DJ Durkin is "waiting on" Harbaugh
From the Austin American-Statesman:
One of the Aggies’ candidates, Florida defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin, is waiting to see whether Harbaugh takes the open Michigan head coaching job, according to a source close to the situation. If Harbaugh, currently at odds with the San Francisco 49ers, were to go back to coach his alma mater, Durkin could get reunited with his former Stanford boss.Seems like yet another good sign, since it wouldn't make sense for Durkin to pass up the TAMU job unless he was reasonably confident that he'll be joining Harbaugh in Ann Arbor.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
shot to the heart and you're to blame. you gave love a bad name
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:22 PM ^
And I'm to blame
I give rock a bad name!
I play two chords
They sound the same!
I give rock a bad name!
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:48 PM ^
Is really lame
Unless Frampton or Walsh is in your name
But I rode this effect
To massive fame
Because marginal talent has no shame.
December 23rd, 2014 at 7:14 PM ^
The stuff he does outside of Bon Jovi is pretty amazing.
December 23rd, 2014 at 10:00 PM ^
... more a comment on the production values of mid-'80s hard rock anthems and hair metal. But Sambora doing better outside of Bon Jovi kind of proves the point.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
all these crazy new posts, and I feel like I never see you any more?
December 23rd, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
Hiding, I'm trying to keep my sanity while this coaching search goes on.
December 24th, 2014 at 9:12 AM ^
really creepy gif.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
This was my biggest fear is that he would take the A&M job before Harbaugh came. He seems like the best DC option out there right now.
December 24th, 2014 at 7:12 AM ^
That's your biggest fear? I'm more concerned about his boss being official official
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
So if it doesn't happen is Durkin a coaching candidate?
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
Florida's defense have been a bright spot. That hire would be A-OK with me.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
All things considered, Bama is Bama, so..
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:29 PM ^
Florida's D was dominant against Missouri. Held them to 119 total yards. However, everything else was impossibly bad.
December 23rd, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^
I just looked at their final score. I know Bama put almost 700 hundred yards on them. Would like to see what kinda of defense he and Gmat could put together.
December 23rd, 2014 at 8:53 PM ^
And all, but here's a link to the Bama games box score
https://florida.rivals.com/boxscore.asp?Game=42497
Florida gave up 672 yards
December 23rd, 2014 at 10:57 PM ^
I agree. I was just supporting arsenal's assertion that the D at Florida was great and everything else was a disaster
December 23rd, 2014 at 11:37 PM ^
Sorry for the confusion.
December 23rd, 2014 at 11:49 PM ^
Mizzou game was unlike any other. Gave up only 119 yds offense, and 42 points. Mizzou had a grand slam: KO return for TD, punt ret for TD, pick six, fumble ret for TD. None of those involved the D, of course.
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December 23rd, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
"According to a source close to the situation"
Make it stop!!
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:07 PM ^
This is just speculation and really has no bearing on whether harbaugh has contacted him or not. Durkin could very well know he's our next DC and is just waiting until jim is announced
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
It seems like the TAMU job is his if he wants it. We're approaching late December, head coaches are filling the vacancies on their staffs, and the window is rapidly closing for most top assistant jobs. Putting myself in Durkin's shoes, I wouldn't pass up the TAMU job unless I was certain that something better is in the pipeline. So I think this can only be a good sign.
And if it does mean what we all hope it means, then it also lessens the chances that Harbaugh will change his mind at the last minute, since doing so would put Durkin and any other potential assistants with whom he may have made contact in a tight spot. Harbaugh may be flaky and abrasive, but I don't think he would screw a colleague out of an opportunity.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:23 PM ^
Have you seen the A&M defense? That's going to taka major rebuild.
December 23rd, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
Hopefully, that's somebody else's problem.
December 23rd, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^
I think you're right.
And I don't think Harbaugh is truly flaky. He's a guy who for most of his coaching career, had to fire up a bunch of 18-22 year old guys to do things his way. That's something that can be like herding cats.
You don't get a young group of guys pulling in a single direction by being entirely conventional. You do things to get their attention.
