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He is a really good coach. Now is he the heart and soul of MSU's defense? I have not seen anything stating whether MSU has granted the interview or even if Narduzzi is interested.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:45 PM ^
Please.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:46 PM ^
I believe he is from Connecticut, so I imagine he'd be interested. I don't think MSU would refuse - that's not normal conduct.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:50 PM ^
I heard an interview with Dantonio who acknowledged the time is coming for Narduzzi to go out on his own. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:52 PM ^
Per a bio that I found a while back, he is indeed a native of New Haven, so this would be something of a homecoming for him. I believe he also spent most of the 1990s as an assistant in various capacities at Rhode Island as well. I actually wonder if he would seriously consider going back to his old stomping grounds, now that I think about it.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:11 PM ^
If anyone would refuse, it would be Dantonio.
"We're not here to talk about Connecticut!"
December 8th, 2013 at 9:41 PM ^
I can easily see that. He knows that having him as his D coordinator is the key to beating Michigan, so I really think he would refuse it.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:46 PM ^
Hire that man! I'll help him pack
December 8th, 2013 at 7:52 PM ^
He's built good defenses out of two and three stars. That skill should serve him well as a head coach at a program that doesn't usually grab top-tier talent.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:54 PM ^
I can't vouch for the truth of it, but I also saw a tweet indicating that Mike Hart is interviewing for the head job at Eastern, so good luck to him in that . . .
December 8th, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^
Teams have to interview a minority candidate.He isn't a serious candidate.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:08 PM ^
Not much of a stretch there - he isn't very experienced at any aspect of the coaching game, not hard to imagine that he isn't a serious candidate . . .
December 8th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
should swing for the fences and pick younger than desired candidates. No established coach would want EMU
December 8th, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
EMU has had plenty of established coaches apply for the job.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:46 PM ^
Jerry Glanville has plenty of experience.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:34 PM ^
Eastern is such an awful job they might to take a shot with a guy like Hart.
December 9th, 2013 at 3:26 AM ^
In that case, I think it's the perfect time for him to become the RB coach here. Jackson has had a long, much appreciated career here, but it is time to move on. Hart would also be the perfect coach for the power backs Michigan has been bringing in.
December 9th, 2013 at 8:43 AM ^
is on EMU's short list
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December 8th, 2013 at 7:57 PM ^
I am a Narduzzi fan even though I'm not an MSU fan. He deserves better than UConn.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:03 PM ^
I don't think it's such a bad place for him. UConn was competitive not that long ago (as we know), and it's in his home state. I think it'd be a pretty good place to start out as a head coach.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:08 PM ^
September 21st that they were pretty competitive. Not long ago at all. I was my current age (minus a few months).
December 8th, 2013 at 9:13 PM ^
I agree wholeheartedly...he should take over my defense poor Temple Owls in Philly.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:29 PM ^
I agree. I think that unless being a HC of a bad team in a very bad conference has always been his dream, then he would be crazy to take this opportunity.
December 9th, 2013 at 12:38 AM ^
but it seems to me that Narduzzi's next move could be a step up from UConn. I would think he would be attractive to lots of mid-tier programs in the power conferences. Would expect to pair him with a very strong OC, but he clearly has the defensive chops and does pretty damn good work with recruiting classes generally well out of the top 25.
December 8th, 2013 at 7:59 PM ^
Please go to UConn...
December 8th, 2013 at 7:59 PM ^
I can see Dantonio coaching another 5 or 6 years. There's no way Narduzzi waits to be his successor. Hopefully he takes it, I can't believe there's not better options for him quite frankly.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:06 PM ^
Uconn is in a bcs conference. It's a decent move. . Isn't the AD a Michigan grad? We're pulling a Steinbrenner/Henson here!
December 8th, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
The BCS is no more after this year, so that means very little.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:09 PM ^
So it appear the Michigan fanbase believes we can only beat MSU once every 5 years as long as Narduzzi is there. Kind of sad.
His stated goal is to be a HC, but rooting for this by the UM fan base really shows how the roles have been reversed in this rivalry.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:11 PM ^
I think we can win 6/7 a decade against them, but I was shot down by the MSU loving crowd who insisted in bowing to them as our overlords.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:15 PM ^
1 and 1 in our last 2
December 8th, 2013 at 9:34 PM ^
Well played my friend, well played...
December 8th, 2013 at 8:11 PM ^
but rooting for this by the UM fan base really shows how the roles have been reversed in this rivalry.
That's what happens when you lose to your "little brother" MSU 5 out of the last 6 years.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^
This just makes it easier.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:21 PM ^
Yea, it seems like a lot of you have already conceded the next 5-10 years to them. What if Jabrill Peppers is like Patrick Peterson or Charles Woodson? What if the OL's problem is youth and they become Alabama dominant with after some time in strength and conditioning.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:36 PM ^
I think those things are possible, but I don't understand why I should want MSU to have arguably the best DC in the country. One proposition does not require the other. I don't think Peppers' commitment hinges on MSU having Narduzzi. If anything, having him leave probably will help us in recruiting down the road.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:44 PM ^
What if I have 22'' dick?
December 8th, 2013 at 9:59 PM ^
Always uses the phrase "a good problem to have." Now I think I know what he means.
December 8th, 2013 at 11:31 PM ^
Due to lack of blood flow to the brain, you would pass out every time you had an erection
December 8th, 2013 at 11:55 PM ^
You mean you don't?
