Mattison is the new DC
NFL Insider Jason Lacanfora...
Ravens bracing for D coordinator Greg Mattison to leave for U of Michigan. Secondary coach Chuck Pagano would replace him
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Greg Mattison is expected to go the University of Michigan as their new defensive coordinator, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation.
105.7 the fan (in the Baltimore area) is reporting the same
Allen Trieu's 'NFL Sources' concur
January 18th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
But what I do have are two friends Ed and Ray who have a very particular set of skills; skills they have acquired over their very long careers. Skills that make them a nightmare for people like you. If you let go now to Michigan, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, they will look for you, they will find you, and you will not be drafted.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
Think about that one for a second.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
Inside recruits mind: "Ed Reed and Ray Lewis at my front door versus Michigan.....Ann Arbor it is!"
January 18th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
and our helmets have wings
January 18th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
I thought he coached defense.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:25 PM ^
Just like the signs the fans hold up at the stadiums.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:27 PM ^
the last three years....
January 18th, 2011 at 6:27 PM ^
I guess it works if Mr. Flood is Canadian.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:35 PM ^
I thought even Canadians could spell?
January 18th, 2011 at 6:41 PM ^
I've always wondered what kind of Canadian following we have (if any) as well as if any other college programs have any sort of following...
Seems like Southern Ontario would be a great place to market Big Ten teams and gain additional BTN revenues but maybe there just isn't any interest in football?
January 18th, 2011 at 9:38 PM ^
We have a very active fan base over here - GO BLUE!
January 18th, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
they could have made this move sooner, maybe could have saved a few of the decommits?
January 18th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
He was coaching until a couple of days ago. I think we should be happy the Ravens lost when they did.
January 18th, 2011 at 8:17 PM ^
The happy posts are awesome especially after this mornings shitty news.
January 18th, 2011 at 9:15 PM ^
Beer. Meet screen.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:11 PM ^
Best news all DAY!!!!! now lets get us some recruits!
January 18th, 2011 at 6:11 PM ^
I hope this is true.... Recruiting time?
January 18th, 2011 at 6:14 PM ^
peanut butter jelly time
January 18th, 2011 at 6:12 PM ^
"Bracing for" and "would"
and
"is Expected"
Why would you put in your title that Mattison IS the new DC? Neither of those quotes say that.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:21 PM ^
It has to be true!
January 18th, 2011 at 6:12 PM ^
I can't help but notice this is an NFL DC not named Greg Robinson. BREAK OUT THE MF'N CHAMPAGNE BOYS!!! GERG'S OFFICIALLY GONE!!!
January 18th, 2011 at 6:31 PM ^
Can we still call him GERG? How is his head of hair?
January 18th, 2011 at 6:40 PM ^
From Madison?
January 18th, 2011 at 6:20 PM ^
everytime I see your avatar, JimBobTressel, a little piece of me dies.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^
U know I always wonder the same thing. Who the hell is this guy with a little kid as his avatar? No idea what's going on so I just left it alone.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:28 PM ^
But, she's 4.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:37 PM ^
Don't worry this time next yearJimBobTressel will go out of style like those brothers and that girl that was really that other girl.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:57 PM ^
From the Ravens' website:
Mattison’s daughter, Lisa, lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is having a baby soon.
EDIT: Mean Mattison's daughter likes the hire. Searched "daughter" to see if someone had already posted. Ooops.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:13 PM ^
Couldn't we have kept RR, made this awesome hire and saved ourselves a lot of trouble and had a potential great 2011 in the works, complete with a full top 15 recruiting class?
January 18th, 2011 at 6:14 PM ^
but RR was pretty stubborn about his staff and I don't think he'd like having someone like Mattison on staff. Remember it's gotta be a happy family to work
January 18th, 2011 at 6:15 PM ^
Fair point.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:15 PM ^
What's done is done.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:17 PM ^
Maybe Mattison--check that---definitely Mattison is not coming if Rodriguez didn't get canned.
Just gonna have to face it--Rodriguez is gone and deservedly so.
But keep trying! Click your heels together, find a lucky charm, break a wishbone, or better yet, wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one gets filled first!
January 18th, 2011 at 6:27 PM ^
I cannot wait to find out what he's being paid. Compared to what may have been offered to Jeff Casteel.
January 18th, 2011 at 9:33 PM ^
Let it go for fuck sakes.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:18 PM ^
What makes you think that Mattison would leave the Ravens knowing that he was likely out of a job in a year? RR couldn't hire any top DCs because he couldn't guarantee that they would be more than a band aid for a year while we waited for the next up and coming coach.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:36 PM ^
I really wonder how much that factored into DB's decision. I've gotta believe that he looked into hiring one of these top guys and realized that nobody would come.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:41 PM ^
I'm guessing the post got pulled because no one remembers it, but there was a guy at WVU that said he had inside info. Basically, they gave RR the month to find a top DC. No one would come for the money, so they bumped his cap to $1 million. No one would come unless they had a guaranteed two years. RR asked for the extension and they laughed at him. Supposedly, that's why he was begging for his job at senior night. Everything that the guy said fits with what has happened recently, so I'm inclined to believe him.
January 18th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
The first thing that popped into my head (because this is a cool story) was "cool story brah." But I wasn't trying to be an asshole, this actually is a cool story.
Probably true too; I mean, it does make a lot of sense.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:58 PM ^
I don't know that RR probably would have been fired after the 2011 season, but certainly he would have been at greater risk than Hoke is now and you're right that this would have affected our ability to hire a DC. In any case that's moot now and this looks like a very good hire.
January 18th, 2011 at 7:42 PM ^
Agreed. I'm not stressing about it, more just interested in how everything played out.
Secrecy + Michigan football= interesting.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
You have to say it?
January 18th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^
I don't think RichRod has any connection with Mattison, so I don't know if he could've gotten him. Hoke coached with Mattison at Western and Michigan.
January 18th, 2011 at 6:25 PM ^
This just in. After the hire, Brandon is lead into a room for celebration, only behind the curtain emerges Rich Rod, decked in leftover donated Michigan Gear that doesn't quite fit. Brandon laughs but the overjoyed elation quickly halts as Brady Hoke appears behind RichRod, with his hand on RR's shoulder.
Brandon's smile fades.
He turns around in a daze to see MSC appear, with a bright white light cast from below, light bending around her face revealing a translucent orange halo around her skin.
Brandon slowly backs away as they all descend upon him.
Later it is revealed Brady Hoke was brought in as the new AD, while RR is retained as HC. Mattison the new DC, and droves of recruits pour in as the Harbaugh Bros establishes a pipeline to the NFL via Mich.
January 18th, 2011 at 7:22 PM ^
EDIT: redacted because no one likes fan fic
:/
January 18th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
I like your thinking and it seems RR+GM could be great. However, Mattison would never come work for RR. One problem RR had allegedly, was that many thought he would not survive so he had trouble recruiting a top DC. This was allegedly, a consideration in his firing.
Pretty well placed source said DB warned RR late in the year (not sure when) that to save his job he needed to recruit a top fligtht DC. RR apparently had trouble lining up appropriate talent because he only had a year left and the prevailing view was that he would not survive. No top DC wanted to risk a move to A2 only to be broomed later with RR. RR allegedly asked DB for another year and DB said no.
I was not a big fan of the Hoke hire, but the good news is he brought certainty to the coaching situation and made Michigan less toxic than under RR for aspiring coaches.