OT: Ohio State co-DC and secondary coach Jeff Hafley to be named HC of BC
This could finally be some good news for Harbaugh and co. Hafley was killing it for Ohio State on the recruiting trail, and seemed to make a noticeable impact on their secondary this year.
DC Greg Mattison seems to be staying though.
December 14th, 2019 at 1:02 AM ^
I wonder why they choose him over our "top ten every year" DC.
December 14th, 2019 at 1:07 AM ^
Perhaps because one is 40 years old and the other is 64?
December 14th, 2019 at 1:09 AM ^
So having a geezer as a coach is ok for us but I guess not BC. I guess we all just pray he retires.
December 14th, 2019 at 1:17 AM ^
Coordinators tend to run older. You know this, and you're just acting in bad faith. That being said, his performance against Ohio State has been completely unacceptable, and people pretending like it's ridiculous to question his job security are insane.
December 14th, 2019 at 7:59 AM ^
Not all Browns fault imo. He just doesn't have the same talent in aa that Mattison is working with.
Having said that, thought I had read that Brown's contract guarantees he isn't required to recruit off campus? If so that's not a positive thing to not do in home visits for those 5*'s in florida.
December 14th, 2019 at 8:52 AM ^
I've read lots of reports of Brown on the road.
December 14th, 2019 at 10:50 AM ^
met brown this summer at a recruiting camp at GVSU where my 2 oldest sons were participating. he was loud and funny.
December 14th, 2019 at 8:48 PM ^
He's the defensive coordinator of a team that gave up 62 and then 56 points in the biggest game of the year. Sick of hearing about the talent level. Last years team had 2 top 15 picks, and 2 NFL corners.
December 15th, 2019 at 8:32 AM ^
You're absolutely correct. It certainly wasn't Donnie's genius idea to hang his safeties out to dry in Happy Valley the exact same way he did in '17. I don't wanna hear about holding them to 7 points after halftime. That opening half was brutal against pretty much a one trick pony in PSU with Hamler.
December 14th, 2019 at 11:38 AM ^
If it is Don Brown's fault that (a) Gary left for the NFL (b) Solomon + the other guy transferred (c) Jeter & Co have not lived up to their billing, which is NOT Brown's position to coach [Last I checked, we have done pretty well with our LBs] (d) that Freshman couldn't step in to fill that void... Then... yea, Donny should be fired.
This year exemplified a PROGRAM recruiting problem of not landing, developing, and keeping top end DTs the last 2-3 years. That falls on Harbaugh, Partridge, Brown, AND Mattison - who was our DT Coach... a shared blame. The fact that Brown turned a team with an obvious weakness into a Top 10 defense is pretty awesome. The two teams who spanked us were those built with superior Offensive Lines that were 310-330 point linemen who could aim the cannon at that glaring weakness. OSU spanked us because we did not have the equal caliber DTs to stand up their ELITE OGs/C. We had to become unbalanced to try and stop the run, which then made us vulnerable to the pass.
At the end of the day, it is not just about the X's and Os, but the Jimmys and Joes.
December 14th, 2019 at 4:43 PM ^
No, the LBs stink at coverage and he didn’t develop or give chances to highly rated LBs like Jordan Anthony or Drew Singleton.
We got two top 8 LBs in same class as Josh Ross who never cracked the starting lineup. And Cam and Ross only got in due to injuries to a really slow, real bad Devin Gil.
Glasgow and Hudson made tackles, but rarely made plays. Both are strong safeties who needed us to blitz them to be anywhere effective—which left the second and third level susceptible.
Our current LBs are 1 dimensional. Hudson and Glasgow cannot cover TEs, and they were very poorly placed in zone. They aren’t good against the run, either, why they gave up plenty of inside runs. The reason Metellus stunk so badly is how poorly our personnel covers the middle. That is in playcalling and personnel calls.
That’s Don Brown. We essentially had three slow strong safeties on the field (Glasgow, Hudson, Metellus), creating mismatches against the bigger lines (Wisconsin, PSU, OSU), the good TEs (all three), and deep WR corps (again, all three).
Cam and Ross are fantastic sideline to sideline. One of them can cover the TE. Paye would be an excellent WILL on a 4-3.
