The Arizona Cardinals are expected to hire University of Minnesota’s Winston DeLattiboudere as their new defensive line coach...

[TNGophfan]

I understand where you're coming from, but I think it's wrong to put experience above all else. We just saw a 34 year old Kenny Dillingham at ASU come within an inch of bringing a less storied program than ours to a national semifinal. Winston has roughly the same amount of experience as Dillingham did when he got his first OC gig. I think when you have an up and coming alum, a shining example of the culture that your program is built on, you need to make the necessary steps to keep him on staff.

Don't think it would have mattered if he was DC or not. Rallis could pay him whatever and most he would make as Gopher DC was maybe $1M.

 

[#2Gopher]

I just hope everything works out for him. Will be interesting to see what happens from here on out.

 

[mngg11]

I understand where you're coming from, but I think it's wrong to put experience above all else. We just saw a 34 year old Kenny Dillingham at ASU come within an inch of bringing a less storied program than ours to a national semifinal. Winston has roughly the same amount of experience as Dillingham did when he got his first OC gig. I think when you have an up and coming alum, a shining example of the culture that your program is built on, you need to make the necessary steps to keep him on staff.

I'm more interested in seeing the long game with ASU. I'd be willing to bet Dillingham will be long gone from there in a few years and they'll be back to a below middling program. I don't think I'd trade a playoff bid for another 30 years of suck. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems more and more often we see guys try to translate short term success into a bigger payoff. Like us, ASU is only a long term destination for a very small number of head coaches. I think we're lucky to have Fleck, we're moderately but predictably successful and he's hung around for a long time, hopefully for the long haul. We'll get a new Dlo or he'll come back when he's ready to return to the college game.