Martindale hired as DC
February 9th, 2024 at 7:17 AM ^
Yes. I am excited to see how things work out. Having an experienced coach to support Moore is valuable. If he invented the Ravens defense may be he still has some tricks up his sleeve that others haven't seen yet. Looking forward to the season.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:23 AM ^
Generally old dudes have forgotten more than the young ins will ever know. At least that’s what I tell the little bastards nipping at my heals and wanting to take over my Florida territory.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:15 AM ^
Dunno if you've heard, but Florida is a state now, not a territory. Wow, you are old.
February 9th, 2024 at 12:11 PM ^
He's...Andrew Jackson?
February 9th, 2024 at 5:40 AM ^
Getting things done at 5am. I like the hire. The team needs someone with his experience add I think the Don Brown stuff is bullshit. Looks like Sam Webb is the only insider that knew what was going on.
February 9th, 2024 at 5:45 AM ^
The main critique of Wink seems to be that he couldn't figure out how to design a defense with the NYG that could carry an offense led by Tommy DeVito, Tyrod Taylor and Daniel Jones. Not sure many other DC's would have wanted to be in that position.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:12 AM ^
McDonald, Minter and Wink with the help of AI couldn’t have pulled that one off.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:41 AM ^
What about a Neurolinked Don Brown?
February 9th, 2024 at 7:47 AM ^
You misspelled Cutlets
February 9th, 2024 at 8:30 AM ^
It’s also not the defense’s job to bail out the offense all the time. Situationally, sure. Your offense is going to put the defense in a bad spot and need a big stop 2-3x per game, maybe more if you’re playing a home run offense in the NFL.
But the Giants offense, led by a guy named Tommy “Cutlets”, was not exactly playing complimentary football for most of the year.
The familiarity with the Ravens defensive concepts along with his penchant for creating turnovers should at least be enough for the defense to sustain momentum while the offense figures out its own identity.
Solid B/B+ hire considering the timing and availability of potential hires.
February 9th, 2024 at 9:55 AM ^
I’ll admit I’m not up on the giants but was there defense even that talented. Always thought thibodeaux was bluster sans substance. I couldn’t even name one other guy, is Leonard Williams still on that team?, speaking of hype machine s that haven’t nearly reached the requisite level of production.
February 9th, 2024 at 5:47 AM ^
Excellent hire. Those that don't like it I'm not sure who they think Michigan could have gotten that's better.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:28 AM ^
In the category of "those that don't like it," I'm thinking of a certain high-volume poster on this board who is definitely going to need a hug when he sees this news.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:00 AM ^
the end of the world has arrived, and this hire is proof-positive. one big meteor hit sometime later today, and all that will be left will be glowing cockroaches.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:26 AM ^
The end of the world happened for me yesterday. While transporting 5 quarts of used oil to advance auto. I can’t even type what happened. 4 hours of scrubbing and 4 rolls of Costco paper towels later and my car still smells like the pit of a jiffy lube. May have to trade it in.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:31 AM ^
Kitty Litter
Edit: the cheap old school white chalky diatomaceous earth kind of stuff
Edit 2: It works on garage floors - never used it on carpet.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:52 AM ^
Not so much the carpet on the trunk floor itself as I have a Nissan plastic insert. It’s the other pieces that cover the wheel wells. I’m gonna spray the hell out of it with brake cleaner in a bit. I just had to sop up the BP level of oil spill it caused. I love this car and literally spent 1k on tires the day before, painted my calipers and installed new Ebc rotors and brake pads. Then this happened. I spent high school working in a custom shop that rebuilt engines, trannies and tricked out just about everything else, so I’m extremely anal with my cars. No mechanic will ever touch it. I literally sat in a chair yesterday drinking beer with a tear in my eye. Ultimately it was my own dam fault and knew better. I didn’t double check the cap!
February 9th, 2024 at 8:01 AM ^
Just replace the plastic part with a new one.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:10 AM ^
The plastic didn’t absorb any oil so that was easy. It was the oil that sloshed over the lipped edge of the trunk liner and absorbed into all the other carpet around it. 4 quarts in total poured out and 3 were on the plastic liner which I was able to dump back in the jug. 1quart soaked into the surrounding carpet which is 1 hell of a lot of stink. used oil at that, not that new oil would have smelled much better.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:22 AM ^
Replace the carpet?
