Gerg is dropping knowledge

Submitted by iawolve on
In full disclosure since I hate revisionists: 1) I thought Shafer was a decent hire (although I did not cry for him when he left) 2) I was a bit lukewarm on the Gerg even with his extensive resume While I still have not watched him call a defensive series for us, I am feeling very good about the man and was wrong in my initial assessment. Last year was dominated by what alignment we would run. This year has talk of "Quicks", "Spinners", hybrid players, relaxed coaching, formations to suit the situation (not pick philosophy "A" before the season), positions to suit the player, a teaching coach, etc. Granted, RR's staff has had a year to gel in AA to reduce some of the chaos, but GRob seems to have taken control of the D and the defensive coaches. Again, I don't know if the guy can time his blitzes, but I am happy for some apparent stability after last year's debacle. btw- Has anyone else seen any spring practice videos? The Wolverine drill gets you pretty damn excited.
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wolverinepride

March 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 AM ^

Ive also noticed that he is actually a part of the interviews. I don't remember Shafer doing interviews for mgoblue. Seems like RR got what he wanted a coach who will run multiple D's, instead of just a 4-3. Seems like this is a better fit and that he is already part of the family like Shafer never really was.

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Ziff72

March 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 AM ^

Greg is off to a great start we'll see when the fur flies if he is going to make this d better, but don't comment on Schafer unless you know what you are talking about. Gsimms is gonna lay some knowledge on you 3...2....1. If you watched any games last year you would have known we ran multiple d's last year. One of the biggest complaints was the 3 man line, we ran odd, we ran stack, we blitzed we dropped 8, we were multiple up the ass we just needed 1 that worked.

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Onas

March 23rd, 2009 at 10:47 AM ^

I thought that the Robinson hire was brilliant. You get an experienced coach (so the already-in-the-family assistants under him will respect him) with some excellent results (Super Bowl Rings, high regards in the profession) that is eager to return to his best role and prove himself (so despite his resume, he's still driven). And he's reportedly a nice, personable guy to ease the whole transition. What's not to like? Those who thought he was a bad choice because of his time at Syracuse are falling victim to the worst and most prevalent piece of sensationalism alive in college football today: if you have anything, anything at all, bad on your resume (no matter how long and impressive) you are bad. It's just not that simple.

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Tater

March 23rd, 2009 at 11:59 AM ^

Robinson's performance as a head coach was a perfect example of the Peter Principle in action. Now that he is back to his level of competence, UM has a great coach.

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Sommy

March 23rd, 2009 at 1:47 PM ^

I'm still not sold on the GERG hire. I'm seeing a lot of positivity, but it's on par with the excitement around the Shafer hire last year, so I'm gonna wait until fall to make up my mind here.

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Fuck Lion

March 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^

wasnt super impressed with the Robinson hire, but it was a solid hire. If he brings d like he did at Texas obviously it would be great, but until then patiently waiting. Liked Shafer when he was hired, could've seen him for another season, but i guess it just wasnt workin out with rrod, and not really sad to see him go. Blitz schemes could have been interesting to see developed though.

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