December 14th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
No, the LBs stink at coverage and he didn’t develop or give chances to highly rated LBs like Jordan Anthony or Drew Singleton.
We got two top 8 LBs in same class as Josh Ross who never cracked the starting lineup. And Cam and Ross only got in due to injuries to a really slow, real bad Devin Gil.
Glasgow and Hudson made tackles, but rarely made plays. Both are strong safeties who needed us to blitz them to be anywhere effective—which left the second and third level susceptible.
Our current LBs are 1 dimensional. Hudson and Glasgow cannot cover TEs, and they were very poorly placed in zone. They aren’t good against the run, either, why they gave up plenty of inside runs. The reason Metellus stunk so badly is how poorly our personnel covers the middle. That is in playcalling and personnel calls.
That’s Don Brown. We essentially had three slow strong safeties on the field (Glasgow, Hudson, Metellus), creating mismatches against the bigger lines (Wisconsin, PSU, OSU), the good TEs (all three), and deep WR corps (again, all three).
Cam and Ross are fantastic sideline to sideline. One of them can cover the TE. Paye would be an excellent WILL a 4-3, with RB flat responsibility.
December 14th, 2019 at 1:51 AM ^
They brought Don in for an interview.
You want your head coach to be around for a while. Don in his mid-60s probably isn’t.
December 14th, 2019 at 2:41 AM ^
Coordinators are different than head coaches. When making a new hire, you also tend to want a guy who will be there a while. A 65 year old new head coach isn’t common at all. older coordinators are much more common, especially if they’ve already been there a few years.
this is just a shit take on your part.
December 14th, 2019 at 2:55 AM ^
A 65 year old head coach is more likely to stick around for five to ten years, especially after a few good years, while a 40 year old coach at BC would be gone to a higher prestige program or the NFL.
December 14th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
100% correct.
ADs are so fucking short-sighted. Even if you do land a special coach, he's not hanging around BC for the next 15 or so years if he's as good as advertised. You get all of the downside for a swing and miss and very little upside for a home run.
It's like ADs have no idea that they should prepare to always be hiring a football coach. That's half the damn job! And the same for head coaches regarding coordinators and position coaches. Hiring staff is a lot of the job.
December 14th, 2019 at 10:37 AM ^
This led me to check the other OSU DC's age. Mattison is 70 now. Hadn't realized that.
December 14th, 2019 at 1:52 AM ^
Won’t be surprising if he at least attempts to bring one of Washington or Campanile to be his DC.
Lets hope it’s Washington.
December 14th, 2019 at 6:56 AM ^
Wasn't Campanile a co-dc there before he came to UM?
December 14th, 2019 at 2:08 AM ^
Won't make any difference.
December 14th, 2019 at 3:23 AM ^
I just had a horrible thought.
Hafley is 40 years old, from New Jersey, and was brought in to be the young recruiting ace to go along with Greg Mattison as Co-DCs.
Does a certain person not fit that almost to the letter?
Chris Partridge is 39, from New Jersey, is a recruiting ace, and there's long been rumors he wants to move up to be a DC or Co-DC, and is obviously familiar and comfortable working with Mattison.
Please don't let that happen, I can't even take the on field beatings from OSU let alone when they steal our good coaches.
December 14th, 2019 at 6:59 AM ^
This is why it doesn't make sense to make him at least the co-dc here. I'd figure they would have done that already. Maybe they feel they can't find a better person to coordinate the special teams?
December 14th, 2019 at 9:13 AM ^
This is why it doesn't make sense to make him at least the co-dc here. I'd figure they would have done that already.
Your statements contradict each other. Unless you're saying you expected them to do something that doesn't make sense.
December 14th, 2019 at 10:05 AM ^
No i meant to say "it doesn't make sense they haven't at least made him the co-dc."
December 14th, 2019 at 8:29 AM ^
CP was fired up when GM went to OSU. He was one of the only coaches that said much to the media, and considers GM a traitor.
Schiano to interview CP and Campanile. I think there is a much stronger possibility that one of them goes to NJ over OH. Sounds like more of our coaches are interviewing than DB, CP & AC.
Hopefully McDaniels stays, he seems to be fitting in real well and great with Jay, Dudek, and CP.
