I don't care who it is - but if on staff they better be able to handle unbalanced sets better than Allen was. Oregon killed us with them.
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IMO, they didn't have the talent. They played a lot of zone because they had to. They wanted to put DA in conflict which only worked part of the time.
It seems not many people (players) on D seem to be terribly upset that, Allen is gone. Also was told today that PS never countered Clemson's offer which I find very interesting.
Yeah, I don’t necessarily care if we get a Manny clone per se, but I do enjoy the aggressive man blitz type.
I doubt James is even considering Al Golden
"....defensive coordinator D'Anton Lynn says don’t put his defense in a specific box. It’s going to be versatile.
“I’m not a guy who goes, ‘Hey, this is my scheme. This is what I do.’ It’s all about the players,” Lynn said Tuesday in his first media availability since being hired away from crosstown rival UCLA. “I think you have to be flexible. You have to be able to adapt. And you need a scheme that is built that way.
"At UCLA, we had a very flexible scheme that not only fit our personnel,but allowed us to be a little bit different each week depending on the offense that we were playing.”
The defensive coordinator position for the Cincinnati Bengals appears to be down to two final names.
Drae Harris of Sports Illustrated reports that the Bengals are down to Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden. Harris also says he considers Golden to be the favorite for the job and believes that’s who gets the nod.
Graham has been a dark horse around the league several times now. He even interviewed for the Jacksonville Jaguars head-coaching job this cycle. His numbers from this season aren’t wowing, but certain things show he was able to do more with less talent.
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It just seems like a move that a veteran HC wouldn't make. Just like he wouldn't hire LJ Sr
Well….history maybe. KC beat CJF in Minnesota….so he hired him. Lol.
Golden's next stop is as HC, not a lateral move.
Actually it might be as the DC for the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Where to now? Hopefully it's not the Indiana DC.
Pretty sure they hire Poindexter, make Connor the lb coach, and start working on 2025.
I'm ok with that. It's not a home run but it's a solid ground rule double and we don't slip backwards.
That crappy defensive performance in the 2nd half vs ND shoved him halfway out the door.
There was quite a bit of talk at the Orange Bowl that Golden wasn't interested in being a head coach.
If that's accurate go get him after Monday and throw enough money at him to make it happen. But that won't keep certain Franklin haters among the alums from pushing him for HC over Franklin.
So then if he does well, he'll be off to work for Manny Diaz
I was hoping we would know more today. Um maybe not. Lots of twists and turns in this one time for a new list? Problem there is the well known talent has either said no thanks after being interviewed, wasn't interested or took other jobs. So, we wait, in limbo.
Kind of agree. I'm hoping for a hire that moves the needle.
I want someone who, first and foremost, can recruit and will be a magnet for talent, because I believe that it doesn't take Robert Oppenheimer to call defenses for big time college football teams like Texas and OSU and even PSU when you're playing overmatched teams in most games.
Ask Brian Kelly about that. His 2023 team was loaded with guys like Daniels, Nabers and Thomas on a prolific offense but they still lost several games because of inept defense. It’s tougher than you think.
But was that because LSU didn't have enough good defensive players or bad coaching? LSU's defense this past season also wasn't spectacular. I'm somebody who believes that it's mostly the players who dictate whether you win or lose, and the coaching is icing on the cake. There's a reason why the same five or six teams have won every National Championship for the past several decades, despite the lesser teams maybe having better coaches.
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The way their board reads, it sounds like Knowles is probably leaving Columbus...at least entertaining the offers.
Hello Oklahoma, his wife isn't coming to State College. Unless maybe he's getting a divorce
Hello Oklahoma, his wife isn't coming to State College. Unless maybe he's getting a divorce
That's the other team I saw mentioned.
Norman isn’t exactly Miami plus Venables is on shaky ground.
Agree. I think calling defensive plays is way more difficult than being an OC. So much to account for and you're not defining the terms.
I'm not trying to discount coaching, because it's important. However, PSU has had a new defensive co-ordinator almost every two seasons under Franklin, yet the defense almost always is very good, with the exceptions of when they play a top 5 opponent.
Like I said before, it doesn't take a football genius to call defenses when you have the players at your disposal like OSU and Texas had this past season. Also, I believe that UGA won another National Championship after Lanning left there. Why? Because they had great players.
I don't think they are canning Venables now but it would be good to get him.
