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Breaking New DL Coach

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Jan 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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  1. Seaofred92 Seaofred92
Soooo… are we a serious program or not? Waiting for the seriousness experts to check in.
Come On What GIF by MOODMAN
 
MAC coaches don’t get the pick of the litter in recruiting, so to be successful, they need to be great coaches and developers. He is from Houston, that can’t be bad because he was a D1 player (Cockeye) so he probably still has connections. The bottom line is that this is the guy the DC wanted. We shall find out how well this is going to work, but I think this is a better hire than others do.
 
MAC coaches don’t get the pick of the litter in recruiting, so to be successful, they need to be great coaches and developers. He is from Houston, that can’t be bad because he was a D1 player (Cockeye) so he probably still has connections. The bottom line is that this is the guy the DC wanted. We shall find out how well this is going to work, but I think this is a better hire than others do.
Speak for yourself, I think this is the greatest hire in football history.
 
MAC coaches don’t get the pick of the litter in recruiting, so to be successful, they need to be great coaches and developers. He is from Houston, that can’t be bad because he was a D1 player (Cockeye) so he probably still has connections. The bottom line is that this is the guy the DC wanted. We shall find out how well this is going to work, but I think this is a better hire than others do.
He should have some Ohio connections too. Ohios gotta produce some good lineman
 
This DL situation feels like however you are predetermined to want it to feel.

If you are down on things right now, then this DL situation feels like a shit show. But if you still believe in Rhule, then you can see the positives of this hire.

I still believe in Rhule. Outside of 2025, Rhule has historically crushed it with DL...mostly with unproven guys.
That was in lower tier conferences. He is in the B1G now. Rhule did well with Frost left overs here who matured. We need to add some d lineman through the portal. That will make the new D line coach look a lot better. We didn’t have the guys upfront last year. It really didn’t matter who was coaching them.
 
Sunshiners will say he’s awesome and a hidden gem. Sandy’s will say he doesn’t have the experience required at P2.

Like nearly all of Rhule’s hires, we’ll have to wait and see who is right.
Yeah there's always a flipside to that. Every year there are standout assistants who come out of nowhere to excel for B1G/SEC teams.....and then our fans go "Why can't that be us?? Why can WE never find a diamond in the rough like that???" Yet 90% of our fans would have shit on a Cignetti hire if we got him 3-4 yrs ago. "He's never been a HC in P4!!!" Our fans would have said.


As OP says....you just have to wait a full yr before you can truly evaluate these hires.


Also, I'll remind everyone that when Oregon hired Chip Kelly as OC back in 2007, he had spent the previous 14 seasons as OC at New Hampshire (!!!!!!). An FCS program.

Not everyone comes prep-packaged with your imaginary B1G/SEC body of work that you want in your perfect hypothetical world.
 
Sunshiners will say he’s awesome and a hidden gem. Sandy’s will say he doesn’t have the experience required at P2.

Like nearly all of Rhule’s hires, we’ll have to wait and see who is right.
Quit making sense please…
 
Dean almost cut off his finger trying to get us this info have a little empathy 🤣.


I might actually watch a survival show on Dean. I say show because im not too sure the dude could last even a few hours in the sticks. In that time he probably gets lost, brings up he was a cub scout but had to leave early on navigation day, trips while jumping a log and then taps out after spilling his water.

The ending credits of the show is probably deab laughing eating some chicharrones on a bench at orange theory discussing how he almost made a 72 hour off grid challenge.
 
I’m thankful for the 6-8 posters here who actually still think any of this matters (it doesn’t until preacher Rhule is fired)

Good for you guys. GBR
 
Is he really getting chased or is his agent shopping him around? And I didn't "PrOve YoUr PoInT". Holgorsen made EJ the starter and feature of the offense not Barthel. But go ahead and keep sniffing Barthel's jock just to try to win a stupid argument.
Ej did that on his own with the help of Holg. Nothing Barthel had a part in has done shit for this program. People thinking he has developed someone are dipshits.
 
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