(01-11-2019, 01:53 PM)psychdoctor Wrote: Did Manuel get fired?

(01-11-2019, 02:06 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Sounds legit.

(01-11-2019, 01:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It is not his alma mater.  He is not making them any better.  He is going to get canned.  If I was him I would jump at the chance to get back in the NFL.

(01-11-2019, 01:43 PM)Hoofhearted Wrote: Who can blame them? Stay in ACC where you're a shoe in for ACC title game. That team is stacked for years to come. Only way I'd leave that staff is for a PAC 12 team that is ready to compete. Maybe a BIG team like *Ichigan, depending on how Day works out. But that's a nice gig in Clemson.

(01-11-2019, 01:50 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: That would be a significant drop in pay.  I can't find the exact figures, but he just signed a 6 year, 21M extension at UI.  Average defensive coordinator salary in the NFL is listed as around 850K.

Unless he was led to believe that accepting a DC position would directly and quickly lead him back to a HC position in the NFL, I would think him smarter to stay put and comfortable.

(01-11-2019, 02:19 PM)McC Wrote: Whoever the next DC is, I guess he will be a 4-3 guy.  Are there still enough of those guys out there?

(01-11-2019, 02:22 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: I would hope the new DC would be of the hybrid variety, use the assets you have to best of their abilities. 

(01-11-2019, 02:18 PM)Wyche Wrote: No doubt.....bad news for us Seminoles fans.



 Damn that's a lot of cheese!

(01-11-2019, 02:22 PM)I_C_DeadPeople Wrote: I would hope the new DC would be of the hybrid variety, use the assets you have to best of their abilities. 

(01-11-2019, 02:33 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: And Smith is only the 39th highest paid coach in CFB..

https://www.boydsbets.com/highest-paid-college-football-coaches/

(01-11-2019, 02:46 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If you ask me?  As long as the Bengals are looking to go youthful and dynamic with a HC/Offensive mind, then they might as well go the distance and do the same on the defensive side of the ball, as well.

(01-11-2019, 02:52 PM)fredtoast Wrote: A guy does not have to be young to be innovative.

Just look at Belichick.

(01-11-2019, 02:52 PM)fredtoast Wrote: A guy does not have to be young to be innovative.

(01-11-2019, 11:05 AM)The Real Deal Wrote: I’m a buckeye and I want nothing to do with that. Under his watch, the linebacker play at Ohio state has stunk. Wrong gaps, no discipline, bad key reading. No thanks.

(01-11-2019, 02:46 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: ^This, right there.  In the day and age of dynamic offenses, the old style DC that rigidly stick to the format of "base, nickle, dime" of whatever scheme they adhere to, is a style that's quickly losing traction.  In order to be competitive and successful, a modern NFL DC must be as fluid and dynamic with his game planning and scheming as the offenses are.  He must get full utilization of his entire roster.  

A good case in point to study?  Just this past weekend, Gus Bradley and Matt Eberflus both employed a similar game plan and tactics that would be considered "exotic" by hard traditionalist coaches.  The Chargers and Colts were both faced against QBs that can both run and pass the ball well.  They both used Safeties in lieu of LBs, and assigned a "spy" to the opposing QB, in order to keep his running in check.

If you ask me?  As long as the Bengals are looking to go youthful and dynamic with a HC/Offensive mind, then they might as well go the distance and do the same on the defensive side of the ball, as well.

(01-11-2019, 04:13 PM)Lawless_1 Wrote: It will be Joe Barry.

(01-11-2019, 05:39 PM)JSR18 Wrote: I'm going WAY out on a limb here. Somebody in the Mike Zimmer mold. A local boy who would put asses in seats and really fire up the defense....


KERRY COOMBS!!