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Defensive Staff Next Year?

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Jaxbuck said:
Well, he is letting everyone know he'll fire an assistant that doesn't perform.

A couple of the guy he just fired, he hired....so let's hope his judgement is better this time.
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That is really the majority of the battle.

It's surprising how many well-regarded and successful coaches have a hard time with firing a shitty assistant.

Obviously finding the right replacement is key, but even Saban doesn't always hire the right guy (e.g. Bill O' Brien) so just because Day had to fire someone he hired isn't as much of an indictment as an unwillingness to fire the under performer.
 
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RugbyBuck said:
Fuck’s sake, how many of us actually even knew Day’s name before he came over or at least when he was at BC?
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Or Jeff Hafley, who in his one season was probably the best DC we've had since Heacock.

For the record, I knew of Day and Hafley because they were both hired from the 49ers. In name, anyway. Day did well in helping to steady a hard broken Kaepernick as a passer for one season. Hafley's DB crews in SF were nondescript.
 
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For those worrying about the recruiting prowess of the new coaches because they don't have a 247 page full of 4 and 5stars. Check out Jeff Hafley. Take out the kidd he recruited while at OSU and he was a regional coach who recruited NJ kids to Rutgers and Pitt. And only had 4 4star kids that he ever landed before taking the OSU job. And when you look then, he looks like a superstar! The OSU name will talk for itself, and the coach just needs to lay out his plans for that recruit, how they will succeed after their football career is over. And coaches from the NFL can certainly show kids how to make it to that level.


https://247sports.com/Coach/Jeff-Hafley-563/AllTimeRecruits/
 
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pnuts34 said:
For those worrying about the recruiting prowess of the new coaches because they don't have a 247 page full of 4 and 5stars. Check out Jeff Hafley. Take out the kidd he recruited while at OSU and he was a regional coach who recruited NJ kids to Rutgers and Pitt. And only had 4 4star kids that he ever landed before taking the OSU job. And when you look then, he looks like a superstar! The OSU name will talk for itself, and the coach just needs to lay out his plans for that recruit, how they will succeed after their football career is over. And coaches from the NFL can certainly show kids how to make it to that level.


https://247sports.com/Coach/Jeff-Hafley-563/AllTimeRecruits/
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There is more to it than that or nearly every coach ever brought in to sell the OSU brand would have similar results in recruiting. They do not.

I do agree that there is no way to know until they get going.
 
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