For most of the 2020 season, LSU's secondary often conjured up a scene from the film "Cool Hand Luke." Baker said he "absolutely" could've stayed under Hurricanes coach Manny Diaz — despite a regression from a defense that ranked in the Top 25 nationally in scoring defense and total defense in 2019 — and that LSU was the only "place I would've left Miami for. Do you agree to it?'". "That's the aggressive mindset we want to set going forward.". If you're looking for new Michigan defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald to give an in-depth breakdown of where every single defensive player on the roster fits into his scheme, you'll be waiting a while to see it. FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 file photo, Imaad Zuberi, left, leaves a federal courthouse with his attorney Thomas O’Brien, second from … Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown YouTube channel Follow Bryan on Twitter: @CoachD178 Follow Vince on Twitter: @CoachDeDario Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook, Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter, Despite being at Notre Dame for three years, the 2021 season will actually be the official kickoff of the Jeff Quinn era with the Irish. Jones acknowledged his role as LSU's second Black coordinator in history, particularly in the wake of a year that saw national protests against racial inequity, to help a player "become a better man" "regardless of the ethnicity of the player I'm coaching. Shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday, four-star defensive end Saivion Jones announced he was signing with LSU inside the St. James High library. Be sure to stay locked into Irish Breakdown all the time! "I'm the old man on the staff now," said Orgeron, 59. For the previous three seasons, Fenelus served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Wisconsin, where he also overlapped with Jones during the 2015 season. Orgeron said there were "a couple of great candidates" for defensive coordinator who wanted to run a 3-4; but he found Jones agreed that LSU's deep talent on the defensive line best suited a four-man front, particularly second-team All-SEC defensive end Ali Gaye. Jones and linebackers coach Blake Baker both have previously coached in Louisiana. Platel, a 6-2, 190-pound cornerback from Massachusetts, chose the Gamecocks over Mississippi State and Coastal Carolina. U.S. Senior Open golf at Saucon Valley Country Club: Lafayette and Lehigh graduate, plus his family, are all part of volunteer corps. ", Jones used it three times specifically talking about LSU's secondary and working with cornerbacks coach Corey Raymond: "We want to make sure our communication is clear and precise and make sure everyone's on the same page... We'll be working together, so when the safeties and corners are working together, it minimizes any miscommunications.". With four starters lost and Watt now coaching the offensive line at Tulane, the Hiestand DNA is now gone from the Irish line. Purchases made via links on our site may earn us an affiliate commission, Other questions:subscriberservices@theadvocate.com. ", The repetition was warranted. That was especially true in 2020 when Hiestand protege Chris Watt was hired as the graduate assistant working with the line. Quinn faces a number of challenges in 2021, which we break down in the podcast. That's the first thing we want to focus on is minimizing mistakes and minimizing mental errors, so everyone's on the same page. In the last two seasons the Notre Dame line had four starters that were recruited and coached for at least one season by Hiestand and just one Quinn recruit. Everyone in the study group is going after a four-year degree, and after four years, they all graduate with degrees. And, in case anyone hadn't gotten the point yet, Jones used the word twice more once his interview was beginning to wrap up. We begin by talking about what was lost from the line, and how the loss of four starters and Watt removed the Hiestand influence. That will be the opposite in 2021, as the Irish will likely start four Quinn recruits and just one former Hiestand recruit (Joshua Lugg). After a compilation of coverage busts and wide-open touchdown receptions, the job description of LSU's next coordinator called for someone who'd ensure there wouldn't be "a failure to communicate.". ", "For a player to go out and want to lay it on the line for you," Jones said, "he's got to be able to trust you and that you have his best interests at heart.". Goliath is an American legal drama web television series by Amazon Studios.The show was commissioned with a straight-to-series order of eight episodes on December 1, 2015 