Hartline getting a ton of calls from both NFL and NCAA, between him and Day I expect one of them to not be at OSU next year.
Lastly, I was "what if ing" a few guys at Schem Hall and sounds like most people figured if DB leaves DJD would be the top choice to replace..
Cheers
December 14th, 2019 at 8:36 AM ^
DJ durkin?
December 14th, 2019 at 8:43 AM ^
Who is DJ?
December 14th, 2019 at 8:44 AM ^
Who’s DJ?
December 14th, 2019 at 10:36 AM ^
Ask TK.
December 14th, 2019 at 8:46 AM ^
Who is DJ?
December 14th, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
Who is DJ?
December 14th, 2019 at 10:15 AM ^
Day isn't going anywhere. His young family moved very frequently (life as a coach) and I've seen they like the area and plan to stay there for a while. How long is a while? No clue
December 14th, 2019 at 11:31 AM ^
DJ Durkin? Fuck no
December 14th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
Confused by this statement: “I think there is a much stronger possibility that one of them goes to NY over OH”
what’s in NY? Do you mean Boston?
December 14th, 2019 at 8:24 PM ^
I think he is saying Rutgers, either doesn’t know it’s in NJ or the more likely explanation, a typo since the J n K are next to each other on a qwerty keyboard.
December 14th, 2019 at 9:45 AM ^
I'd be surprised if Al left his dream job so fast.
December 14th, 2019 at 3:23 AM ^
Mobile is so bad.
Editing the post made it a double post, ugh
December 14th, 2019 at 5:50 AM ^
Don brown will probably go to osu as their new dc. He will become elite because their talent level is night and day better than our level. He will stick to Jim. Harbaugh is our Ferentz of big ten East. He will have good records against everyone else, win 9-10 games, have great academic success, no off field issues, and continue to be 0 for against the buckeyes. I’ve accepted where we are at and this like Lloyd and Bo without beating an elite rival. I can’t go back to periods of rod and hoke sorry.
December 14th, 2019 at 6:20 AM ^
OSU tried poaching Brown from us when Day was made HC (they worked together previously). Brown turned them down, so they went for Mattison as their 2nd choice.
December 14th, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
Is this true?
December 14th, 2019 at 10:25 AM ^
Yes. Widely reported and confirmed when Rat-Fuck was hired.
December 14th, 2019 at 6:33 AM ^
Ridiculous post. I give up? That’s super weak. Grow some balls
December 14th, 2019 at 7:33 AM ^
Having academic success and few off field issues sounds great. Winning 10 games a year also sounds pretty good, because occasionally things should come together for a special season.
What doesn't sounds good is not beating OSU.
Wrt Ferentz, the general point still stands (a decent, but not great clean program), but in the last 10 years he has lost 5 or more games 7 times. So Harbaugh winning 9 or 10 a year would be better from that perspective.
December 14th, 2019 at 10:37 AM ^
Not if you do it correctly.
December 14th, 2019 at 6:39 AM ^
OSU is due a significant weakness...
December 14th, 2019 at 7:14 AM ^
don brown be like “coach Hafley get me the fuck outta here.”
December 14th, 2019 at 7:15 AM ^
don brown be like “coach Hafley get me the fuck outta here.”
December 14th, 2019 at 8:08 AM ^
Yeah, cool post! We heard you the first time. Not really.
December 14th, 2019 at 8:19 AM ^
Any setback they might’ve gotten from this was just offset by the fact that Chase Young plans on returning to OSU next year.
I applaud a man opting to come back and get his degree, but that just seems.....really stupid. Even putting my biases aside, you’re the projected #1 overall pick across the board. Your stock literally can’t be higher. You have nothing more to prove. And you want to risk all of that and come back?
Meh, who am I kidding? He’s not risking anything because nothing bad ever happens to OSU. Ever. Their best DL player, maybe ever, opts to come back to school when by all rights he shouldn’t, and will probably be even more productive next year. I don’t understand how OSU keeps rolling 7’s on everything year after goddamn year.
December 14th, 2019 at 8:50 AM ^
Good grief, stop with the crying. He has not announced he is coming back. He said the plan was to return to school. Plans change. He’s not passing up being a top 2 pick.