Terps Sports

Maybe he should have hired a better DC.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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?