It’s been a long last few days with the retirement of Rich Brooks and now the official hiring of Joker Phillips. It’s been exciting and I’ve enjoyed it, but at this point I’m getting severe writer’s block. So to end the hiring of the Phillips’ hiring, I thought I’d quickly run through the last few news items from the news conference.

– Phillips did not say whether there would be staff changes one way or another. He said any staff adjustments will be talked about at a later date.

– As to how that pertains to his current role as the offense’s play caller remains a mystery. Phillips said he will oversee all three units (offense, defense and special team), but he will make a decision on his exact offensive duties at a later time.

– Phillips did not sound concerned about keeping the current recruiting class. “The thing that we’ve done the last couple of years is Rich has been honest with them and he has told them he probably wouldn’t be there through their senior year. We’ve been honest with them. All of them are on board, but you never know they’re on board until Signing Day. We’ll try to secure all of them that we can.”