New DC frontrunner?

[*Nately120*]

(02-19-2019, 05:44 PM)McC Wrote: He might.  Let's get one of these crystal ball mind reader guys to weigh in.

[Au165]

(02-19-2019, 05:40 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Then why has the coach and team been setting around doing nothing for the past two weeks?

Can they only call one guy per week?  

How do you know they are sitting around doing nothing? Just because you don't hear things doesn't mean things aren't happening. 

[*Nately120*]

(02-19-2019, 05:46 PM)Wyche Wrote: Well, that's the problem with the world of Twitter.....it's often wrong, very wrong, and there is no ramification for being wrong, not even retractions.

Hey, save that for the P&R forum!

[fredtoast]

I realize some of you want to support our new coach, but it is absurd to claim that we can't make judgement on what we see going on.

Plus some of the people claiming it is wrong to judge a coach before the team plays have been known to judge draft picks before they ever played a down.

Based on what we can all see most of the new staff have mediocre or poor resumes. All they seem to have in common is working with Taylor in the past.

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

Shit, just this morning, some schlub posted on Twitter that Burfict was cut. Twitter is terrible any more......

[fredtoast]

(02-19-2019, 05:46 PM)Au165 Wrote: How do you know they are sitting around doing nothing? Just because you don't hear things doesn't mean things aren't happening. 

I was responding to a person who said we have not even called that many guys.

If we are not even calling the names we have seen on these lists then what else are the doing?  How much can we go forward when we don't even have a coaching staff?

[McC]

(02-19-2019, 05:58 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I was responding to a person who said we have not even called that many guys.

If we are not even calling the names we have seen on these lists then what else are the doing?  How much can we go forward when we don't even have a coaching staff?

I predict by the end of the day tomorrow, we'll have a DC and then by the end of the week, the rest of the staff.

*This prediction is based on absolutely nothing whatsoever.

[Bengalholic]

(02-19-2019, 05:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I realize some of you want to support our new coach, but it is absurd to claim that we can't make judgement on what we see going on.

Sorry brother, but the irony is this statement is just too much. 

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(02-19-2019, 05:56 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I realize some of you want to support our new coach, but it is absurd to claim that we can't make judgement on what we see going on.

Plus some of the people claiming it is wrong to judge a coach before the team plays have been known to judge draft picks before they ever played a down.

Based on what we can all see most of the new staff have mediocre or poor resumes.  All they seem to have in common is working with Taylor in the past.

If one is judging draft picks on performance, that is wrong, judging based on needs is another thing.

I see some "buddies", I see some guys that were retained from the previous staff, but then again you see that sort of thing all over the NFL.  Hell, we saw it right here.

I like the offensive staff (sans Turner), I like Simmons, I like Livingston and Jones.  I don't know who the DC is yet, so I can't comment on him, the dline coach, the LB coach, or any other defensive assistants yet.  That's my gripe, people are going off of what is said on Twitter.....that's not exactly a good place to get rock solid information.  

[Au165]

(02-19-2019, 05:58 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I was responding to a person who said we have not even called that many guys.

If we are not even calling the names we have seen on these lists then what else are the doing?  How much can we go forward when we don't even have a coaching staff?

I'm sure we are reaching out to people and having conversations (phone screenings) but actual interviews it doesn't appear many are in line with what Taylor wants. Plus, in the end all we know is what makes it to the media (i.e. leaked by agents).

Like many people I'd love to know more about what he is looking for specifically, but it does seem to be something he holds to be important. 

[Phil in BG]

(02-19-2019, 06:02 PM)McC Wrote: I predict by the end of the day tomorrow, we'll have a DC and then by the end of the week, the rest of the staff.

*This prediction is based on absolutely nothing whatsoever.

This should be as reliable as anything else we're reading lately.

[sandwedge]

(02-19-2019, 06:02 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Sorry brother, but the irony is this statement is just too much. 

Damn, you beat me to it....

[fredtoast]

(02-19-2019, 06:02 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Sorry brother, but the irony is this statement is just too much. 

