Hopefully Jeanpierre scraps the techniques he was teaching. Stunned he got a reprieve.
The Coordinators/Coaches Staying, Hired, or Leaving thread
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Ray R
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Of all the coaching moves made to date, this one says the most about our new HC.
Instead of "out with the old, in with the new" he apparently actually has a meaningful evaluation of all last year's coaches and decided some were "placed out of position" by Flores. Those mistakes have been corrected.
McDaniel is the real deal as far as HC's go and I'm delighted he is with us.
How are Ferentz and Gregory as coaches?
Ray is 100% right, again! The easy thing for McDaniel to do was to fire Lemuel Jean Pierre and let the new guys come in. However, he is giving him the opportunity to learn a better system and develop as an assistant coach. I expect a number of Dolphin players and coaches will give a quiet nod of respect to this decision. It actually says a lot about Mike McDaniel, as a man. It may work out or it may not, but he is giving Lemuel a chance to learn and contribute, and that sends a clear message.
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Agreed. Hopefully Jean Pierre, adapts to the new techniques and excells teaching them.
Its also saying, hey this guy shouldn't have been the OL coach BUT he wasn't our biggest problem. Guess who was our biggest problem?
Steve Ferentz is Kirk Ferentz' (Iowa Head Coach), youngest son. Kirk's eldest son, Brian is the coach on the Patriots staff.
So our top 3 DB assistants from last year are gone.
We brought in 5 assistants on defense with only one (Derrick LeBlanc) not being secondary coaches.
We kept 4 offensive assistants in Studs, Lem, Grizzard, and Kolby Smith with Grizzard and Lem taking demotions
We brought in 5 assistants on defense with only one (Derrick LeBlanc) not being secondary coaches.
We kept 4 offensive assistants in Studs, Lem, Grizzard, and Kolby Smith with Grizzard and Lem taking demotions
They were assistants with us last year. Ferentz may have been promoted from Quality Control to assistant LB (unsure if he was given the title last year or not) and Gregory was promoted to Safety coach.
Bevell taking a demotion from previous teams too. I think its good that coaches want to be here even if they have to take a step back.
Also worth mentioning between McD. Smith,Applebaum, Lem, Person, Studs, Embree, Smith, and even Welker you're gonna probably see a much improved blocking team and running team
I was speaking more for last staff but yes Bevell is a huge get
I wonder if they kept last years OL coach around in an effort to actually teach him too. With all the coaching expertise they have now on offense, Jeanpierre will hopefully learn how be an effective OL coach in the future.