Is there a thread for Robinson as one of the DC candidates? Current Texas DC? Guess Dykes interviewed him...Strong candidate?

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[URL="http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/141035-Thank-you-Greg-Robinson"][U][SIZE="4"]a "thank you" thread on Shaggybevo[/SIZE][/U][/URL]

B.A. Bearacus;842263601 said:

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[U][SIZE="4"]A "thank you" thread on Shaggybevo.[/SIZE][/U]

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One website is reporting that Dykes is interested in Robinson, former Univ Cincinnati DC Art Kaufman and former USC DB coach Marvin Sanders. I guess we are only getting rejects. I don't know if they are interviewing for Cal DC or possibly DB coach.

If another school is thanking you or kind of mocking your hire, watch out for the red flags. Remember the OC from Oregon via Utah we hired? Oregon fans were laughing at us when we picked him up. It turned out to be an uninspiring (so uninspiring I even forgot his name) tenure.

Ludwig

KoreAmBear;842263608 said:

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If another school is thanking you or kind of mocking your hire, watch out for the red flags. Remember the OC from Oregon via Utah we hired? Oregon fans were laughing at us when we picked him up. It turned out to be an uninspiring (so uninspiring I even forgot his name) tenure.

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Andy Ludwig

buster99;842263606 said:

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One website is reporting that Dykes is interested in Robinson, former Univ Cincinnati DC Art Kaufman and former USC DB coach Marvin Sanders. I guess we are only getting rejects. I don't know if they are interviewing for Cal DC or possibly DB coach.

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Looks like Kaufman was not retained because of recruiting. Sonny is good at PR and is smooth, so he has that covered. What we need is a good football man on defense that knows it all.

Cincy was No. 9 in total defense in the FBS - that is darn good! Kaufman was also good at TT. He has a track record of success, and has had to maintain a great defense when the offense was an air raid. I like him. They did allow 45 to Illinois and 39 to North Carolina. But they held Teddy Bridgewater and Louisville to 24 in regulation (lost on a TD in OT).

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20140103/SPT0101/301030105/UC-football-parting-ways-2-coaches

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cinn-m-footbl-sched.html

KoreAmBear;842263608 said:

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If another school is thanking you or kind of mocking your hire, watch out for the red flags. Remember the OC from Oregon via Utah we hired? Oregon fans were laughing at us when we picked him up. It turned out to be an uninspiring (so uninspiring I even forgot his name) tenure.

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I believe that thread is not a "Thank you Cal for hiring Greg Robinson" but a "Thank you Greg Robinson for what you did in your time" thread which has drastically different connotations.

StillNoStanfurdium;842263616 said:

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I believe that thread is not a "Thank you Cal for hiring Greg Robinson" but a "Thank you Greg Robinson for what you did in your time" thread which has drastically different connotations.

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Oh. Haha.

That ShaggyBevo thread on Robinson is pretty awesome. And it certainly isn't a "He'll do a good job for you, Cal, wink, wink" type of thread. Pretty amazing that there wasn't one negative post. Maybe Robinson is just old enough to not be worried about his career by coming to Cal and working with a 100-offensive-play-a-game offense. Seems like we could do a lot worse than Greg Robinson.

KoreAmBear;842263618 said:

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Oh. Haha.

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Some quotes from that thread:

"I was really down on the Greg re-hire after Mack dumped Manny, but Coach Robinson produced impressive results with the components he was given. I applaud his duct-tape-and-baling-wire fix of this defense, particularly his efforts in the losses against Baylor and Oregon."

"He saved us from disaster and how quick he was able to fix things with what he was given was incredible. But at the same time our D changed like night to day in less than two weeks, which supports what everyone else kind of knew already, that Mack had no idea what the $#@! was going on."

"He did a great job this season. Amazing turnaround."

"He was the antidote to the outbreak of poor tackling in America that had spread to Austin."

"You know Greg is the man when this board full of $#@!s and retards has nothing but uniform praise for his work this year."

"The dude came in and turned around a defense in record time."

"GR's defense was better than "servicable", I'd say 'good' - best in-season turnaround I've seen for a UT team and one of the best overall."

"Greg did a great job in a crappy situation. Most coaches could not have walked into that set of circumstances and done a serviceable job. He did an outstanding one."

B.A. Bearacus;842263628 said:

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Some quotes from that thread:

"I was really down on the Greg re-hire after Mack dumped Manny, but Coach Robinson produced impressive results with the components he was given. I applaud his duct-tape-and-baling-wire fix of this defense, particularly his efforts in the losses against Baylor and Oregon."

