Rob's Coaching Staff

[Zipmeister]

It's nice to be nice to the nice. Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Does anybody know if coach Okruch got an interview for DC?

The entire JD staff was offered an interview with Ianello (this is standard operating procedure when a head coach is dismissed and the new guy comes into town). From everything I heard, Okruch was the best coach on JD's 2009 staff and fully capable of being the DC. If anyone from JD's crew stays, it would be him.

[Dr Z]

Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

[Zipgrad01]

Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

Here is the other point......Coach Weis was in charge at Notre Dame, not these guys. The people Ianello is bringing in have years of proven success at the HIGHEST level (SEC, PAC 10, Big 10, etc...). These guys arent automatically a bad hire because of the lack of success at Notre Dame under Charlie Weis. I mean...Urban Meyer was an assistant under Bob Davie at Notre Dame. Davie failed and Urban Meyer is one of the 3 hottest commodities in college football.

[formerzipsfan]

I heard Okruch is a really good "Coach" too, but what about the best recruiters on JD's staff??? We need guys that Know how to Recruit too Akron on the new staff. I've Heard that interviews of the former staff have been going on this week. Seeing that we can't bring back Reno, why not keep at least 1 or 2 guys that Know how to recruit too Akron and have ties with High School coaches in our recruiting areas!!! So my question is: Off of JD's Staff, Which coach recruited the best players to Akron?

[g-mann17]

Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

Here is the other point......Coach Weis was in charge at Notre Dame, not these guys. The people Ianello is bringing in have years of proven success at the HIGHEST level (SEC, PAC 10, Big 10, etc...). These guys arent automatically a bad hire because of the lack of success at Notre Dame under Charlie Weis. I mean...Urban Meyer was an assistant under Bob Davie at Notre Dame. Davie failed and Urban Meyer is one of the 3 hottest commodities in college football.

Please, don't be reasonable and use facts.... I totally agree and would add that people need to stop with the "ND didn't do well" thing. If being from a school that didn't do well was an automatic DQ then Meyer, Saban, and Pinkel all wouldn't have jobs. I would be interested to see who ends up as DC though.

[johnnyzip84]

I heard Okruch is a really good "Coach" too, but what about the best recruiters on JD's staff??? We need guys that Know how to Recruit too Akron on the new staff. I've Heard that interviews of the former staff have been going on this week. Seeing that we can't bring back Reno, why not keep at least 1 or 2 guys that Know how to recruit too Akron and have ties with High School coaches in our recruiting areas!!! So my question is: Off of JD's Staff, Which coach recruited the best players to Akron?

I wonder if the Mods would let me change my name to formerexzipsfan?

[ZachTheZip]

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/263017/group/Sports/

Defensive coordinator Mike Breske resigned last week while linebackers coach Charlie Camp is officially expected to be named to a similar position soon at the University of Akron (Ohio). That same school is interested in Bison receivers coach Terry Samuel.For more, see Thursday's Forum.

Some interesting news.

[Dr Z]

That same school (Akron) is interested in Bison receivers coach Terry Samuel

Some NDSU fan (so take it for what it's worth) is posting (at 1 am this morning) that a local tv station is reporting that this is false. 2nd post from the bottom (RedRiver)

WDAY TV Sports reported tonight that Coach Samuel stated that he has not talked to Akron and that he does not plan to talk to them.

I checked WDAY's web site, but can't find anything------------------------------------Same/but different news: Former ND defensive co-coordinator Corwin Brown interviews for UB head coachCould coach Ianello and Corwin be waiting before they see if Corwin lands a head coaching job before being offered or accepting a job at Akron (purely speculation by me)? Only because I'm dying to know who will end up as DC.

[zff]

Powlus will be joining the staff. Good news for Nicely.

[Buckzip]

Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

Here is the other point......Coach Weis was in charge at Notre Dame, not these guys. The people Ianello is bringing in have years of proven success at the HIGHEST level (SEC, PAC 10, Big 10, etc...). These guys arent automatically a bad hire because of the lack of success at Notre Dame under Charlie Weis. I mean...Urban Meyer was an assistant under Bob Davie at Notre Dame. Davie failed and Urban Meyer is one of the 3 hottest commodities in college football.

Please, don't be reasonable and use facts.... I totally agree and would add that people need to stop with the "ND didn't do well" thing. If being from a school that didn't do well was an automatic DQ then Meyer, Saban, and Pinkel all wouldn't have jobs. I would be interested to see who ends up as DC though.