and premiered on October 13, 2016, on Prime Video. In 2019, he threw for 1,119 yards and four touchdowns for a rebuilding Mustangs squad. Applewhite, now South Alabama's offensive coordinator, officiated Beau's wedding in 2018 and helped hire Blake as a graduate assistant when they were on staff together in Austin from 2010 to 2012. He started out as a wide receivers coach at Clear Springs High in Houston, met Applewhite and other Texas coaches on the recruiting trail, which led to his graduate assistant position, and, when Texas offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin became Arkansas State's head coach in 2013, he hired Baker as his safeties coach. "And so I'm going to be more involved with the defense, and every time that I interviewed every guy I told them, 'Listen, here's what I expect. He played three seasons with the Greyhounds and will graduate in … A recruiting haul that contained five-star tackle Maason Smith will build depth behind young contibutors like tackle Jaquelin Roy and BJ Ojulari. Click on the link below for more. Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones fields questions during a news conference at TCO Performance Center on Feb. 11, 2020, in Eagan, Minn. LSU hired Jones on Tuesday as its new defensive coordinator, putting him in charge of a unit that struggled throughout a 5-5 season. Blake started out in sales, Beau said, both in construction and wholesale wine, before football became "a calling that he couldn't ignore.". There was a problem saving your notification. Just look at the rushing numbers in 2020 compared to the two previous seasons. ... scheme second. There was a key root word new LSU defensive coordinator Daronte Jones used during his introductory news conference. ", "The biggest thing we want to do is do everything as violent as possible," Jones said. LSU and Alabama's record-breaking, championship-winning offenses of the past two seasons epitomize the modern college football philosophy that holding opposing offenses to 30 points and just under 400 total yards ain't all that shabby. That means what we see in 2021 and beyond will be all about Quinn, and that means the Jeff Quinn era officially begins in full this offseason. My favorite thing about my job is the people I interact with daily. Prior to Florida, Davis was a … What does Orgeron expect? We ask and answer the question of whether or not this is the perfect time to make the needed scheme changes we've been talking about this offseason. On February 15, 2017, Amazon announced the series had been renewed for a second season and confirmed that Clyde Phillips was joining the series as showrunner. Here's what I'm going to do. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Diaz, Texas' defensive coordinator from 2011 to 2013, hired Baker to his defensive staff at Louisiana Tech as a safeties coach in 2014. The average age of LSU's coaching staff — including offensive coordinator Jake Peetz, 37, and passing game coordinator DJ Mangas, 31 — has dropped from 54 to 45 compared with last season. There are now nine Louisiana prospects in the 2022 class who verbally committed to a college team. First, on describing his "players first, scheme second' vision for LSU's defense: "We want to minimize error, make sure we're over-communicating, have an attacking-style defense where we can dictate the terms and play fast. Hooker is a graduate transfer from Virginia Tech with 15 games of starting experience, while Maurer and Bailey have starting experience at Tennessee. Become a premium Irish Breakdown member, which grants you access to all of our premium content, our premium message board and gets you a FREE subscription to Sports Illustrated! Every starter on the defensive line decided to return for the 2021 season, including second-time seniors Glen Logan and Andre Anthony. Baker, a former Tulane linebacker whose wife, Roslyn, is a Mandeville native and former All-SEC soccer player at LSU, was Louisiana Tech's defensive coordinator from 2015 to 2018. "Tough to score" is relative these days, Orgeron admitted. Jones was a part-time coach at Nicholls State and a high school assistant coach for a season each at Franklin and Jeanerette. Join the Irish Breakdown community! 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Jones and defensive line coach Andre Carter were both assistant coaches on the Miami Dolphins in 2018 and 2019. He said he envisions a unit that gets "back to playing LSU defense," the "physical," "tough" kind he grew up watching that didn't give up big plays and made it tough to score. You have permission to edit this article. It also presents Notre Dame with a unique opportunity. That's not because Macdonald won't do it, things are simply too early for him to make any grand statements of where things stand with his players. "Again," Jones said, "I want to keep stressing the ability to over-communicate across the board on defense because when you over-communicate, you minimize mental errors. The 38-year-old Baker is a Houston native whose brother, Beau, was an offensive lineman at Texas with former quarterback Major Applewhite, a Catholic High graduate. