Cowboy DB Coach Maurice Linguist as co-DC
Per Urban Meyer’s stenographer
https://twitter.com/petethamel/status/1351631805821181953?s=21
January 19th, 2021 at 4:07 PM ^
11th in the league with a number of injuries
January 19th, 2021 at 6:44 PM ^
They were 2nd to last against the run so their standing in pass defense may be a little inflated because teams didn’t have to pass to get yards against them. A better statistic may be QB Rating against where they were 26th in the lead.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
Dallas’s pass defense was ranked 11th in yards per game, which is not bad, especially considering they are near the bottom in the league in sacks.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:09 PM ^
They did have a new DC, and I think a pretty drastic scheme change from Kris Richard to Mike Nolan.
January 19th, 2021 at 6:09 PM ^
They had little to no pass rush also.
January 19th, 2021 at 9:19 PM ^
Yes but so did ours. At least this way we can suck with better talent!
January 19th, 2021 at 4:01 PM ^
Idk who this guy is but he better be good and better start talkin to Will Johnson before we lose him to osu or usc.
January 20th, 2021 at 2:51 AM ^
this is prolly the best hire to get back with will johnson, everything i see abt this guy says he is an elite recruiter and it showed when he was at A&M
January 20th, 2021 at 5:11 AM ^
Looks like he's an "Elite" recruiter which is probably going to be his main purview. Will he be okay with that if Mike is going to be calling all the shots in game? Given the money involved, probably okay with it is my guess.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
Can he find a way to bring Jourdan Lewis back with him???
January 19th, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
Nice to have another "Mo" back at Michigan.
Again, not 100% sure of the hire, but seems to have a lot of experience; if he coached up Winfield jr while at Minnesota, that is a good sign.
I'm personally not a fan of the 'co' coordinator thing, however, it will play out on the field, so I guess we'll have to wait and see.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
Set up the Zoom call with Macdonald, Linguist, Will Johnson, and Domani Jackson asap!
January 19th, 2021 at 4:09 PM ^
Didn't Domani Jackson commit to USC? Which means that Will Johnson is 100% committed to them also since one of them said they are for sure a package deal?
!?!?!? RECRUITING !?!?!??!!
January 19th, 2021 at 4:12 PM ^
Ain't over till NSD
January 19th, 2021 at 5:05 PM ^
January 23 commit date for Jackson
January 19th, 2021 at 8:47 PM ^
He’s committing on the 23rd
January 19th, 2021 at 5:34 PM ^
Those 2 are very likely gone
January 19th, 2021 at 4:05 PM ^
This pleases me
January 19th, 2021 at 4:07 PM ^
Or, as they call him elsewhere, Mo Tongue.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:14 PM ^
I'm still bummed that we're not getting Moorhead, but at least we're getting Mo Tongue.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:41 PM ^
We can take solace that we still have Moore, Sherrone
January 19th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
So are we done now?
January 19th, 2021 at 4:42 PM ^
No. Not according to Sam Webb. Didn't provide anymore details than that when asked if coaching staff was done.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
Found this info in another article about his experience.
Linguist, 36, has experience in college having coached at Texas A&M, Minnesota, Mississippi State and Iowa State. He was also considered for South Alabama’s head coaching position during this past hiring cycle.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:09 PM ^
Jourdan Lewis' coach?
January 19th, 2021 at 4:10 PM ^
I think I like what we are doing. We are looking to get younger and I'm guessing that is so we can really get after it on the recruiting trail. I still think Harbaugh can coach when he has the horses. There is a reason the teams that recruit the best are always the ones to bring home the hardware.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:13 PM ^
So, I think the problem with your scenario here is time. We don't have time to recruit the horses. Harbaugh needs to win NOW. I see almost no scenario where he is given another 2-3 years to get it together. That's my concern with all of these young guns. I absolutely agree, that if we were to give them a few years, they could be awesome.
I'm just not sure the timing will work. But we shall see. I'd love to be wrong.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:17 PM ^
I see every scenario where Harbaugh is given the full length of his contract, if he wants to stay, to get it together. He’s hiring like he’s building for the future.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:22 PM ^
I do agree with the second part, that he is hiring like he's building a future.
With that said, this is what he SHOULD have done 2-3 years ago. And I'm merely pointing out, I just don't think the patience is there to wait a few more years before we're competitive. I still stand by, Harbaugh will be given 2 years to either: Beat OSU or make the Big Ten Championship.
No more what he built or didn't, I don't see him getting more time than that.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:46 PM ^
So, '17 and '18?
After '18 (10-3) we hired Gattis, Warinner, Ben Herbert, Moore... I'd argue he was trying to build. Even at that point it wasn't super clear Brown had to go. Yes, he got shelled by OSU but prior to that he held 3 ranked teams to 27 total points.
