I still am not happy about this hire because like most of you, I wanted a Keeler or Houston or Gilbert as the next coach. Someone that would bring in that high octane offense we want at UTEP. But after all of our histrionics about this hire, we have who we have. Dimel is our coach and even though I said I would not watch the Miners (last night) I will watch and listen to his presser today and since I am a long suffering Miner fan, like most of you, I will follow the Miners next season, hoping for the best. Attendance will not rise because of this hire but winning, if that's the outcome, will bring the fans back.
Con - most of us perceive his offense at K St as boring. Similar to what Kugler had and we sure didn't like that. Also, he has an overall losing record as a head coach. Not inspiring at all.
Pro - He had success as a HC at Wyoming, another hard place to recruit to. He has been involved in a lot of success at K St as an OC and is considered a good recruiter. The following is from an article linked in another thread and he sounds much more like an OC of balance and not just the run game. We will find out next season.
"Dimel will always strive for balance.
“No one is going to sit there and let K-State run the football on them,” Dimel said. “I’m not being conceited, but if you ask who is the best run-scheming offense in the country we would be top five with anyone. So they are going to come up with all kinds of extravagant schemes to stop our run game. They aren’t going to sit back and say, ‘OK, run the ball, K-State.’
“We would rip them apart, because we have got so many quarterback angles and ways that we attack people. So if you don’t have speed at receiver, they are going to take away the run. They are going to make our receivers beat them one on one. That is what they did to us last year.”