February 9th, 2024 at 11:27 AM ^
Baking Soda.... Let is soak, the shop vac it up....
February 9th, 2024 at 8:00 AM ^
This type of thing always happens to me when I think why not just do it myself.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:29 AM ^
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. Not sure they could be any worse.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:06 AM ^
We'll still have our national championship.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:23 AM ^
As long as those cockroaches can play DT Michigan will be fine.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:29 AM ^
February 9th, 2024 at 6:52 AM ^
I think before judgment is passed too quickly and what people should understand about the hire is an important key here:
"Both Minter and former Michigan DC Mike Macdonald, ran a version of Martindale's defense, with similar concepts and terminology. So the adjustment for the players might not be quite as dramatic as if another NFL coach took over."
Continuity is crucial for our defense here and the fact they won't be starting at square one is a huge, huge boon to their continued growth
February 9th, 2024 at 9:49 AM ^
The concern is that much of what made the MacDonald/Minter defense so effective against the likes of OSU and Washington is essentially the exact opposite of how Wink likes to run his defense. Complex zones and disguised pressure vs man coverage and heavy blitzing.
That alignment, personnel, and terminology will be very similar is cool and all, but it sounds like he’ll have to adapt his concepts a bit to have similar results as we have had over the last three years.
February 9th, 2024 at 1:07 PM ^
Time to start hoping for the best then 🤷
February 9th, 2024 at 5:59 AM ^
Clink n Wink defense, commence
February 9th, 2024 at 6:08 AM ^
But will Clink wink at Wink, or will Wink wink at Clink?
February 9th, 2024 at 6:09 AM ^
great resume for the job:
Martindale has hosted numerous game shows, including What's This Song?, Gambit, Headline Chasers, High Rollers, The Last Word, Great Getaway Game, Trivial Pursuit, Shuffle, Boggle, Jumble, Instant Recall, Debt, and most famously Tic-Tac-Dough. In addition, he was the creator of Bumper Stumpers.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:54 AM ^
Yup, that's the only Wink Martindale I've ever known. 😉
February 9th, 2024 at 7:32 AM ^
I knew this was coming from somebody, and I was waiting to upvote whomever did.
February 9th, 2024 at 7:54 AM ^
Huge bumper stumpers fan
February 9th, 2024 at 6:15 AM ^
Wink, Clink, SMASH!
February 9th, 2024 at 11:01 AM ^
When will we see a Sherrone / Michigan edit of this thing???
February 9th, 2024 at 6:17 AM ^
I was hoping for Bob Barker or Richard Dawson, but alas, they are hanging out with Keith Jackson.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:08 AM ^
I just heard they all have condos next to each other in Thousand Oaks. That must be a pretty happening place.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:44 AM ^
Somebody just told me there's something going on with Keith Jackson? I hope he's not sick...
February 9th, 2024 at 9:38 AM ^
Allen Ludden would've been good, too, with Betty White in a 2-for-1.
February 9th, 2024 at 10:47 AM ^
Don't forget Bill Cullen and Gene Rayburn.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:24 AM ^
Wonder if Jack Harbaugh deserves an assist with this hire?
February 9th, 2024 at 6:34 AM ^
John deserves All assists with the defensive hires. He fixed that for Jim
February 9th, 2024 at 6:40 AM ^
I mean what are the odds that the only two human beings in world history with the first name “Wink” also both had the surname “Martindale”??
February 9th, 2024 at 6:55 AM ^
Almost none.
February 9th, 2024 at 8:19 AM ^
Interesting that the nicknames are from very different given name of Don (football coach) and Winston (game show host).
February 9th, 2024 at 3:47 PM ^
Don (the coach) was nicknamed "Wink" after the gameshow host b/c they shared a last name. It's just that they're both prominent individuals. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other Martindales out there with the nickname "Wink" b/c of the gameshow host.
February 9th, 2024 at 6:48 AM ^
And the year of the dragon starts tomorrow.