It appears that Grantham has a lot of success in his 1st two years at a new place and then falls off after that. Luckily, that's exactly what we need from him.
OC and DC Possibilities - New DC Todd Grantham, OC Doug Meacham
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I would imagine the DC from Charlotte would be his DC in training to take over for him after a year or two if things go well.
Cowboys4ever
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I was just about to say, this is probably the plan. Grantham is 58yrs old is still active and motivated but will want an exit plan as he gets closer to retirement.
Poke Skywalker
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He’ll improve the defense for sure. You can only go up from where we’re at now…
Poke Skywalker
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Well he has a ways to go then. His Charlotte squad was around 115th in total D.
Here are the total defense rankings for the years BEFORE he came in as DC, then his 1st year as DC, and how many returning starters he had and many players they lost to the NFL.
UF 69th to 20th (7 ret. starters, 3 to NFL)
MSU 93rd to 27th (6 ret. starters, 0 to NFL)
UL 2nd to 25th (5 ret. starters, 3 to NFL)
UGA 63rd to 36th (6 ret. starters, 5 to NFL)
I feel like for the most part this is encouraging. I understand the year 3 and year 4 concerns but I’m skeptical we have to worry about that in our situation.
UF 69th to 20th (7 ret. starters, 3 to NFL)
MSU 93rd to 27th (6 ret. starters, 0 to NFL)
UL 2nd to 25th (5 ret. starters, 3 to NFL)
UGA 63rd to 36th (6 ret. starters, 5 to NFL)
I feel like for the most part this is encouraging. I understand the year 3 and year 4 concerns but I’m skeptical we have to worry about that in our situation.
Good info. Hopefully it's pointing to something special in our near future.
MustangPokeFan
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Are you sure that’s not the wrestling team flying home?
More likely picking up Norm Chow from his retirement village.
TXPoke
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Well LAS to SWO might mean Brandon Marion for OC
They were in a larger plane on the way out to Las Vegas. This is the same plane that was used for Grantham.
The Killer
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Go-GoWell LAS to SWO might mean Brandon Marion for OC
The Killer
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Georgia Poke
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Grantham was outright fired by the Browns and Florida. While he technically left UGA for Louisville, his departure was celebrated in Athens.
He's a good NFL d-line coach. He's a horrible college football defensive coordinator. Look at the talent that he had at UGA, and then look at the results
Like it or not, he's a Poke now. I'm hoping he's got one more of those turnarounds in him.
Chairman of the Board
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I gues time will tell. The data shows that he's been above average most of his career.
Belichick was fired by the Browns
Pete Carroll was a total mess as HC of the Patriots
Sometimes decent/good/great coaches are in really dysfunctional situations and it ain't gonna work no matter who it is. Other than this year, the situation at OSU is nowhere near dysfunctional. I'll ride with the guy assuming we'll get at or close to his positive results until proven otherwise. Ready for an improvement, and I expect that won't be too tall of a task (only one way to go from here!)
Pete Carroll was a total mess as HC of the Patriots
Sometimes decent/good/great coaches are in really dysfunctional situations and it ain't gonna work no matter who it is. Other than this year, the situation at OSU is nowhere near dysfunctional. I'll ride with the guy assuming we'll get at or close to his positive results until proven otherwise. Ready for an improvement, and I expect that won't be too tall of a task (only one way to go from here!)
