OC/DC/Position Coaches - Where we go from here?
News today is what it is. We got lots of threads on the JH news, Warde, future of this contract, etc. Please use this to discuss coaches for this year.
We know McDaniels, Shoop, and Brown are out. We heard Zordich but not sure. Any I am missing? Ones we think are coming back with contracts up Monday listed below. Jean Mary? What’s his status?
HC/QB - Harbaugh
OC - Gattis (hopefully another guy like Moorhead or Herman with him? Think Tom Herman would be a home run. He hates OSU for how that relationship ended, and think he’s a great OC + could help our QB room).
RB - ? Jay Harbaugh moving to ST only. Need to fill this spot. Rumors or thoughts?
WR - Gattis
TE - Moore
OL - Hopefully Warriner stays. They need him.
ST - Jay Harbaugh
DC - Macdonald hopefully as Co-DC? Still hearing banks from PSU to also handle safeties? What happened to the Strong rumor?
DL - Nua? Gotta think he’s out. Who we hearing or want for DL? I think this is one of the most pivotal decisions we got for position coach. Chris Rumph? Heard his name some the last few weeks.
LB - MacDonald rumors true. Coaches this unit as well probably. Jean Mary out?
Safties - No clue. Thoughts? Twitter I saw Balas like stuff coming from Bellamy about taking a chance when it comes. The local Detroit guy, what position would he coach?
Corners - Zordich really gone? If he’s out, what we thinking?
With the late JH deal, need to move fast on this stuff for recruiting and more importantly the portal for instant players for 21 season. Hoping we can wrap up the staff by middle of next week.
January 9th, 2021 at 1:50 PM ^
Confirmed a Nua report. He should be back. He was attending to a family matter last week. BJM definitely back along with Moore. All quiet on the OC front.
January 9th, 2021 at 2:04 PM ^
Thanks for the update, but ughhhh. Nua needs to go yesterday. No point replacing the DC if you're going to keep everyone else the same.
January 9th, 2021 at 2:35 PM ^
One thing I've been wondering about Nua is how much of the lack of DT recruiting falls on him and how much of it falls on prioritization and the recruiting board set up by the DC/HC. The total lack of DTs is baffling. It seemed like our defensive linemen saw improvement from last year, so I think he's probably okay in terms of his coaching ability. Have you heard anything about that?
January 10th, 2021 at 12:50 PM ^
Hinton showed some improvement, Welschoff showed some decent things too. Nua supposedly big in recruitment of McGregor so maybe there’s something there that could work?
Like so many others, I just assumed he was gone, so interesting to see why he’s back and what benefit it may bring if any.
January 9th, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
That’s disappointing, all the smoke seemed to point to Nua leaving. He hasn’t recruited anyone and the one player with ties to him Quinton Sonmerville decommited. This looks to me like the staff was in flux and this particular move was tied to Charlie Strong as I could see him being DC and takin over DL. All I’ve been hearing is there’s a big staff shake up but looks like that isn’t the case any longer and that’s honestly more disappointing than Harbaugh’s extension which I was supportive of.
January 10th, 2021 at 4:07 AM ^
That would be very discouraging if Nua is back.
January 9th, 2021 at 4:12 PM ^
I want to know who the surprise RB coach that Jays getting moved for and is supposedly a “very positive addition”