TE/ST Coach Dan Ferrigno Interview
- Opportunity he couldn't pass up.
- A special teams coach CAN make a difference in one year. The way Coach Hoke approaches it, it's players and scheme.
- No comment on UM's past special teams coaching (specifically last year's).
- Coach Ferrigno controls all aspects of special teams.
- Put kickers in as many high pressure situations as possible, although it's tough to simulate the big house.
- Hoped he influenced Tony Gonzalez.
- Coach against UM when he was at Oregon - he remembers Braylon catching a ball near the end of the game. Braylon was massive/huge guy playing receiver.
embedded video was disabled, sorry guys. His last name is pronounced Ferr-een-yo.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:01 AM ^
That may be Coach Borges in the background over Ferrigno's left shoulder.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:05 AM ^
yeah, but who's the fox behind his right shoulder???
January 24th, 2011 at 10:31 AM ^
You think she looks good now... but wait 'til she hulks out too. It's disturbing.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:16 AM ^
But why is Mike Martin in the picture?
January 24th, 2011 at 10:06 AM ^
Why the "no comment" on past special teams coaching? Is it allowed to go into job interviews and tell people you would not like to discuss past experience? If so, that would be awesome!
January 24th, 2011 at 10:08 AM ^
He didn't want to talk about OUR special teams coaching last year.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:14 AM ^
Well if you have nothing good to say............
I think their performance speaks for itself.
January 24th, 2011 at 11:07 AM ^
Sounds good, but the fact is that we were better than SDSU in every category last year except fg kicking so regardless of why he said no comment he shouldn't have so that's good.
January 24th, 2011 at 11:37 AM ^
Dan watched our special teams last year and giggled when he saw the videos and then he realized he was coach. He went into a deep depression for 2 or 3 days with his best friend Jack Daniels. He then sought medical help where he learned how to block the memories of the shankopotmus called our kicking game. now he just doesn't talk about it.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:27 AM ^
There is alot of silence w/ the new coaching administration regarding past schemes / experiences (of course you can scout old SDSU film but there will be limited precedent) and vagueness regarding new schemes. This is engineered. We'll find out some during Spring Camp but realistically won’t know more
I’m looking forward to that dense monotone look on Dantonio’s face (much like2007 post infamous “Big Brother” comment) after an MSU smashing and E.Lansing wondering what the license plate was on the Mack Truck that just hit them.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:45 AM ^
Good luck breaking into Ft. Schembechler.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:32 AM ^
January 24th, 2011 at 10:41 AM ^
and a dedicated coach has to be better than nothing.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:42 AM ^
Once again, Hoke adds a coach who wants to be at Michigan so bad it is in his blood.
I am very impressed. It is great to see the people Hoke is selecting to coach the team.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:47 AM ^
Did he just say "the emphasis we'll have on special teams"? Wooo!
January 24th, 2011 at 11:09 AM ^
He said he coached against UM at Oregon w/ Braylon playing....Must have been 2003.
Didn't our special teams get PWNED in that game?
Nice to have him on OUR side.
January 24th, 2011 at 11:46 AM ^
Yes, that was an epic ST meltdown that led pretty quickly to the departure of the ST coach.
Fucking painful to listen to.
Damn right, it is nice to have him on our side. Another plus in the ledger for Hoke.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:07 PM ^
Michigan did block a FG attempt by Oregon and UM returned it for a TD.
If I remember correctly, UM's offense was barely on the field in the first quarter. Oregon had a long drive and attempted a FG. UM blocked it and returned it for a score. Oregon gets the ball and goes on another long drive for a score. Don't remember a ton else from the game.
January 24th, 2011 at 11:23 AM ^
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January 24th, 2011 at 12:20 PM ^
Does this mean Michigan might make more field goals than they miss?
January 24th, 2011 at 12:34 PM ^