Confirmed New DC is Lance Guidry

[TXCANE4]

Wow ferman broke the news

**** has frozen over

He’ll use this as reason to assert his relevancy for the next couple of months.

 

[CanesNation26]

Good hire?

 

[kccanefan]

There have been reports on Bama side saying interest/offer in Strong is false reporting. Is there a chance he stays on for recruiting standpoint since Guidry a secondary coach.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Wow ferman broke the news

**** has frozen over

Probably payback for Ferman posting that "Nussmeier is a fantastic candidate" garbage.

 

[mossmadness]

Ideally you’d like to see a hire that has a little more experience. Both as a DC and recruiter on the trail.

Looking at Mashall’s F+ rankings:

In 2020, before he got there, they were 21st in defense.

Then Doc is gone, Huff takes over. Maybe it’s because it was a new defense, but Marshall slips to 46 under him. Which is probably a little further than you’d want, even if breaking in a few defense.

But in 2022, even adjusting for schedule, they rank 10th. So pretty elite once the players had a year in the defense down.

But that’s also it for a sample size.

 

[Tonio]

LCE aka @Memnon had his name on a list all the way back in November. Not sure if he didn’t have him in his top 5 in his January list update since he just took the Tulane gig but seems to have his backing which makes it a-ok with me.

 

[Alex Del Piero]

Me waiting for @Memnon opinion

 

[Udynasty]

our new DC

 

[Babscanes]

Boom. This is the type of coach I want. Does more with less.

 

[Cribby]

Huge props for owning that.

No need to lie. It’s not that serious.

 

[bobbydigius]

Marshall beat Notre Dame last year. Need that film breakdown.

Just looking at points allowed is impressive for their schedule last year. Pitching a shut out in today’s game is hard.

 

[NosniknoT]

Wonder how many assistants will be retained

 

[CanesLifer2]

Does anyone has Marshall’s 2021 defensive stats?

Not off the cuff but they allowed a ton of 30-50+ ppg in 2021 before his time there. While only 1 last year

 

[AtlAtty]

This feels to me like when Butch dumped Bill MIller (I know we didn’t fire Steele but we also didn’t fight to keep him), and hired Greg Schiano.
For those who remember that switch you will recall how quickly our defense changed. That worked out pretty well

 

[CreativeCane]

I heard his name but I wasn’t sure if the interest was a co dc / LB coach or the play caller. Guidry is out of left field but a good hire.

So could he still be in play if Strong goes to Bama? Make him Co DC / LB.

 

[Dees Brown]

Mario hired a coordinator under a months time

 

[aelmiami]

Gotta be some Louisiana in roads he can tap into.

 

[theribdoctor]

here is the complete game from Marshall vs the Domers.

 

[Echtcane]

Good hire. Expect a lot of complaining that we didn’t hire Bill Belichick as our DC but this guys is very good and has proven he can do it at a couple of different places.

Not with me. This gives me hope that Mario is open to innovative up and coming guys, something this program needs. Come on Mario, do this with offense too.

 

[Torocane]

actually impressive considering how sudden the Steele move happened. apparently a good hire by reviews so im good lets roll (TBH, i dont think he flopped on the D staff last year either)

Just a guess but the Steele thing probably wasn't as sudden. I imagine he let Mario know is had been approached and if the offer came through he would take it. He probably was at least a week ahead of the public announcement. JMO