Boston College Head Coach Jeff Hafley is Packers New DC

[squire12]

1 minute ago, Old Guy said:

Is he switching to defense? 

Nope.  Going both ways.  Time to man up

[craig]

As mentioned, having been in the league for not long, and out for the last 5 years, he's not going to have a train of loyal assistants to bring with him.  Almost certainly most of the existing staff is going to be back.  For better or for worse.  

[Uffdaswede]

1 minute ago, Rainmaker90 said:

Enough with the nepotism s*** . The NFL is a small fraternity of people, where relationships matter a ton . Of course they’re going to lean towards guys they know or their other coach friends know. Let’s not use it as a negative , it’s better MLF has more information about him. 

Agreed. And THIS friend took his scheme to a D1 school, implemented it, succeeded with it, and is happy to get back to the NFL as a DC.

[Spartacus]

I'm underwhelmed but at least it's not Barry. 

[craig]

Just now, Uffdaswede said:

Agreed. And THIS friend took his scheme to a D1 school, implemented it, succeeded with it, and is happy to get back to the NFL as a DC.

His team was terrible and he was in sights to get fired.  Not sure we should be too buzzed on his D1 success?   It's not like he was some highly successful college coach who wanted to get back to NFL.  I think he was coaching a mediocre/bad team, and his guys didn't love him or believe in him too much to just portal out to better teams.  Not saying he was a bad coach, just that if winning is part of coaching, he wasn't good at that.  

[Norm]

https://www.bcinterruption.com/2024/1/31/24057548/opinion-jeff-hafley-fired-himself-bc-boston-college-football-fans-should-be-happy-green-bay-packers

Oof lol

[beekay414]

2 minutes ago, craig said:

His team was terrible and he was in sights to get fired.  Not sure we should be too buzzed on his D1 success?   It's not like he was some highly successful college coach who wanted to get back to NFL.  I think he was coaching a mediocre/bad team, and his guys didn't love him or believe in him too much to just portal out to better teams.  Not saying he was a bad coach, just that if winning is part of coaching, he wasn't good at that.  

Going damn near .500 at Boston College in the modern NCAA is no small feat. Terrible isn't how I'd describe his tenure there. 

[Norm]

Just now, beekay414 said:

Going damn near .500 at Boston College in the modern NCAA is no small feat. Terrible isn't how I'd describe his tenure there. 

I almost posted "it's Boston college..." 

[Jaire_Island]

I thought he was the one who is sitting next to Barry all these days in coach booth and writing on paper. He not that?

[craig]

Do you guys remember when MM transitioned from 4-3 to 3-4, and what a primary reason expressed was?  I remember thinking that 3-4 was about getting better pass rush.  But MM's rationale was getting better run defense.  Not sure Packers have run it lately like MM originally envisioned, but his original conception was that they'd have 5 guys on the line instead of 4, by counting the OLB.  That this would better protect against runners getting around the corner.  And that the spacing between guys could be smaller, so the running gaps would be narrowed. 

[Rainmaker90]

6 minutes ago, Uffdaswede said:

Agreed. And THIS friend took his scheme to a D1 school, implemented it, succeeded with it, and is happy to get back to the NFL as a DC.

Ya, it’s not like he’s unqualified or any less qualified than the other candidates. He has a pretty strong track record despite being only 44.

[beekay414]

2 minutes ago, Norm said:

https://www.bcinterruption.com/2024/1/31/24057548/opinion-jeff-hafley-fired-himself-bc-boston-college-football-fans-should-be-happy-green-bay-packers

Oof lol

Those SBNation posts are always hilarious. The writers have no self awareness of what their programs are. 7-6 at Boston College in the modern era, no matter the schedule in a P5 conference, is a god damn miracle.

[squire12]

4 minutes ago, craig said:

His team was terrible and he was in sights to get fired.  Not sure we should be too buzzed on his D1 success?   It's not like he was some highly successful college coach who wanted to get back to NFL.  I think he was coaching a mediocre/bad team, and his guys didn't love him or believe in him too much to just portal out to better teams.  Not saying he was a bad coach, just that if winning is part of coaching, he wasn't good at that.  

 

1 minute ago, beekay414 said:

Going damn near .500 at Boston College in the modern NCAA is no small feat. Terrible isn't how I'd describe his tenure there. 

 

1 minute ago, Norm said:

I almost posted "it's Boston college..." 

Yeah, BC doesn't have a crazy history of success.  Its a 5-8 win type program.  

 

[PossibleCabbage]

I think "leaves a HC job in an undesirable spot to be a coordinator in a better spot" is going to be a thing you're going to see a lot of.  Wasn't there a MAC HC who did something like this, to be a coordinator at a CFB blue blood?

[beekay414]

LOL BC almost upset Florida State this year ffs.

"Boy, I'm glad that guy fired himself!"