Possible New Options for DC

[MedleyCane]

1. Leavitt
2. Muschamp
3. Mike Elko
4. Schiano

Absolutely need to switch to the 4-3, one gap system. Also, it seem our corners never jam at the line, we always play 5 yards off the receiver. Why is that?

Leavitt has a great gig working for an awesome NFL coach.
Why would he want to return to college as a DC?
It would have to be for alot of money...somewhere like fu perhaps.

Because he is a LB coach

True.
But a LB coach on a very successful team which has several assistants who will eventually
become NFL head coaches, which means he will be a DC sometime soon.
He doesn't need to be a college DC unless he is desperate to return to his homestate of
Florida.

 

[HurricaneU]

Forget Muschamp....he isn't coming here if he gets canned at u*** as he will have a nice payout to sit on his ***.
A payout greater than what he would make as a DC here, and when he does return to coaching, it will be as a
DC under Saban (when Kirby Smart moves on) or somewhere else that pays well.

Stanford seems to run a nice multiple-front defense, perhaps someone from that staff.
One of their LB coaches (D. Kotulski) has had DC experience in the past at Bucknell and Lehigh,
so perhaps he may know Golden from his time at Temple (I think Golden hired a LB coach from
Kotulski's staff at one point).

If there is a change, which I doubt there will be! I think it will be as you suggest, a position coach looking for a chance to to be a DC. Kotulski or someone like Brick Haley (D-line Coach) from LSU.

 

[Dees Brown]

Pat Narduzzi Pat Narduzzi Pat Narduzzi!!!!!!!

 

[HurricaneU]

Pat Narduzzi Pat Narduzzi Pat Narduzzi!!!!!!!

I think Pat will be a HC somewhere next year.

 

[MedleyCane]

Forget Muschamp....he isn't coming here if he gets canned at u*** as he will have a nice payout to sit on his ***.
A payout greater than what he would make as a DC here, and when he does return to coaching, it will be as a
DC under Saban (when Kirby Smart moves on) or somewhere else that pays well.

Stanford seems to run a nice multiple-front defense, perhaps someone from that staff.
One of their LB coaches (D. Kotulski) has had DC experience in the past at Bucknell and Lehigh,
so perhaps he may know Golden from his time at Temple (I think Golden hired a LB coach from
Kotulski's staff at one point).

If there is a change, which I doubt there will be! I think it will be as you suggest, a position coach looking for a chance to to be a DC. Kotulski or someone like Brick Haley (D-line Coach) from LSU.

Yep. LOL at some folks suggesting NFL head coaches or established DCs at big-time schools.
A good way to derail this topic.

 

[Dees Brown]

Pat Narduzzi Pat Narduzzi Pat Narduzzi!!!!!!!

I think Pat will be a HC somewhere next year.

Well at least someone off his staff. Their LB Coach is pretty solid

 

[GeorgiaCane1381]

Ed Orgeron , TRob, Winston moss

 

[BigCaneAl]

Forget Muschamp....he isn't coming here if he gets canned at u*** as he will have a nice payout to sit on his ***.
A payout greater than what he would make as a DC here, and when he does return to coaching, it will be as a
DC under Saban (when Kirby Smart moves on) or somewhere else that pays well.

Stanford seems to run a nice multiple-front defense, perhaps someone from that staff.
One of their LB coaches (D. Kotulski) has had DC experience in the past at Bucknell and Lehigh,
so perhaps he may know Golden from his time at Temple (I think Golden hired a LB coach from
Kotulski's staff at one point).

Carlos, do you really see the benefit in scapegoating a guy who is running Golden's D? How much of that scapegoating have we seen over the past 15 years at UM, and how many times has it worked? How often has it worked anywhere? I know that the likely move is for D'Onofrio to get greased, but I have no confidence that that sort of move results in the all encompassing change needed. There's a pattern of Al flopping in important games going back to Temple.

I can't dispute your points, Chise.
It is what it is, and perhaps this is my way of dealing with this clusterphk.
One can only hope that in the process of scapegoating his buddy, he brings in someone who he will allow to
run that side of the ball in his way. Scapegoat and change instead of hope and change. LOL.
But, seriously, his big-game results are alarming.

When you consistently show a pattern of flopping in big games there is something fundamentally wrong with your overall approach. And when you get progressively worse over the course of the season that's another telling sign that you're doing something fundamentally wrong. There are deeper problems than a bad DC.

Recognizing the problem and addressing it is a step in the right direction. We need wholesale changes on the defensive staff.

Patrick would be nice at the DLine...as far as coordinator, anyone that implements a 1 gap system is good with me. Man, I'd love Jeremy Pruit at this point. Not sure why you'd want London, doesn't he come from the same Al Groh school as Golden?

 

[MedleyCane]

Ed Orgeron , TRob, Winston moss

Orgeron: great DLine coach, great recruiter, but his personal issues while he
was a UM assistant will probably never allow him to work at that school.
Forget about it.

TRob: the DB coach at fu? Would love to him on staff as he's a great recruiter.
Not sure if he's ready to be a DC.

Winston Moss: great player at the UM. No DC experience at all. He's barely a position
coach.

 

[LuCane]

Ed Orgeron , TRob, Winston moss

Orgeron: great DLine coach, great recruiter, but his personal issues while he
was a UM assistant will probably never allow him to work at that school.
Forget about it.

