[NU Sports] Michigan's man ...

Tue Dec 18 19:52:56 CST 2007

I know that before last season the Michigan DC Ron English was talked about
for a few NFL openings so I am sure that he has aspirations to move onto the
next level if not get an HC job (there are a few openings left).  I doubt
that he would take a job that is basically a step down from Michigan (in pay
and national attention, at least) at a place where the HC will be sticking
around for a while.

Anyways it will be interesting to see where NU's search for DC leads.  I
would suspect that Fitz already has one guy or a couple of guys in mind for
the job and that (like the announcement with Colby) he is waiting for the
"right time" to make the announcement - possibly after the bowls or the new
year?

Jonathan

On Dec 19, 2007 3:11 AM, Jeff Beamsley <jeff.beamsley at hilgraeve.com> wrote:

> Only two of his assistant coaches, the OC Magee, and Gibson his secondary
> coach and recruiting coordinator, have been mentioned widely in the press.
> Rodriguez also said that he planned to keep at least some of the current
> assistants.  So the only coaches directly displaced if the WVU assistants
> keep their current positions would be DeBord and Bedford.  A WV newspaper
> said that defensive coach Casteel and safeties coach Tell were given
> offers
> to come to Michigan.  The paper also speculated that strength coach Barwis
> would follow Rodriguez.
>
> If those rumors prove true, you're right that the current defensive coach
> English is probably on the way out too.  He did interview for Carr's job,
> so
> it isn't clear that he would be willing to take a DC job at NU where it is
> clear that PF has the job for life.  DeBord got an interview too.  He had
> been the HC at Central Mich before coming back to Mich, so it isn't clear
> that he is going to look for another OC job.  His pro-style offense is
> somewhat out of favor these days anyway.
>
> After Carr announced his retirement, most everyone on his staff started
> looking for jobs (according to the Detroit Papers).  Most of these guys
> have
> been through this process several times before and understand how the game
> is
> played (guaranteed contract or not).  Don't know if there are others there
> that might be interested in stepping into positions of more responsibility
> at
> NU, but in general, the number of HC changes are going to create a good
> pool
> of potential recruits for PF.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
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> To: SjT (Stephen J. Truog); nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Michigan's man ...
>
> >From what  I can gather Rodriguez is bringing his own assistants which
> means
> Michigan will have to payoff the two year agreement that Carr negotiated
> for
> them before retiring.  Maybe Michigan's defensive coordinator would be a
> good pick for Fitzgerald since at this point he doesn't owe Michigan
> anything.  The offensive coordinator will get picked up by someone.  He
> expected to be given consideration for Carr's job.
>
> John DeGroat
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > I never knew West Virginia was a farm team for the folks in Ann
> > Arbor.:) The folks in Morgantown have to wonder who Big Blue will be
> > calling up to coach
> > next.:)
> >
> > Pretty good hire for UM - they obviously messed up their first choice,
> > but they saved some face by grabbing a big-name coach. I'm not sure
> > the full cupboard he'll be left with necessarily fits his style of
> > offense, but in a couple years, Michigan should be fun to watch and
> > he'll have the chance to do what Urban Meyer has done - run the spread
> > with top-level talent.
> >
> > However, I think it's probably good news for the rest of the Big Ten
> > as well in that while Rodriguez is a good coach, he's not invincible.
> > We all kind of feared in the '90s how if OSU ever got a great coach
> > with all that talent, they'd be in the national title game every year
> > ... well, enter Mr. Tressel. While Rodriguez may have Michigan in the
> > mix many years, he hasn't shown at WVU that he's the brilliant gameday
> > coach who will never be caught unprepared (he lost to Wanny for
> > goodness sake! Wanny!).
> >
> > So while he's a great system coach and his spread will present all
> > types of problems once UM gets the recruits he needs, he won't run
> > roughshot over the league and will be open to an upset or two.
> >
> > But overall, good hire. Should be a fun addition to watch (the 54-51
> > score may become a norm for the UM-NU
> > series:) ) and help strengthen the league.
> >
> > GO CATS!!!
> > -SjT
> >
> > * * * * * * * * *
> > STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> > sjtruog at yahoo.com
> > GO CATS!!!
> >
> >
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