LB Coach Candidates

I cannot ask for more of that.

Could we at least wait for the guys to at least retire?? Foote has given no indication he is retiring this year. Save this thread for 2013 or talk about Sam Sword or Steve Morrison or J. Irons if you want to talk abut bringing back old UM linebackers.

As long as he gets along with Gerg whoever it is is fine with me.

Chris. Spielman. (I can dream)

I thought it would be a good idea to get someone in like that too. A former player with NFL experience who played the position. I have to think that would go a long way in a recruiting sense.

They would also likely have a lot of energy for such tasks and the fact that they played for the school while in college should add to their enthusiasm one would think.

Ken Norton Jr. seemed to do well at USC and I think that Gold, Foote, Sword, Irons or any other of the many former Wolverine LB's that are still young and have NFL experience would be a good fit.

After having the experience they would bring to the table I would think they would be capable of being a position coach under a good experienced DC like Gerg, but what do I know.

Do we have NCAA set staffing limits for coaches / trainers? Could we say bring in Snyder or some college posistion coach and then snap up a retiring Michigan LB as an assistant coach? Let the new guy learn recruiting and some of that and then promote him if/when the other guy is hired away/retires?

to bring in a guy that not only could coach but recruit. I love the Larry Foote choice but one name that really sticks in my mind is Chris Spielman. This guy could own the state of Ohio when it came to recruiting. The guy seems to be a great guy and the media loves him. Larry Foote might very well retire if given the chance to coach at Michigan.

He lives in C-bus, has a radio show in C-bus. If he took the job his/kids life will be in jepordy. Those people are animals down there.

Baltimore Colts to Indi kinda thing sure.

The upside to hiring Dhani Jones is that his coaches' show would double as an open-mic poetry slam.

There's no way Speilman would coach at Michigan. He bleads Scarlet and Gray. Even though he does a good job announcing and maintains his neutral attitude in that respect I can't see him ever recruiting against or coaching against OSU. The fact that OSU hasn't already hired him in some capacity also suggests that he might not be interested either.

I'm intrigued by the Sam Sword/Jarrot Irons ideas because of the name recognition and legacy status (which is why I wouldn't mind Corwin Brown either). But given our ineptitude at LB in recent years don't you think we should hire someone with experience?

I was wondering if there is a former assistant coach from the Carr days that could coach LB and bring him back. I couldn't think of any good names, however.

Did Ian Gold ever play under GERG at Denver?

What about Steve Stripling. I know he's primarily worked with DE in the past, but he's done pretty well. I'm not sure if he'll be retained at CMU, though Enos might want to do that.

On a lighter note ... what is Jim Leavitt doing these days? He did start at Kansas St. as the LB coach. And we know he can hit.

I want the former.

The thought of hiring Spielman, a Buckeye with no coaching experience, makes me sick.

Jeff Genyk (former EMU head coach, coached multiple defensive positions at Northwestern and was their recruiting coordinator)

Bill Sheridan (recently fired NYG defensive coordinator, Nick's Dad)

Paul Pasqualoni (recently fired Miami defensive coordinator and reasonably successful Syracuse head coach -- we would have locked up the Syracuse cradle of coaches juggernaut)

Ian Gold (former U-M/NFL player, brother Jeremy is HC at Pioneer; may create good connections or it might create conflicts of interest)

Chuck Heater (clearly the best name among all candidates; sounds like throwing a cigarette butt out the window)

Those are just names. My guess is it's none of the above.

Bring back Gary Moeller!