OC hire imminent, Herbstreit is excited, other hints
Herbstreit's tweet:
“@LongStrider86: any names come to mind for a good fit as michigan's new OC?” I know and so will you very soon. And you'll be pleased
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) January 9, 2014
Second Herbstreit tweet (I am editing out the Balas tweet because he is a douchecanoe. Can I say douchecanoe on the internet? After further review, yes I can. Mods can censor if they want.):
“@BCrandall11_9: @KirkHerbstreit is Rob Chudzinski going to be next OC for UofM?” No, current OC in college. That's it. Good pm
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) January 9, 2014
Other hints:
- NFL Assistant has been tossed around a lot: Herbstreit's tweet says it is a current OC in college
- TomVH tweeted about John McNulty, but not sure if he has any inside info (no longer relevant)
- @CoachingSearch, who is pretty well known in the profession, dropped the names of Lane Kiffin, John McNulty, Mike Groh, and Randy Fichtner
- Sam Webb seems to know who it is, but isn't giving it away. According to the other mgoblog thread (h/t jack daniels), Sam hints that it is NOT Loeffler, Terry Malone, Parrish, Groh, Kiffin, Bloomgren, Treadwell, or Chudzinski.
- According to mgouser Amutnal, the hire will be announced tomorrow.
- Here's a link to another interesting mgouser comment about a well-known school's OC being hired. Prepare to posbang or negbang him after the fact.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:55 PM ^
NFL assistant? Mike DeBord.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
Lol.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
Lol.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:56 PM ^
If these reporters know who it is, they should report it. Otherwise they're just pandering.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:00 PM ^
It's not like it's a recruit, it's news...isn't the point to break it first?
I don't get it. When a recruit wants to wait for his commitment to break until after his announcement, some douchebag always has to leak it ahead of time and ruin the kids one moment.
But we're talking about an offensive coordinator who's going to be close, if not more than a million dollars. And everyone wants to play "I know, but you don't."
January 8th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^
Is the reporters sources would cut them off for not keeping the hire private when they were specifically asked to.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^
Where is flight tracker?
January 8th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
LSU fans get tremors every time they see that plane.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:26 PM ^
Would love us to take miles, they want him gone!
January 8th, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^
I'd rather have Al.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:00 PM ^
splain...
January 8th, 2014 at 9:06 PM ^
Explain..
January 8th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
I will, if he won't.
He's been a consistently mediocre offensive coordinator his entire career. His last year at LSU, which everyone points at, is the outlier of his career.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
Thank you! I'm sure tired of hearing all the blind love for Cameron when his record and results show otherwise.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
As a Ravens fan, I am absolutely certain that Cam Cameron would end being a huge letdown for everybody clamoring for him to be hired. He embodies everything we tried to get away from after Carr.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:29 PM ^
As a Ravens fan, I am absolutely certain that Cam Cameron would end being a huge letdown for everybody clamoring for him to be hired. He embodies everything we tried to get away from after Carr.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:58 PM ^
Cam² in A²
January 8th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
Please not another Michigan Man.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:02 PM ^
I don't care where he's from...why discriminate against a guy because he coaches or played at Michigan? That's silly.
He shouldn't get HIRED because of it, but he shouldn't lose out because of it either.
Get the best guy, let's win and let's roll to some B1G Championships. Fuck the rest.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^
Borges was a Michigan Man? I must've missed that memo.
January 8th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
Fuckin pleased!
January 8th, 2014 at 8:59 PM ^
Sure sounds like Cam
January 8th, 2014 at 9:01 PM ^
I'll take Cameron. Huge get. If things go wrong, we're in prime position for Miles.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:03 PM ^
Your logic makes no sense.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
I understood what he meant.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
You mean John Harbaugh?
Those were his two coordinators a few years ago...
That won't happen though.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:03 PM ^
Michigan Man. Wordsmith. And truly understands tendencies and strategy...
January 8th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
I am glad Hoke had the new guy in place rather than let this sit in the wind for potentially weeks.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
Whoever it is please be able to gameplan against a blitz.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^
Slow developing play action when you have no credible threat of a running game. Footbaw is easy
January 8th, 2014 at 9:04 PM ^
I predicted doom whoever it may be.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:06 PM ^
Don't play with it Herbie. Do something with it. I have blue balls over here fergodsakes
January 8th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
If this thing with getting Bama's OC and Kiffin going to Bama is real, UM better as all hell get Bama's OL coach as well.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
and Kiffin have any professional ties? What about Saban and Monte? I'd be surprised if Bama would get Kiffin just because of his douche rep and the fact that his O wasn't Eve really good. If Saban personally knew Kiffin, then it's much more plausible.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
Or, you know, Alabama talent, depth, and retention.
Even if Alabama's guy or Cameron would leave, having a good offense with top 3 or 4 talent isn't necessarily special. I'd rather have a guy who did more with less and then give him more to work with.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:08 PM ^
The big question is who will be pleased? Michigan fans or MSU / OSU fans? I'm sure they where pleased with Borges. John Mcnulty wouldn't be pleasing, he would be more of a wait and see. I'm just considering the Bucs offense this year and the cardinals a few years ago.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:10 PM ^
We think it's a current OC from a well-known school, yet many people are talking about NFL experience, Camerson fits the mold. Honestly, the guy's had a ton of success and is only 52 (almost 53) years old. If it happens, Mattison/Camerson are more high profile than Hoke!
Also, just this, just because:
January 8th, 2014 at 9:31 PM ^
Define "tons of success". I get that we are not hiring him as a HC but he was fired at Indiana after 5 seasons of doing nothing. At least the current Indiana HC is doing what he can on offense and innovate - Cam did not do that. He was fired at Miami after 1 season...and a 1-15 record. He was fired from the Ravens OC...immediately after they surged into the Super Bowl. I get that he is a "Michigan Man" and has had some high profile gigs including NFl stops but "tons of success" is a different matter. If Cam is the choice, this sounds like "the easy pick" to me rather than someone innovative or going to change much. That said, I think it was time to change for change sake and the list of "manball" pro style OCs in the college ranks with a decent resume is limited.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:13 PM ^
Well Kirk just told someone on twitter that it is not Cam Cameron. So if he truly knows then Michigan is not getting Cameron.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
He didn't say it wasn't Cameron. When he said "nope, sorry guys" I'm pretty sure that he was referring to the fact that he wasn't going to spill the beans.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
I couldn't tell if he was saying "no it's not Cam Cameron" or "no i'm not going to tell you any more than just that it's current oc in college"
January 8th, 2014 at 9:19 PM ^
Herbie didn't confirm or deny it being Cam, he just said he's not at liberty to say yet.
....which could've helped 6 years ago, but I digress.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:30 PM ^
You are right, that is what is says, but it's kind of confusing, and could be read that Herbstreit is just saying it isn't him when you piece it together. Who really knows.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:14 PM ^
i was one of the 1% that didn't think borges was awful. questionable at times, but thats true whenever a team struggles.
however, glad to see hoke be proactive. i was in deep fear that this regime had already settled into the 'complacent' phase. i was even more worried that hoke's hot seat would make hiring a high profile coordinator impossible (ala rodriguez with robinson).
exciting news. 2014 has momentum.
i think its cam cameron too. hopefully this gets us back on campbell's radar.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^
A lot of Cam Cameron talk. But I'll reserve my excitement until I hear who it is.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^
Rivals' LSU site is reporting that they're replacing their OL coach. Don't know if that has any impact on the Cam rumors, but I couldn't resist passing it along.
January 8th, 2014 at 9:42 PM ^
Offensive line coach us our new coordinator???? Think about that for a second hahaha