"He saved us from disaster and how quick he was able to fix things with what he was given was incredible. But at the same time our D changed like night to day in less than two weeks, which supports what everyone else kind of knew already, that Mack had no idea what the $#@! was going on."

"He did a great job this season. Amazing turnaround."

"He was the antidote to the outbreak of poor tackling in America that had spread to Austin."

"You know Greg is the man when this board full of $#@!s and retards has nothing but uniform praise for his work this year."

"The dude came in and turned around a defense in record time."

"GR's defense was better than "servicable", I'd say 'good' - best in-season turnaround I've seen for a UT team and one of the best overall."

"Greg did a great job in a crappy situation. Most coaches could not have walked into that set of circumstances and done a serviceable job. He did an outstanding one."

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Works for me. I would be happy with Robinson, Kaufman or Orlando.

buster99;842263606 said:

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One website is reporting that Dykes is interested in Robinson, former Univ Cincinnati DC Art Kaufman and former USC DB coach Marvin Sanders. I guess we are only getting rejects. I don't know if they are interviewing for Cal DC or possibly DB coach.

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pray tell which website you're getting this insider info from

The experience and adaptability of Greg Robinson is what our D needs. He is old... 62..., but that helps us to develop our D players even if Greg is only here at Cal for 2 years or so...but who knows maybe he will want to work here as DC for 5 years or more...

beeasyed;842263650 said:

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pray tell which website you're getting this insider info from

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per http://coachingsearch.com/coaching-search-ticker

Cal: Per source, former Texas defensive coordinator Greg Robinson has interviewed for the defensive coordinator job at Cal.

SacBear87;842263651 said:

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The experience and adaptability of Greg Robinson is what our D needs. He is old... 62..., but that helps us to develop our D players even if Greg is only here at Cal for 2 years or so...but who knows maybe he will want to work here as DC for 5 years or more...

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While we need recruiting, we SERIOUSLY need Xs and Os.

SacBear87;842263656 said:

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per http://coachingsearch.com/coaching-search-ticker

Cal: Per source, former Texas defensive coordinator Greg Robinson has interviewed for the defensive coordinator job at Cal.

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thanks.

StillNoStanfurdium;842263616 said:

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I believe that thread is not a "Thank you Cal for hiring Greg Robinson" but a "Thank you Greg Robinson for what you did in your time" thread which has drastically different connotations.

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exactly.

"You know Greg is the man when this board full of $#@!s and retards has nothing but uniform praise for his work this year. Thanks Greg."

"Standing ovation for Coach Greg. Job well done."

KoreAmBear;842263615 said:

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Looks like Kaufman was not retained because of recruiting. Sonny is good at PR and is smooth, so he has that covered. What we need is a good football man on defense that knows it all.

Cincy was No. 9 in total defense in the FBS - that is darn good! Kaufman was also good at TT. He has a track record of success, and has had to maintain a great defense when the offense was an air raid. I like him. They did allow 45 to Illinois and 39 to North Carolina. But they held Teddy Bridgewater and Louisville to 24 in regulation (lost on a TD in OT).

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20140103/SPT0101/301030105/UC-football-parting-ways-2-coaches

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/cinn-m-footbl-sched.html

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Exactly this... I brought up Kaufman a week ago... He would be a great hire. He turned that TT defense around from like 117th to 22nd in the one year he was there. Can't recruit well bring in a good DB coach that recruits or a DL coach that recruits.

KoreAmBear;842263658 said:

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While we need recruiting, we SERIOUSLY need Xs and Os.

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Absolutely...Greg's ability to adapt to personnel is what we need right now until we can shore up the D through recruiting. Recruiting is Sonny's responsibility and Sonny has admitted to recruiting being all on him...

so besides turning around an overcomplicated Texas def mid-season, what's there to like about Robinson's ~75th ranked defenses over the last decade?

not to mention, Robinson gets his pick of the litter of blue chip guys at UT, and before at Michigan. kind of like how Clancy took over $C's defense and everyone thought he was the next defensive guru.

buster99;842263606 said:

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One website is reporting that Dykes is interested in Robinson, former Univ Cincinnati DC Art Kaufman and former USC DB coach Marvin Sanders. I guess we are only getting rejects. I don't know if they are interviewing for Cal DC or possibly DB coach.

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A friend of mine (not associated with Cal but another school) confirmed about Sanders as DC, specifically that he turned down a DB coach offer because of the Cal DC position.

SonaBear;842263671 said:

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A friend of mine (not associated with Cal but another school) confirmed about Sanders as DC, specifically that he turned down a DB coach offer because of the Cal DC position.

