Now that Pettine is gone, who should be the new DC?

[Arthur Penske]

16 minutes ago, Chili said:

I've just had a sudden thought.

Quite often in-house coordinator candidates end up leaving when they don't land the DC gig. Either as a crushing blow to his ego or the new DC lets him go. If the new DC kept him he would have to work with a guy who may have felt he deserved the job and that would be a tricky minefield for the new guy to navigate. Much easier to part ways.

If Gray doesn't get the job I would not be surprised if he ends up leaving.

Oh ya. Definitely he’d likely leave sooner or later but this late in the game there may not be many positions open 

[{Family Ghost}]

41 minutes ago, Arthur Penske said:

I’m literally the one who pointed that out when you quoted it lol 

Haha .. shows how much I pay attention

[Chili]

I've updated my list of candidates to include any coaches who is associated with Hackett after I noticed Ejiro Evero and Joe Barry both worked on the same staff with him in the past so I wondered who else Hackett might recommend to LaFleur to look at.

I ended up finding another possible serious candidate in Todd Wash who is currently a free agent after being fired as Jacksonville's defensive coordinator. He ran a formidable defence but for whatever reason it all fell apart. He's part of the Montee Kiffin tree and he was in Tampa in 2007 as defensive quality control alongside Ejiro Evero and on that very same staff had Raheem Morris, Jimmy Lake and Gus Bradley. Hackett was there too as offensive quality control coach. All of these guys reached either Head Coach or Coordinator level fairly early on in their careers except for Evero who was stuck toiling away as quality control or defensive assistant on various teams. Evero now has a very real chance of finally joining these group of coaches if he becomes our defensive coordinator.

Scottie Hazelton is another interesting name to pop up who Hackett has previously worked with. He's currently Michigan State's defensive coordinator. Jimmy Lake too, he's the Washington Huskies Head Coach.

On 1/29/2021 at 11:05 PM, Chili said:

Red is direct link to LaFleur
Green is indirect link to LaFleur via McVay, Shanahan, Quinn, Hackett and Saleh)

Updating my list of possible DC candidates:

Jim Leonard (Wisconsin Defensive Coordinator)
Kris Richard (Free Agent)
Chris Hewitt (Ravens Pass defense coordinator)
Dave Merritt (Kansas Defensive backs coach)
Brendan Daly (Kansas Run game coordinator/defensive line)
Brentson Buckner (Arizona Defensive line coach)
Marcus Robertson (Arizona Defensive backs coach)
Larry Foote (Tampa Outside linebackers coach)
Mike Caldwell (Tampa Inside linebackers coach)
Jerod Mayo (Patriots Inside linebackers coach)
Johnny Holland (49ers Outside linebackers coach/Run game specialist)
Kris Kocurek (49ers Defensive line coach)
Tony Oden (49ers Defensive backs coach)
Tyrone McKenzie (Lions Linebackers coach)
Ejiro Evero (Rams Safeties Coach)
Chris Shula (Rams Outside linebackers coach)
Jerome Henderson (Giants Defensive Backs)
Aubrey Pleasant (Just hired as Detriot Defensive backs/passing game coordinator)
Kerry Coombs (Ohio State Defensive coordinator)
Charlie Jackson (Kentucky State Head Coach)
Stephen Belichick (Patriots Outside linebackers coach)
Gerald Alexander (Miami Defensive backs coach)
Jeff Howard (Browns Defensive backs coach/Pass game coordinator)
Scottie Hazelton (Michigan State defensive coordinator)
Jimmy Lake (Washington Huskies Head Coach)
Todd Wash (Free Agent)
Jason Rebrovich (Jacksonville Defensive line coach)
Bobby Babich (Bills Safeties coach)
Daniel Bullocks (49ers Safeties coach)
Marion Hobby (Bengals Defensive line coach)

Retread:

Wade Phillips (Free agent)
Marvin Lewis (Free agent)
Mike Smith (Free agent)
Jim Schwartz (Free agent)
James Bettcher (just hired with 49ers as Senior Defensive Assistant)
Teryl Austin (Pittsburgh Senior Defensive Assistant/Secondary coach)
Richard Smith (Raiders Linebackers coach)
Frank Bush (Just hired with Falcons as Linebackers coach)
Joe Barry (Just hired as Chargers Defensive passing game coordinator/linebackers)
Marquand Manuel (Just hired with Eagles as defensive backs coach)
Eric Washington (Buffalo Bills Defensive line coach)
Alan Williams (Indianapolis Defensive Backs/Safeties)
Jim Haslett (Titans Inside Linebackers Coach)
Greg Manusky (Kentucky Defensive quality control assistant)
Lou Spanos (UConn Defensive Coordinator)
Perry Fewell (Senior Vice President of Officiating Administration)
Kacy Rodgers (Tampa Defensive Line coach)
George Edwards (Cowboys Senior defensive assistant)
Anthony Weaver (Just hired as Ravens Defensive line coach & run game coordinator)

