New LB Coach?
Any initial prospects to replace Jay Hopson as departing LB Coach? I am presuming the role will also be important in recruiting the Deep South since that was Hopson's secondary role on the staff.
What about Bill Sheridan if he gets fired by the NY Giants as DC? I know he has mostly a pro background, but he seems to be well-respected and so does GERG.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
There is no chance he takes this job. If he gets fired he was still a NFL DC and a college LB coach is way too beneath him, even if it is at M.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
to post a similar thought. My friends are Giants fans and think Sheridan is absolutely horrible. They weren't sure why he was even promoted to DC, because the LB unit wasn't that great.
This is his first year as DC and the Giants D has been terrible. I'm sure he won't get an NFL DC job, but he'd probably at least get a position coaching job in the NFL.
Maybe he chooses to come home to Michigan?
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
If he's horrible why would we want him here?
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^
Sorry, I meant that he is a horrible NFL DC and my friends would say an average NFL LB coach.
However, he was on Lloyd's staff before, is from AA, and has NFL LB coaching experience (good for recruiting).
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:17 PM ^
ahhh I see now.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:07 PM ^
Steal Ron English back from down the road
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
If not for the Horror and the Oregon Debacle, Carr might have left on his own terms and English might have gotten the UM job. Those games turned English from "up and coming hot young coach" to the head coach at EMU.
I know it was a joke, but nonetheless, English did write his own ticket to Ypsi. I just hope that he somehow defies the odds and turns EMU into a launching pad instead of the black hole it has become to coaching careers in recent years.
If English can somehow turn around EMU and deliver a MAC Championship, he will be a "hot coach" again and will be able to write another ticket to a lot more desirable destination.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
until after the coaches convention thingamajig and that's not until after the NCG
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:11 PM ^
Ditka or God...but actually only one option since Ditka is God
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:32 PM ^
And he could be da head coach of every sport.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:14 PM ^
Sheridan seems like a longshot though it would be nice to have an NFL DC coach our LB's. It would certainly help in recruiting but again it's probably not going to happen.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:19 PM ^
we got Ron English back right after he got hired by Eastern.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
I'm not sure why it would be "beneath" him as many are saying. For 20 years the guy was nothing more than a college position coach. He leaves Michigan in 05 takes a LB job in the NFL and all of a sudden becomes the worst in NFL D-coordinator in recent memory.
I think a D coordinator job is "above" him rather than a position coach being "below" him. Also I don't remember anyone talking about how awesome he was as an LB coach at MSU, a special teams coach at ND, or a LB or D line coach at Michigan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sheridan
January 4th, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
Uh, have you watched the Lions? Worst D-Coord? Joe Barry?
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:33 PM ^
New linebackers coach may just be Greg Robinson.. Rich and Co. may be looking for a safeties coach at the coaching convention.
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:38 PM ^
what's his experience like coaching LB's?
January 3rd, 2010 at 5:37 PM ^
He was linebackers coach at Texas in 2004, but never solely a LB coach other than that. According to some, he has a very good reputation in regards to coaching linebackers.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:32 PM ^
this year, so he would only be adding the ILB. I'm sure it's not that simply and the differences are significant, but he's not all entirely unfamiliar with at least some of the LB corps
January 4th, 2010 at 12:14 PM ^
GERG also knows about shin angles.
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
G-Rob will be the LB coach and they hire a DB coach. However, they can just hire a LB coach. It depends on how the staff feels is best for defense at this point of the year.
If Hopson had stayed at Michigan, he'd be a DB coach with G-Rob coaching LB. That would have been better.
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
Our DB coach is named Tony Gibson.
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
Quick, name Ole Miss's linebackers coach.
Quick, name Arkansas's running backs coach.
Quick, name Texas A&M's defensive backs coach.
Wait a minute...you can't name any of them? Weird...
Maybe that's because position coach is an ENTRY LEVEL college coaching position. You do not go from NFL defensive coordinator to college position coach in one fell swoop.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:18 PM ^
You would call that a fail swoop.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:05 PM ^
Well, Bob Davie was talking about getting back into coaching during the Alamo Bowl last night. He did a good job coaching the defense at Texas A&M and if he takes our LB coaching position I won't have to listen to his awful color commentary any more.
Now if only we can convince Pam Ward to coach the o-line we'll be set.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:57 PM ^
There's gotta' be a coaching position open for Joe Buck somewhere too then.
January 3rd, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
Who doesn't love "Davie-Jones Locker?"
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:17 PM ^
I say we go with Lawrence Taylor.
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 PM ^
best. idea. ever.
January 3rd, 2010 at 10:11 PM ^
Has LT been keeping his nose clean?
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:47 PM ^
He's back to his playing weight thanks to Nutri System. What more can you ask for? Now that's dedication.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:08 PM ^
Corwin Brown please.
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:40 PM ^
But Cornflake would have to be the obvious first choice from our side of the equation. I don't know if he'd do it. He'd be a tremendous asset on the field and off for us.
But hell, if Brian Kelley can get GVSU's head coach to quit that program and become a position coach at Notre Dame, then why not?
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:50 PM ^
Yeah but he's moving from a D2 school to a historical D1 program and the thought is he may be the DC not just a position coach.