Sorry, but I disagree. I agree that you can't look at individual coaching positions as part of how good the total team was, but you can look at how their responsibility is. ND had a bad o-line. Why would I want their o-line coach?They had a bad defense, why would I want their DC?I will use Ohio State as an example. I know I will be bashed, but it proves my point. I would take Fickell, Hazell, or Heacock as a defensive coach, becasue their defense is great. The team is a top 10 team going to another BCS game. However, I wouldn't take Bollman, as OL coach, because the o-line has sucked ever since he arrived. I want a coach that coached a good unit. I don't care about the rest of the team when looking at assistants.

[Zipgrad01]

Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

Here is the other point......Coach Weis was in charge at Notre Dame, not these guys. The people Ianello is bringing in have years of proven success at the HIGHEST level (SEC, PAC 10, Big 10, etc...). These guys arent automatically a bad hire because of the lack of success at Notre Dame under Charlie Weis. I mean...Urban Meyer was an assistant under Bob Davie at Notre Dame. Davie failed and Urban Meyer is one of the 3 hottest commodities in college football.

Please, don't be reasonable and use facts.... I totally agree and would add that people need to stop with the "ND didn't do well" thing. If being from a school that didn't do well was an automatic DQ then Meyer, Saban, and Pinkel all wouldn't have jobs. I would be interested to see who ends up as DC though.

Sorry, but I disagree. I agree that you can't look at individual coaching positions as part of how good the total team was, but you can look at how their responsibility is. ND had a bad o-line. Why would I want their o-line coach?They had a bad defense, why would I want their DC?I will use Ohio State as an example. I know I will be bashed, but it proves my point. I would take Fickell, Hazell, or Heacock as a defensive coach, becasue their defense is great. The team is a top 10 team going to another BCS game. However, I wouldn't take Bollman, as OL coach, because the o-line has sucked ever since he arrived. I want a coach that coached a good unit. I don't care about the rest of the team when looking at assistants.

Sorry, but that is just plain wrong. Head coaches have the final say in the "system" that is run. The position coach or coordinator may not get to completely do things their own way. Example you ask.....Bruce Arians. He was the offensive coordinator for all of those joke Browns offenses. Guess what? He has the same job in Pittsburgh and his offense won super bowls.

[cornbread]

Is GP1 hacking into people's accounts and posting as them?

[Buckzip]

Let's hire the entire ND coaching staff: they did such a bang up job there.

I'm not for, or opposed to hiring ND staff. For one, you go with what you know, EVERY coach does it. Coach Ianello knows what kind of coach he has in John Latina. He was a successful play caller at Ole Miss, so why couldn't he be at Akron? Plus he's from Western PA. Both Camp and Latina were assistant coaches on their previous staff. Just because you don't succeed at one place, doesn't mean you can't succeed at another. It's up to coach Ianello to find the right "mix" and put people at the right positions to be successful. I'm am most interested who is going to be our DC. I'm DYING to know. I don't have time right now, but somebody should research defensive guys that were associated with coach Ianello and put a list together.

Here is the other point......Coach Weis was in charge at Notre Dame, not these guys. The people Ianello is bringing in have years of proven success at the HIGHEST level (SEC, PAC 10, Big 10, etc...). These guys arent automatically a bad hire because of the lack of success at Notre Dame under Charlie Weis. I mean...Urban Meyer was an assistant under Bob Davie at Notre Dame. Davie failed and Urban Meyer is one of the 3 hottest commodities in college football.

Please, don't be reasonable and use facts.... I totally agree and would add that people need to stop with the "ND didn't do well" thing. If being from a school that didn't do well was an automatic DQ then Meyer, Saban, and Pinkel all wouldn't have jobs. I would be interested to see who ends up as DC though.

Sorry, but I disagree. I agree that you can't look at individual coaching positions as part of how good the total team was, but you can look at how their responsibility is. ND had a bad o-line. Why would I want their o-line coach?They had a bad defense, why would I want their DC?I will use Ohio State as an example. I know I will be bashed, but it proves my point. I would take Fickell, Hazell, or Heacock as a defensive coach, becasue their defense is great. The team is a top 10 team going to another BCS game. However, I wouldn't take Bollman, as OL coach, because the o-line has sucked ever since he arrived. I want a coach that coached a good unit. I don't care about the rest of the team when looking at assistants.

Sorry, but that is just plain wrong. Head coaches have the final say in the "system" that is run. The position coach or coordinator may not get to completely do things their own way. Example you ask.....Bruce Arians. He was the offensive coordinator for all of those joke Browns offenses. Guess what? He has the same job in Pittsburgh and his offense won super bowls.

