Golden to Notre Dame

[BengalFanInNJ]

Well, there’s one Coach gone.

[MileHighGrowler]

Is that official? I saw a few minutes it was "expected" Al Golden would go to ND as their DC. But I haven't seen confirmation. I'd expect there will be some noise and possible moving from coaches this year after the season they had. No major surprise. Hard to know exactly what Golden's impact has been on the LB core, too.

[jj22]

Didn't know much about Golden when we first hired him but Wilson had come along well and had a hell of a game and if SB MVP voting was truly based on impact, would have been ours if they won....

[BengalFanInNJ]

(02-15-2022, 12:00 PM)MileHighGrowler Wrote: Is that official? I saw a few minutes it was "expected" Al Golden would go to ND as their DC. But I haven't seen confirmation. I'd expect there will be some noise and possible moving from coaches this year after the season they had. No major surprise. Hard to know exactly what Golden's impact has been on the LB core, too.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theathletic.com/3128562/2022/02/15/al-golden-to-notre-dame-what-are-the-irish-getting-in-their-new-defensive-coordinator/%3famp

[Interceptor]

Well, Notre Dame's helmets are colored gold, so there's that.

[BengalFanInNJ]

(02-15-2022, 12:13 PM)Interceptor Wrote: Well, Notre Dame's helmets are colored gold, so there's that.

Al Golden Domers.

[XenoMorph]

Congrats to Al Golden

[Schmitbuck]

Shouldn't be hard to find a good replacement. Pratt & Wilson really improved their play and likely haven't reached their ceilings. Could make the job really attractive to a younger coach looking to become a DC in 2-3 years.

[*Awful Llama*]

I don't know much about Al, I knew his name when we hired him because he was with the Lions for some years, so I'll just ask: what impact if any do we see this having on our Linebackers? Is there an obvious in-house candidate who can step into that spot, or will we be needing to look externally? I just don't pay a lot of attention to the coaches outside Zac and the Coords.

[*Go Cards*]

Congratulations Golden Dome Al !

[*pally*]

Al's was the name the media floated as Lou Anarumo's possible replacement if he got a head coaching gig.

It will be a loss, IMO no position group improved more this season. Don't forget all our LBs are home grown unlike the rest of the defense Al raised these kids and now Papa is leaving the nest

#Bengals DE Sam Hubbard talks about LBs coach Al Golden; also his relationship with Notre Dame:

“He’s a brilliant coach, great with relationships and people. He’s obviously had experience recruiting. The sky’s the limit for a guy like Al.”#SuperBowl #RuleItAll #RuleTheJungle pic.twitter.com/lkr1cSS5pF

— Kyle Kelly (@ByKyleKelly) February 11, 2022

[*Nate (formerly eliminate08)*]

Congrats to Al, I think we will miss him as Pally says. Al Golden did a great job with our young Linebackers the last few
years and especially this season where we saw massive growth in their play. Hope we get somebody even close to as good
as Al, we will see. All I know is whoever we get will be getting some talented young LB's to work with in Logan, Germaine,
ADG and Bailey.

[TecmoBengals]

Congrats to Golden and I'm optimistic that the more guys we see from Taylor's staff moving onto the next best job the more it exemplifies Zac is doing right by and great things for the Bengals organization as head coach.