Joe DeForest, who was a USC defensive analyst last season, is going to become a linebackers coach next season. Among the schools DeForest has coached at are Kansas, West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Duke.
He was the linebackers coach at Duke when Clay Helton was a graduate assistant there (of course).
Now Johnny Nansen was the linebackers coach last season so it’s possible they may share the position. USC has room for an extra defensive coach because Kliff Kingsbury is taking two spots as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator.
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He can either coach inside or outside lbers. Why in tarnation are they bringing in another lber coach. it be fuddles me. The pedigree is wanting. If it were Dick Butkus, Ray Nitchke, Richard Wood, Jack Lambert, then I might think this is smart. I don’t think of those schools for top football let alone their lbers.
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Agree completely PT, this one is a head- scratcher.
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too bad…it was looking promising
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Every one of these coaching staff moves can be evaluated as simply as “Will this beat Alabama?” In other words, will this lead to winning a national championship? That is, or at least formerly was, the standard at USC…so far, not looking promising…
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“In other words, will this lead to winning a National Championship? ”
LOL Yimmie, will these bozo coaching moves lead to a SUCCX .500 FB season might be the more accurate question.
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You know, you got me there…I ain’t seeing it…not with this deal…fortunately, when enough hands are played, we’ll be USC (thinking in terms of winning national championships)…and you will be you (thinking in terms of why it never says “sUCLA” on the Rose Bowl turf after December)…
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I don’t know if he has coached at presitgous schools, bit from what I read, they are a notch below. However, we don’t know if he can actually coach. With Cameron Smith gone, they need to find a big stud lber in the middle. I think the freshman can fill that void but you have the other outside lber. Who steps in. This is where real good coaching comes in. The kid might be brand new, so the coach has to communicate what to expect on each and every play and how to play it. That is good coaching.
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What’s a Defensive Analyst?
Is that like an intern?
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