Panthers hire Brady Hoke for DL Coach

[Mr. Scot]

Also this note about an old friend...

 

[jamos14]

He was D-line coach last year at Tenn.  Coached Derek Barnett.  He's a pretty special d-lineman.  I also think Eric Washington is going to have a lot to say with how the D-line is coached.

 

Overall, I don't think any of us can judge this hire because we have no clue at how much or how little he knows about coaching the defensive line.  

 

Yes, he sucked as a head coach in college but this is so very different.  Apples to oranges.

[PanthersBigD]

5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Has been coaching at the college level since 1981.  Has never coached in the pros.

Completely outside the box near as I can tell.  No connection I can find to Rivera, Washington or even Sam Mills.

The only Panther I've so far been able to find any connection to?  Devin Funchess.  He was the head coach for the Wolverines while Funchess was playing there.

As a former head coach at Michigan though, he is a known name.

He was the San Diego State HC for a while. I'm guessing that Rivera bumped into him during his time in San Diego. The coaching community is pretty small when you think about it. 

[Mr. Scot]

No Mills, no Buckner. Heck, could have had Cox's dad (though granted that might have been awkward).

Would have thought Buckner was at least worth reaching out to.

[Growl]

I hope this is fake

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Growl said:

I hope this is fake

Marvez is a good source.

If correct, this might be the last coaching hire.  Unknown at this point whether they plan to bring in another Assistant OL coach or just let John Matsko handle it alone.  My guess is it'll just be Matsko, but we'll see.

[therealmjl]

Well it seems all we can do now is Hoke for the best amirite

[SmokinwithWilly]

He was a terrible head coach at Michigan. I'm hoping that he's one of those guys that a better coordinator than HC. It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table, but I'm not setting my hopes very high. It almost feels like RR is making sure there's not another coach on the staff that can step in as interim if he gets canned mid season. 

[Growl]

I liked the Air Force hiring but this seems awful.

Imagine trying to entice Pep to come back after doing this.

Imagine going from high energy Eric Washington to this.

DL is a deep and nuanced position to teach and now we're letting Mr. Nappytime with no experience relating to adults at the NFL level come in and coach what has historically been the defining position group on our team?

 

I frankly would've been content with just promoting SM3 in name only to "Defensive Line Coach" and having him carry Gatorades and write notes down for de facto DL Coach Eric Washington.

[Proudiddy]

Yuck.  Why?

Why not Buckner?  Smh...

[t96]

10 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

He was a terrible head coach at Michigan. I'm hoping that he's one of those guys that a better coordinator than HC. It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table, but I'm not setting my hopes very high. It almost feels like RR is making sure there's not another coach on the staff that can step in as interim if he gets canned mid season. 

He's going to be a position coach here not even a coordinator. Couldn't be further from being a head coach in terms of job duties. Coordinator is somewhat similar to head coach, but position coach is not.

[Mr. Scot]

He kinda sounds like Ron Rivera...

 

 

[MrPickles]

Hoke was the DC for one year here at Oregon. The result was the worst defense in school history. My fondest memory of Hoke is when he fell asleep in the middle of a radio interview. Ugh...

[PantherBrew]

No one knows if he is going to be a good NFL D-line Coach or not. 

 

So being super happy about it or pissed is pretty dumb.  

 

He could be the best, he could be the worst. Probably someone in between.