Bret said that Hauck is the only guy with who he discussed the position, and the only one he offered. Do we believe that? Was everyone making up the Partridge stuff? FWIW, Hauck looks to me do be a solid hire. Let's get him a few more dudes up front.
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ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Everybody wants the sexy hire - young, smart, wins immediately. AKA Sean McVay or Mike McDonald.
However everybody forgets the Sean McVay coaching tree of young assistants getting NFL HC jobs has hits and misses
Zac Taylor Bengals, 6-11
Matt LaFleur Packers 9-7
Brandon Staley Chargers - fired 2 years prior
Kevin OConnell Vikings, - 9-8
Liam Cohen Jaguars 13-4
Mike LaFleur Cardinals - just hired
However everybody forgets the Sean McVay coaching tree of young assistants getting NFL HC jobs has hits and misses
Zac Taylor Bengals, 6-11
Matt LaFleur Packers 9-7
Brandon Staley Chargers - fired 2 years prior
Kevin OConnell Vikings, - 9-8
Liam Cohen Jaguars 13-4
Mike LaFleur Cardinals - just hired
I believe him when he says Hauck was the only one he offered it too.
But I believe he conceptually talked about the position to many guys, trying to feel them out .
I dont think Partridge was ever as serious an option as we all thought.
Im betting BB and BH talked about it well before BH officially "retired".
Im thinking BH's enthusiam and knowledge of the 3-3-5 outweighed any possible offers to Stoops or Wilcox
jmo
has Oklahoma hired a DC yet ?
On a more agreeable post for all of you. Man Pebble beach golf course and weather rock today. Agreed? Go I L L
You haven’t done enough homework. He lost every one of those championship games.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
Have you looked at this from a longer term angle, and how Bret treats his staff and the corresponding impact of getting people to join him in the future? Another way to look at it is that he gave his staff member all the chances to succeed, and then helped him on the way out when it wasn’t working. Seems like having a boss like that would be attractive and help him attract talent the rest of his career, no? I’d say he’s playing the long game.
so...that's makes him what?
As a long time Illini fan I would take that! It would suck to lose them, but it would be impressive to get there that many times. When’s the last time Illinois was in any championship game in football?
Montana supporter here. Good luck with Bobby. He left here a little underhanded and basically left our defense in a mess, as he's bringing a good portion of coaches with him. Hope he doesn't do the same to you guys down the road. Also I feel for you with his style of crazy 3-3-5.
Whoah tough crowd here. You’re right he’s never won any big games. My bad
Also if you read my post closely I said he coached in 4 national championships so I did do my homework
What's a 4 star?
I'll say it....
I hate that we play Iowa again in the first year of our 3-3-5....
This defense is not meant for WIVC-style running attacks.
I do think it can give you an edge or at least a puncher's chance when facing the pass heavy schemes that much of the P4 run. I don't think we have the personnel up front, especially at nose tackle to run this scheme effectively in year 1. Indy has hinted towards something happening in the spring time at DL...Short of OL switching over...I don't know that I see it.
I'm ready for our Defense to be FUN again. Might not be perfect this year but I trust they can get this train rolling.
I’m just ready for them to make clean wrap up tackles for once. It seems like we have whiffed on way too many tackles over the past two years.
Maybe it could have been worse but it was no where near the level of consistency we need in every game to think about making the playoffs. We just wasted 2 years of a great quarterback that held up his side of things only to be let down by an inconsistent sometimes terrible defense. Getting rid of Henry was a must no matter how things play out.
Will be interesting to see how to staff fills out. Shaun Nua, Zarnell Fitch and Walter Stewart could make sense.
Rb - Julian Griffin, Deland McCullough are two I like
Rb - Julian Griffin, Deland McCullough are two I like
You ain't lying.
I'm excited for a blitz heavy (from different spots) look and a focus on aggression. You can't sit back in coverage nowadays unless you are Miami or OSU and expect these offenses to make mistakes. QB plays is soo freaking good in the league now.
I always felt like Henry's defense was PERFECT for B1G football in 2010. Back when the QBs were more like Taylor Martinez at Nebraska...
Now it's Heisman candidates, 4 stars, and whoever Iowa and Northwestern can find to put back there.
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Griffin seems like the obvious fit and makes too much sense...
Where is the Deland McCullough rumblings coming from? Thought he was interviewing for NFL jobs still? Don't get me wrong, he'd be a home run hire...but I can't see him being interested.
You could not be more right.
Yes but he had to win a whole bunch of big games to even make it that far. You don't get to be the winningest coach in Big Sky history without winning a lot of big games.
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