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I'm kind of hesitant to bring this up, considering that someone actually had the stones to ask if Diaco should be fired, but.........

Read in the paper today, that Jim Heacock, tOSU's Defensive Coordinator, will not be a part of Urban Meyer's staff. Considering that tOSU has been, at worst, solid on defense for a NUMBER of years now......... I'd like to see BK try to land him. There has to be a spot where he could help? It's not that I think that the defense is weak, but you can always get better, right? And proven, quality assistants aren't unemployed very often. Hell, the guy can obviously teach. Maybe bring him on as a Special Teams coach? It may not be his forte', but there is MASSIVE room for improvement on our Special Teams.
 
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There's no way he'll step from OSU DC to ND special teams coach. He'll get snapped up very quickly.
 
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But do you think that he would take a ST job? I hear Auburn is looking for a new Defensive Coordinator.
 
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It doesn't have to be Special Teams. I just threw that in there because it's one area that I think we can all agree that we need significant improvement. Maybe Kelly can talk Martin into taking over the ST, and bring Heacock in to coach the DBs? It might be a step down, for Heacock, in title. But let's say he comes in and turns the secondary around, in a year where the Offense finally puts it together? ND is in contention for a NC, plays in (and wins) a BCS bowl.............Heacock would be heralded like nowhere else he could go. If the arrival of Lynch, Tuitt, et. al, are any indication of Kelly's abilities as a salesman, then he could probably talk Heacock into it.
 
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If people want Diaco give because he doesn't pressure enough, Heacock won't help. OSU fans were always bitching about how non aggressive his defenses were.
 
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I just don't think that he would step down from a DC job to an assistant. JMO
 
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kmoose said:
I tend to agree with you. But, if I'm Brian Kelly, I'm making the pitch to him anyway!
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I agree that it would be dumb for Kelly not to try and talk to him to see if he has any intrest being assistant coach.
 
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My understanding is that he has an offer from Illinois for next year. That's the idea that most insiders in BP have right now.
 
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kmoose said:
It doesn't have to be Special Teams. I just threw that in there because it's one area that I think we can all agree that we need significant improvement. Maybe Kelly can talk Martin into taking over the ST, and bring Heacock in to coach the DBs? It might be a step down, for Heacock, in title. But let's say he comes in and turns the secondary around, in a year where the Offense finally puts it together? ND is in contention for a NC, plays in (and wins) a BCS bowl.............Heacock would be heralded like nowhere else he could go. If the arrival of Lynch, Tuitt, et. al, are any indication of Kelly's abilities as a salesman, then he could probably talk Heacock into it.
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...good lord we need somebody who can drill fundamentals into the dbacks, particularly in what you do when the damned ball is in the air. We close like we're out for a sunday walk, and then panic and flail, never get the head around, never play the ball, never deliver a hit...If he can get our guys to close...hell I'll give him my salary to come to ND (wait..that won't help).
 
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Our defense will be fine I like who we have and no one should go anywhere from our current staff. The only thing our defense needs work on is our DB's & secondary. I think ND needs to open up their checkbook and hire from the outside for the offensive coordinator position.
 
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phgreek said:
...good lord we need somebody who can drill fundamentals into the dbacks, particularly in what you do when the damned ball is in the air. We close like we're out for a sunday walk, and then panic and flail, never get the head around, never play the ball, never deliver a hit...If he can get our guys to close...hell I'll give him my salary to come to ND (wait..that won't help).
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very well said.
 
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ant80 said:
My understanding is that he has an offer from Illinois for next year. That's the idea that most insiders in BP have right now.
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Thanks, you would know better than most on here. Were OSU fans disappointed Heacock was let go, or is everyone just banking that Urban knows best?
 
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Thanks, you would know better than most on here. Were OSU fans disappointed Heacock was let go, or is everyone just banking that Urban knows best?
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Every Ohio State fan believes that Urban is omnipotent and omniscient. He does no wrong.

I would love to see Heacock as an assistant at Notre Dame. I have met him on several occasions and he seems like a good dude. He is a very cerebral coordinator too. However, I knew him as a DL specialist, not in the defensive backfield. That would play an issue too I assume. Granted, a man of his stature knows every position on the defense.

I think he goes to Illinois with Beckman. Tim was an assistant at Ohio State (CB coach I believe) under Heacock so there is the obvious connection.

Still, open up the checkbook and make a run at getting him to look at Notre Dame. It can't hurt.
 
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Old Man Mike said:
Heacock has always been a D-Line expert.
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I look at it this way...........

I don't care what his specialty is. The guy can obviously teach and coach. He's been the D Coordinator at tOSU since 2005. In the meantime, tOSU has fielded some of the better defenses in college football history. In 2007, the tOSU defense was #1 in Scoring, Total Defense, and Pass Defense. You can't just be smart, and get those kind of results. You have to be smart, AND able to pass that knowledge on to young men who can use it to get results. He's obviously the kind of guy that a struggling program like ND could use, on the sideline.
 
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The defense has shown alot of improvement this year.Diaco is the best recruiter on the defensive side of the ball that we have seen.The secondary will have to be rebuilt next year.

The real issue remains on the offensive side of the ball.Blocking continues to be a real problem,no matter who the QB is,blocking is key to everything.Without it you wont get many points.
 
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