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Awww man... too late... He's DL coach at Texas A&M now... (smh)
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Man if Texas A&M is interested enough to staff him, we should give him that promotion.
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I agree.. He makes so much sense here...
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The interesting thing about him is that he is followed by Pat Collins and of course comes from the same staff as the new strength and conditioning coach
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One of the finalists possibly? The fact that we haven’t posted the job opening yet means we don’t have our guy yet.
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Or it was never under consideration.
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Unless Mora decides to go into the season without a third coordinator, someone is going to get the job. Because why would you hamstring yourself by not filling out your coaching staff with a third coordinator like every other team in college football? A coordinator got let go, a new one will be hired or promoted.
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He's only had two coordinators for the past two years. What makes you think there will be a change?
Hope you are correct. I have a bad feeling about this. Mora is REALLY close to his staff. I can see him not wanting to bring in a DC that would fire them but he may also realize they are not ready to be promoted.
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First Spanos held the title of DC regardless of how it was left. Then Marinelli was Pass game Coordinator... So please explain how there were only 2.
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Well, a Pass Game Coordinator who doesn't call plays and who reports to the OC/Associate Head Coach is really a coordinator in name only. Right? Like the recruiting coordinator?
What is a coordinator who doesn't call plays or coverages anyway?
And FYI, Marinelli was listed as Tight Ends Coach.
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They announced they are hiring a DC. How much of the management Mora relinquishes? We’ll see. I personally don’t care as long as the team is successful.
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Last season Marinelli was PGC, Christian Pace was TE. Marinelli was TE coach 2 seasons ago. Unfortunately, who ever manages the webpages published two conflicting lists of coaches.
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Broken out in here:
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More than half the teams we played did not have a difference in talent. JMU did not have better talent for sure. JMU had better talent/players across most of the skill positions and their defensive unit was very cohesive and effective.
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Appreciate the clarification on coaching roles and responsibilities last season despite the misleading info on the official site. If I can be permitted some over-used jargon: at the end of the day, it is a distinction without a difference. The original point stands. There have been, during the last two seasons, only TWO real Coordinators in the truest sense of the term. Coaches who call plays, or coverages and rush packages. The OC and the STC. HCJM was the de facto DC.
Regarding Charlton, he has apparently got another year to right the offense. Whether HCJM likes him or whether the Associate HC title entitles him to that year. If the latter, I am guessing that the title and extra year were necessary to get him to Storrs. In any event, in view of the very open public criticism by HCJM at the end of the season, I suspect that this is his performance improvement year (using corporate speak) and he is on a very short leash. He might get some help with his job if things don't improve. And I am sure that the succession plan has been in place for some time.
Regarding the DC thing, if someone offered a Happening/NOT Happening bet, I would bet the NOT. But I am not a betting person.
Regarding Charlton, he has apparently got another year to right the offense. Whether HCJM likes him or whether the Associate HC title entitles him to that year. If the latter, I am guessing that the title and extra year were necessary to get him to Storrs. In any event, in view of the very open public criticism by HCJM at the end of the season, I suspect that this is his performance improvement year (using corporate speak) and he is on a very short leash. He might get some help with his job if things don't improve. And I am sure that the succession plan has been in place for some time.
Regarding the DC thing, if someone offered a Happening/NOT Happening bet, I would bet the NOT. But I am not a betting person.
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My original thinking that the Pagano choice is/was a no brainer... HOWEVER, it's way too quiet.. IMO, that should've happened already, no? Gotta believe it's somebody else at this point....
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Maybe Charlton had a typo on his resume and was actually applying for the DC role initially
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He sure helped the opponents defense.
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