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Was Rumph fired or taking another job. All I see is leaving the program. If you lose all 3 you are basically looking at a new staff and there wouldn't be a better time to bring in a new DC since they would want their own staff anyway.
 
JayCane20 said:
I don’t know what came of that Manny and Blake meeting yesterday so I’m not gonna call a Blake firing

But there’s no sense in replacing 3/5 of your defensive staff and still having a question mark on your DC. If there is a right time to do it - id do it while I’m replacing everything else
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See, this is the key to everything.

And let's think about this even more. Stroud...was NOT the problem. Does anyone think "if we need to fire a D-coach, it needs to be Stroud?" Same thing for Banda. So, yeah, two coaches might be leaving who were NOT the worst offenders (even if they might have been let go if the ENTIRE D-staff was fired at once).

So then, if Stroud/Banda were not at the top of the firing list...and the ONLY guy who takes a bullet is Rumph...AND NOT THE FREAKING DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HIMSELF...

Yeah, if that is the takeaway, it is illogical, insane, and I'll be done with Manny for the rest of his short career at UM.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
See, this is the key to everything.

And let's think about this even more. Stroud...was NOT the problem. Does anyone think "if we need to fire a D-coach, it needs to be Stroud?" Same thing for Banda. So, yeah, two coaches might be leaving who were NOT the worst offenders (even if they might have been let go if the ENTIRE D-staff was fired at once).

So then, if Stroud/Banda were not at the top of the firing list...then the ONLY guy who takes a bullet is Rumph...AND NOT THE FREAKING DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR HIMSELF...

Yeah, if that is the takeaway, it is illogical, insane, and I'll be done with Manny for the rest of his short career at UM.
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The first kick in the *** should go to blake baker
 
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JayCane20 said:
The names I’ve heard to replace Stroud are all upgrades. I just heard another and it was Jess Simpson and they came to me when they saw the footballscoop article that Stroud is done. He’s interested.

But we may be shooting higher than that. Depends where the co-dc fits in. If it’s at DB - Jess could be a candidate. If it’s at DL - I wouldn’t count on it
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Would love to have Simpson back. But want to have an absolute beast at DB coach since it makes a difference if we have a good talent developer and recruiter there. Where do you think the expected DC will fit in from a position coach perspective given what you are hearing? And are the other DL coaches besides Simpson that you are hearing about upgrades over Simpson? Thanks.
 
5NC4 said:
Forgot that point.
So he sucks as a DC and calling plays
His position group LB’s sucked
He doesn’t recruit
So he is just collecting a paycheck
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He looks like he does a good job of catering though. The lunch guy is an important part of any team.
 
Mia305cubancane said:
The first kick in the *** should go to blake baker
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Correct.

I also thought about this in a cynical fashion. In essence, Manny gets to "take credit" for bringing in three new coaches when only one was "let go". That's a pathetic way to do things, but as much as I have been hoping for Manny to "get it" and become more of an executive head coach, I am at least contemplating that there is a part of him that wants to do just enough to look good while not admitting defeat.

That has nothing to do with whether he is "friends" with Baker. It has everything to do with being able to tell people "see, we have been so successful that other schools are giving our guys promotions".

But, yes, if you put a gun to my head and said you can only fire ONE guy on defense, I'd fire Baker and keep Rumph, even though I know that Mike has dug himself a huge hole that he's not going to be able to climb out of.

Two guys - yeah, Baker and Rumph.

Keeping Baker is insane. I don't even know if putting Baker in a wooden crate as an "in-name-only" Co-DC would address what a drag Baker is on the entire defense.
 
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Blake and Patke are useless. They will never help us accomplish anything significant on the field.

Truth is, with Manny as HC and Blake James as AD, we have no hope.

This is all a major waste of time. Get ready for more of the same old same old, fellas.
 
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