Defensive Coordinator Candidates Thread

Parsons' brother said it's a good hire, but said the team needs corners and LBs. I thought the LB comment was interesting.
 
Gannon seems like a fine hire though you never know how it'll play out because so much depends on the talent of the players. At least we know that he can get the most out of top talent.

We'll probably never know if Gannon was his true first choice or if circumstances kinda dictated things a bit. Seems like Morris is waiting on other opportunities and ML may just have not been agreeable to Morris' timeline. As for Leonhard who knows, maybe there was mutual interest, maybe not.

If I had been ML I'd have passed on Leonhard only because you wonder if he'd bail for UW at his first opportunity. Normally I wouldn't give a damn if it happens after a few years, but with Fick's track record both he and Mac could be gone in a year and the new AD would surely have JL on top of his short list. Now if Fick was coming off a pair of 10 win seasons you know he'd be there for at least a few more years, but if the 2026 deason goes in the crapper, UW could be looking for a new coach as soon as November. No sense hiring a DC that could be pulled into that in less than a year unless you are absolutely sure he's the "best".
 
57packer said:
Gannon seems like a fine hire though you never know how it'll play out because so much depends on the talent of the players. At least we know that he can get the most out of top talent.

We'll probably never know if Gannon was his true first choice or if circumstances kinda dictated things a bit. Seems like Morris is waiting on other opportunities and ML may just have not been agreeable to Morris' timeline. As for Leonhard who knows, maybe there was mutual interest, maybe not.

If I had been ML I'd have passed on Leonhard only because you wonder if he'd bail for UW at his first opportunity. Normally I wouldn't give a damn if it happens after a few years, but with Fick's track record both he and Mac could be gone in a year and the new AD would surely have JL on top of his short list. Now if Fick was coming off a pair of 10 win seasons you know he'd be there for at least a few more years, but if the 2026 deason goes in the crapper, UW could be looking for a new coach as soon as November. No sense hiring a DC that could be pulled into that in less than a year unless you are absolutely sure he's the "best".
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I am not sure I would give Leonhard the WI job. I don't think he could navigate the NIL world any better then Fickell.
 
57packer said:
Gannon seems like a fine hire though you never know how it'll play out because so much depends on the talent of the players. At least we know that he can get the most out of top talent.

We'll probably never know if Gannon was his true first choice or if circumstances kinda dictated things a bit. Seems like Morris is waiting on other opportunities and ML may just have not been agreeable to Morris' timeline. As for Leonhard who knows, maybe there was mutual interest, maybe not.

If I had been ML I'd have passed on Leonhard only because you wonder if he'd bail for UW at his first opportunity. Normally I wouldn't give a damn if it happens after a few years, but with Fick's track record both he and Mac could be gone in a year and the new AD would surely have JL on top of his short list. Now if Fick was coming off a pair of 10 win seasons you know he'd be there for at least a few more years, but if the 2026 deason goes in the crapper, UW could be looking for a new coach as soon as November. No sense hiring a DC that could be pulled into that in less than a year unless you are absolutely sure he's the "best".
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Not only that, but if Fick gets canned early, imagine the speculation and distraction.... who needs it?
 
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