TRob: the DB coach at fu? Would love to him on staff as he's a great recruiter.
Not sure if he's ready to be a DC.

Winston Moss: great player at the UM. No DC experience at all. He's barely a position
coach.

I'd ask for a list of intriguing coordinators from the Colonial Athletic Association, but we know that Golden and crew will need a tie to whoever, if anyone, is to be brought in.

 

[Canesfan1899]

I feel like this is a moot point because golden isn't going to can dono. With that said I would love Jim leavitt.

 

[MedleyCane]

Ed Orgeron , TRob, Winston moss

Orgeron: great DLine coach, great recruiter, but his personal issues while he
was a UM assistant will probably never allow him to work at that school.
Forget about it.

TRob: the DB coach at fu? Would love to him on staff as he's a great recruiter.
Not sure if he's ready to be a DC.

Winston Moss: great player at the UM. No DC experience at all. He's barely a position
coach.

I'd ask for a list of intriguing coordinators from the Colonial Athletic Association, but we know that Golden and crew will need a tie to whoever, if anyone, is to be brought in.

Off the top of my head, the only name that remotely matches that criteria would be Bob Trott, the DC at Richmond.
Trott worked at UVA during Groh's last season, coached under Parcells and Romeo Cremmel and is currently the DC
for Danny Rocco, who worked with Golden at BC and UVA.
Richmond is 4-6 this season, and I've only caught a glimpse of one of their games, so I can't offer much of an
opinion on him....but he's definitely a 3-4 guy.

 

[JHallCanes]

Ed Orgeron , TRob, Winston moss

Orgeron: great DLine coach, great recruiter, but his personal issues while he
was a UM assistant will probably never allow him to work at that school.
Forget about it.

TRob: the DB coach at fu? Would love to him on staff as he's a great recruiter.
Not sure if he's ready to be a DC.

Winston Moss: great player at the UM. No DC experience at all. He's barely a position
coach.

TRob is a recruiter and would be great to have on the staff but we already hired the best recruiter down here as our OC. You don't play that game with both coordinators no matter how much it helps recruiting.

 

[MedleyCane]

Ed Orgeron , TRob, Winston moss

Orgeron: great DLine coach, great recruiter, but his personal issues while he
was a UM assistant will probably never allow him to work at that school.
Forget about it.

TRob: the DB coach at fu? Would love to him on staff as he's a great recruiter.
Not sure if he's ready to be a DC.

Winston Moss: great player at the UM. No DC experience at all. He's barely a position
coach.

TRob is a recruiter and would be great to have on the staff but we already hired the best recruiter down here as our OC. You don't play that game with both coordinators no matter how much it helps recruiting.

Exactly.

 

[I'm Hurt Dawg]

It worked for FSU and Pruitt. He was DB/camera boy coach for 3 years at Bama. Before that he was an DC at Hoover.

 

[OldhamA]

Forget Muschamp....he isn't coming here if he gets canned at u*** as he will have a nice payout to sit on his ***.
A payout greater than what he would make as a DC here, and when he does return to coaching, it will be as a
DC under Saban (when Kirby Smart moves on) or somewhere else that pays well.

Stanford seems to run a nice multiple-front defense, perhaps someone from that staff.
One of their LB coaches (D. Kotulski) has had DC experience in the past at Bucknell and Lehigh,
so perhaps he may know Golden from his time at Temple (I think Golden hired a LB coach from
Kotulski's staff at one point).

Carlos, do you really see the benefit in scapegoating a guy who is running Golden's D? How much of that scapegoating have we seen over the past 15 years at UM, and how many times has it worked? How often has it worked anywhere? I know that the likely move is for D'Onofrio to get greased, but I have no confidence that that sort of move results in the all encompassing change needed. There's a pattern of Al flopping in important games going back to Temple.

I can't dispute your points, Chise.
It is what it is, and perhaps this is my way of dealing with this clusterphk.
One can only hope that in the process of scapegoating his buddy, he brings in someone who he will allow to
run that side of the ball in his way. Scapegoat and change instead of hope and change. LOL.
But, seriously, his big-game results are alarming.

When you consistently show a pattern of flopping in big games there is something fundamentally wrong with your overall approach. And when you get progressively worse over the course of the season that's another telling sign that you're doing something fundamentally wrong. There are deeper problems than a bad DC.

The D has got progressively worse over the season because the tape on how to beat us is out there now. We haven't adjusted - that's a big issue.

I honestly think opposing OCs just tell their QB to find out where Highsmith et al are and throw it towards them.

 

[MedleyCane]

It worked for FSU and Pruitt. He was DB/camera boy coach for 3 years at Bama. Before that he was an DC at Hoover.

Wasn't he a very successful Head Coach at the HS level?

 

[CaneTillIDie]

Travaris Robinson

Seconded

Holy sh*t that would be perfect

 

[I'm Hurt Dawg]

It worked for FSU and Pruitt. He was DB/camera boy coach for 3 years at Bama. Before that he was an DC at Hoover.

Wasn't he a very successful Head Coach at the HS level?

DC for Hoover HS IIRC before getting a job with Saban

 

[Kevin]

Not sure if you guys follow billy corben on twitter. But earlier today he tweeted out a screen shot of D'onofrio Facebook page showing former D-coor/asst. head coach at Miami. Just now corben tweeted out the same pic, however, the page updated and corrected. Perhaps D'onofrio jumped the gun with the announcement?