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It's official: http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209396037

Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

NJCalFan;842276317 said:

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Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

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Jesus people... look at the year before you post links to articles.

NJCalFan;842276317 said:

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Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

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Your article is from 2012.

Burns it is.

NJCalFan;842276317 said:

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Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

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that's from 2012

NJCalFan;842276317 said:

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Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

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That is from 2012... sheesh the Akina to AZ rumor all over again. This is a very good hire... Good experience on the west coast also

Yup.

Greg Burns. Former SC guy.

At first glance, this is an excellent hire. Looks like our best position coach or at least one with the most proven track record.

NJCalFan;842276317 said:

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Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

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I can't believe how often this happens on this forum... Do people really not look at dates on articles? I'll let this one slide, as it's almost 2 years to the day and at quick glance you could think it was an article from yesterday, but come on...

NJCalFan;842276317 said:

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Which is it?

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/45114/purdue-hires-burns-as-secondary-coach

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If we currently lived in 2012, then your link would be relevant.

My bad... it is the second link in Google. Higher up than his hire at UMass...

I don't mind be the butt of a joke if it is Burns.

UMass Bio:
The 2013 season will mark Burns' 17th as a football coach, with stops at Purdue, Arizona State, Kansas State, USC, Louisville and in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to his credit. He has coached in 10 bowl games, including four BCS Bowls, and was part of USC's back-to-back National Championship-winning coaching staff in 2003 and 2004.

Last season with Purdue, three of the Boilermakers' five players named to Big 10 All-Conference teams came from Burns' secondary. During his tenure, he has coached notables such as Troy Polamalu, Darnel Bing, Antonio Roundtree and Ronde Barber.

Burns joined the Purdue staff after spending the previous four seasons (2008-11) as the cornerbacks coach at Arizona State. The Sun Devils led the then-Pac-10 and finished among the nation's top units in rushing, passing and total defense in 2009.

Burns has found success at many levels during his coaching career, spending 2006 as the defensive backs coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers after coaching the secondary at USC under Pete Carroll for four years (2002-05). Burns also coached for four seasons at Louisville (1998-2001) as well as one season at Idaho (1997).

During his time at Southern California, Burns developed a reputation as one of the brightest young secondary coaches in the country and mentored a number of stand-out performers, including All-American safeties Troy Polamalu (2002) and Darnell Bing (2005). He also coached first-team All-Pacific-10 Conference cornerback Will Poole in 2003. Burns also produced six All-Conference USA cornerbacks during his tenure at Louisville, including first-teamers Anthony Floyd (2000 and 2001) and Antonio Roundtree (1998). Burns also coached All-Pro cornerback Ronde Barber while with the Buccaneers.

Burns was a four-year letterwinner (1991-93, 1995) at Washington State, earning honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors in 1992. He earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Washington State in 1995 and his master's from Washington State in 1997.

He and his wife Crystal have three sons, Cristopher, Carter and Cooper.

Go bears!

Nice hire. Also people clamoring for more diversity on our coaching staff should be happy too.

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Last season with Purdue, three of the Boilermakers' five players named to Big 10 All-Conference teams came from Burns' secondary.

Burns has found success at many levels during his coaching career, spending 2006 as the defensive backs coach of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers after coaching the secondary at USC under Pete Carroll for four years (2002-05). Burns also coached for four seasons at Louisville (1998-2001) as well as one season at Idaho (1997).

During his time at Southern California, Burns developed a reputation as one of the brightest young secondary coaches in the country and mentored a number of stand-out performers, including All-American safeties Troy Polamalu (2002) and Darnell Bing (2005). He also coached first-team All-Pacific-10 Conference cornerback Will Poole in 2003. Burns also produced six All-Conference USA cornerbacks during his tenure at Louisville, including first-teamers Anthony Floyd (2000 and 2001) and Antonio Roundtree (1998). Burns also coached All-Pro cornerback Ronde Barber while with the Buccaneers.

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some information on Burns

Looperbear;842276334 said:

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At first glance, this is an excellent hire. Looks like our best position coach or at least one with the most proven track record.

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I like his USC experience under Pete Carrol (with Pete being a former DB coach, Burns either was carried by Pete or learned from a great mentor and has become great himself) and his NFL experience. However, his career doesn't have a logical progression and seems to be up and down. Strange, but doesn't fill me with disappointment. I remain vaguely optimistic.

Serious question: Why does it seem like his career peaked in Tampa Bay and then progressed downwards afterward?

oski003;842276351 said:

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Serious question: Why does it seem like his career peaked in Tampa Bay and then progressed downwards afterward?

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Because you are a Cal fan.

oski003;842276351 said:

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Serious question: Why does it seem like his career peaked in Tampa Bay and then progressed downwards afterward?

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Wondering the same. Why would his most recent stop be at UMass?