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound signal-caller also ran for 828 yards and 12 touchdowns. Although LSU recently finalized its $4 million divorce with former coordinator Bo Pelini after the defense's worst statistical season in school history, Tigers coach Ed Orgeron has often stated his ultimate accountability for the team's overall performance, and the sixth-year coach said Tuesday that he's "going to be involved with the defense" this year, especially when it comes to the defensive line. The 38-year-old Baker is a Houston native whose brother, Beau, was an offensive lineman at Texas with former quarterback Major Applewhite, a Catholic High graduate. Orgeron also said "it was important to get minority coaches on our staff" in Jones and Carter "that can relate" to a roster of majority Black football players. "I've let that go a little bit, and I wish I wouldn't have done that," Orgeron said. Salter is a four-star signee. Jones used the word — or some form of it — 10 times during a conversation with reporters Tuesday that lasted about 10 minutes. Beau said his brother didn't immediately enter coaching after his Tulane career, during which the 5-foot-10 Blake gained a reputation as a hard-nosed, undersized linebacker who recorded 87 tackles in three seasons. We also talk about Watt, how his arrival in 2020 impacted the Notre Dame offensive line more than your typical graduate assistant. Email Brooks Kubena at bkubena@theadvocate.com. Baker was then elevated to defensive coordinator the next season, when Diaz joined Dan Mullen's staff at Mississippi State, and, when Diaz was named Miami's head coach in 2019, he hired Baker as his defensive coordinator. There's already a familiarity with the new coaches. So, by communicating a clear vision of the defense during the interview process, Orgeron's three new defensive staff hires were all centered on a collaboration of communication. The Notre Dame offensive line has been coached by Jeff Quinn for three seasons, but during that entire time there was still a lot of former line coach Harry Hiestand's DNA up front. "I wanted him to know that up front.". It's true that some community colleges have started offering bachelor's degrees. 175 Likes, 12 Comments - KatherineAnn (@rin_in_nature) on Instagram: “ESF class of 2020 I just graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a…” Ja'Marr Chase, Terrace Marshall and 6 other NFL hopefuls, 7 deals on space heaters that save you money and keep you toasty, Enjoy Apple power without Apple prices with 10 deals on refurbished Macbooks, There's lots to smile about with these 7 dental gear deals. In four seasons and 32 games at Florida, Davis recorded 123 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, five interceptions and ten passes defended. Once the communication gets shored up on a secondary that includes All-American cornerbacks Derek Stingley and Eli Ricks, Jones said the defensive front can "disrupt the passing game" and "be very physical in the run game. ", Jones and Baker have been out to lunch since their hiring, and Baker told him that he's "here to be a sounding board for him," that "if I do make a suggestion, it's out of a good place. The Notre Dame offensive line has been coached by Jeff Quinn for three seasons, but during that entire time there was still a lot of former line coach Harry Hiestand's DNA up front. To comment below be sure to sign up for a FREE Disqus account, which you can get HERE. "These guys are young, they can relate to our players.". Baker's experience as Miami's defensive coordinator the last two seasons bolsters the staff collaboration, Orgeron said. ", "I'm not here to be the defensive coordinator," Baker told reporters Tuesday. Cam…. Baker is linked to Diaz's aggressive, attacking four-man front philosophy, which made him an attractive candidate for Orgeron, who wanted to maintain LSU's transition to the 4-3 base defense after its commitment to the 3-4 under former defensive coordinator Dave Aranda. I worked at different institutions and offices after graduate school, but when the opportunity to be a Mason Care Network (MCN) Success Coach, I knew this was the job I had been waiting for!
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