Shuffling of Defensive Assistant Duties
http://www.thebighousereport.com/2014/02/brady-hoke-no-longer-d-line-co…
Apparently, Hoke will no longer coach the D-Line. Instead, Mark Smith (formerly the ILB coach) will coach the interior D-Line and Roy Manning will coach the ILB in addition to his previous role as OLB coach.
February 7th, 2014 at 3:29 PM ^
February 7th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
BTW per some Googling there is apparently a high school senior named Avery Queen who plays basketball, but she is 10 inches taller than her namesake.
February 7th, 2014 at 3:31 PM ^
HE IS A GOOD LINE COACH AND A GREAT RECRUITER!!!
February 7th, 2014 at 4:16 PM ^
Is Roy has earned the extra responsibility. Hoke will still be involved with the line.
February 7th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
February 7th, 2014 at 4:38 PM ^
Where did this blog get it's info? I didn't see a source.
February 7th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
February 7th, 2014 at 4:57 PM ^
I like this move. It frees Coach Hoke up to see and work wherever he thinks he'll be most effective. Molk said he learned a lot from Hoke.
February 7th, 2014 at 5:11 PM ^
In a thread on coaching shakeups, nobody chimed in with the ubiquitous suggestion of swapping Fred Jackson for Mike Hart/Ty Wheatley?
Sheesh...This board is getting soft.
February 7th, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^
Well, you kinda did...
February 7th, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^
and thought being outside the 50 comment attention threshold (and during Friday Happy Hour) might allow it to slip in unnoticed. Damn you, Timmmaay and your bloodhound-like senses.
February 7th, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
Clairvoyant like.
February 7th, 2014 at 6:34 PM ^
"Coaching changes are never fun, but in the situation, I think it should be welcomed. You keep your head coach, get a different perspective of how to coach the young kids, and give your university's football team a shot at improve dramatically. "
I will say that I like these moves as they seem a good use of resources and indeed, getting different eyes on some of our vulnerabilities will hopefully produce some good results. Some others have mentioned it, but I also like the idea of Hoke getting that much more time to be something of a supervisor and watch what goes on at each position.
February 7th, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
February 7th, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
I always thought it a little strange that a staff with the resources of a Michigan would have the head coach take responsibility for a particular unit, regardless of background.
Brady's biggest role (and strength, in my opinion) is acting as CEO over the staff. We wondered if loyalty and inflexibility would prevent him from making needed changes. This off-season, we're getting the answers we wanted.
February 8th, 2014 at 6:55 AM ^