In-house candidates:

Jerry Gray (Defensive backs coach and is also a retread)
Mike Smith (Outside linebackers coach)

Candidates we've missed out on:

Jeff Ulbrich (Hired as Jets Defensive Coordinator)
Raheem Morris (Hired as Rams Defensive Coordinator)
DeMeco Ryans (Hired as 49ers Defensive Coordinator)
Dean Pees (Hired as Falcons Defensive Coordinator)
Dan Quinn (Hired as Cowboys Defensive Coordinator)
Gus Bradley (Hired as Raiders Defensive Coordinator)
Aaron Glenn (Hired as Detriot Defensive Coordinator)
Joe Woods (Cleveland Defensive Coordinator)
Shane Bowen (Hired as Tennessee Defensive coordinator)

Confirmed Interviews:

Chris Harris (Redksins Defensive backs coach) - was not on my list
Ejiro Evero
Joe Barry
Kris Richard

 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Chili

[Brit Pack]

@ChiliTodd Wash was a name I was looking at too. He had two very good seasons as D coordinator creating a top 5 defence in 2017 and 2018

[WiscFan3]

 

[packfanfb]

^^^^ for the Leonhard crowd. 

Quick, someone who watches Wisconsin football, tell me why I should want Leonhard as our DC other than the fact he coaches at Wisconsin. What kind of D does he run, etc...

Edited February 2, 2021 by packfanfb

[Packerraymond]

12 minutes ago, packfanfb said:

^^^^ for the Leonhard crowd. 

Quick, someone who watches Wisconsin football, tell me why I should want Leonhard as our DC other than the fact he coaches at Wisconsin. What kind of D does he run, etc...

He runs the same Ryan D as Pettine. He just runs it like Pettine used to. More aggressive on obvious passing downs.

You won't see much change schematically, it'd look more like the 2018 defense, but with Z, Preston and Gary instead of a washed up Matthews and Perry. Pettine really started getting bland during the 2019 season for some reason.

[Pugger]

18 minutes ago, WiscFan3 said:

 

Well, nobody can say Lefleur isn't casting a wide net...

[Pugger]

24 minutes ago, packfanfb said:

^^^^ for the Leonhard crowd. 

Quick, someone who watches Wisconsin football, tell me why I should want Leonhard as our DC other than the fact he coaches at Wisconsin. What kind of D does he run, etc...

For me the fact that he can get mostly non-bluechip players (he has a couple but not as many as some other schools) and mold them into one of the nation's top defenses is something you just can't ignore.  It would be truly interesting to see what this man can do with NFL talent.  But if he is running a defense similar to Pettine he might not get the job if LaFleur wants the defense to go in a different direction.

Edited February 2, 2021 by Pugger

[Pugger]

Just now, Pugger said:

For me the fact that he can get mostly non-bluechip players (he has a couple but not as many as some other schools) and mold them into one of the nation's top defenses is something you just can't ignore.  It would be truly interesting to see what this man can do with NFL talent.  But if he is running a defense similar to Pettine he might not get the job if LaFleur wants the defense to go in a different direction.

 

[Brit Pack]

Ginger beard wins you extra points in this process

[Brit Pack]

I see that ginger and raise you

[Chili]

24 minutes ago, WiscFan3 said:

 

Wow! Slightly miffed I didn't come up with some of the names but Bob Sutton, really?! you can do better than that LaFleur! 😄

Glad to see Jim Leonhard showing willingness to interview with us. Have to imagine if there's any job which he is willing to leave Wisconsin for it is to go to the Packers. I got a gut feeling he will impress LaFleur however he said he is clear in his mind what he wants in a coordinator and i'm not sure if Pettine-lite is the way LaFleur wants to go.

LaFleur is clearly using the interviews as an opportunity to do research on the opposition by casting a wide net. That's what good head coaches do. I really hope he will interview some Tampa and Kansas coaches after the superbowl, there's definitely some talent to be found there.

[Jaire_Island]

24 minutes ago, Packerraymond said:

He runs the same Ryan D as Pettine. He just runs it like Pettine used to. More aggressive on obvious passing downs.

You won't see much change schematically, it'd look more like the 2018 defense, but with Z, Preston and Gary instead of a washed up Matthews and Perry. Pettine really started getting bland during the 2019 season for some reason.

We are very aggressive the first few games. It all started on that game with Chargers. 

[Leader]

Peter Bukowski -  Chris Kiffin is another interesting one here. Son of Monte Kiffin, who literally has a defense named after him, and coached for Robert Saleh in San Francisco as a pass rush specialist for a VERY good pass rush. Coached Myles Garrett this year for the Browns.