NJCalFan;842276354 said:

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Because you are a Cal fan.

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:p

initial reaction is I like the hire, seems like he'll be familiar with the conference having experience in it as a player and coach

UMass also went 1-11 so he should be a good fit

Apparently none of the above posters have considered whether the move to Cal would be considered by others as an 'up' or 'down' move for him. [OMG, how sad, he went to Cal...Seriously folks, are we all so down in the dumps that we automatically dis anyone who would come to Cal to coach???] Ignoring the up/down silliness, let's be glad that he has experience and has some coaching 'results' to show for it. I like that. Whether he 'fits' with whatever culture it is that our coaching staff (and new DC) are establishing, is of course something we can't know. I suspect our new DC had a lot to do with this hire as he builds his own staff and that he did well in finding and securing such an experienced hand this late in the game.

tommie317;842276376 said:

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UMass also went 1-11 so he should be a good fit

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Did they really? *sigh*

The boos raining down on the defense can now either go to Buh or Boo-urns.

http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/umas-m-footbl-sched.html

2013 SCHEDULE
Overall 1-11
Conf. 1-7
Home 1-5
Away 0-6

Date Game Location Time / Result

08/31/13 at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. L, 45-0
09/07/13 vs. Maine Foxboro, Mass. L, 24-14
09/14/13 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. L, 37-7
09/21/13 vs. Vanderbilt Foxboro, Mass. L, 24-7
10/05/13 at Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio L, 28-7
10/12/13 vs. Miami (Oh) Foxboro, Mass. W, 17-10
10/19/13 at Buffalo Buffalo, N.Y. L, 32-3
10/26/13 vs. Western Michigan Foxboro, Mass. L, 31-30
11/02/13 vs. Northern Illinois Foxboro, Mass. L, 63-19
11/16/13 vs. Akron Foxboro, Mass. L, 14-13
11/23/13 at Central Michigan Mount Pleasant, Mich. L, 37-0
11/29/13 at Ohio Athens, Ohio L, 51-23

KoreAmBear;842276378 said:

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Did they really? *sigh*

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UMass also went 1-11 in 2012, so let's maybe not read too much into the quality of DB coaching in 2013. UMass scored a touchdown or fewer five times in 2013. They were just a shitty overall team.

B.A. Bearacus;842276389 said:

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UMass also went 1-11 in 2012, so let's maybe not read too much into the quality of DB coaching in 2013. UMass scored a touchdown or fewer five times in 2013. They were just a shitty overall team.

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Sounds familiar. It begs the question why Mr. Burns is applying for a gig there then. I guess the same can be said for us. But at least we have shiny new facilities.

In regards to the coach from Texas, the coach was indeed supposed to be Manny Diaz...the deal was a done deal, ianbearnson was correct on that until last minute MD took the LT job. That's why it's taken so long.

regardless -- this is a better hire imo.

oracleatdelphi;842276391 said:

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In regards to the coach from Texas, the coach was indeed supposed to be Manny Diaz...the deal was a done deal, ianbearnson was correct on that until last minute MD took the LT job. That's why it's taken so long.

regardless -- this is a better hire imo.

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Good. I like Kaufman better than Diaz.

oracleatdelphi;842276391 said:

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In regards to the coach from Texas, the coach was indeed supposed to be Manny Diaz...the deal was a done deal, ianbearnson was correct on that until last minute MD took the LT job. That's why it's taken so long.

regardless -- this is a better hire imo.

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Akino never was in the picture?

Looperbear;842276334 said:

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At first glance, this is an excellent hire. Looks like our best position coach or at least one with the most proven track record.

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Can't be. We all KNOW that no decent coach would take the job at Cal since SD is "incompetent". Ergo, the new guy can't be any good. Right?:sarc:

oracleatdelphi;842276391 said:

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In regards to the coach from Texas, the coach was indeed supposed to be Manny Diaz...the deal was a done deal, ianbearnson was correct on that until last minute MD took the LT job. That's why it's taken so long.

regardless -- this is a better hire imo.

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Akina was just a juke move? My ankles feel broken. Between Manny and Greg, I am glad we got Greg. Between Akina and Greg, I am a bit more torn. In either case, I am hopeful.

KoreAmBear;842276393 said:

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Good. I like Kaufman better than Diaz.

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I thought about Diaz for db's, no?

B.A. Bearacus;842276389 said:

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UMass also went 1-11 in 2012, so let's maybe not read too much into the quality of DB coaching in 2013. UMass scored a touchdown or fewer five times in 2013. They were just a shitty overall team.

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Yes but their pass defense was actually somewhat respectable at 41st in the nation...their offense and run defense were abysmal.

pierrezo;842276404 said:

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I thought about Diaz for db's, no?

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I thought Akina was the Texas guy for DB coach. Diaz and Robinson were names in the DC mix at some point? I have no idea.