Sorry brother, but you apparently don't know the definition of irony.

I can clearly see that we don't have a DC despite going through a long list of names.  And if we have not gone through a long list of names then we have been wasting valuable time.

Either way it deserves some level of concern.

[Bengalholic]

(02-19-2019, 06:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Sorry brother, but you apparently don't know the definition of irony.

I can clearly see that we don't have a DC despite going through a long list of names.  And if we have not gone through a long list of names then we have been wasting valuable time.

Either way it deserves some level of concern.

I must resist, I must resist...

[*Synric*]

(02-19-2019, 06:37 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: I must resist, I must resist...

That's what she said.

[XenoMorph]

(02-19-2019, 06:02 PM)McC Wrote: I predict by the end of the day tomorrow, we'll have a DC and then by the end of the week, the rest of the staff.

*This prediction is based on absolutely nothing whatsoever.

if you could you know tweet that it would become official in the eyes of many

[Phil in BG]

(02-19-2019, 06:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Sorry brother, but you apparently don't know the definition of irony.

I can clearly see that we don't have a DC despite going through a long list of names.  And if we have not gone through a long list of names then we have been wasting valuable time.

Either way it deserves some level of concern.

The point is that we have no idea how many names have been discussed, talked to, dismissed or interviewed. It's all speculation. If we knew all the details some of us would be happy and some of us would be disappointed. It's all in how we look at it. Now, if in November the record is something like 8-4 will be be okay with the coaching staff?........probably not.

[fredtoast]

(02-19-2019, 06:45 PM)Phil in BG Wrote: The point is that we have no idea how many names have been discussed, talked to, dismissed or interviewed. It's all speculation.

There is no speculation about how much time has passed.  If they have not been working through a list of names then they have been wasting a lot of very valuable time.

Either way it is not good.

[TheBengalsMind]

I like him.

Here's a quick bio on him.

"Lou Anarumo was in his first season as the Giants’ defensive backs coach, a position he held the previous six years with the Miami Dolphins.

A native of Staten Island, N.Y., Anarumo earned his Bachelor of Science degree in special education from Wagner in 1990. While in college, he served as head junior varsity coach at Susan Wagner High School in Staten Island, N.Y.

From January to June 1990, Anarumo was a part-time running backs coach at Wagner College. He filled that same role at the United States Merchant Marine Academy from September 1989 to January 1990.

Anarumo was a graduate assistant coach at Syracuse University during the 1990-91 seasons. He was assistant defensive backs coach under Phil Elmassian – whom Anarumo replaced on the Purdue staff – and was responsible for film breakdown and organization of the scout teams.

From 1992-94, Anarumo was defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York. He also served as the admissions liaison to the athletics department.

Prior to his stint at Marshall, Anarumo was assistant head coach at Harvard University from 1995-2000, working with the defensive backs and coordinating the special teams. During his tenure, he helped build a pass defense that led the league in pass efficiency defense in 1999 and ranked No. 2 in interceptions in 2000. 

Anarumo at Marshall University where he coached the defensive backs from 2001-03. He also served as special teams coordinator in 2003. The Thundering Herd ranked 10th in the nation in passing defense in 2003, allowing 177.4 yards per game. They were sixth in 2002 at 161.5 yards after ranking No. 37 in 2001 at 198.7 yards. Marshall compiled a 30-8 record over the three seasons and won the GMAC Bowl in 2001 and 2002.

From 2005-06, the Boilermakers rebuilt their secondary and improved from 287.3 passing yards allowed per game to 241.2 yards. Safety Bernard Pollard was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round (54th overall pick) of the 2006 NFL draft, becoming the highest-drafted Purdue defensive player since linebacker Fred Strickland (47th overall) by the Los Angeles Rams in 1988.

Anarumo joined the Dolphins after spending eight seasons (2004-11) as the defensive backs coach at Purdue University. With four new starters in 2010, the Boilermakers’ secondary featured true freshman corner- back Ricardo Allen, who finished with three interceptions, returning two of them for touchdowns and led the Big Ten in interception return yardage while earning freshman All- America honors.

