December 13th, 2010 at 6:10 PM ^
You know who would be a great D-Coordinator for Wisco? Here's a hint: his mane will put you in a daze.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:11 PM ^
that's an odd suggestion but thinking outside the box never hurt i guess
December 13th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
No, I was thinking of a less effective defensive coordinator.
(BOOM GERG'D)
December 13th, 2010 at 6:19 PM ^
Just watch GERG leave Michigan and have more success at his next stop like Shafer.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:24 PM ^
considering the defense is one of the worst in the country, there is a good chance he will have better "success" somewhere else.
I just don't see our defense ever being elite under Robinson.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:33 PM ^
GERG's done a terrible job here--I don't think there's much argument about that--I just don't think it's all his fault.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:46 PM ^
it isn't all gerg's fault, he has never ran a 3-3-5 before, so no surprise some of our guys look completely lost out there sometimes. Aside from the fact that there were so many first year starters/freshman in our secondary that didn't help either.
RR should of let Gerg do whatever the hell he wanted to do with our D, but who knows how much it would have helped with all the young kids back there.
It is really too bad our D is where it is at, or we would prob be looking at a possible 10 win season.
December 13th, 2010 at 7:20 PM ^
After the Big Chill, although I agree with the sentiment the "not all Gerg's fault" struck a chord. I got a mental image of some disgruntled "fans" doing a reverse hockey goal chant. Something like after the D gets burnt, a score count off (might need to be by 5s), then pointing at Gerg and chanting "Hair, Hair, Hair, Hair, Hair, Its all your fault, its all your fault, its all your fault"
December 13th, 2010 at 8:35 PM ^
Yes, it is all GERG's fault. Just like it was Scott Shafer's fault before him; Shafer even said so in his exit presser.
December 13th, 2010 at 8:54 PM ^
RR should of let Gerg do whatever the hell he wanted to do with our D, but who knows how much it would have helped with all the young kids back there.
If he was willing to do that he could have done it with Shafer and I am 99% certain our defense would be much better than it is now. I'd even be willing to venture that we wouldn't be posting CC threads.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:27 PM ^
... he's set the bar pretty low. And you'd think any of his next stops will have more talent (or at least more experience) than this one.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:44 PM ^
Yeah, he'll probably go to the Big East. GERG's system is just too young to work in the Big Ten.
December 13th, 2010 at 9:51 PM ^
I’m jaded by having seen most of Greg Robinson’s games as Head Coach and Co-Defensive Coordinator for Syracuse before he begged Rich Rodriguez to hire him at Michigan, so forgive me for making this point whenever I read comments that Robinson’s lack of success at Michigan has not been all his fault, and that he'd be so much better if he could only run his own show. While that may be true, I always wonder why others don’t consider his recent performances elsewhere when evaluating his potential to improve Michigan’s defense the way Rich Rodriguez has improved Michigan’s offense.
Since 2000, when he has been in full control of the schemes and players almost every year, Greg Robinson’s "success" found his most-recent NFL defenses ranked 24th with the Broncos in 2000, then 23rd in 2001, 32nd in 2002 and 29th in 2003 with the Chiefs. His most-recent college defenses were ranked 57th (using Paul Pasqualoni’s players) in 2005, 107th in 2006, 111th in 2007 and 101st in 2008 at Syracuse; and 82nd in 2009 and 108th in 2010 at Michigan. In those ten seasons, six of his defenses have finished in the bottom 20% of all teams. The one "good" season out of those ten (2005) saw his defense ranked just barely in the top half of all teams.
I suppose there’s still a chance that Robinson could be invited back to coach Michigan’s defense in 2011. After he was fired by Syracuse and had been paid over $4,000,000 to lead Syracuse football through the worst four years in its history, he offered to coach a fifth year there for free. He could make a similar offer to Michigan.
By most accounts, Greg Robinson’s a good man. But with a 10-37 record as a head coach (3-25 in the Big East) over four years at Syracuse, and his work as a defensive coordinator since 2000 (excluding his one year as Co-Coordinator at Texas in 2004 when his Longhorns were ranked 23rd after bring ranked 25th in 2003), it’s hard to imagine that he’ll be in great demand if he’s not invited back to Michigan after the Gator Bowl game. It’s also hard to imagine that Dave Brandon and Rich Rodriguez will conclude that there’s no better choice than Greg Robinson available to be Michigan’s DC in 2011. If he’s not working for Toys R Us, Robinson’s next stop may be in Seattle as a position coach or some type of assistant with his good friend, Pete Carroll.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
December 13th, 2010 at 6:40 PM ^
Anna K in as a recruting co-ord. Sign him up now!
December 13th, 2010 at 6:51 PM ^
Terrible music puns will always be upvoted by me.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:10 PM ^
December 13th, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
Here are the Wiscy D recruits who have Michigan offers.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:22 PM ^
if they take gerg from us, our d is in SERIOUS trouble
December 13th, 2010 at 6:33 PM ^
Its not the defense you have to be worried about.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:37 PM ^
Then what do we have to be worried about?
December 13th, 2010 at 7:00 PM ^
Pick one:
A> Your defense
B> Their offense
Either way, you win. Or you lose, depending on how you look at it.
December 13th, 2010 at 7:23 PM ^
uhm... one of those choices is our defense.
December 13th, 2010 at 8:19 PM ^
I thought you meant we don't need to worry about our defense.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:51 PM ^
and we are in the LEGENDS Division.
December 13th, 2010 at 8:45 PM ^
But if we're not Leaders, are we Followers? That can't be good. Then again, if they're not Legends, they must be Forgotten Ones. So we win?
December 14th, 2010 at 3:29 AM ^
Am I the only one who doesn't see this move from Wico DC to NIU HC as just a slight upward move? I'm not complaining when coaches from BT schools leave the conference, I'm just saying...
December 14th, 2010 at 6:52 AM ^
I agree. He could have made a bigger impact just waiting for a bigger job to open up knowing how successful their defenses have been. He could have probably gotten the Minnesota job.