Hoke's Staff
So, rather than discussing whether everyone on this board is "all in" or whether people have a right to criticize the hire, I wanted to start a more constructive discussion:
Who do we think will end up on Hoke's staff?
We already know the OC - Borges. If his team's offense against Navy is any indication, then he runs a fairly dynamic (albeit "old school") offense that should be able to fit Denard and company.
It looks like he will also bring his S&C guy who, while not possessing wolves, is pretty highly regarded. I loved Barwis, but in 3 years, I didn't think that our players looked any faster or stronger or were less susceptible to injury. Not a criticism on Barwis, but I think that the hype maching went out of control because of his awesome personality.
So, who else do people think will join?
I am expecting Loeffler, but that is purely based upon his prior employment here and the fact that he is well-regarded.
Any thoughts? Inside info?
January 13th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
That's a rumor being floated on scout. I'd heard Chuck Heaters name mentioned as a possibility but I saw an article earlier that he accepted a position at Temple.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:34 PM ^
He would be great. When he was here, we consistently had creat receivers. From what I hear, he was a good recruiter, as well. Is he currently employed?
January 13th, 2011 at 2:37 PM ^
I'm pretty sure he's at Iowa.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:37 PM ^
I think Soup is at Iowa.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:24 PM ^
keep doin what u are doin
January 13th, 2011 at 4:05 PM ^
We gotta get soup, if only to make my username more relevant!
January 13th, 2011 at 2:43 PM ^
I would like to think Soups one of the first coaching candidates contacted.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:26 PM ^
If Loeffler were to come back to Michigan wouldn't this be his 3rd coaching stint as the QB's coach?
January 13th, 2011 at 2:43 PM ^
Have u notice none of the MICHIGAN MEN want to come back that have left Michigan?
January 13th, 2011 at 2:50 PM ^
Have you noticed that your comments are terrible?
January 13th, 2011 at 2:53 PM ^
And that is the sad part
January 13th, 2011 at 3:01 PM ^
Obvious troll is obvious.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:24 PM ^
Maybe the mods can't log on.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:06 PM ^
RU, What have you done to get neg 101? Did you diss Bo somwhere?
January 13th, 2011 at 4:57 PM ^
He's now at -251.
January 13th, 2011 at 5:07 PM ^
If Loeffler were to come back to Michigan wouldn't this be his 3rd coaching stint as the QB's coach?
It'd be his second. His career trajectory:
1993-97 - player (suffered career-ending shoulder injury and served as a quasi-assistant)
1998-99 - grad assistant
2000-01 CMU QB coach
2002-07 U-M QB coach
2008-10 Florida QB coach
2011 - ?
January 16th, 2011 at 11:57 PM ^
da man. I hope he comes home.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:26 PM ^
Lloyd Brady
January 13th, 2011 at 2:28 PM ^
Women all around. He is the man.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:31 PM ^
It's the lineage of Tom Brady and Lloyd Christmas, what woman would not want to be a part of that? Look at the tail those two have pulled, WOW
January 13th, 2011 at 3:04 PM ^
that would be eerie if his middle name was Rich, don't ya think?
January 13th, 2011 at 3:48 PM ^
It is now! From here on out, let him be know as Mr. Lloyd Rich Brady.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:14 PM ^
"Those who are friends won't be virgins."
January 13th, 2011 at 2:36 PM ^
That being said, you're better than this, hail2thevict0r. The picture embedded should have been a photoshopped one with Coach Lloyd Brady pacing the sidelines. Hint, hint . . .
January 13th, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^
I've been trying to do actual work this week since the last two weeks have been me just refreshing my page every 30 seconds.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:58 PM ^
You know, we all know how everyone else feels about the hire but, sadly, I've been wondering how Lloyd Brady feels. We NEED to know!
January 13th, 2011 at 3:19 PM ^
I spend almost my entire time watching Michigan basketball looking for him in the crowd now. Its almost impossible in football, but in basketball ive spotted him almost every home game. I might need help.
January 13th, 2011 at 6:48 PM ^
January 16th, 2011 at 11:57 PM ^
Lloyd Brady?
January 13th, 2011 at 2:30 PM ^
I'm sure Hoke will surround himself with Michigan Men who want to be there.....
January 16th, 2011 at 11:58 PM ^
Hoke will pick good assistants.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:31 PM ^
I'm actually very interested to see who he brings in to run the defense. A bunch of former M staffers available in Heater and Austin or even Bedford at Louisville. Or could we swing for the fences and go after Randy Shannon? My bet is that we go back to Blue, but Shannon would be awesome in my book.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:33 PM ^
I agree. Shannon would be great for South Florida recruiting, and recruiting in general. Unfortunately I feel that they will hire a staff that doesn't create much buzz.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:47 PM ^
Shannon would be incredible. And with Hoke (likely) not even making near RR money, we could certainly afford some ludacris salary to get him to take a DC job.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
I agree with this point. I have a feeling pay has something to do with that as well. Along with politics.