Nope. you are wrong. And I won't apologize for it. The Browns had little talent and still don't. Pittspuke has a lot of talent. ND had a lot of talent.When Brian Billick became HC of the Ravens, he was known for being an offensive coach. The Ravens had a terrible offense and won the SB because of their defense. Did he forget how to coach offense when he got to Baltimore or did he have less talent?Yes, the head coach suggests the system, but the coordinators and position coaches coach the players on it. The HC doesn't work much with the o-lineman, or the d-lineman or the db's etc. The HC delegates much of the coaching to the assistants.If you have a lot of talent, but you don't develop it, that is on the position coach most of the time. ND had a lot of talent, but little of it became a good cohesive unit.A good coach with good talent makes a great unit.A good coach with bad talent makes an ok unit.A bad coach with good talent makes a mediocre unit. A bad coach with bad talent....I think you can figure that out.You can use Phil Jackson as another example. A lot of people have said he is over rated because he had Jordan and now Kobe. That is implying that if he didn't have those guys he wouldn't have won anything and they are probably correct.. However, not other coach probably would have either. See, talent does make a difference.I could go on and on about this, but you obviously will disagree on it. I will leave it at this. I will not complain about Pawlus being QB coach, because Claussen was a good player. He was rated the #1 recruit at QB coming in, so I am sure that is part of it, but htere is no way to quantify that.Now imagine after being the #1 QB recruit in the nation, he came to ND and became as bad as CJ11. Would you want his position coach to be our next QB coach? I don't know about you, but I wouldn't.

[GP1]

I would take Fickell, Hazell, or Heacock as a defensive coach, becasue their defense is great. The team is a top 10 team going to another BCS game. However, I wouldn't take Bollman, as OL coach, because the o-line has sucked ever since he arrived. I want a coach that coached a good unit. I don't care about the rest of the team when looking at assistants.

tOSU has a good defense when they are playing substandard offenses in the Big Ten...with the exception of Purdue....and the fifth place PAC 10 team USC. A lot of teams would be good against the Big Ten and the three MAC teams they play a year. Michael Jordan would have gotten a lot of dunks against teams of dwarfs. Earl Boykins would probably do the same. It has more to do with the dwarfs than the players.I would be hesitant to use national statistics to compare one team against another. Especially when that team is a second tier team in a second tier conference.I always thought tOSU fans were taking all of Tressel's unit they could handle....and glad to do so.

[jaycevs]

I agree on the defense at OSU, and wouldn't want Heacock anywhere around. They have massive amounts of talent, yet sit back against better offenses and let them dictate the game. With the same type of talent, Dantonio won a National Title for them, by being the aggressor and finding ways to attack an offense, not waiting for them to bring it. In the NCG with Miami, they sacked Dorsey 4 times and knocked him down 10 other times, against one of the best collections of talent ever assembled in college football. There is however a lot more to it with assistants. Jon Tenuta with ND has long been known as one of the best defensive coaches in the country, but he led that group last year and was an Assistant head coach. Does one unsuccessful stop make him a bad coach? Also, again, I saw Clausen play as a freshman, and its not like he was a polished QB when he arrived. He looked lost, took sacks, made bad decisions, and looked like any freshman. Powlus has to be instrumental in developing Nicely along, and I think they will be successful.

[ZachTheZip]

Akron: A report in Akron says former Notre Dame quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus and former Notre Dame wide receiver David Grimes have joined the Akron staff. It appears Grimes will serve as a grad assistant.

- footballscoop.com

[Buckzip]

I would take Fickell, Hazell, or Heacock as a defensive coach, becasue their defense is great. The team is a top 10 team going to another BCS game. However, I wouldn't take Bollman, as OL coach, because the o-line has sucked ever since he arrived. I want a coach that coached a good unit. I don't care about the rest of the team when looking at assistants.

tOSU has a good defense when they are playing substandard offenses in the Big Ten...with the exception of Purdue....and the fifth place PAC 10 team USC. A lot of teams would be good against the Big Ten and the three MAC teams they play a year. Michael Jordan would have gotten a lot of dunks against teams of dwarfs. Earl Boykins would probably do the same. It has more to do with the dwarfs than the players.I would be hesitant to use national statistics to compare one team against another. Especially when that team is a second tier team in a second tier conference.I always thought tOSU fans were taking all of Tressel's unit they could handle....and glad to do so.

As usual wrong..But just have at it with your bitterness.This thread is about coaches for Akron. If you want to use this thread to show your hatred or jealousy go for it. I won't participate in your childish game.