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Is that a rumor? :p

SonaBear;842263671 said:

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A friend of mine (not associated with Cal but another school) confirmed about Sanders as DC, specifically that he turned down a DB coach offer because of the Cal DC position.

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I hope not. The last thing that Sonny needs is another guy trying to cut his teeth at the DC position. Sonny needs a guy who will take that side of the team and have it under control. I'm leery of a hire out of high school.

KoreAmBear;842263608 said:

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If another school is thanking you or kind of mocking your hire, watch out for the red flags. Remember the OC from Oregon via Utah we hired? Oregon fans were laughing at us when we picked him up. It turned out to be an uninspiring (so uninspiring I even forgot his name) tenure.

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Well, another way to look at it is that it is an upgrade over Buh regardless what other fans write! At this point Cal football is about small victories!

Robinson is not good... I really hope we pass.

Don't know about Sanders, but Kaufman and Robinson would be strong hires.

Obviously Dykes is hoping a guy like Robinson can turn around our D the way he did at TX to pull his own ass out of the fire. I imagine another year of experience + guys healing + anyone other than Buh will make any new DC look like a turnaround artist next season.

Turning that D from a liability into an asset, though, will require supernatural powers to go along with whatever skills the new DC brings to the table. But good luck to whoever it is. He's going to need it and then some to get this defense "good" again, but "considerably less shitty than 2013" is a real possibility in 2014 for the next guy.

SonaBear;842263671 said:

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A friend of mine (not associated with Cal but another school) confirmed about Sanders as DC, specifically that he turned down a DB coach offer because of the Cal DC position.

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Has Sanders been a DC?? Seems like Sonny has said DC experience is a requirement this time around.

89Bear;842263716 said:

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Has Sanders been a DC?? Seems like Sonny has said DC experience is a requirement this time around.

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some... 3 years at North Carolina and a couple at a school that doesn't even play football anymore

Just read the profiles of most the folks being named here and Art Kaufman stands out miles ahead from the bunch IMO. One doesn't have much DC experience at a big school (Sanders), and Robinson had some bad defenses at Michigan, his last real gig of being a DC for whole seasons.

ferCALgm2;842263723 said:

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Just read the profiles of most the folks being named here and Art Kaufman stands out miles ahead from the bunch IMO. One doesn't have much DC experience at a big school (Sanders), and Robinson had some bad defenses at Michigan, his last real gig of being a DC for whole seasons.

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Some intriguing stuff here....played some pansies early on at TTU but his defense still seemed to do well in conference too......hmmmmm

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On January 10, 2012, Kaufman was announced as the new defensive coordinator for the Texas Tech Red Raiders and former employer Tommy Tuberville, replacing Chad Glasgow.[2] He is the fourth defensive coordinator in four years for Texas Tech, and the first with three years or more of experience at the position since Greg McMackin in 2000.[7]

Kaufman inherited a Red Raider defense ranked 114 out of 120 in total defense, and last in the country in rushing defense.[8] In the opening game of the 2012 season against the Northwestern State Demons, Kaufman's defense set a school record of only 84 yards allowed.[9] After the third game versus the New Mexico Lobos, the Red Raiders were 2nd in total defense in the country.[10] Following a bye the week of September 22, the Red Raiders rose to number 1 in total defense.[11] The Red Raiders maintained their number 1 ranking after a Week 5 defeat of their first Big 12 conference opponent, the Iowa State Cyclones. Kaufman's defense held the Cyclones to 189 yards of total offense.[12] Following this performance, Kaufman was named by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as the frontrunner for the Broyles Award.[13]

After a loss at home to the 14th ranked Oklahoma Sooners and an upset victory over 5th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers, Kaufman's defense ranked 4th in total yards allowed.[14] In the upset victory over West Virginia, the Red Raiders held Heisman Trophy-frontrunner Geno Smith to 275 yards, a passing efficiency rating of 100.71, and one touchdown pass.[15] The win marked the most lopsided victory over a top-5 opponent in school history, and marked the debut of the Red Raiders in the BCS rankings at number 17. Kaufman was again praised for the performance of the defense, with Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports also naming him as the frontrunner for the Broyles Award.[16]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Kaufman

"Born in Dermott, Arkansas, Kaufman has three daughters."

This is a guy who doesn't give up.

SonaBear;842263671 said:

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A friend of mine (not associated with Cal but another school) confirmed about Sanders as DC, specifically that he turned down a DB coach offer because of the Cal DC position.

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Sanders allegedly knows "everyone" football-wise in LA and would be a could recruiter there; also, saw elsewhere where Dykes and several coaches are in LA today.

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