• Hi Guest, want to participate in the discussions, keep track of read/unread posts and more? Create your free account and increase the benefits of your WyoNation.com experience today!

Who will be Wyoming's next DC?

P

PotatoCreekPete

Well-known member
I am really curious as to who will be Wyoming's next DC. I read the article about Klieman and Bohl and it appears that there is a difference of opinion and that is water under the bridge now. I also read that the guy at Nevada is going to stay there. I am not sold on Stanard being named the DC as I think we would have heard more from Fargo if that was going to be the case, so who could it be?

I imagine that it definitely will be someone that has Nebraska and/or Bohl connections. Could it be a dark horse with Nebraska connections at another school? This DC hire is probably the most important hire after Bohl for the success of next season. I know that there really isn't anything that will come out until after the NDSU-Towson game this Saturday, but I am hoping that we will get some announcements next week for how the staff is made up and maybe a really interesting and I hope, great hire for DC.

P.S. - I am really pumped about the new S&C hire.
 
That, and the new d-line coach.

Still not really sold on the Tampa 2 defense at the FBS level. I have no issues with the 4-3 defense in and of itself, but the Tampa 2 defense has been used and abused by many offenses at the FBS level.

The concept of it is pretty good, but the execution of it is the problem. You need undersized and super athletic linebackers that can cover as well as DBs, DBs that hit like linebackers, and d-linemen that forgoe size in order to be more of a pass rush force, meaning that unless incredibly strong and aware for their size, they'll get blown off their blocks on run plays.

Case in point, what we did to Nebraska at the beginning of the season.
 
I agree that this is going to be a big hire. Cowboy Tough needs to get back to Laramie in a hurry!
 
Rumors are his LB Coach Steve Stanard will be the DC. Stanard was the Sheeps DC for 5 years I believe at the end of Sonny.

Would be a solid hire on multiple levels but not a big time hire IMO.
 
we'll know more after the Bison win their 3rd National title this weekend, then we'll know more once everyone makes the move to Laramie
 
fromolwyoming said:
That, and the new d-line coach.

Still not really sold on the Tampa 2 defense at the FBS level. I have no issues with the 4-3 defense in and of itself, but the Tampa 2 defense has been used and abused by many offenses at the FBS level.

The concept of it is pretty good, but the execution of it is the problem. You need undersized and super athletic linebackers that can cover as well as DBs, DBs that hit like linebackers, and d-linemen that forgoe size in order to be more of a pass rush force, meaning that unless incredibly strong and aware for their size, they'll get blown off their blocks on run plays.

Case in point, what we did to Nebraska at the beginning of the season.
Click to expand...
Is NDSU running primarily Tampa 2? I hadn't noticed that.....lol yeah Hawaii's been trying that the last few seasons....its been going really well. :rofl:
 
How about Marty English? I think he is a much better coordinator than we give him credit for and his hands were basically tied behind his back with DC as head coach. Having a solid Colorado recruiter is very important.

It is hearsay, but I have heard that he didn't care for DC at all but really did like coaching at Wyoming.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
How about Marty English? I think he is a much better coordinator than we give him credit for and his hands were basically tied behind his back with DC as head coach. Having a solid Colorado recruiter is very important.

It is hearsay, but I have heard that he didn't care for DC at all but really did like coaching at Wyoming.
Click to expand...

I am not against Marty English coming back to Laramie, but I think that would be a very difficult move to make for him, as it would probably cause a great number of hard feelings with people at CSU and probably also some issues with a few high school connections in Colorado. For these reasons I have my doubt that Marty would be the next DC, besides, I don't know of Marty and Coach Bohl even really knowing each other.

Are there any Nebraska guys at other schools that are maybe ready to become DC's?
 
PotatoCreekPete said:
OrediggerPoke said:
How about Marty English? I think he is a much better coordinator than we give him credit for and his hands were basically tied behind his back with DC as head coach. Having a solid Colorado recruiter is very important.

It is hearsay, but I have heard that he didn't care for DC at all but really did like coaching at Wyoming.
Click to expand...

I am not against Marty English coming back to Laramie, but I think that would be a very difficult move to make for him, as it would probably cause a great number of hard feelings with people at CSU and probably also some issues with a few high school connections in Colorado. For these reasons I have my doubt that Marty would be the next DC, besides, I don't know of Marty and Coach Bohl even really knowing each other.

