DJ Durkin Appreciation Thread
There are some pretty immature, pathetic comments trashing Durkin in the threads below this one. You guys should be ashamed. Neg away, but I'd rather appreciate Durkin for helping turn this defense into one of the country's best. God forbid he leave for a raise and a promotion somewhere else (and god forbid he offers some of our other staffers raises and promotions as well).
You wanted a good program? This is what you get. This is how you build a coaching tree. Every other DC candidate takes notice that after good work under Harbaugh, your career is in good shape.
Thanks, Coach Durkin. It was a great year, and we appreciate your work.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 8:29 PM ^
There definitely has not been enough written on this topic, so I'll add my two cents:
1) I am not especially mad at Durkin's decision because coaching, like anything else, is a business. If you have a better opportunity you probably take it. And you can't always determine the timing--many people are blaming him for interviewing during OSU week, but Maryland may not have been willing to wait. And if he *was* thinking of taking the position (if offered), I'm sure he also wanted to get things done as quickly as possible. It may kind of suck for us, but that' how it goes.
2) I am intrigued by the speculation that this is causing/has caused a major rift with Harbaugh. Harbaugh has made clear on many occasions that he does NOT discuss other jobs during the season--remember he recently told a reporter that it was "disrespectful to the game" or something like that. And last year, from my understanding, he wouldn't make anything official until the end of the Niners season--and he was very reluctant to talk AT ALL about his coaching future. So I could imagine that is very unhappy with Durkin's approach.
That's it--now that I've added this comment, we can end the discussion of Durkin and move on to a fresh topic--something like the rules for choosing which teams play in the Citrus Bowl.
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
December 3rd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
Agreed, but talking about the job in "Public" (i.e. with reporters at a press conference, for news and media), and talking about the job in "Private", with ADs and your current employer and potential employers.
Are two totally different things.
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 8:46 PM ^
Is there a max number?
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:13 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:14 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:15 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
You don't need to have loyalty to him. Root against him at MD; whatever. Just don't act like he's some backstabbing traitor by taking a better job (not saying you're saying this -- many other have though).
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:20 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 8:43 PM ^
do you want Partridge to turn down an obvious step forward in his career...he was a great recruiting coordinator, but this isn't the hardest position to fill...and if Durkin is willing to give one of our secondary staff a shot then go ahead...
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:33 PM ^
Better job? At a school where 75% of their students don't even know they have football?
Durkin was trending nationally when the news broke this afternoon. It was neither trending in Baltimore nor Washington, D.C.
Cleaning shitters at Rick's is a better job than anything Maryland football-related. At least it's in a city that cares about football.
And there ain't no college town better than Ann Arbor.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:38 PM ^
It's a head coaching job, dude. It's extremely rare for coordinators to get head coaching jobs at P5 schools with no HC experience. It's a better job.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:45 PM ^
So instead of getting better here and getting a REAL P5 job like Kirby Smart just got at Georgia, he jumped at the first opportunity to bolt.
The water isn't always bluer in the other sea. He's gonna learn that when he gets punked by the rest of the East division (minus RUTGERZ) yearly.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:50 PM ^
Kirby Smart ran top defenses at Bama for almost a DECADE before he got that job. I don't blame Durkin for wanting to go a little sooner. Who knows if his stock will ever be this high again.
I agree that it'll be a tough place to win. But I don't see how you can blame the guy for taking it.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:52 PM ^
I said this to you in another thread and my problem is NOT him taking the job.
It's stepping out during the week of The Game. That's reprehensible to me.
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:31 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 9:32 PM ^
Additionally, it was immediately following one of the defense's worst performances all season.
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:32 PM ^
Okay, but you know nothing about the circumstances. Maybe Harbuagh said "Yeah, DJ, go for it, do the interview" Maybe he did a skype interview during lunch. It is even confirmed that he interviewed last week? They were interviewing Monday. Who knows?
December 3rd, 2015 at 9:48 AM ^
This this this. All we know is Durkin got the job and must have been contacted during the week of The Game. But no, he must have "stepped out". I'm sure he was just eating crabs in Maryland all week. And I bet Harbaugh was totally infuriated.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:39 PM ^
This is the most I have ever agreed with you in one day.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:45 PM ^
If you went to UM, you would know a very large part of our student body doesn't know football exists either...you crying about someone elses job opportunity is pathetic.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:53 PM ^
That's a lame take and you just taking a sparty potshot because it makes you feel better about yourself.
Yeah, I'm sure a very large portion of 43,625 students at Michigan have no idea we have a football program.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:54 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:55 PM ^
no...I said you don't know shit about the student body...a large proportion of people are international and many, many others would rather study...
And it doesn't take a genius to find out if I went to UM...and what degrees I recieved ass
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
How much ass did you receive?
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:48 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
interesting come back...
December 3rd, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
December 3rd, 2015 at 2:42 PM ^
You really aren't even hiding the fact that you're a douchebag sparty troll anymore, are you?
Good job using an avatar that I created, by the way.
December 3rd, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
I have a group on here very close to my heart that follow me around at virtually every post and lay in the weeds waiting to jump out so they can take their potshot.
So much so that they even neg Hello posts and actual news, not just my clunker threads (I've had my share).
I admire the devotion. Seriously do, not even being sarcastic. That takes a lot of tabs to track my posts.
December 3rd, 2015 at 8:30 AM ^
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY follows you around, or keeps tabs on your posts. You have some serious delusions of grandeur, and are a total narcissist.
People read the board. You post on the board a lot. It's hard not to read your comments, many of which are completetly inane. People neg you, and call you out because of your total lack of perspective. You give yourself a whole lot of credit.
December 3rd, 2015 at 9:53 AM ^
I don't think anyone actually seeks him out, but he does have a few guys who seem to neg everything he says. I don't see as many personal shots at WD as there used to be by posters like Moe and Cali Wolverine or something like that.
Having said that, WD's gotten way more annoying. Not sure what the deal is. Used to like most of his posts, but now he seems so self-righteous and bitchy most of the time.
December 2nd, 2015 at 10:05 PM ^
nailed it
December 2nd, 2015 at 10:31 PM ^
December 3rd, 2015 at 10:17 AM ^
Anyone can be a Michigan fan, absolutely. Talking shit about other colleges and their student bodies when you're NOT a Michigan alum or former student, though, is just inane and worthy of derision. At that point you're not being a Michigan football fan, you're being a university groupie.
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:06 PM ^
December 3rd, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
Doesn't know it exists? No, but then your Maryland claim was also a gross exaggeration.
Doesn't give a shit about it? It's a higher proportion than I think you realize... I'd say the majority of my college friends think football is more bread and circuses than a major part of their M experience.
December 2nd, 2015 at 8:55 PM ^
How do you know what Ann Arbor is like as a college town?
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^
Considering I have quite a few friends that go there from HS and know how to drive.....
December 2nd, 2015 at 9:29 PM ^
You have no frame of reference from which to compare.
December 3rd, 2015 at 9:54 AM ^
He means he drives to College Park, MD every weekend.
December 2nd, 2015 at 10:19 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 10:25 PM ^
Durkin wasn't "cleaning shitters". He accepted an elite position at, an elite school, and treated it like any other "stepping stone" job so apparently money is ALL that matters to him. Instead of concentrating on prepping for OSU, he concentrated on lining up his next gig. As people have said, good for him if that's all that matters. For having so little integrity, we are well rid of him.
Also, I'm not convinced he worked magic here, after Glasgow was out, after IU, teams knew exactly how to dismantle our D.