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Official D coordinator search thread (DJ Eliot hired?)
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Don't necessarily agree, because if I was a top DC, this is how I'd look at it:
1. More room to go down than up.
2. raw talent is a question mark since so many key starters graduate and backups are unknowns who weren't highly rated as high schools.
3. Head Coach is a Defensive guy, am I running my system or his? Rather be the DC for an offensive HC.
4. Pay. Will CU pay (and should they pay) for a top few type DC given #3 above?
Funds are always limited and I'd contend that DC is a place you don't have to pay a guy like Diaco, with that money saved better used elsewhere on staff.
So you're thinking Mangino? I thought he was an offense guy.
He said splash, not tsunami....
Finest
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(Edit: Oops, I see the exact same points have been made)Bob Diaco is available now, although most of his contacts appear to be out of primary recruiting territory:
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| 1996–1997 | Iowa (GA) |
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| 1999–2000 | Western Illinois (RB/ST) |
| 2001 | Eastern Michigan (RB/ST) |
| 2002 | Eastern Michigan (LB/ST) |
| 2003 | Eastern Michigan (OLB/ST) |
| 2004 | Western Michigan (LB/ST) |
| 2005 | Central Michigan (Co-DC/LB) |
| 2006–2008 | Virginia (LB/ST) |
| 2009 | Cincinnati (DC/ILB) |
| 2010 | Notre Dame (DC/ILB) |
| 2011 | Notre Dame (DC/LB) |
| 2012–2013 | Notre Dame (AHC/DC/LB) |
| 2014–2016 | Connecticut |
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Randy.Watson
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Exactly. The big DC splash CU was looking at the last time is bombing at Texas Tech. Should really use that "big splash hire" with caution.
Will or should?
Ralphierunner
Member
How about Rex Ryan?!?
Randy.Watson
Well-Known Member
First Post... Rex? Is that you?
Will. Although it is hard to get a read on the fanbase right now because I cannot really tell what most think would constitute a "splash" or "good" hire.
we'd have some bomb press conferences! Potentially rivaling the Pirate
Can I ask why? Poor defense this season in his one and only year running a defense. If anything, seems like he has ridden the coattails of Justin Wilcox more than anything.
I can agree with this. Diaco would certainly fit the description if we go that direction.
Something else to consider is that making a splash hire would also likely lead to that hire taking another position in a couple years. Like Leavitt. Still, nobody is complaining about the job he did and if something similar happens in two or three years that will mean we are still playing at a high level.
DrunkRalphie
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I'd be ecstatic with Diaco or DeRuyter.
Maybe somebody is talking to him and said to keep it quiet? Just a guess, Idk that.
I agree. The big names we've been focusing on, though, are all very successful 3-4 defensive coordinators from the college or pro ranks (Diaco, DeRuyter, Rodgers). Diaco & Rodgers in the same system tree as MacIntyre. DeRuyter with the ties to CO, TX and CA from his time at AFA, aTm & Fresno State. Much more than "names", they're great fits who are damn good at this job.
BlackNGold
Club Member
How about Tosh Lupoi - has some baggage but can handle the intensity and recruiting part of the job. In Alabama now but is a west coast guy.
DeNiro
My Dixie Wrecked
I posted that like 10 pages back.
I like him a lot as a dl coach. Not sure he has any DC experience.
I like all three of them. Diaco's lack of CO, CA or TX ties is a minor drawback compared to his ability as a DC. I didn't see where he and MacIntyre coached in the same system. What system tree did they coach together in?
Diaco coached under Al Groh, who coached a while under Parcells.
Lupoi makes the 80's SMU blush
Hmm so Diaco or DeRuyter? I wouldn't know which one to pick but the Parcell's angle is interesting.