Are there any Nebraska guys at other schools that are maybe ready to become DC's?
Click to expand...

How about Rick Kaczenski, who is the DL coach at Nebraska now? He is originally from Notre Dame and I think would be a great hire, but could we afford him?
 
McPeachy said:
Marty English will never return to UW, as long as Burman is AD. And that is 100% fact.
Click to expand...
English isn't that good of a coach so not a big deal. He was a great CO recruiter but that's about it.
 
Don't forget he looks like Bender from Futurama :rofl:

*He was called that back in the day so not being disrespectful!
 
The MWC has decent skill players with some speed and evasiveness. The Tampa 2 is a bend don't break mentality. It requires smaller, fast, good coverage linebackers--especially the MLB to cover the medium to deep center.

Because your LBs spend so much time trying to control the short and medium area, blitz packages are greatly reduced. You must rely on star DL (mainly DE) to apply pressure on the QB (think Warren Sapp) here.
It greatly exposes the sidelines and the middle somewhat. It also relies on perfect tackling and is a complex defense to digest.

I'm not a fan of the Tampa 2. It might work in FCS where the skill players aren't the caliber we will see. I think it would be solid against the run but requires defensive players with skills that I don't think we will be able to recruit.
 
BeaverPoke said:
Marty English??? Seriously?
Who is running this good ole boys club.
Click to expand...

Although I agree there are better than English for WYO D coordinator ---

But Steve Stanard? Are you fucking A kidding me? English is twice the coach.
 
HR_Poke said:
McPeachy said:
Marty English will never return to UW, as long as Burman is AD. And that is 100% fact.
Click to expand...
English isn't that good of a coach so not a big deal. He was a great CO recruiter but that's about it.
Click to expand...

Just to defend it a little ... English had a shitty fucking boss while at UW round 2. A boss that force fed him what to do, with what players, and when and how to do it. Pretty tough to succeed under those circumstances.
 
BeaverPoke said:
Marty English??? Seriously?
Who is running this good ole boys club.
Click to expand...

I am trying to be nice to Marty as I know that there isn't a snow ball in hell's chance of him coming back so this is a totally non-starter conversation. In all seriousness he is a good guy but his defenses were some of the worst in the conference and on the flip side he was a good recruiter in Colorado. Again this is a total non-starter of a conversation.

I don't know, but I am not getting the feeling that Stanard is the next DC, or we would have heard much more out of Fargo than just a rumor. I think that his name is only being rumored because he was a DC in the past and he is the only one on the staff that has done that, but if he were the man then there wouldn't have been any talk about the guy at Nevada saying that he wasn't coming to Laramie. I think also one of the reasons that we haven't heard anything is because of teams playing in bowl games.....like Nebraska and Coach Bohl waiting for their seasons to end before he goes after a few guys that he has in mind. I don't know, but it is just years of following these type of events that have me thinking that the new DC will be coming in from another program.
 
McPeachy said:
HR_Poke said:
McPeachy said:
Marty English will never return to UW, as long as Burman is AD. And that is 100% fact.
Click to expand...
English isn't that good of a coach so not a big deal. He was a great CO recruiter but that's about it.
Click to expand...

Just to defend it a little ... English had a shitty fucking boss while at UW round 2. A boss that force fed him what to do, with what players, and when and how to do it. Pretty tough to succeed under those circumstances.
Click to expand...
He had a year where it was all on him and they didn't improve. Not to mention that tackling sucked. Thats on English and Tormey.
 
McPeachy said:
HR_Poke said:
McPeachy said:
Marty English will never return to UW, as long as Burman is AD. And that is 100% fact.
Click to expand...
English isn't that good of a coach so not a big deal. He was a great CO recruiter but that's about it.
Click to expand...

Just to defend it a little ... English had a shitty fucking boss while at UW round 2. A boss that force fed him what to do, with what players, and when and how to do it. Pretty tough to succeed under those circumstances.
Click to expand...
Still, his "bend but don't break" defenses often broke.
 
fromolwyoming said:
Still, his "bend but don't break" defenses often broke.
Click to expand...
Pretty much the story of the last 15 years for Wyoming defenses (except for Koenning era, they just broke altogether).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top