Gophers new co-DC’s: Kevin Cosgrove and Ronnie Lee – how would YOU rate this hire?

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It's Official: Cosgrove named co-DC; Ronnie Lee promoted to co-DC

It's been officially announced that Kevin Cosgrove is the new co-defensive coordinator.

As rumored, there has also been an internal promotion. Some thought it would be Tim Cross, but it is actually Ronnie Lee who has been promoted to co-defensive coordinator, joining Cosgrove at the top of the defensive coaching staff.

Official (canned / press release) quotes from Brewster:

“We are very excited to announce Kevin Cosgrove as our new co-defensive coordinator,” Brewster said. “Coach Cosgrove brings a wealth of experience in the Big Ten as both a coach and recruiter. Plus, he possesses a long track record of developing outstanding defenses. But, perhaps more importantly, Kevin is a great person and an outstanding fit on our staff.

“Ronnie Lee has done a tremendous job since joining our staff here at Minnesota,” Brewster added. “I’m very pleased to reward him with this promotion. Ronnie has proven himself to be an excellent coach and recruiter. I look forward to him having an expanded role on our defensive staff.”

http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=930
 


So now the question is, who becomes the Minnesota head coach in 2011?
 


parkinglotgopher said:
Plus, he possesses a long track record of developing outstanding defenses.QUOTE]

He is obviously aware of what happened in Nebraska........ how do you think one could look past that and say the aforementioned quote with a straight face??????

I'm not just saying this either, I would like someone to respond with some thoughts......
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The Offensive Coordinator pick needs to be a "knock-out" now...looks like we will need to put up a lot of points and no longer be able to lean on our Defense :(.

Hopefully, Cosgrove will be able to pick up some Wisconsin recruits as one benefit of this hire.
 





It is going to be tough to be a top 10 or even top 25 ranked team with your defense ranked 60th or so in the country every year which is what this guy has averaged for his whole career.
 

The 12th Man said:
I love it! Give up before a single game has been played!
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The 12th Man, I have seen this guys defenses play for years and we have a 14 year track record to look at and base my displeasure on. It isn't as if people are all basing it on a isolated game or even one season, it is 14 years as a DC which is a pretty good sample size to work from.
 


Sad day...

I bought season tickets last year for the first time since I was an undergrad, solely so I could be guaranteed seats in the new stadium. The sad part is that now I'm not even sure whether I'm going to get season tix for 2009. I hate to have such a defeatist attitude, but I mean, c'mon. Look at the guy's track record...
 



I'll give it time, but at this point, I'm skeptical, to say the least. To be fair, I didn't think much of Roof either and people are acting as if he was Buddy Ryan.
 

I am afraid that Brewster just signed his walking papers for 2011, as well as Cosgrove's, and Maturi's.
 

I am not thrilled with Cosgrove either but I am hopeful that maybe Ronnie Lee will actually be the person who sets the style and calls the formations during the game. He should understand the type of defense Brewster wants to play after coaching here for the last couple years. Keep fingers crossed.
 

“I’m thrilled to be back in the Big Ten,” Cosgrove said. “I’m definitely excited about the opportunity to work with Tim Brewster and an outstanding A.D. in Joel Maturi at the University of Minnesota. I’m very familiar with Minnesota. I always felt that this program had great potential and I’m glad to have the opportunity to work here.”

Translates to thanks buddies for giving me a job when no other BCS program would give me the time of time.
 

How do I feel about it?? Well, it is what it is, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

But, I will give Brewster the benefit of the doubt....for now....:eek:

If anything, it will be interesting to watch how Cosgrove and Lee and work together.
 

PlayHosea said:
I'll give it time, but at this point, I'm skeptical, to say the least. To be fair, I didn't think much of Roof either and people are acting as if he was Buddy Ryan.
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I second that. Not a big fan of the hire, but I don't recall many people being thrilled that we hired the guy who got his brains beat in at Duke, either.

Hey, given our track record with D-Coordinators (a new one every year), if Cosgove somehow succeeds, it would seem likely he'd move on to something else. Silver lining, folks.
 

Quite the pessimistic bunch we have. I for one will wait to see what happens. Cosgrove had some good success at wisconsin...he is in their coaches hall of fame afterall. He stunk at Nebraska...some say it is because of the evolution of the spread. Well maybe promoting the defensive back coach will help in that area. We will find out early on against syracuse (if they are still running the spread) how Cosgrove will fair. Remember he is only COOOOOO d-coordinator.
 

OH GOD, IT'S ALL OVER!

GopherGod said:
I agree, it is almost laughable how Brewster could screw this hire up so bad. This is a disgrace and you have to seriously question his decision making abilities. Get your t-shirts now because trust me you will need them.
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GopherGod said:
I have seen this guys defenses play for years and we have a 14 year track record to look at and base my displeasure on. It isn't as if people are all basing it on a isolated game or even one season, it is 14 years as a DC which is a pretty good sample size to work from.
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GopherGod said:
It is going to be tough to be a top 10 or even top 25 ranked team with your defense ranked 60th or so in the country every year which is what this guy has averaged for his whole career.
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GopherGod said:
I am afraid that Brewster just signed his walking papers for 2011, as well as Cosgrove's, and Maturi's.
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Ok, we get it, you're opposed to the hire. Do you have anything meaningful to contribute?
 

i love how so many people ignore any of the success that Cosgrove did have at times.
 

I have to steal this line from Jike in response to

the hiring of Cosgrove and the promotion of Lee.

Wisconsin cooled on them.
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NateDawgUM said:
The guy got death threats at his last coaching job. And we hired him.
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The guy made the coaching hall of fame at wisconsin....look i realize he had some bad seasons at Nebraska. He wasn't bad at Wisconsin though so I don't know why people are saying he has this HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE track record of failure. He failed at ONE job.
 

After reading much of the stuff posted on here I was pretty negative of the hire. Mostly the stuff by Gopher God. But his resume is quite impressive, and I always thought the Wiscy defenses were pretty decent.

Positives:
Known as a good recruiter
Knows the Big 10 well.
Knows Brewster and Maturi well
A proven better than average DC

Negatives
Gopher God and Nate Dawg don't like him
Had a really crappy last year at Nebraska
Not a home run hire.

I would have liked something a little more eye opening but this is hardly a bad hire. We shouldn't get doom and gloom about this. It'll still be better than anything we've had here in Minnesota in a long time.
 

GopherGod said:
I see this is your first post, is this you Mr. Cosgrove?
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Good one.

No, I've been lurking for awhile. Saw that you generally rehash the same five posts about how Brewster sucks, the Gophers are doomed, and that Cosgrove is the single worst hire in the history of employment. Was just interested to see if you had anything original to contribute. I guess not.
 

I like the idea of promoting Lee as well. Hopefully Lee can develop into a long term assistant like many powerhouse programs have.
 

Think about it this way. Cosgrove's been a big success everywhere he's been without Bill Callahan. As long as Callahan stays away, we'll be OK.
 

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