For any BC football fan with a lingering doubt about the new attitude that Coach Jags brought with him to the Heights, take a listen to his answer to the last question during this week's ACC teleconference. Much has been discussed about the pros and cons of our former head guy, but if Coach O'Brien ever gave a response like that to any writer, reporter or blogger, I am not aware of it.
More important than his confident talk, however, are the immediate results that the Coach has brought to Boston College - leading the team to its first ever ACC Championship game and an 11-3 record in his first season. While that may not seem like much for many top tier programs, it is exactly the kind of success that fans have been craving since Tom Coughlin's winning ways departed in 1993.
The 44-year-old Jagodzinski, who signed a 5-year contract to become BC's 33rd head coach, spent the 2006 season as the Offensive Coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. Before Green Bay, he spent three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons after five years with the Packers (1999-2003) as tight ends coach.
Since he has been at BC, Jags has brought not only winning ways, but a winning attitude and a sense of enthusiasm, hopefulness and excitement not seen in over a decade. Such subjective sentiments can not be overlooked or underestimated in the college game in which emotion often prevails over talent.
I was in the stands last November on a chilly night in South Carolina when BC took the field in a packed house to play Clemson. Looking at the picture above, one can plainly see that Coach Jags had a sense of what his team was about to do that night - pull off an incredible victory against a top 15 opponent, on the road, to earn a birth to Jacksonville. You have to believe that the players felt and continued to feel this sky-is-the-limit optimism as well.
It sure beats a 10 win ceiling.
Thanks to Ahhhhhbuckles for the radio link above.
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