January 20th, 2021 at 7:24 AM ^
We hired Moore and Warinner after '17. Harbaugh began this transition after '16. He tried modernizing the offense first. The problem was the first move blew up in his face when he hired Greg Frey to implement zone schemes in the oline. But if you really want to get technical, his first real move happened during the 2016 season when he recruited Dylan McCaffrey. Anyway, then after '17 we hired Moore and Warinner. But Warinner was hired so late he didn't even get to recruit at all for that 2018 class. I'm not defending the results, I'm just saying Harbaugh has had some shitty luck to go with some bone-headed decisions. Mind you, the line coaching being split, he'd done that at Stanford but with the dline so it SHOULD have worked in his mind.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:22 PM ^
I agree he needs to win now, but I'm not sure how that happens with where our defense is at. The coaches may do a great job and we probably are going to have problems next year on that side of the ball. I know no one wants to hear that but that is reality as far as I'm concerned. We had horrible problems this year and now we have a new scheme and we have lost guys off a bad defense.. We have a roster of vipers and I'm not sure that will even be a position anymore for us. I just feel we have a knife wound on defense and it won't be fixed with a band aid. It is going to take more than one season and we need guys that can really bring in the talent.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:24 PM ^
I think all of that makes sense, but as I pointed out above, Harbaugh should have done this a few years ago. He waited, that was his choice. I understand why the fans are anxious. I think he gets two years to fix it. I don't see him getting more and I just worry this coaching staff will need more time than that.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:44 PM ^
I don't think you need to worry about Jim being ushered out. Warde has made it very clear throughout the offseason that it's Jim that will make the decisions about his future. Warde was not willing to let him go after a horrible season. Jim was willing to stay at Michigan with a reduced contract because there was no NFL interest. So, it appears Jim will be at Michigan as long as he wants to be.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:53 PM ^
I think the difference is the reduction in the buyout. That was done so that Warde could get out of the deal. I disagree with you that it's all up to Jim. That lowered buyout says otherwise. Just my take.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:11 PM ^
At this point in the CFB landscape, I’m convinced that being good at recruiting gives you a better chance at success than being good at coaching.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:17 PM ^
I mean the reality is UM is also under .500 against Wisconsin, PSU and MSU so clearly the problems are not just recruiting considering UM on aggregate has outrecruited them. The fact that people act as though UM is devoid of talent is baffling, they are still second in the conference in recruiting under Harbaugh.
January 19th, 2021 at 5:20 PM ^
Michigan is not devoid of talent but the roster gap between PSU and UM is not as large as UM to OSU.
The reality is you won’t see any team with mostly 3-4 star talent break through the proverbial CFP glass ceiling with consistency.
I think it’s actually harder to identify and attract top tier coaching talent than it is to identify and recruit top tier athletes. It’s better to gamble all of these unproven hires with a roster full of 4-5 star athletes than it is to hope your unproven hire is the next Saban or Meyer. Furthermore, it’s harder to retain top tier coaches as they will be poached for better roles annually while your roster talent is roughly reliable for 3 years.
In many ways it’s a chicken or egg argument. I’m asserting it’s better to have a loaded roster year in and year out than it is to maintain a loaded revolving door staff.
The fact that failed coaches join the Alabama staff annually to appear good again, to then get other jobs and fail again, while the Bama machine keeps humming, supports the roster talent > coaching argument.
January 19th, 2021 at 8:32 PM ^
Brady Hoke and Matt Campbell would like a word.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:14 PM ^
These hires almost seem based on recruiting territories..... MacDonald from the southeast in Georgia, and Linguist from Texas. Glad nobody from California is coming, because the return is low.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:21 PM ^
How about we actually have people who can recruit michigan. We don't have anyone on the staff who can do that.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:42 PM ^
Mike Hart says Hi.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:55 PM ^
Maybe you have heard of a guy named Mike Hart.
January 19th, 2021 at 6:06 PM ^
Why do so many people worry about recruiting Michigan? I get making sure we take the top few, but some people act like 1/2 the team should be from the state...
January 19th, 2021 at 6:16 PM ^
Jay Harbaugh and Mike Hart.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:14 PM ^
Looks like he pulled 5 top 100 guys in the secondary during the 2018/2019 cycles. Much needed help in that department. Also strong ties to the state of Texas where OSU has really taken off lately on the recruiting front.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:15 PM ^
Don't know much about Mo, but this sets Michigan up to recruit as one of the few (only?) programs in the power five with two black coordinators.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:20 PM ^
I love it. At this point, it is worth the risk hiring young guys that can recruit and see what they can do. I would have liked to have seen more movement on the offensive side, but we will see I guess.
It is also pretty hilarious that none of the insiders had any of these names at all. Its funny seeing people lose their minds when a potential hire is leaked and then never happens. Pretty much like recruiting I guess.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:20 PM ^
Young, high energy coaches who can recruit and have an NFL pedigree? Sign me up