January 13th, 2011 at 2:34 PM ^
Sam Webb thinks that Bedford will stay with Strong. I think Heater or Austin will help recruit Florida. I agree Shannon would be very good. Loefller with his spread experience from the last couple of years plus his past QB success would be nice.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:06 PM ^
Loeffler would be a great addition. I gotta imagine he can bring in some top notch QB talent over the next few years to replace Denard and Devin down the road (a very long road).
January 17th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
my season tickets because we are in for some good ball for a long time.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:16 PM ^
With a Michigan Man head coach, do we have to have Michigan Man assistants too? Just looking for clarification.
January 13th, 2011 at 4:15 PM ^
A good way to become a "Michigan Man" is to get hired with no affiliation to the program as coordinator or assistant. I'm all for Randy Shannon. He's a good coach and an awesome recruiter. Having him would secure Dallas Crawford and would keep the souther Florida recruiting alive for years to come.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:21 PM ^
I am actually ignorant to the type of defense Shannon runs. After watching some clips of SDSU games and watching th NY Jets, TCU, and others like them, I'd like to see an aggresive defense with multiplr looks of 3 and 4 man fronts with plenty-o-blitzes. High risk/high reward. It seemed as if our defense just kind of sat back and waited until the play came to them. Maybe I'm wrong?
January 13th, 2011 at 4:06 PM ^
I'm not positive since it's been several years since he was a DC, but I seem to remember Shannon's defenses being almost exclusively 4-3 and using a lot of man coverage with the corners. And he had some good corners, like Philip Buchanon, Mike Rumph, etc., not to mention safeties like Ed Reed and Kenny Phillips and Sean Taylor.
Hard to say if it was talent or the development of said talent that made their defenses so good, but either way, I'd take Shannon in a heartbeat.
January 13th, 2011 at 4:09 PM ^
If brings some nice blitz packages with him, I'll be aboard. I doubt it happens though. Hoke might not want someone on staff with a bigger "name" than him on the staff to serve as a distraction to and already ADD infected fanbase.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:57 PM ^
I bet you he hires his brother
January 13th, 2011 at 2:32 PM ^
I have a feeling his brother, Jon Hoke, will be joining the staff as well. Jon has been the Chicago Bears' (woot!) DB coach the last two years, and had the same job with the Texans for 7 years prior. From 99-2001 he was the DC at Florida and was also an assistant HC. Unclear what exactly he would do, but Angelique Chengelis asked Brady if he had ever coached with his brother and his reply was "no, but we might."
January 13th, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
I would have to imagine that Jon Hoke would be a great recruiter, given his stint as Florida DC and 10 years in the NFL. Recruits love the NFL coaches, so this could be a great pick-up.
Aside from Shannon (probably not happening) Hoke the second woud probably be the best pick-up as DC.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:06 PM ^
Jon Hoke does not like to recruit. He had a chance to go with Spurrier to SC but opted for the pro game so he didn't have to recruit anymore.
As far as what I heard ( A former coach here being my source) that Borges and his RB coach Jeff Hecklinski are coming. Fred Jackson has an NFL offer, but Hoke was likely to move on anyway.
Soup and Lefty are likely to come back----not a done deal yet though.
His TE/ST coach, Dan Ferrigno appears to be coming---not a done deal though.
I haven't heard much about his OL coach (Darrell Funk) or his his LB coach ( Mark Smith) coming, but they have followed Hoke from Ball St. to SDSU, so I don't see why they wouldn't be coming this time either.
A former coach at Michigan would like to see Austin come back, but with Jon Hoke likely to be a part of the staff, I don't see Austin taking anything other than a DC position here. He is currently out of work though, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of job openings for a DC, so we'll see.
I have heard Keith Gilmore being tossed around as a DL coach as well, but I am not sure why Brady wouldn't end up doing it.
January 13th, 2011 at 3:19 PM ^
Who gave Fred Jackson an offer. Man, it will be weird not to see him on the sidelines. What's Vic Fangio doing now that JH is gone, is he going with him. Stanford has a new coach, is Vic looking around?
January 13th, 2011 at 3:32 PM ^
Fangio has been an NFL guy nearly his entire career besides this one year with Stanford. He's had interviews with Dallas and San Fran already. I bet he's going back to the NFL for good.