Quote Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg View Post
Personally, I really like the idea of Strong. Leach needs someone with a name and that he can trust to basically be the HC of defense. I think he'd let Strong do that. That said, I'm not too up on DC names. Frankly, it's not my job. But I wouldn't hesitate to call up someone like Gary Patterson and ask him who he thinks are great DCs, then go from there. Or call up someone like Urban and ask which DCs he hated to face and contact those guys. We obviously aren't going to pull someone like Venables, so we'll need to be a little creative. I just think MSU fans get a little too hung up on one coach or system sometimes. We like our safety blanket, so to speak, and Shoop & Grantham are our two DC safety blankets right now. Heck, I'd bet Leach has his own list of DCs that he hates playing against and may call a few of them. That's certainly what I'd do if I were an offensive HC.
Offense has changed since Strong was DC. I also thing his rep is a little more than the substance but not saying he isn't or hasn't been a good DC. Just saying the rep is very strong with him and maybe stronger than deserved.

I agree on Leach probably having some ideas and he also knows a lot of folks in the profession.