How about a LB coach with CA recruiting ties!?
pete carrol leaving usc means that the state of california is about to be wide open again. there's arguably as much talent there as there is in florida or texas. traditionally, as we all know, michigan has been a recruiting power on the west coast. but that seemingly came to an end once richrod let ron english go.
so how about we target a lb coach with DEEP, DEEP CA recruiting ties to replace hopson. we already have plenty of southeastern guys. our midwestern roots are starting to settle in. top talent in the southwest is going to be untouchable as long as mack browns in town. so lets go west!
suggestions?
January 9th, 2010 at 3:56 PM ^
Pete leaving USC doesn't open up Cali for U of M. Maybe a few recruits who had initial interest in UM but that's about it, imho.
January 9th, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
Do you have any names or are we just dreaming here?
January 9th, 2010 at 4:10 PM ^
Who knows what will happen with Norton in the next couple weeks though.
January 9th, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
It would be nice to have a Linebackers Coach with deep, deep recruiting ties in Southern California. But it would be nicer to have LB coach who has super sperm and is able to impregnate his wife every 9 months to produce super babies that eventually become physical specimens and turn out to be great Linebackers, who eventually all commit to Michigan because, well, their dad is the LB coach (see Fred Jackson & Jeremy).
That would be better than a LB coach with california recruiting ties.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
That's stupid
January 9th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
Not unless, like Fred, he coaches us until the end of time.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:39 PM ^
You would'nt want a guy like that at UofM???
January 9th, 2010 at 6:11 PM ^
"Sperm" talk is just icky. Slang works, like jizz, gunk, goo, spooge, or spunk.
I mean, it's a football board, bunch of guys, gotta keep it simple and keep that sort of hard core edge that Guy Talk should always have.
January 9th, 2010 at 6:38 PM ^
You might be on to something here Raback. I don't know about him being an LB coach, but making Shawn Kemp a regent could turn not only the football program back around but the basketball program as well. His oldest son was an hs b-ball all-american that commited to Auburn earlier this year. I'm sure there are more to follow.
January 9th, 2010 at 3:59 PM ^
Back for more so soon?
January 9th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
Not that I didn't believe you right away, but seeing how every post in this thread gets immediately negged confirms beyond a shadow of a doubt that our old friend is back.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:04 PM ^
Michigan has never been a "recruiting powerhouse" in CA. We get a high end guy every year or two, much like we do in a number of parts of the country, but that is it. Acting like RichRod abandoned the state by not retaining Ron English (who wasn't exactly a hot commodity anywhere else) is a big overstatement.
That being said, I would love to see us get Ken Norton if he is out of a job or looking to move up. Very energetic and good at relating to players. Helped to develop the crop of 4 USC linebackers to get drafted last year. Played at a Super Bowl and Pro Bowl level in the NFL. Last but not least, his dad is a badass who knocked Muhammad Ali the fuck out.
If he leaves SC during the transition I hope we call him.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:09 PM ^
Personally, I don't want any coach connected with USC near Ann Arbor.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^
I'll take coaches who routinely win BCS bowl games and put guys in the NFL.
Overstating the (alleged) misdeeds at SC because we are jealous of their success is getting silly.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:17 PM ^
Overstating? Okay.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:16 PM ^
Up until this business with McKnight (who was immediately suspended and essentially booted from the team), the only substantive allegations against the USC football program involve Reggie Bush and his family receiving money from an agent with no ties to the university while still enrolled in school. This is the exact same allegation made against Charles Woodson while he was at Michigan, yet I don't hear anyone on this blog calling Lloyd Carr a cheater or demanding that we be stripped of our 1997 National Championship.
EDIT: Feel free to look into the relationship between Woodson and Marion Darnell Jones (the agent he signed with the day after the Rose Bowl) and tell me how it is any different from the allegations in the Bush case, aside from the fact that Bush ended up not signing with his alleged benefit providers prompting them to sue him.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:30 PM ^
Based one what recruits say our staff in general is pretty "laid back" socially. I dunno if our coaches would be up for clubbin with any of the USC assistants.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:12 PM ^
Norton broke Ali's jaw in the second round and won a decision.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
If you have to eat through a straw after the fight, I think it is fair to say you got knocked the fuck out.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:38 PM ^
It was a great fight and rivalry and Norton was a tough guy, but that was a testament to the unbelievable toughness of Ali. That guy had no quit in him, unfortunately to his later detriment.
That was when boxing was worth watching.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:05 PM ^
A LB with strong CA recruiting ties would be nice, but how about a coach that knows what he is doing? I'm sick of seeing all the mistakes from the LBs.
January 9th, 2010 at 6:16 PM ^
It's nice to have position coaches who can recruit, but more than anything else they need to be able to teach guys to play within our system.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
How did you get to 70 when you were just in the negatives and I dont believe you have posted since?
January 9th, 2010 at 4:16 PM ^
check how many names he's made. Wouldn't be surprised if it's in the 100s.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
I dont have that info, the only personal thing I can see is email addresses. No IP or anything like that.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
+30 posts, I'm not sure how he got the points in the past 10 hours or whatever. All his posts I see are negged to hell.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:22 PM ^
This is getting a little out of hand.
January 9th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
Seeing as Cal is not as much of a powerhouse state as Fl and it isnt really a state with as many spread players that we would want. Lastly USC, Cal, Oregon, and maybe Utah will draw in a ton plus other national powers.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:19 PM ^
While it isn't incredible from a per-capita player standpoint, the sheer size of California (pop. 37 million) ensures that it will produce plenty of talent every year.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:05 PM ^
Not just those schools. Every team in the Pac-10 is loaded with California players, and they all poach top players from California. For instance, Arizona St. got 5 star LB Vincente Burfict last year over USC.
January 9th, 2010 at 5:17 PM ^
Depending on how the NCAA investigations / new coach play out the current USC LBs coach might get fired. I'd be up for considering the LBs coach, unless of course he ends up getting caught up in any potential NCAA infractions.
January 9th, 2010 at 6:19 PM ^
Look at USC's linebackers over the last several years: That is a collection of Ass-Kickers. Our linebacking has been lacking.
You interview the guy--and if you get the impression he was in on The Dirty--pass. If not, you tell him, "We DON'T do that here. I catch you paying players, and, well, you're bigger and stronger than me so I'll just get really mad"
But if the guy seems like he's good, hard working, and wants to win--get him.
No need to be snobbish. Not everybody connected with USC would be dirty.
Not to mention he would be a defensive guy on the staff who played and has coached the position he would be working with. That seems to be in short supply around Ann Arbor these days.
January 9th, 2010 at 6:48 PM ^
How deep is DEEP DEEP for recruiting ties in CA? Do they have to be so deep that, copyright Ice Cube, the ties "put her ass to sleep?"