[ZachTheZip]

Akron:Head Coach Rob Ianello has hired Strength and Conditioning coach Ruben Mendoza (former Notre Dame Strength Coach).

http://footballcoachscoop.com/Scoop.htmlNot surprising. We're seemingly becoming Notre Dame minus Weis as far as our coaching staff goes. But I think I like this hire. Aside from football, every sport at ND is in the Big East. We now have a Big East level S&C coach.

[Zip Watcher]

Akron:Head Coach Rob Ianello has hired Strength and Conditioning coach Ruben Mendoza (former Notre Dame Strength Coach).

http://footballcoachscoop.com/Scoop.htmlNot surprising. We're seemingly becoming Notre Dame minus Weis as far as our coaching staff goes. But I think I like this hire. Aside from football, every sport at ND is in the Big East. We now have a Big East level S&C coach.

I'll bet $10 he was the S&C coach for football only @ UND.

[g-mann17]

Akron:Head Coach Rob Ianello has hired Strength and Conditioning coach Ruben Mendoza (former Notre Dame Strength Coach).

http://footballcoachscoop.com/Scoop.htmlNot surprising. We're seemingly becoming Notre Dame minus Weis as far as our coaching staff goes. But I think I like this hire. Aside from football, every sport at ND is in the Big East. We now have a Big East level S&C coach.

I'll bet $10 he was the S&C coach for football only @ UND.

MendozaSounds like he was the "it" guy, meaning full out S&C for everything, but his primary focus was football.Decent pedigree, Chatanooga to Clemson to Ole Miss (top guy) to Notre Dame (top guy).

[Zip Watcher]

I sit corrected. Seems like a solid hire.Go Zips! B)

[Dr Z]

This thread is about coaches for Akron. If you want to use this thread to show your hatred or jealousy go for it.

Since your a Columbus State fan, is it possible that you just don't like ND and since your second tier team is hiring all their former coaches it just irritates you? I would also point out that a lot of assistant coaches can get "set up" to fail. Example: Akron's DC. JD's first week on the job he announced on Zips Live, "I'm going to run a defense in the MAC like they have never seen" Whatever DC we got at Akron was destine to fail. This DC could go somewhere else and succeed. I'm not sure how somebody can speak bad about coaches that are hired until we actually see them coach a few MAC games. How can you evaluate someone that has not actually preformed in the environment that they were hired in? I wish Rasor could do a closing interview with JD. I wish he could ask, do you think you were stubborn when it come to your defensive scheme, do you wish you changed your scheme at any point and time here at Akron? Do you think having more than one offensive coordinator imputing plays confused your offense? How would have you have handled the CJ situation any different going back a year or two? Is head coaching different than you had envisioned? If you got to hire any two coordinators that work in college football, who would they be? It's too bad I'm not Oprah, I would offer JD a million to sit on my couch for an interview.Maybe ND is just a stepping stone for Akron like this poster suggests?

[Zip Watcher]

This is another good indicator that Latina is on his way here too.

[g-mann17]

This thread is about coaches for Akron. If you want to use this thread to show your hatred or jealousy go for it.

Since your a Columbus State fan, is it possible that you just don't like ND and since your second tier team is hiring all their former coaches it just irritates you? I would also point out that a lot of assistant coaches can get "set up" to fail. Example: Akron's DC. JD's first week on the job he announced on Zips Live, "I'm going to run a defense in the MAC like they have never seen" Whatever DC we got at Akron was destine to fail. This DC could go somewhere else and succeed. I'm not sure how somebody can speak bad about coaches that are hired until we actually see them coach a few MAC games. How can you evaluate someone that has not actually preformed in the environment that they were hired in? I wish Rasor could do a closing interview with JD. I wish he could ask, do you think you were stubborn when it come to your defensive scheme, do you wish you changed your scheme at any point and time here at Akron? Do you think having more than one offensive coordinator imputing plays confused your offense? How would have you have handled the CJ situation any different going back a year or two? Is head coaching different than you had envisioned? If you got to hire any two coordinators that work in college football, who would they be? It's too bad I'm not Oprah, I would offer JD a million to sit on my couch for an interview.Maybe ND is just a stepping stone for Akron like this poster suggests?

Do you think that your hatred for the 3-3-5 makes you bias and that don't recognize that Florida won national championships using a similar scheme? Or that West Virginia was the pinnacle of the Big East using it? And that it's quite possible that it was the lack of aggressive play calling (hardly any blitzes) that caused the defense to have issues? And remember before you comment...This is a thread about the new coaching staff.