciate all of his effort during some great and sometimes challenging circumstances.
That is an appropriate thing to say. Good job. I would have said something much worse and glad I didn't.Bakersdozen said:
Shawn has his QB position for several years and didn't move up. Time for him to move on. I sure do appreciate all of his effort during some great and sometimes challenging circumstances.
That's my point. The offensive staff got scapegoated, and every member except for the running backs coach found a good job instantly. The defensive staff remains intact with a bunch of scrubs nobody wants.RightRevBear said:
Would you hire them away? That is the only way they are leaving.
I mean Dave isn't going to fire them. He only fires coordinators to save his job.
This is a likely a self-preservation move. He knows he's on a sinking ship, doing a job he doesn't want to do. Now he gets to join a really good head coach in Houston, doing the job he actually wants. It's a great move for him and allows him to shed the Dave Aranda stink all of these others will take on when the entire staff is fired after another disappointing season next fall.Bakersdozen said:
Shawn has his QB position for several years and didn't move up. Time for him to move on. I sure do appreciate all of his effort during some great and sometimes challenging circumstances.
Agree and good move for Bell. He will always be a Bear. Looks like Dave is sticking out.
John Heard
Did it say he will be QB coach there? I thought I saw just joining the staff as a coach. I'm not sure he is doing exactly what he wants. But I otherwise agree. If we hire a new HC, he will be fired.
Mindboggling
bear2be2 said:And the entire staff from our 107th-ranked defense remains intact.Russell Gym said:Bell is a former Baylor quarterback and #txhsfb coach who joined Matt Rhule’s initial staff in 2017. He was moved down from QBs to TEs coach this off-season.
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 17, 2023
With the decision, four of five offensive coaches are gone from Baylor’s 2023 staff. https://t.co/6IQ8JR6VNB
Begs the question of why Aranda is still here. There's no good answer to that. We kicked the can down the road, everyone and their dog can see it, and people are getting off the sinking ship while they can. Aranda has apparently put his hedge of protection around "his guys"
I like Bell and hope he returns for bigger things someday. But this is probably better to have Spav hire someone he knows that is on the same page, and possibly has connections to some solid recruits and transfers that might follow them to BU and give the roster a boost.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
I can't imagine Spavital's tight ends coach is a very high-ranking member on his staff. His offense barely even used a tight end at all before last season.Dia del DougO said:
I like Bell and hope he returns for bigger things someday. But this is probably better to have Spav hire someone he knows that is on the same page, and possibly has connections to some solid recruits and transfers that might follow them to BU and give the roster a boost.
Either way, Shawn is trading up by leaving Aranda for Fritz.
Dia del DougO said:
I like Bell and hope he returns for bigger things someday. But this is probably better to have Spav hire someone he knows that is on the same page, and possibly has connections to some solid recruits and transfers that might follow them to BU and give the roster a boost.
We don't need to hire another washed up P4 guy that just got fired. Go out and hire the most well-connected/charismatic high school coach you can find imho
And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
I'm all for that. It can be both.No Quarterback said:Dia del DougO said:
I like Bell and hope he returns for bigger things someday. But this is probably better to have Spav hire someone he knows that is on the same page, and possibly has connections to some solid recruits and transfers that might follow them to BU and give the roster a boost.
We don't need to hire another washed up P4 guy that just got fired. Go out and hire the most well-connected/charismatic high school coach you can find imho
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
bear2be2 said:And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
I don't think the ones we have hired this far are bad.
I'd agree on Spavital. And I think we traded up at the RB coach spot. But I'm not sold at all on this OL coach. He was pretty much a disaster at Michigan State.PartyBear said:bear2be2 said:And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
I don't think the ones we have hired this far are bad.
Probably right. I think it was the same as some earlier position moves that Baylor just valued Bell overall as a coach and recruiter and sort of Baylor glue guy, and they did what they could to find ways to keep him on the staff.bear2be2 said:I can't imagine Spavital's tight ends coach is a very high-ranking member on his staff. His offense barely even used a tight end at all before last season.Dia del DougO said:
I like Bell and hope he returns for bigger things someday. But this is probably better to have Spav hire someone he knows that is on the same page, and possibly has connections to some solid recruits and transfers that might follow them to BU and give the roster a boost.
Either way, Shawn is trading up by leaving Aranda for Fritz.
Now he can just go and show what kind of coach he really can be.
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool."
bear2be2 said:And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
^^ This
bear2be2 said:And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
Will be interesting to follow next year those guys. Maybe Dave was just holding them
Bavk? Leipold doesn't seem an idiot. I was shocked when he picked up Grimes who I've been no real fan of for some time for obvious reasons. Scheme or players it's on him. Unless he just couldn't get the players he could have because linda and Mack and Neil said no
We shall see.
And we're still high on wHorn QB Murphy coming????
So is Baker the lone holdover?
bear2be2 said:And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
Except that Grimes is garbage. I wouldn't let him call plays for a Pop Warner team. Some of his calls every season he was here were beyond dumb. Maybe he's good at other things, but play calling isn't one of them.
bear2be2 said:I'd agree on Spavital. And I think we traded up at the RB coach spot. But I'm not sold at all on this OL coach. He was pretty much a disaster at Michigan State.PartyBear said:bear2be2 said:And Mateos had another P4 OL coaching job within days, and Grimes got a new OC job with a better head coach within a week or two.PartyBear said:
I can't vouch for the Bell situation but I'm pretty's sure everyone else who has left thus far has been asked to leave.
It's almost like these guys aren't bad coaches. They were just working for one.
I don't think the ones we have hired this far are bad.
This I agree with, but I hope we're wrong about OL. We really need him to be good...
Bell never did anything of a material value in a coaching role. Wish him well, but this will have NO impact on Baylor football performance on the field.
Maybe Baylor is getting Toledo QB Finn and bringing in his QB Coach with him?
Spavital is also the QB coach. Bell was moved to TE a couple of weeks ago
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