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Genghis Cane

Genghis Cane

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Forget my ignorance but I have always wondered and being only 19 I was never able to watch him play since it was before my time but....I'm pretty sure Hurlie was a DB at Miami. I was always confused when they asked him to coach RB's a few years ago and then now LB's. Is it common for college position coaches to coach positions they didn't play in college? I'm in no way shape or form doubting Hurlie it's just a general question out to the board. Like how does that work? Would appreciate some help! Thanks again guys!

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Edit sorry about the misspell
 
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Pretty sure he is qualified because of how much experience he has had around Defensive Coordinators and previous LB coaches. Watching film with Coordinators, etc., provides an understanding of the LB position.

Not to mention he played for awhile, so he had to have learned a bit about the LB position from that experience.
 
Lol I know my fault...I just typed it up quick and my computer auto-corrects "Hurlie" when i first type it to "Hurley"
 
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It's not the norm, but it's not uncommon. Al was a TE, coached LBs/Defense.
Willie Taggart was a QB at one point coached RBs at Stanford.
John Harbaugh was a DB, coached some RBs/TEs/special teams.

****, Chip Kelly played DB in college, was a DC at Johns Hopkins for a year, and then at New Hampshire he coached OL, RBs, then became the OC.
 
He has been coaching 15 years. A lot of times guys will get on coaching staff to fill a position of need and not necessarily their "specialty." Coaches also will try and learn as many different coaching positions because it makes them more marketable and a greater asset to a coaching staff. Many of these guys also have Head Coach aspirations so the more you know about the different positions and coaching roles and responsibilities on a football team, the better.
 
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Here is a piece from last year with Hurlie and Barrow coaching together
[video=youtube_share;6wTbZ8tj4Wg]http://youtu.be/6wTbZ8tj4Wg[/video]
 
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In all honesty, LB isn't very far off from RB. Many kids who are recruited that are bigger than common RB's get thrown to LB cause they already have the quick balanced step, reaction time, and vision. He was a DB in college and was around the defensive the defensive coaches in Louisiana-Lafayette, so he probably has a better understanding than what people think, since he knows what the RBs also want to do against the LBs.
 
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