Gophers are expected to hire Stanford defensive coordinator Bobby April as its new rush ends coach.

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Burns makes the point of hiring someone that has called plays before as Purdue guy had that experience.
 


His input should definitely help us defensively. May not have a new DC coordinator but he'll have a new voice in how we play and what we do and when.

Now we need somebody like that on offense if we are not hiring a new OC.
 

From what I can tell we hired him away from Stanford. Isn’t that kind of crazy for him to take, on paper, a step down? Stanford is a historic ACC school, the guy also seemed to be moderately successful. Did they decide to go a different route and it was mutual?

The names/recognition attached to his coaching alone makes me excited. If we can get that same success going with guys like Karmo, Menz, etc. I’d be pretty happy.
 



Gopher_Devil said:
From what I can tell we hired him away from Stanford. Isn’t that kind of crazy for him to take, on paper, a step down? Stanford is a historic ACC school, the guy also seemed to be moderately successful. Did they decide to go a different route and it was mutual?

The names/recognition attached to his coaching alone makes me excited. If we can get that same success going with guys like Karmo, Menz, etc. I’d be pretty happy.
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What I read indicated that he was not going to be retained by Stanford’s new HC.
 

“Rush ends coach”? Really? That’s a paid position? I mean you couldn’t assign that to the Defensive Line Coach, or the Defensive Coordinator? Unbelievable.
 

GopherJack said:
“Rush ends coach”? Really? That’s a paid position? I mean you couldn’t assign that to the Defensive Line Coach, or the Defensive Coordinator? Unbelievable.
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And some keep scoffing at those who say there is more money in the assistant coach fund...
 

Gopher_Devil said:
From what I can tell we hired him away from Stanford. Isn’t that kind of crazy for him to take, on paper, a step down? Stanford is a historic ACC school, the guy also seemed to be moderately successful. Did they decide to go a different route and it was mutual?

The names/recognition attached to his coaching alone makes me excited. If we can get that same success going with guys like Karmo, Menz, etc. I’d be pretty happy.
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LOL! Wut?
 



Gopher_Devil said:
From what I can tell we hired him away from Stanford. Isn’t that kind of crazy for him to take, on paper, a step down? Stanford is a historic ACC school, the guy also seemed to be moderately successful. Did they decide to go a different route and it was mutual?

The names/recognition attached to his coaching alone makes me excited. If we can get that same success going with guys like Karmo, Menz, etc. I’d be pretty happy.
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He is probably looking at the group of guys he will get to work with, plus it's the Big 10. Better competition means better advancement opportunities I imagine if you're successful?
 

USAF said:
Growing old sucks, but it beats the alternative.
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"If I had known I was going to live so long, I’d have taken better care of myself." -- Billy Noonan, editorial columnist
 


GopherJack said:
“Rush ends coach”? Really? That’s a paid position? I mean you couldn’t assign that to the Defensive Line Coach, or the Defensive Coordinator? Unbelievable.
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It's a position they (Fleck) made up. It's somewhere between an outside linebacker and a defensive end.
 

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