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[Bryan Fuller]

Via Bruce Feldman:

Jackson had been previously rumored as a potential Bengals assistant and has apparently found a landing spot in the NFL. That's not great news since Jackson did a terrific job with Michigan's cornerbacks in his first year in Ann Arbor; at least Michigan returns all those guys and should be able to maintain performance. Michigan does already have Greg Zordich as a DBs coach and could hypothetically go in any direction with the assistant opening, but I do expect them to add another secondary coach given the importance of DBs in the modern game.

No, it won't be Charles Woodson. Woodson already got a job with ESPN.

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MgoHacker

February 17th, 2016 at 2:50 PM ^

With all the work Harbaugh demands from the staff I would not be surprised to see this amount of staff attrition every year. itll make for a great coaching tree though.

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baileyb7

February 17th, 2016 at 2:53 PM ^

Maybe he is a couple classes short of getting his degree at Michigan.  Charles may want to move back to Ann Arbor for a year or two to finish college.  ESPN will wait for him.

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Powderd Toast

February 17th, 2016 at 2:53 PM ^

So no Woodson this year, but if you refer back to the write up on him being hired by ESPN it mentions that the crew is likely to change after this year.

Keep hope alive.

#Woodson2017

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ryholly

February 17th, 2016 at 2:58 PM ^

I really hope Michigan & Harbaugh communicated this to guys like David Long and Lavert Hill ahead of time.  It's not fair to them to have your future coach leave 2 weeks after signing day.

We all hammered OSU for this after the Mike Weber recruitment, i'd hate to be the pot calling the kettle black in this case.

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Joey Freshwater

February 17th, 2016 at 3:17 PM ^

I think the difference is this seems to be a new development with the Cowboys, whereas Stan Drayton had apparently accepted the Chicago job and waited to announce until right after signing day. Unless Jackson was flat out telling DB recruits that there was no chance of him leaving, I don't think this is an issue.

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Maison Bleue

February 17th, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^

Drayton left the day after signing day. 24 hours after talking to Weber on the phone and convincing him to go to OSU. This is why parents need to try and convince their kids to commit to a school and not to a coach. There is always a chance that a coach won't be there next year or the year after that, or in Weber's case the next day.

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Mr Miggle

February 17th, 2016 at 4:54 PM ^

Drayton only stayed at OSU through NSD so they didn't lose Weber.

I'm not sure what we were supposed to have told our recruits. This job offer is certainly new, no one knew Jackson was going to the Cowboys on NSD. There were rumors that Jackson was interested in going back to the NFL. At the same time, I'd think Harbaugh was hoping to keep him around. If Jackson was guaranteeing recruits he'd stay when he was looking for an opportunity to leave, that would be wrong. Beyond that, what is the staff supposed to do, warn every recruit that assistant coaches might leave if they got a better job offer? I think kids are smart enough to realize that.

If we poach Jackson's replacement from another college staff, should we also criticize him and his former staff for the same thing?

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AlwaysBlue

February 17th, 2016 at 5:24 PM ^

what you don't know. I do hope that coaches that aren't dialed in 100% work the recruiting process with another staff member. People can't say these relationships don't matter on one hand and credit that coach with all kinds of success on the other.

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Mr. Yost

February 17th, 2016 at 3:10 PM ^

FUCK! 

I wonder if we hire a special teams coordinator who can help with DBs or vice versa?

(And Woodson is with ESPN? Get ready for a Woodson v. Woodson segment with Darren Woodson)

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Bambi

February 17th, 2016 at 3:13 PM ^

Congrats to Greg. It sucks that he's leaving but this is the price of having great coaching/teams, other teams will try and steal them. This is something we're gonna have to get used to.

That being said, I'm not too worried about replacing him. We still have Zordich and Brown with secondary experience, and every hire Harbaugh has made so far has been an A+, so I don't expect anything different here.

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rob6reid

February 17th, 2016 at 3:20 PM ^

I know this will sound like blind hommerism, but FWIW when Greg Jackson was being talked about as a possible option for the DC following Durkins exit, I talked to a friend of mine who lets just say is well connected to the program and sees a little of what goes on day-to-day with practices, ect. His opinion on Jackson as a DC was bascially that he didnt think Jackson "would be ready for that big of a jump" and he also seemed to imply that Zordich had more to do with the secondaries success. Obviously huge grain of salt with all of this since its just one guys (albeit very well connected) opinion, but I'm comfortable as long as we dont lose Zordich.

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Mr Miggle

February 17th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^

jobs that require different skills. A good coach might be good at both. I don't think anyone can tell how well a DC could adjust to stop Jordan Howard by well he teaches press coverage, for example. I would think a head coach could tell a lot more from the coaches meetings than anything else.

 

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Kevin13

February 17th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^

Harbaugh had put together from the results on the field and assistant coaches being raided to fill jobs elsewhere.  I'm sure he's already working on the new hire and would think Brown will also have a say in it. I'm confident they will fill the position with another top caliber coach.

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I dumped the Dope

February 17th, 2016 at 3:35 PM ^

(and Doc Brown too)

But thanks for making the secondary respectable.  I never could figure out why certain teams kept throwing at Jourdan Lewis (Burbridge, ok, understand that) like he was no big deal.

Absolutely respect what Kovacs did but it seems to me like he sort of played another linebacker who crept down a lot and had no fear of jamming running backs into the earth.  That said, he may be an excellent coach (I can't say either way) but would think he'd have to be actively working his way up and having success at a lower level to be considered at M.

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ifis

February 17th, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^

We should be fine.  This is normal and somewhat expected.  Recruits shouldn't be upset by this; I don't understand some of the concern over that.  

Interested to see who the replacement is on staff.

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Dayday

February 17th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^

I just hope Harbaugh finds someone that can replace him. Someone that is as good....isn't nick saban traditionally a db's coach? Harbaugh should see if that guy wants to coach the db's

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