Ross Dellenger reporting that Coleman Hutzler will be the new DC..

[StarkVegasSteve]

Has aTm made a DC hire yet?

No. Some think Durkin may just stay on.

[StarkVegasSteve]

This dick measuring contest needs to stop.

It has not stopped for almost a year now. First it was AR vs 3 yds and a cloud and now it is Larry Templeton disciples vs new money trust funds. I do not really know what to call the people who just think we have unlimited money so that it the best I could come up with.

[Homedawg]

and for fvcks sake not getting Durkin had nothing to do with Maryland. It's money. He's not walking away from it, and we're not paying it.

Correct. A&M had Durkin and us by the balls and they knew it.

[DesotoDog1967]

Well if they fire Durkin, won't they owe him money on top of Jimbo's bonanza?

[StarkVegasSteve]

Well if they fire Durkin, won't they owe him money on top of Jimbo's bonanza?

Yep and it is a BIG buyout.

[Commercecomet24]

It has not stopped for almost a year now. First it was AR vs 3 yds and a cloud and now it is Larry Templeton disciples vs new money trust funds. I do not really know what to call the people who just think we have unlimited money so that it the best I could come up with.

Right on! This!

[HancockCountyDog]

At the end of the day, I fully believe that how your defense performs is 95% based on talent, so as long as these dudes can get NFL talent on the defensive side of the ball, then it will be a great hire.

Durkin had one of the worst defenses I've ever witnessed in 2020. They were better in 2021. The reason they were better is that they had some NFL talent on that 2021 defense. If our new DC brings in NFL talent, he will look like a mastermind. If he doesn't, people will call him the next Sirmon.

I'm ready to hear about some more defensive talent headed our way.

[Coach34]

At the end of the day, I fully believe that how your defense performs is 95% based on talent, so as long as these dudes can get NFL talent on the defensive side of the ball, then it will be a great hire.

Durkin had one of the worst defenses I've ever witnessed in 2020. They were better in 2021. The reason they were better is that they had some NFL talent on that 2021 defense. If our new DC brings in NFL talent, he will look like a mastermind. If he doesn't, people will call him the next Sirmon.

I'm ready to hear about some more defensive talent headed our way.

Yeah- defense is about 90% Dudes and 10% scheme.

Do you have speed?
Do you have guys that will hit?
Can your end guys rush the QB?

[BrunswickDawg]

Yeah- defense is about 90% Dudes and 10% scheme.

Do you have speed?
Do you have guys that will hit?
Can your end guys rush the QB?

Which is why we've been able to have plug-and-play-DCs pretty much every year since Jackie came to town. MS still produces Dudes, but we have to have a staff who makes sure they land here instead of up the road.

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

The new DC may be the greater thing ever but this whole narrative that DC doesn't matter is whitewashing the situation.

Lebby himself said he wanted an experienced DC. Everyone here wanted one. Everyone here wanted to to pay big bucks to get one. Then we hire a LB coach that's never been a DC and all of the sudden its "scheme is only 10% anyway, we just need talent"? Come on that's just sunshine pumping the situation.

We whiffed on the names Lebby was thinking when he said we'd get someone proven. We settled on a LB coach. Maybe it'll work out great but it was not plan A, B, or C. And that's alarming

[Coursesuper]

The new DC may be the greater thing ever but this whole narrative that DC doesn't matter is whitewashing the situation.

Lebby himself said he wanted an experienced DC. Everyone here wanted one. Everyone here wanted to to pay big bucks to get one. Then we hire a LB coach that's never been a DC and all of the sudden its "scheme is only 10% anyway, we just need talent"? Come on that's just sunshine pumping the situation.

We whiffed on the names Lebby was thinking when he said we'd get someone proven. We settled on a LB coach. Maybe it'll work out great but it was not plan A, B, or C. And that's alarming

Catch up we hired two for the job.

[BrunswickDawg]

Catch up we hired two for the job.

And both of them have been DC's before

[Turfdawg67]

Opinions vary.

Lol. True

[Bdawg]

No. Some think Durkin may just stay on.

Gotcha. Well we couldn’t just drag this thing out and get left out in the cold

[Gypsy_RoadDawg]

I think we have what we've been wanting with some new energized young blood. I look at it like this if Saban hired him then that is good enough for me. I will trust Coach Lebby's decision for he knows more about what he needs than any of us.

[Randolph Dupree]

So, I'm beginning to think TAMU is going to release Durkin after the bowl game. Pay attention to our next few staff moves on the defensive side of the ball...Lebby might be sandbagging this and waiting TAMU out. Definite long shot but would be the baddest ass move ever.

[TrapGame]

So, I'm beginning to think TAMU is going to release Durkin after the bowl game. Pay attention to our next few staff moves on the defensive side of the ball...Lebby might be sandbagging this and waiting TAMU out. Definite long shot but would be the baddest ass move ever.

There's a TA&M podcast that is ripping Bjork and the Elko hire. Supposedly the current staffing process at A&M is even more of a cluster**** than ours. Elko doesn't want Durkin. He wants the DC from Ohio State. A&M is "keeping" Durkin b/c of his buyout. And you are correct, there is speculation from that particular pod caster that Durkin will be released after the bowl game.

[Coursesuper]

There's a TA&M podcast that is ripping Bjork and the Elko hire. Supposedly the current staffing process at A&M is even more of a cluster**** than ours. Elko doesn't want Durkin. He wants the DC from Ohio State. A&M is "keeping" Durkin b/c of his buyout. And you are correct, there is speculation from that particular pod caster that Durkin will be released after the bowl game.

Of course they are only keeping him got the bowl game. It 17s us over and serves their ego all at the same time.

[PGHBulldogBG]

Lebby was not my first choice for head coach, but I am willing to give him a chance. He runs a great offense and has been successful at all his stops. Arnett was not necessarily my first choice either, but I wanted to see him succeed and I realized fully after the UK game it was not going to work. I?m pretty sure that?s also when Selmon knew it was not going to work as well. Nobody knows how Lebby and staff will work out and we might not even know until 2025. The only hire I knew for a fact would be a fail was JoMo because I live in PA and knew all about his antics. That hire was still the most baffling of any Miss State hire outside of maybe Rick Ray. We need to see what kind of product Lebby puts on the field and we should have a fair assessment of his performance by the end of 2025.

[parabrave]

Yeah- defense is about 90% Dudes and 10% scheme.

Do you have speed?
Do you have guys that will hit?
Can your end guys rush the QB?

Last year we had 1 of 3/