D'Onfrio fired at Houston

Remember that video released when that smug SOB was crapping on our players asking "what am I going to do with this" or something along those lines. I knew right then this cat was not a Miami fit or a good coach in general. What coach puts his team on blast publicly like that? That dude can DIAF.
 
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The knock on him is that if you're going to be a 275-280 DT, you'd better be able to get after the quarterback but in D'onfrio's garbage system, Lawrence Taylor would only have 2 sacks.
Oh yeah he’s very Aaron Donaldish but he showed his potential freshmen year ... imo whoever he falls to in the draft will get a huge steal.

I was originally shocked he got hired at Houston now I’m positive he won’t have a d1 job
 
Major Applewhite had no other choice but to let go of Mark D'Onofrio.
There was no way to justify bringing back the embattled defensive coordinator after one of the worst showings in school history:
• No. 106 in scoring defense (34.4 points).
• No. 124 in total defense (488.5).
• No. 129 – and dead last nationally – against the pass (291.4).
• No. 97 against the run (197.1). In the final three weeks, Temple's Ryquell Armstead rushed for 210 yards and American Athletic Conference single-game record six touchdowns, and Memphis' Darrell Henderson had 178 yards and two touchdowns in Friday's 52-31 loss that denied the Cougars a spot in the league title game.
• In four losses, UH allowed an average 54.8 points.
• The 412 yards allowed this season are the fifth-most in school history. The 5,862 yards are second-most in school history and are 456 yards shy of the record that could fall in the bowl game.
• UH allowed three opponents – Texas Tech (63), Temple (59) and Memphis (52) - to score at least 50 points for the first time since 2003.
i think you have to actually try to be that bad.
 
The knock on him is that if you're going to be a 275-280 DT, you'd better be able to get after the quarterback but in D'onfrio's garbage system, Lawrence Taylor would only have 2 sacks.
Taylor would be busy covering slot receivers.
 
Literally the worst defensive coordinator in college football history. Here are his stats for this year:

"UH's had one of the worst defensive showings in school history, ending the regular season No. 97 in rushing defense (197.1 yards), No. 106 in scoring defense (34.4 points), No. 124 in total defense (488.5) and No. 129 – last in Football Bowl Subdivision – against the pass (291.4)."
 
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My conspiracy theory is some NFL team pushed the right buttons to get D'onofrio hired so Ed Oliver's stock would fall. Some team is going to get a tremendous value if/when he drops some spots because of how he looked in that system. Genius stuff.
 


Owe what difference

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does anyone know (longshot) which kid they were discussing?

I wish I woulda saved the kid's recruiting profile. He was some slow 2 or 3 star kid outta CT or Delaware...the comp was horrible in his film too. We were his only P5 offer. Everyone was amazed when the kid got a Canes offer...made no sense. The video lined up perfectly, timing and everything, with the kid's offer.
 
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