December 8th, 2013 at 8:21 PM ^
I don't see anyone saying that we can't beat them more than once every five years if he's there. But why would you want to face him if you don't have to? Whomever they hire is almost certainly going to be a downgrade. Right now I just want Michigan to get back to the top of the conference. Once we get there, we can talk about wanting our rivals to be strong.
Did you feel bad that Ohio lost Tressel and Pryor in 2011?
December 8th, 2013 at 8:48 PM ^
UM Fan of the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s - well up to 2007 could care less who was on the opposing staff other than Tressel at OSU. (we were in fact happy Cooper was there). So aside from that 1 exception I cannot recall so much of a fan base openly rooting for a coach to leave. When UM has its shit in order it doesnt really care who opposing coaches were nor are there message boards where many come together to cheer on aother school taking a coach from any opponent (or pre internet, around a bar stool)
It is a statment of where the program has fallen to. And its fan base. No shame in admitting it - if the internet was around in 1984 I cannot imagine any similar plaintive cry from our fanbase for a rival "to take it easy on us and please lose your coach".
What happened to "to be the best, we want to beat the best". Not at UM I guess.
December 8th, 2013 at 8:51 PM ^
This is not true. I was on campus in 1999 and I remember a lot of people being happy that Saban left MSU for LSU at the end of that season. No one wanted to face him again. And that was two years after a national title. It was also before Saban became Nick Saban, Destroyer of Worlds. At that point he was a guy who'd had one good season at MSU. We figured MSU would have a hard time replacing him, so it was good that he left.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
The same Nick Saban which Carr beat 45-29, 23-7, 29-17 and lost twice to by a grand total of 6 pts? The same Nick Saban who had MSU finish at 5th or 6th place in the conference 4 out of his 5 years? The same Nick Saban who led MSU to a 0-3 record in bowl games, and junky ones at that. That one? Yes I remember the celebrations after he left - he owned Michigan and the Big 10.
Nick Saban was a solid coach but not the Nick Saban we know today. Sorry I dont recall any outward rooting throughout the 1999 UM seasons that Nick leave so Michigan had a chance in the Big 10, and could actually beat Sparty more often than not.
Until Dantonio, Tressel was the only guy who had UM's number like this and the only guy I ever remember people clamoring to "leave".
December 8th, 2013 at 9:12 PM ^
I remember all that - again, I was on campus at the time.
The '99 game was painful - they physically dominated us and we couldn't run the ball at all. Brady led a great comeback in the 4th quarter but we fell short. The final was close but it felt pretty clear whom the better team was that day, and it was a bad feeling. There was a feeling that Saban might be hitting his stride. People were relieved when he left. It's dishonest to pretend otherwise. And it's not an indictment of anyone. It's normal to not want your rivals to do well, especially when it's a rivalry that a lot of people on our side like to pretend doesn't even exist (UM - MSU). It's easier to do that when they aren't good.
December 8th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
To be the best, you need to hire the best, or at least individuals who are elite. We have a .500 head coach is a basically a DL coach who recruits well. (And he reunited the fan base initially, which was a very good thing.) As a pure delegator, he is reliant on his coaching staff. What other program wanted Borges when he washed out from the SEC? Who is coming to learn at the footsteps of Funk? We are so far away from the best, to put that as a goal is not fair to the kids who have to struggle under this coaching staff. (One area in which our coaches are overachieving is compensation. While Michigan previously underpaid its coaches for the privilege of coaching at Michigan, the fact that we are now paying one of the highest salaries in college football to a coach that has never won a conference championship on any level and that no one elite program would want is somewhat jarring.)
Brandon, and many others, did not want the best -- they wanted the familiar and the non-threatening. A "man who won't need a map to Ann Arbor." Hoke fit that perfectly.
Even some posters here have thrown out the name Scott Loeffler as a potential Borges replacement because he is a Michigan man and therefore familiar. This is despite the fact that the Loeffler-led Auburn team last year lost every SEC game it played, and in the first year under Malzahn's new coaching staff, they are headed to the national championship game. (But it takes five years to evaluate coaches, right?)
December 8th, 2013 at 9:14 PM ^
This is quite the non-sequitor, but anyway, I'm curious: who was out there in 2011 that was clearly better than Hoke and wanted this job?
December 8th, 2013 at 9:46 PM ^
I think you may want to hold off before applying the anointing oil to Malzahn.
Malzahn also recruited many of these kids to Auburn as he coached there just a few years ago. You left out this fact.
December 8th, 2013 at 10:33 PM ^
Don't really know where you're going with the Loeffler issue. While his Auburn offense was brutal you might also look over his record as OC/QB coach at Temple which, as alumni and interested observer, I would state qualified as phenomenal. Clearly, the guy can coach if he can make it work in Philly. Auburn was a terrible fit.
December 9th, 2013 at 2:35 AM ^
or it was an outlier in a very weak conference with good talent inherited from a previous staff that represents just one of six seasons of data since he left Michigan. The other five consist of:
At BEST his resume is still way less impressive than Borges'. I'd rather hire someone competant like Shawn Watson than waste time on Loeffler because he's a MICHMAN
December 9th, 2013 at 7:12 AM ^
Possible it's an outlier but MACtion football at TU circa Loeffler era was not bad at all and outside of St. Al Golden you have not been able to spell tire fire without a T.
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