Rumor from another board is 2 Defensive coaching changes are imminent

[GTHOM]

If Coach O wants to be a DC, he needs to remember that he is unemployed right now. Beggars can't be choosers.

I do want to keep Hughes. If we lose Hughes, we need to go after David Saunders.

The guy that coached at millsaps? Not insulting just wondering

[Dawg61]

Can't survive giving up 500+ yards every game. The secondary has been atrocious this year. People need to go and fresh new ones need to come in. Somebody needs to teach Mullen clock management skills too. He himself needs to get much better this offseason. He lost to Saban and Freeze. He was brutal in both games with the clock. Inexcusably bad. That can't ever happen again. Move the damn ball and stop taking up the whole clock to do it.

[Todd4State]

The guy that coached at millsaps? Not insulting just wondering

Yes. He was with Hud but just left for "personal reasons". But he has coached DB's and he knows the state of Mississippi very well. He has coached with Orgeron as well. Very good recruiter.

[GTHOM]

Yes. He was with Hud but just left for "personal reasons". But he has coached DB's and he knows the state of Mississippi very well. He has coached with Orgeron as well. Very good recruiter.

That would make a lot of sense. The ogre would be amazing. for real.

[Todd4State]

That would make a lot of sense. The ogre would be amazing. for real.

I think he would add a lot more energy/juice whatever you want to call it compared to Turner. And he's obviously a very good recruiter with big time ties to NOLA, where I think we should recruit a lot more. Not to mention California and Texas. Maybe that's what Dan is going for.

[Dawg61]

I think he would add a lot more energy/juice whatever you want to call it compared to Turner. And he's obviously a very good recruiter with big time ties to NOLA, where I think we should recruit a lot more. Not to mention California and Texas. Maybe that's what Dan is going for.

I've met Coach O and his family a couple of times. They're very nice people. He is a total meat head though.

[GTHOM]

I think he would add a lot more energy/juice whatever you want to call it compared to Turner. And he's obviously a very good recruiter with big time ties to NOLA, where I think we should recruit a lot more. Not to mention California and Texas. Maybe that's what Dan is going for.

Hold up David Turner is leaving? Thought it was deshea townsend? I want to keep both but if i had to pick id keep Turner. Townsend is young and someone will get him in a heartbeat. The ogre would be perfect at this time though.

[preachermatt83]

I would trade Collins for coach O right now

[GTHOM]

I would trade Collins for coach O right now

I would too honestly.... I would hope they make Collins LB coach since he already is anyway and let Ogre be DC... If it is David Turner that is leaving i think the Ogre has been a DL coach before. I dont think collins would go for just LB coach though, somebody else would offer him the DC job i bet. If that happens we can find an LB coach. Like Todd said David Saunders could coach it, or who ever we could get that is worth getting.

[Todd4State]

Hold up David Turner is leaving? Thought it was deshea townsend? I want to keep both but if i had to pick id keep Turner. Townsend is young and someone will get him in a heartbeat. The ogre would be perfect at this time though.

These are rumors and the first I've heard about them. The OP said two coaching changes on the defensive side are imminent. It could be that if the rumors are true that it's Deshea and Turner that are leaving. It sounds like Deshea wants to go to the NFL and Dan wants Coach O. Coach O has coached D-line and LB's as far as I know. That means that the only options are Turner and Geoff. Collins has one more year on his contract, so more than likely it's Turner that has his head on the chopping block. Again, this is just rumor and speculation.

[Dawg61]

These are rumors and the first I've heard about them. The OP said two coaching changes on the defensive side are imminent. It could be that if the rumors are true that it's Deshea and Turner that are leaving. It sounds like Deshea wants to go to the NFL and Dan wants Coach O. Coach O has coached D-line and LB's as far as I know. That means that the only options are Turner and Geoff. Collins has one more year on his contract, so more than likely it's Turner that has his head on the chopping block. Again, this is just rumor and speculation.

Who takes over DBs? Fred Smoot?

[Todd4State]

Maybe it will look something like this:

Dan- HC/OC/Special teams
Brian Johnson- QB
Knox- RB
Gonzalez- WR
Sallach- TE
Hevesey- O-line
Coach O- Co-DC/DL
Geoff- Co-DC/LB
Hughes- Recruiting/maybe something like OLB or S
Saunders- DB's.

The biggest thing I'd like to see is us move Sallach and hire James Shibest as the TE/ST coach. That would be a HUGE upgrade in terms of coaching and recruiting. If that hire is made, the only weak recruiter would be Hevesey. We can just give him the Golden Triangle as his recruiting area- he's not bad enough to run off kids from Starkville or West Point. Let the pros handle everything else.

[Todd4State]

Who takes over DBs? Fred Smoot?

That would be awesome, but I doubt he does it. We would own JPS in recruiting.

I'm thinking it would be Saunders or someone like that.

[NCDawg]

Coach O would be fantastic. I'll bet we would see a vast improvement in recruiting. Also wouldn't mind getting Manny Diaz back if possible. We don't need any more lackluster performances on defense like we saw in the Ole Miss game.

[Todd4State]

Coach O would be fantastic. I'll bet we would see a vast improvement in recruiting. Also wouldn't mind getting Manny Diaz back if possible. We don't need any more lackluster performances on defense like we saw in the Ole Miss game.

Considering that he is at La Tech, he would probably be happy to come back. I'm not sure how he and Dan would get along.

[Dawg61]

That would be awesome, but I doubt he does it. We would own JPS in recruiting.

I'm thinking it would be Saunders or someone like that.

Pretty sure Smoot would kill for it. What about Tebow? Does he really want to be a SECN guy his whole life. I think Dan could get Tebow if he really went after him hard. Gotta admit it'd be pretty sweet to have Tebow on the sidelines. Let Tebow be the OC. Not joking.

[bulldawg28]

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[Dawgface]

I would take my chances on that if we could get O.

[RogueBooster4you]

Anyone else heard this or have anything further?

Unbelievable, we aren't even finished with a historic season and we're talking about firing coaches? You've got to be kidding me. Nobody is happy about the last game, but come on, we the bears have been tough at home this year. If you aren't happy with the overall body of work of this staff, you'll never be happy. Seasons like this in the state of Mississippi do not happen often. These attitudes can't help with recruiting either.

[RougeDawg]

Unbelievable, we aren't even finished with a historic season and we're talking about firing coaches? You've got to be kidding me. Nobody is happy about the last game, but come on, we the bears have been tough at home this year. If you aren't happy with the overall body of work of this staff, you'll never be happy. Seasons like this in the state of Mississippi do not happen often. These attitudes can't help with recruiting either.

Did someone leave the trash out? We have a bear amongst us.