Sticking out his season with the Niners shows how un-flaky he is. Despite the media circus, the lack of support from this front office, etc., the man has remained entirely professional, entirely grown-up, etc.
Compare him to Pelini, whose outbursts showed epic bitterness and anger. Harbaugh hasn't come across that way at all. In fact, despite everything, all he has said about the situation is that he "serves at the pleasure of the 49ers organization."
So Harbaugh may use some unconventional motivational tactics, but he's 100% the real deal as a grown up man when it comes to commitment to his work. I respect that, and suspect that we all do.
December 23rd, 2014 at 8:42 PM ^
Yes^ well put
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December 23rd, 2014 at 11:46 PM ^
DUH. Harbaugh had a much better college education than Pellini.
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December 23rd, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
I like this potential nussmeier for durkin trade going on.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:08 PM ^
It's all coming together (fingers crossed)
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
On BTN Live right now ... Still saying it's probably going to be the Raiders because of the "power" (i.e. control) they can give him that Michigan can't or won't. Says that Harbaugh will never get the kind of control and lattitude that Saban has at Alabama.
He also discussed the "affinity" he has for the Davis family as a factor in how he will decide.
Wow. He just can't get off that dime.
On the other hand, Glen Mason wasn't having any of it. He thinks it's Harbaugh to Michigan.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:14 PM ^
Affinity for Davis family? That seems unpossible
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:20 PM ^
Feldman said it was because that's where Harbaugh got his start in coaching (as QB coach). He basically gave that an equivalency to his experience at Michigan under Bo.
Pretty weak sauce, IMO.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
He's a Florida/California guy who hates the Big10. He has been unreiable and behind the eightball throught the coaching search.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
Only "affinity" anyone could have for this guy are for his $$$. Dude fell out of the ugly tree and he hit every branch on the way down.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
with the haircut, the wardrobe, the manly hands, and the self-touching...
December 23rd, 2014 at 7:11 PM ^
But seriously, if you had that kind of money, why would you choose to look like that? Granted, it is a step up from his dad...
Who actually was the Sith Lord in Star Wars...
December 23rd, 2014 at 8:02 PM ^
Dude you are picking on a guy in his 80s or whatever. Most of us lucky enough to get to that age will look like that.
Here is Al a few decades earlier and he looks like a normal dude.
His son on the other hand....
December 23rd, 2014 at 8:24 PM ^
al looks like that martin short character from snl. "nuff said".
December 24th, 2014 at 12:18 AM ^
You didn't give us a picture or even name the character you are referencing.
How is that possibly nuff said?
December 23rd, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^
If you painted him orange, he'd look like the world's biggest Oompa Loompa.
December 23rd, 2014 at 11:18 PM ^
For the Saving Private Ryan reference. One of the best movies ever.
December 24th, 2014 at 7:31 AM ^
"Danny, you're a young man! Don't do it!" Funny as hell story, but to me, this scene showed what a remarkable filmmaker Spielberg is. He uses a funny story to emphasize the sadness Ryan feels about the loss of his brothers, followed immediately by the fear everyone feels at the rumble of the advancing panzers. Three different emotions in maybe two minutes of screen time. There are directors who can't bring that much emotion to the screen in two hours.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
I saw that as well, ESPN having on their experts Tim Kawakami (sp) and Drew Sharp. By the beard of Zeus, I have never seen anything like that. The NFL guy basically almost in tears in his desire for JH to go to Oakland. Then the unmentionable one called in and bashed Michigan as a total dumpster fire, not in the way we recognize it, but as Michigan's permanent state from here on out and gave his opinion that JH wouldn't come.
My IQ dropped, and I can't spare any.
December 24th, 2014 at 7:16 AM ^
And once JH annouces he's coming to UM, the unmentionable one will scribble a story about how UM fans are so deluded into thinking Jimmy will be a savior, they'll expect him to win games AND turn water into wine.
December 23rd, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
Durkin's a hot name being floated around right now, what with UNC and TAMU pursuing him so hard, but he only has one year of experience and it was definitely Muschamp's D he was running. I don't know how much we really know about his proficiency as a coordinator.
What we DO know is he's young and was Rivals' 2012 Recruiter of the Year, so he's got that going for him.