December 2nd, 2015 at 1:44 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
Good luck to him. Hate to see him go but I have no doubt harbaugh will find someone good to replace him. Durkin is a great guy know him from back in the BG days.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
I hope the Maryland adminstration and Under Armour are serious about the upgrades they want.
Good luck to him except for 1 weekend a year.
Which recruits are closely associated with Durkin? We lose anyone committed or targeted to Durkin?
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
impact is the main thing that concerns me. I'm pretty sure Harbaugh would be able to find another great DC. But, I'm worried about any key defensive recruits - especially Gary and the badly needed LB's.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
Narduzzi spurns HC offers for years and years and we get Durkin for one.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
except when you play us.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
ESPN is reporting this now as well
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
Wow. That escalated quickly.
If true, I wish Coach Durkin all the best in College Park. Three game shutout streaks are a kinda big deal - thanks for creating those awesome memories in Ann Arbor.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
I'm not sure I deserve to be.
I can't shake it that I'm pissed he was interviewing for jobs the week of the Ohio State game.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:58 PM ^
My thoughts exactly. Not indicating that I believe we would have been able to stop OSU's offense if he wasn't weighing the Maryland job but it's hard to think he wasn't distracted.
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
Not only him but the team as well.
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
I think the fact that this all went down during the week he was supposed to be figuring out how to stop OSU and the read option is going to leave a bad taste in my mouth for a long time...
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 2:12 PM ^
if the defense played so poorly because of Durkin meeting with officials. But with how unprepared the defense looked then the timing of the hire, it certainly gives traction to those who believe he was distracted this week.
I'm not in that camp but it is a take I've heard a ton in the aftermath of The Game.
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^
If a dude wants a good head coaching job, I tend to believe it would be in his best interest to NOT lay a Defensive egg against OSU. That performance doesn't help him. Unless, of course, he knew he had the Maryland job last week.
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
Why would he get shit? The shit was our product on the field against OSU. It's completely, 100% reasonable to assume his mind was elsewhere these last few weeks. Sure sure, everyone wants to reference Glasgow... and sure, that hurt - but we went from stud's to dud's in the matter of a few weeks and it's hard not to point fingers here with probable cause.
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
In other threads when people said they felt he was distracted they got hammered. Of course that was before the hire so perception changes.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
Bummer. Was hoping he'd stay 1 more year and then we could get Shoop once Franklin was broomed out of PSU!
I know Maryland is not a "great job" because of the division but you simply do not turn down a P5 job at 37 years old - thats a huge accomplishment for Durkin. His connection to both Harbaugh and Meyer has to be enticing - just boggled we had 1 good year of D and he is wanted and Chris Ash who has done the same for OSU for 2 years doesnt get a sniff.
Well we get to have a CC search ourselves this year after all!
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
Probably not much considering Mattison and JBaugh are his primary recruiters.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
The recruiting fallout could be enormous. We need to splash with the new hire.
Also - and I hate admitting this but it's unequivocally true - I would be totally furious if I was Dontavious Jackson.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
Fuck Pete Thammel. That is all.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
Any idea who we might try to get or do we promote from within?
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:54 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^
he'd take a couple years to capitalize his DC job at Michigan into something bigger. Maybe I'm misreading the potential coaching market next year.
I think he could have done better than Maryland, maybe even this year. You are guaranteed 4 losses each of your next 2 years there.
December 2nd, 2015 at 5:56 PM ^
Yeah, I don't understand this at all.
We have a good D coming back next year, and all our main rivals will experience some falloff on offense next year.
One more year under Harbaugh and Durkin would be an absolute rock star. Then he could do much better than Maryland.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:51 PM ^
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December 2nd, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
Kinda surprised by this given recruits were saying he's not going anywhere... Not a good look if they werent being upfront by this.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^
That would be really bad if he just lied about it.
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
https://twitter.com/DCinco_5/status/671049072191606784
yeah... not a good look. This tweet is from Nov 29 when Durkin was first reported to have interviewed and then proceeds to deny it to a recruit on his official visit.
December 2nd, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
Goddamnit MSU can keep Narduzzi well beyond the point they should have yet we get one year (minus the bowl game, to boot) with Durkin? And he's bolting to be a head coach in the same fucking division as Michigan??? And of course THIS had to be the year in which elevnty billion coaching jobs are open around the country.
At least Mattison is still around to help with continuity (and I'm guessing he'll be temporary DC if Harbaugh can't get a guy before the bowl game)...
...but what the fuck, man?
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
Honestly, I'll be a little bitter about how he handled this for quite a while. It was a major distraction the week of our biggest game. May Harbaugh destroy him hence forth.
Neg away.
December 2nd, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
Same. +1
Here's to his defense allowing 42 points again at Michigan Stadium the next time he's there.
*twitches*
December 2nd, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^
We can agree on things and stuff.