DC Candidates

[Samoan Souljah]

How many current defensive assistants did Mario try to force him to keep?

If that is the case, MC is dumber than i thought. If your calling card as a coach is a manager type? You need to learn how to step out the **** way. He need to be humbled if he aint trying to unlearn those toxic habits/traits.

 

[G Reg3rdLeg]

Yes

Two years as a DC and one of them was very bad! Adult in the room though!

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

Yes

Can't wait for commentary from Bielema if he signs here lol

 

[Uncut Co Cane]

How many current defensive assistants did Mario try to force him to keep?

Mario can't get out his own way lol

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

If that is the case, MC is dumber than i thought. If your calling card as a coach is a manager type? You need to learn how to step out the **** way. He need to be humbled if he aint trying to unlearn those toxic habits/traits.

What if this is a budget situation? The staff he wants to bring in being 1.5x the amount of current? Just a thought

 

[Caned Peach]

What if this is a budget situation? The staff he wants to bring in being 1.5x the amount of current? Just a thought

If that's the case, were I Mario, I'd pay it in a NY minute after this season's cluster that cost us the chance at a special season.

 

[canesbaby]

If sucks not closing on presumably your first choice at DC but obviously the portal kids are liking what they are hearing so just gotta wait it out and trust Mario.

 

[CanesSkins26]

If sucks not closing on presumably your first choice at DC but obviously the portal kids are liking what they are hearing so just gotta wait it out and trust Mario.

Been an issue too many times with our coordinator hires.

 

[EudocimusAlbus]

If that's the case, were I Mario, I'd pay it in a NY minute after this season's cluster that cost us the chance at a special season.

I hear you, but there's gotta be limits in these budgets, staff, NIL, operations....I can't imagine there's just this endless supply of money at UM....if that was the scenario I don't think we would have had such a lopsided Offense / Defense roster last season.

 

[canesbaby]

Been an issue too many times with our coordinator hires.

I’m sure SD was not Mario’s first choice but he’s had a couple of good seasons here. Seems like Mario is shooting high with his DC list so I’m choosing to believe that whoever we hire will be good.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Time to hire Clint Hurtt and then find a solid DB coach.

Barrow too?

Where is Jesse Armstead?

 

[Empirical Cane]

Yes Miami fans are so rational

 

[KANE]

Did StatePenn's James Franklin once discussed elite college recruiters and their ability to have pretty wives?
Careful there Kane. Lol.

That’s always been a running “joke” around college football coaching circles, lol. There is some truth to it. But having a fat wallet don’t hurt either in the pursuit or procurement of good looking women.

 

[nycane]

I don’t know that but I doubt it was financial

banks wasn't offered.

 

[Cribby]

banks wasn't offered.

I said they couldn’t come to an agreement. If they had he’d be the DC. Sometimes both parties walk away from the table

 

[JHallCanes]

Pretty optimistic on this hire tbh

If Mario misses here he’s going to be in an awkward position in two years answering a lot of questions

 

[Noahcane]

 

[Canesfreak]

Hurtt is a good coach and could do the job well, but he left here with a show cause and I think that makes it very unlikely. With Banks, I wonder if the issue was money or something else? Hard to believe it’s money.

That was over a decade ago. He’s good now.

 

[jmiller]

Why does it seem like our fanbase is the only fanbase whose obsessed with this letting coordinators hire there own staff stuff? It rarely happens in college football so whether right or wrong its not like Mario is some kind of outlier in that respect. Everyone brings up Dabo hiring Brentt Venables but Dabo didn't let Venables hire his own staff either. In fact I don't think they changed any defensive coaches that were there the year before Venables got there.

 

[MedleyCane]

That’s always been a running “joke” around college football coaching circles, lol. There is some truth to it. But having a fat wallet don’t hurt either in the pursuit or procurement of good looking women.

Funny story....Many years ago when Mike Locksley was an assistant at Maryland under Ralph Friedgen, a buddy of mine used to rave about Locksley's wife. Buddy coached son's youth soccer team of which one of Locksley's sons played on. My boy used to tell me he would find any excuse to coach lil Locksley up after practice just so he can find an excuse to chat with Mrs. Locksley.
Cracked me up.
Anyways, fast forward a few years later when the James Franklin quote went viral for a day, it was brought up on a soFla sports talk show where one of the hosts Channing Crowder mentioned there was a coach on staff who was a very good recruiter because of his wife. He claimed that he and many of his teammates used to find any excuse to show up at the coach's house.
Then he named the coach who was...wait for it...Mike Locksley.
Small world.