You have Kearns as the #2 QB and according to rivals his only offer is SMU. Is there a reason he hasn't gotten more offers? At the same time Malzone is only a 3 star with offers from Pitt and MAC schools. Hard to believe we can't get a higher ranked guy with Nussmeir in charge.
Big name who has won a national title and has a great record against his rivals (9-5 against UT and 12-3 vs OSU). Midwest roots from Ohio, played in the Big 10 and is a defensive minded coach. You pay him big time money plus give him the chance to go up against Urban in the best rivarly in all of college football... you just never know.
As long as Holland is the GM, Babcock will remain with the Wings. Only way he's gone is if they clean house and from what I've read Chris Ilitch is close with Holland.
Actually the defense had plenty of talent and depth in 2008. Graham, Taylor, Johnson, Jamison, Mouton, Ezeh, Thomspon, Warren, Trent, Brown and Harrison. Plus you had a young but talented Martin and Van Bergen making contributions. The offense was a problem (especially QB and O-line) but the defense in his first year had a lot of potential.
It wasn't Lloyd's recruiting it was a complete system change. If we had hired Les Miles and ran the pro-style offense (with Mallett, Minor, Stonum etc) I'm sure things would have worked out much better. If someone needs to be blamed its Bill Martin for hiring a guy that ran a system that did not fit the players we had. It takes time to go from pro to spread especially if you don't have the QB and lineman. It worked out for Urban at OSU because they ran a hybrid with Pryor and then he got the perfect QB for his system in Miller. Remember what they looked like with Bauserman under center...
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You have Kearns as the #2 QB and according to rivals his only offer is SMU. Is there a reason he hasn't gotten more offers? At the same time Malzone is only a 3 star with offers from Pitt and MAC schools. Hard to believe we can't get a higher ranked guy with Nussmeir in charge.
He's been negative recruiting against us (especially with Peppers). I would love to see Hoke run up the score in October.
Big name who has won a national title and has a great record against his rivals (9-5 against UT and 12-3 vs OSU). Midwest roots from Ohio, played in the Big 10 and is a defensive minded coach. You pay him big time money plus give him the chance to go up against Urban in the best rivarly in all of college football... you just never know.
As long as Holland is the GM, Babcock will remain with the Wings. Only way he's gone is if they clean house and from what I've read Chris Ilitch is close with Holland.
Actually the defense had plenty of talent and depth in 2008. Graham, Taylor, Johnson, Jamison, Mouton, Ezeh, Thomspon, Warren, Trent, Brown and Harrison. Plus you had a young but talented Martin and Van Bergen making contributions. The offense was a problem (especially QB and O-line) but the defense in his first year had a lot of potential.
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It wasn't Lloyd's recruiting it was a complete system change. If we had hired Les Miles and ran the pro-style offense (with Mallett, Minor, Stonum etc) I'm sure things would have worked out much better. If someone needs to be blamed its Bill Martin for hiring a guy that ran a system that did not fit the players we had. It takes time to go from pro to spread especially if you don't have the QB and lineman. It worked out for Urban at OSU because they ran a hybrid with Pryor and then he got the perfect QB for his system in Miller. Remember what they looked like with Bauserman under center...