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Edsall pleased with offense, not defense

  • Maryland football Coach Randy Edsall pleased with offense, not defense
    By Eric Prisbell
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/post/maryland-football-coach-randy-edsall-pleased-with-offense-not-defense/2011/08/16/gIQAUEhqJJ_blog.html#pagebreak

    Coach Randy Edsall said, “I feel I know who we are offensively.” The offense has been playing well; better than the defense at this point. Defensively, Edsall is “not as happy, pleased or as far along.”

    Regarding special teams, Edsall said a competition at punter is brewing between Nathan Renfro and Michael Tart. Edsall said he has been pleased with the production of Nick Ferrara at kicker.

    Among the players who have performed well are two freshmen running backs, Justus Pickett and Brandon Ross. Davin Meggett said there is no depth chart at the position because the competition has been so fierce.

    Edsall noted that Keith Bowers, a freshman defensive end, has played particularly well and is in the two-deep.

    Lorne Goree, a redshirt freshman, is No. 2 at middle linebacker and, Edsall said, if he can be consistent he can put pressure on starter Demetrius Hartsfield.

    No word on the leg injury suffered by wide receiver Adrian Coxson in Saturday’s practice. Edsall said he would not discuss injuries this season, for the most part, and instead issue the ACC’s injury report each week.

    The next practice that is open to the media is Friday.

    Left guard Andrew Gonnella said fellow offensive lineman Pete DeSouza is making a remarkable recovery after breaking both legs in last season’s motor scooter accident. Gonnella said DeSouza has been practicing with the second- and third-string offensive line and that in the past week, “I have seen him get a lot better.”

    http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachesHotSeatRanking.htm

    everterp

  • Maybe he should have hired a better DC.

    WMTerp12

  • HOLY CRAP WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU. STOP SPAMMING THE BOARD.

    RealityGlitch

  • His first choice at DC ditched the team after 1 month. Edsall's second choice at DC opted to stay home because it would cost him $1.5 Million to take the job. What were Edsall's options by late February exactly? I believe we will have a new DC next season.

    SouthPaw22

  • SouthPaw22 said...

    His first choice at DC ditched the team after 1 month. Edsall's second choice at DC opted to stay home because it would cost him $1.5 Million to take the job. What were Edsall's options by late February exactly? I believe we will have a new DC next season.

    I really wanted Randy Shannon. With what is going down in Miami right now, we might have been lucky to not have closed that deal.

    http://www.coacheshotseat.com/CoachesHotSeatRanking.htm

    everterp

  • SouthPaw22 said...

    His first choice at DC ditched the team after 1 month. Edsall's second choice at DC opted to stay home because it would cost him $1.5 Million to take the job. What were Edsall's options by late February exactly? I believe we will have a new DC next season.

    There are plenty of guys out there. A top FCS DC or even a FCS head coach like we got in Brown would be more then available. We pulled a Redskins move in hiring Bradford as a LB coach then a month later deciding he was qualified enough to be our DC. It is still a job upgrade for any non-BCS coordinator.

    WMTerp12

  • are we really rehasing this. Bradford was probably the best we could get at the time. His D wasn't horrific.

    Pic Sigs are for losers.

    jgdomino

  • Southern Miss (and correct me if I'm mistaken) was in the bottom 3rd of D-1A total Defense. I agree given the timing we really didn't have any choice, but I won't be suprised if we have a new DC next year.

    Pyroterp

  • Someone start an everterp meta thread please

    So I respond "Tell you what, I'll read Dreams of My Father if you read MEIN KAMPF"

    MadMax901

  • jgdomino said...

    are we really rehasing this. Bradford was probably the best we could get at the time. His D wasn't horrific.

    What part of 81st ranked defense isn't horrific? Even if you would just say it is "below average", doesn't exactly merit what was essentially a big time promotion for him. And yes, we could have done better.

    WMTerp12

  • If we could have donw better then name names. Who could we have have hired that would been better?

    VousGoo

  • VousGoo said...

    If we could have donw better then name names. Who could we have have hired that would been better?

    Perhaps someone local to the area to help with recruiting. Edsall is also a defensive-minded coach who can help a lot.

    Havax

  • VousGoo said...

    If we could have donw better then name names. Who could we have have hired that would been better?

    I'm not familiar with FCS coaches but many of the best FCS teams nationally are on the east coast. I'd rather take a head coach or coordinator from a top 10-20 FCS program than Bradford. He was fired from a C-USA team and brings 0 recruiting ties to any area Maryland recruits. Why not take a chance on someone who was successful, even if it was on a lower level? At least you have some upside.

    People act like it was so late in the process that Edsall couldn't get anyone. Any FCS coach would leave, and so would a good BCS conference position coach. I'd take an up and coming position coach from the SEC or other BCS league as a coordinator.

    Has Bradford gotten a single recruit? He has done nothing locally. He was recruiting 4 star Ken Ekanem who just cut his list to
    Michigan State, UNC, NC State, UVA, Virginia Tech, Oregon, Notre Dame, Pitt and BC. Getting beat out by BC, Pitt, and NC State, is bad. UNC can fire their head coach and still out recruit him, so I fail to see any upside with this hire.

    VAHooper3

  • VousGoo said...

