Who should be SM hires for the coordinator jobs?

Submitted by blueandmaizeballs on January 25th, 2024 at 1:40 PM

Since Moore is the HC who should be his hires for the open positions?   From what is being said Newsome is going to be the OL Coach and others probably stay where they are except for some responsibilities becoming different.   Anyone have ideas about who is a good OC and DC?   Heard the Ravens LB coach is another guy in the MM and JM realm.     

I might get negged for this because people still don't think Moore should be the HC but he is so let's talk about some good hires from him to bring along.  

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mGrowOld

January 25th, 2024 at 1:42 PM ^

Here's what I think and this is totally my idea, nobody else has thought of this yet I'll bet. 

DC is conceptually easy: find the most Ravens guy around. John Harbaugh tossed a couple of up-and-comers Michigan's way, which worked out great for everyone involved. Let's keep doing that. Zach Orr looks like a potential candidate. Orr played for the Ravens as a UDFA out of North Texas was second team All-Pro in his third year, then had to retire due to a congenital spine injury. He immediately became a Ravens defensive analyst, then popped over to the Jaguars for a year as their OLB coach before returning to coach LBs at Baltimore. He has the same profile as Macdonald, except he was also an All-Pro LB. The other Ravens-adjacent guy is D'Anton Lynn, who USC just poached from UCLA. Normally you don't get guys jumping before they even play a game, but maybe you could poke Lynn with a stick, show him the defensive rosters of USC and Michigan, and induce a move.

Lots of people are mentioning Jim Leonhard, who was a very successful DC at Wisconsin until Paul Chryst got fired and Wisconsin install him as a mid-season interim, clearly with an eye towards giving him the full-time gig. Instead they pivoted amongst lots of rumors that Leonhard had stabbed Chryst in the back, and when that didn't work he got a job at Illinois. As an analyst. After their DC left to be Purdue's head coach. I have is-this-dude-a-good-dude questions. Maybe this is spurious, sure.

OC is one of those things where Michigan might internally promote Campbell and lean on Moore.  In that case you'd need a QB coach. LB/QB/whatever position coaches could be anyone. I would like to offer Courtney Morgan whatever he wants to come back.

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mGrowOld

January 25th, 2024 at 2:52 PM ^

No worries.  I just laugh because Brian LITERALLY just posted on the front page his take on what's going on and what might happen and what should happen.  Which makes it an awesome spot to post suggestions on who we think should be the OC/DC in an Moore administration.

And then, like the swallows heading back to Capistrano, somebody posts a thread asking the exact same question which Brian just asked & answered which I found predictably hilarious.  

On the bright side though it gave me a chance to use one of my favorite Gifs so not all was lost.  Every time I watch that one it makes me laugh, from the extremely delayed hand going up to catch the ball to Data's look afterwards.

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S.G. Rice

January 25th, 2024 at 2:11 PM ^

Wanting an innovative mind is fine, but you have to figure out who that might be.  And, you know, work within the parameters of the roster.  There are lots of Air Raid guys out there but that would be a RichRod level disaster.  Maybe worse.

I'd actually like to see what Campbell can do.  He has OC experience (at Old Dominion) and has spent five years at Penn State and Michigan.  He's experienced both the upside of the Harbaughffense and its limitations.  He's seen the Joe Moorhead offense up close.

It remains to be seen how Sherrone manages his time.  I think he's going to have to step back quite a bit from overseeing the offense, but of course he'll still be involved.  It'll be best if he's got an OC he can trust to implement his ideas while also bringing other ideas to the table.

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Carpetbagger

January 25th, 2024 at 4:44 PM ^

I don't want anything to do with Air Raid. This offense is pro style and in my opinion that's the best offense to run. One trick offenses eventually get shut down by a good Defense.

What I love about what Harbaugh has done each year is within that style of offense. Gap schemes that evolved to IZ and back again over the last three years. Duo becoming the base offensive play when it was just a change-up with Haskins. The offense we started the year with was most definitely not the offense we ran against Alabama and Washington.

We don't have the talent to just line up and run the same thing and win. Moore has a hard enough job running a whole football team without experience. I want someone else with the same mindset and Fisch, Moore and Harbaugh to be OC.

 

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bighouseinmate

January 25th, 2024 at 2:28 PM ^

I’d been leaning previously towards Leonhard but Zachary Orr is the guy I’d want if minter goes with Harbaugh. You mentioned his background already which seems to fit in nicely with Michigan’s previous two DCs. He knows the scheme as well as how the LBs fit into it and it would make for a nearly seamless transition IMO.
 

For OC I’d honestly go with Hart as the main guy and Campbell as QB/Passing game coordinator. Newsome for the OL and then look for some young guys for TE and WR coach. 

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rice4114

January 25th, 2024 at 6:28 PM ^

Who has coached higher up the defensive ladder for more years concerning the style of D we run than Clinkscale. Minter and McDonald? I think 3 solid years should be plenty of time to learn and be very good at running the scheme. I dont know but a Co-D coord that is running out number 1 defenses for a few years should be very good no? Wish he had the recruiting buzz he used to though. A linebackers coach cant have near as much experience in this system as our D coordinator yeah?

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Denarded

January 25th, 2024 at 1:43 PM ^

D'Anton Lynn, the new USC DC who was with the Ravens from 2021-2022. 

Sherrone: "Hey buddy would you rather coach Will Johnson, Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, Rod Moore, Makari Paige, Derrick Moore, Josaiah Stewart, Rayshaun Benny, Ernest Hausmann, Jaishawn Barnham or.....enjoy the sunshine?"

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Phaedrus

January 25th, 2024 at 8:49 PM ^

That's the most shameful thing a Midwesterner could say. I'll never understand people who have lived here their entire life and still have no appreciation for the seasons.

The only thing I don't like about the Midwest (weather-wise) is that global warming is ruining our winters and we don't get enough snow or sub 20 degree temperatures.

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