Michigan and Wisconsin DL coach Greg Scruggs are heading towards finalizing a deal

prolly just getting a raise at sconny

About time we stole somebody else's coaches. 

We are at the top of the food chain, start acting like it.

in too drunk to know what this mea s

This is a pretty good get for the team.  It's nice to hear some good news after everything that's happened.

This is awesome news. This guy sounds great.

https://www.buckys5thquarter.com/wisconsin-badgers-football/2024/2/11/24070228/breaking-wisconsin-badgers-dl-coach-greg-scruggs-join-michigan-wolverines-same-role-sherrone-moore

I'll take this as validation:

Mr. Brightside > Jump around

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We don't want no Sruggs?

Not getting hopes up yet, but this would be one of those big time hires if it happens. I mean that is a top notch coach and recruiter. This is a big time recruiter and many said was a catalyst for a lot of the success at UC. 

Coach Moore is getting his staff together and I'm hoping this happens. Corey Parker will also be an excellent hire for DB Coach, if we can get him on board.

Home Run hire. Good work Moore. 

I'm a little more bullish on Wink than a lot here, but I have to say even if there are reservations there, the moves Moore has been able to make have all been good so far. Campbell I think is a young star in the offensive game planning department, Newsome has been touted for his growth and potential since he joined the staff, Wink is an architect and he has the personnel to be able to step in and run his system like Don Brown did in '16, and lastly this Scruggs hire is the best of the bunch.

Dude who was Director of Player Development at Cincinnati during the years leading up to the 2022 Draft where they had 9 players selected: hell yes.

I guess one of the upsides to hiring Wink as DC is that other defensive coaches have a pretty straightforward path to a promotion in a year or two.

I assume that's part of the pitch?

I think Wink Martindale is going to be a bigger draw for coaches then people are expecting.  He's fairly well respected in the coaching community and many that studied under him have been promoted to high levels. With the copycat format of the NFL, more teams will start implementing this style of defense if Seattle and LAC start having success. Everyone will put thier own twist on it, but many base principles remain the same.

If this is a guy Fickell has had with him since his Cincinnati days then this is a very big hire. I'm sure Wisconsin will have a chance to put together some kind of counter-offer, but Michigan has more talent to work with, can draw better talent, is fresh off a national title, and given that Wink is almost certainly not going to be here more than two years, there's a pretty clear path open to a DC role within the next few years. That has to be extremely enticing for anyone Moore is reaching out to. 

I have to give Moore some big props here. He's taken some big body blows in the last week or two with losing both Herbert, Elston and Moore. But he's getting right back up off the mat. 

Good hire. His DLs were very good at Cincinnati and even though Wisconsins last year was disappointing that isn't really his fault since he was working with basically none of his guys

This is a damn good hire.  Now get the coach from Toledo to coach secondary

Solid.

Man, it must absolutely gall Fickell that after all these years he still coaches a program that's a feeder for bigger programs.  So sorry man >:)

Wikipedia has him already at Michigan

Didn't realize this was a done deal, but deal is done. Living in columbus I cannot tell you all how big of a deal this is. Dude is absolutely a one of the top recruiters in the national and a defensive mind. 

This guy has a ton of potential and can/will continue to move his way up. He is the type of dude that will probably give us two years and UM will need to do a lot to keep him or he will have the ability to be promoted. 

I'm super excited about this. It's not often you can replace an Elston type with this type of talent. I chalked up that as a net loss no matter who was hired...not the case. 

Big and needed win for SM.

This deal needs to be done Today. Warde better not be meddling in this process.

It seem like it's been a done deal last Friday. Why hasn't mgoblog front page headline this? Unless the ink is not on the deal yet.

Seems like a good hire. Cincy had some good talent on D when he was there and working with the Jets is good too since they have a good DL and defense.