Per rivals ($): DCC down to 5: Leavitt, Anderson, Pees, Randy Shannon, and Butch Davis
Yes, that Randy Shannon and that Butch Davis. Apparently they even reached out to Harbaugh and asked to be interviewed.
Best I can do for a LINK. ($) (Yes, it's paywalled.)
Calling alum96, profile it up, baby. (I've only found Leavitt and Anderson posts.)
December 7th, 2015 at 5:27 PM ^
Randy Shannon would be a homerun. Recruiter, lb coach, cordinator
December 7th, 2015 at 5:35 PM ^
From this five, my order of preference is as follows:
1.) Anderson
PROS: Actual sitting DC from a clean, prestigious program. Crack recruiter who has ties to the west coast. Paid less than we'll probably be willing to offer. Ties to Harbaugh. Young enough.
CONS: Only two years of experience as a DC, and Stanford's defense was, uh, kinda bad this year. Possibility that Stanford's excellent 2014 defense was attributable to Derek Mason (now Vandy's HC). Public favorite for the BYU job, where he's possibly the biggest "name" guy eligible due to being LDS.
2.) Shannon
PROS: Recruiting prowess is legendary. Household name in Florida high schools. Seems like defenses he coordinated are decently reliable and alternate between being good and being elite. Not old, and already had grab at the brass ring as sitting Miami head man.
CONS: As a head coach, some of his defenses were pretty bad even at Miami. Was at Miami when Real Dirty Stuff was happening (not just paying players/PEDs bad). Not exactly a scheme mastermind. Not young.
---DURKIN LINE (IMO anything below this point would be a downgrade from what we had)---
3.) Leavitt
PROS: Great recruiter from South FL. Was the head coach during a time when South Florida was really, really good nationally and was led by explosive defense. Teams he led shut down Rich Rod's spread a couple of times when that was the cutting edge of college football offense. Ties to Harbaugh.
CONS: Hit a kid maybe. Some people think South FL was basically a sham school with respect to his athletes when he was there. Old. Coordinated a really bad Colorado defense this past year.
---JACKSON LINE (IMO, I'd rather take a chance and just promote Jackson below this point)---
4.) Pees
PROS: Was DC for the Baltimore Ravens under John Harbaugh, which carries some cachet because most people associate the Ravens with crushing D even when they're not very good. On occasion, his defenses were top-third NFL defenses which counts for something.
CONS: One billion years old. Never been a college coach. Sometimes his defenses in the pros were bad.
5.) Davis
PROS: Personally coached some of the biggest names in the history of football.
CONS: That one time when North Carolina was a degree mill.
December 7th, 2015 at 5:39 PM ^
Uh, Pees was DC under Saban at Michigan State, secondary coach for Lou Holtz at Notre Dame, was the head coach at Kent State. So you can take that portion out of your cons.
December 7th, 2015 at 5:57 PM ^
You're completely correct. My apologies. I made a FO advanced stat chart from his time with the Ravens a while back and figured that the lack of college data meant an absence of experience.
An oversight on my part. Edited.
December 7th, 2015 at 7:21 PM ^
December 8th, 2015 at 8:53 AM ^
He's redundant with Mattison, and Ravens fans hate his playcalling. Friends of mine have wanted him fired for two years, blaming him for a majority of the Ravens failings. Why would we not just give the full time gig to Mattison, who is a better candidate than Pees?
December 7th, 2015 at 6:28 PM ^
About that really bad Colorado defense. Colorado went from 102 to 72 in just 1 year under Leavitt. So they actually weren't really bad this year and were very much improved from a year ago.
December 7th, 2015 at 6:28 PM ^
About that really bad Colorado defense. Colorado went from 102 to 72 in just 1 year under Leavitt. So they actually weren't really bad this year and were very much improved from a year ago.
December 7th, 2015 at 5:40 PM ^
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December 7th, 2015 at 6:01 PM ^
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December 8th, 2015 at 6:51 AM ^
sucking at performing the duties of and dealing with the pressure of being a HC. yes, he did have those consecutive 9 win seasons.
December 7th, 2015 at 6:30 PM ^
December 7th, 2015 at 7:38 PM ^
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December 7th, 2015 at 6:11 PM ^
That said: I'm Team Shannon all the way.
December 7th, 2015 at 6:20 PM ^
We NEED a Defensive Coordinator. I can not emphasize this enough.
December 7th, 2015 at 6:22 PM ^
December 7th, 2015 at 6:41 PM ^
Give me some Randy Shannon please
December 7th, 2015 at 7:11 PM ^
Whoever it is, hopefully they stay longer than 1 season.
December 7th, 2015 at 7:14 PM ^
Tell me more about this "Pees" fellow. Would you say he is our #1 option?
December 7th, 2015 at 7:20 PM ^
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December 7th, 2015 at 7:34 PM ^
I'd take Anderson or Shannon. Both seem like great hires.
December 7th, 2015 at 7:48 PM ^
Randy Shannon would be excellent. Yes, please.
December 7th, 2015 at 8:02 PM ^
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December 7th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
G Mat coordinates the D one more time in a victory over FLA. He then moves into an admin position as "recruiting coordinator" replacing Partridge, thus allowing JH to hire a top notch DC, promote Partridge to a coaching position and allowing G Mat to continue to be an important part of the program without the coaching stress & travel. He would be tremendous to have on staff to work with recruits and their parents when they were on campus for their multitude of visits be it official or un-official.
Could be a win win for the program, G Mat and Partridge
December 7th, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^
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December 7th, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
December 7th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^
So you want to take one of the best DL coaches in college football, a guy who coordinated two top 10 defenses for the Ravens and two top 10 defenses at Michigan all within the last 6 years and make him an administartor?
Good god.
Greg Mattison could get a coordinator job at most top 25 programs if he wanted to.
The things people think of on this site sometimes....
December 7th, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^
Why are we trying to push out Mattison and why would anyone think Partridge is as good or better at coaching?
December 7th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
G Mat coordinates the D one more time in a victory over FLA. He then moves into an admin position as "recruiting coordinator" replacing Partridge, thus allowing JH to hire a top notch DC, promote Partridge to a coaching position and allowing G Mat to continue to be an important part of the program without the coaching stress & travel. He would be tremendous to have on staff to work with recruits and their parents when they were on campus for their multitude of visits be it official or un-official.
Could be a win win for the program, G Mat and Partridge
December 7th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
to all who paid money to click on that
December 7th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^
In order of my preference (which means nothing):
Randy Shannon
Dean Pees
Lance Anderson
Jim Leavitt
Butch Davis