    If we could have donw better then name names. Who could we have have hired that would been better?

    this is my problem. We had very little time to replace brown between his departure and the start of spring practice. Our flirtation with Shanon probably set us back even farther. But if you don't do your due diligence and bring in an FCS guy who's d is not up to snuff or would not work with our personnel and or our coaches. I have not seen a single name thrown out that is worth me bitching for 5 months about Bradford, I don't think he will be great but his D forces turnovers and it won't be Cosh like.

    Pic Sigs are for losers.

    jgdomino

  • As opposed to bringing in a FBS guy who has proven his D is not up to snuff.

    Devils0720

  • jgdomino said...

    this is my problem. We had very little time to replace brown between his departure and the start of spring practice. Our flirtation with Shanon probably set us back even farther. But if you don't do your due diligence and bring in an FCS guy who's d is not up to snuff or would not work with our personnel and or our coaches. I have not seen a single name thrown out that is worth me bitching for 5 months about Bradford, I don't think he will be great but his D forces turnovers and it won't be Cosh like.

    Nick Rapone, Keith Garganious, Jon Heacock.

    WMTerp12

  • I fail to see the problem here. Edsall is a defensive minded coach just as Ralph was an offensive minded coach. Bradford was here to coach linebackers, and when Brown left, he got moved up rather than screwing around trying to find another DC. That ship has left the dock. If the defense is 81st this year, then you replace Bradford, In the meantime, if you trust Edsall, trust him to sort this out.

    EliTerp

  • WMTerp12 said...

    Nick Rapone, Keith Garganious, Jon Heacock.

    what type of Defense do they run? what were their Defenses ranked? How close are they with the head coaches at their current school?

    everyone makes it seem like finding a DC after February is so easy. just pick a guy and get him. he'll come because this is a better job....

    Pic Sigs are for losers.

    jgdomino

  • jgdomino said...

    what type of Defense do they run? what were their Defenses ranked? How close are they with the head coaches at their current school?

    everyone makes it seem like finding a DC after February is so easy. just pick a guy and get him. he'll come because this is a better job....

    Goganious' defense was ranked #3 in FCS last year, he is young, he is a minority, he coached HS ball in MD, and he played in the NFL. He would have left Hampton for us in a heartbeat, and I'd take him over Bradford in a second.

    I'm not sure if Rapone or Heacock would have left. Heacock has mainly Ohio roots so its possible he wouldn't have, and Rapone is a bit older so maybe he wouldn't want to uproot? I'd imagine both would take the job though.

    WMTerp12

  • Goganious sounds like a good candidate. And maybe under a different circumstance would have been considered, But if you have a week or two to hire someone, You usually go with someone you know not necessarily who would be the best candidate because you really don't have time to properly look into the guy.

    I don't like Bradford as DC, do I think we will be bad on D no way we have to much talent in the front 7 and at the corners. Do I think we should move him back to LB's and get someone else next year Probably. The staff needs some more recruiters to replace what they lost in brown and Walker.

    Pic Sigs are for losers.

    jgdomino

  • Rapone is delawares dc right? He is much too chris cosh for me. See last years national championship game. He gets by with great athletes and talent IMHO

    deterpfan

  • jgdomino said...

    Goganious sounds like a good candidate. And maybe under a different circumstance would have been considered, But if you have a week or two to hire someone, You usually go with someone you know not necessarily who would be the best candidate because you really don't have time to properly look into the guy.

    I don't like Bradford as DC, do I think we will be bad on D no way we have to much talent in the front 7 and at the corners. Do I think we should move him back to LB's and get someone else next year Probably. The staff needs some more recruiters to replace what they lost in brown and Walker.

    He isn't very aggressive but his schemes are sound. His most successful teams would require a good DL that controls the LOS...something I think we should have this year, but that remains to be seen.

    WMTerp12

  • My only issue with an FCS cord is that most of the time FCS head coaches are the ones that you want to target as they were so successful they got the HC gig. You kinda have to go down a notch when you move up to D1. Dudzinski was a fairly good DC at Umass here he is a LB coach. Brown was the HC at Umass and became a D1 DC. etc...

    This post was edited by jgdomino on 8/17/2011 at 7:54 PM

    Pic Sigs are for losers.

    jgdomino

  • I don't really want to be in a position to defend the hire, but outside of the 3 years where the defenses at So. Miss were not exactly world beaters, Bradford sorta meets the criteria of a good position coach at a major program (LB coach at Ok State) or a successful DC on the 1AA level (Lehigh).

    I will say, i watched Southern Miss bowl game the other night (against Lousville)...the D didn't shock me as being great or awful- they seemed to pretty much be in the right position and i saw no glaring concerns from a coaching standpoint. We can compare to a guy like Cosh - but Cosh had poor defenses at basically every stop. Maybe this guy was just not working with great talent at S Miss, who knows?

    NJTerpfan1

  • jgdomino said...

    I don't like Bradford as DC, do I think we will be bad on D no way we have to much talent in the front 7 and at the corners. Do I think we should move him back to LB's and get someone else next year Probably. The staff needs some more recruiters to replace what they lost in brown and Walker.

    so who are you firing to bring in someone new? remember, it's college, so you have a limited number of coaches, and if your demoting bradford back to being an LB coach only, someone has to go...

    Esquireski