In Anarumo’s first season with the Dolphins in 2012, safeties Chris Clemons and Jones both had the best seasons of their career to date. Starting all 16 games, Clemons set a career high with 96 tackles (69 solo), while Jones recorded 95 tackles (74 solo), one sack, two forced fumbles and four interceptions.

Anarumo guided a secondary that in 2013 saw marked improvement in his second season in Miami, going from 27th in the NFL in passing yards allowed per game in 2012 to being ranked 16th. The defense also nearly doubled its interception output, from 10 in 2012 to 18 in 2013. The team’s 35 touchdown passes allowed over the 2012-13 seasons were the second-fewest in the NFL to the Seattle Seahawks (31). The unit was fifth in the NFL in passer rating against, limiting opponents to a 77.3 rating. Grimes earned a Pro Bowl trip after tying for the team lead with four interceptions and pacing the unit with 17 passes defensed.

In 2014, Anarumo led a secondary that allowed only 222.3 passing yards per game, good for sixth-best in the NFL and the third-straight season of improvement in that category. His group scored three defensive touchdowns (cornerback Cortland Finnegan on a fumble return at Oakland and safety Louis Delmas and Grimes on intercep- tion returns at Jacksonville), marking the first season since 2003 when the Dolphins had three different players score defensive touchdowns. Grimes recorded a team-leading five interceptions en route to his second straight Pro Bowl and Jones was one of three players in the NFL in 2014 to record 70 or more tackles, one sack and three interceptions.

Anarumo entered the 2015 season as the secondary coach and was named defensive coordinator on Oct. 8. Under Anarumo’s direction, cornerback Brent Grimes and Jones were selected to the Pro Bowl, marking the first time since the 2003 season that Miami had two members of their secondary participate in the Pro Bowl in the same season.

The previous year, Anarumo’s secondary helped the Dolphins have their best season since 2008, winning 10 games and reaching the playoffs for the first time in eight years. The defensive backs helped the Dolphins string together seven consecutive games with a takeaway from Week 9 to Week 15, totaling 19 turnovers, the most in a seven-game span since 2004. Miami won nine of its final 11 games and during that stretch, Anarumo helped the passing defense rank No. 15 in the NFL (238.5 passing yards allowed per game) and force 21 turnovers, which tied for fourth in the league. Cornerback Tony Lippett led the team and tied for 11th in the NFL with four interceptions in his second NFL season, despite playing wide receiver in college.

In 2017, strong safety Reshad Jones led the Dolphins with 122 tackles and was selected as a starter on the AFC Pro Bowl team. Cornerback Xavien Howard was one of 25 NFL players with at least four interceptions, including one he returned 30 yards for a touchdown."

[Bengalholic]

(02-19-2019, 06:49 PM)fredtoast Wrote: There is no speculation about how much time has passed.  If they have not been working through a list of names then they have been wasting a lot of very valuable time.

Either way it is not good.

While filling the DC spot is important and needs to get done soon, it's not the only thing going on in the building. It doesn't really sound like he's just been sitting around playing Fortnite and eating Cheetos for the last 2 weeks:

“What I do notice is, Man, I sleep hard,” Taylor said. “When my head hits the pillow at night, it feels like five o’clock rolls around real quick. It used to be, I’d lay in bed and look at my phone and go through some stuff. Not anymore. When I lay in that bed, I’m out within about 20 seconds.

“I think, you think critically all day, you’ve got a lot of decisions to make, so you've got to make sure that you take a couple of seconds every day to relax your brain a little bit. But that’s been good. That’s not anything I didn’t expect.”

“The day goes fast, you get a lot done, you always feel like you could get more done and you look up and all of the sudden it’s 4:30, and you’re like, ‘Where did all the time go?’” Taylor said. “But it’s been good. The most important thing is you put a plan in place every day of what you want to accomplish and where you want to be by this day with the scheme, where you want to be this day evaluating your roster, where you want to be by this date in terms of the draft and free agency.