Webb - Rival SEC Assistant Says Durkin Expects Call in Next 24 Hrs from Harbaugh to be Offered DC

Submitted by alum96 on

Smell that in the air.... smoke... refreshing smoke.

Word from a rival SEC assistant is that scenario is much more than rumor. “He is waiting for Harbaugh to call him within the next 24 hours to make him the defensive coordinator at Michigan,” the assistant said.

Also Sam rehashes Mattison as either co-DC or LB coach.

If you are new to the DJ Durkin experience here are some stories I cobbled together earlier this week.

MGoBoard
Football
DJ Durkin

DPUblue

December 27th, 2014 at 4:16 PM ^

I'm calling this a recruiting tactic...not carrying much weight.

Dead period yadda yadda but coaches will do anything to say something to a recruit that XX coach won't be there. Coaches did it to us with RR and hoke...negative recruiting 101.

NOT saying Durkin isn't possible (or likely even), but "rival SEC coach" carries as much weight as "NFL reporter"



Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad

Joined: 01/09/2009

MGoPoints: 1011

alum96

December 27th, 2014 at 4:24 PM ^

Well #1 Sam is not a recruit and said rival coach is not gaining much by saying this.  The info has a life of the next 24-72 hrs ...so unless you expect a ton of recruits to fall A&M's way (or not) by Tuesday there is no benefit to said SEC coach in recruiting wars.  Even if you believed all that Durkin is currrently coaching Florida in a bowl - so its a bit of a stretch to use this info against Durkin on the recruiting trail.  A trail he is not even on at A&M.  #2 your last statment made me chuckle - not sure if you have been reading the blog but taking "NFL reporters" views as anything more than the salt you should take everrything else with, probably needs some re-examining.

 

Joined: 04/28/2012

MGoPoints: 82370

MJ14

December 27th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^

I posted this in the bleacher report thread, by I figure it is worth another post here.

So staff rumors thus far:

HC - Jim

DC - Durkin

LB - Mattison

OL - Reggie Davis(possibly TE)

TE - Andy Moeller(possibly OL)

WR - John Morton

DB - ? 

DL - ? 

RB - Wheatley with some kind of shared OC duties. 

Special teams - ? 

Mattison has no problem coaching DL, so maybe he would be the DL guy and Manning would be retained as the LB coach? 

Joined: 01/09/2011

MGoPoints: 16323

Boom Goes the …

December 27th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^

has been completely silent on anything Harbaugh related the last 3/4 days.  Would think this kind of rumor would be there.  Maybe they have some hard feelings toward Michigan after they were so adamant a NFL coach wouldn't leave the NFL unless he was told to leave

Joined: 02/24/2013

MGoPoints: 4292

Perkis-Size Me

December 27th, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^

I'd be okay with this. Durkin would give us access to southern recruiting, and Jimbo gives us some big time exposure on the West Coast. Two areas we absolutely need to make a presence in.



Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad

Joined: 11/30/2011

MGoPoints: 105477