Tony Gibson DC

[Psubiomed]

N.C. State...the name that I am hearing more and more. Excellent defensive coordinator. HAS DONE IT AT AN ELITE LEVEL AS THE GUY.

The hire could happen as early as next week or even sooner. I'm NOT calling it yet but it COULD happen.

 

[dbbp]

His name was being tossed around for the duke job, that would be a damn good hire.

 

[Nittany1997]

Poindexter would be great!

 

[Psubiomed]

His name was being tossed around for the duke job, that would be a damn good hire.

It's a home run. I'm praying we bring this on home. If we do, we will have not only survived losing both coordinators, but we will have gotten an upgrade on offense and a push on defense...we need to close this though by the end of the week or early next week so we can go after our defensive targets. The announcements are going to start trickling in by Saturday on these portal guys.

 

[dbbp]

It's a home run. I'm praying we bring this on home. If we do, we will have not only survived losing both coordinators, but we will have gotten an upgrade on offense and a push on defense...we need to close this though by the end of the week or early next week so we can go after our defensive targets. The announcements are going to start trickling in by Saturday on these portal guys.

I can’t disagree with any of your statement. Gotta give some props to Kraft and James, they are not playing around.

 

[Psubiomed]

Poindexter would be great!

In his current role? Absolutely.

 

[PSUSignore]

I can’t disagree with any of your statement. Gotta give some props to Kraft and James, they are not playing around.

Wikipedia shows Gibson's current salary at 1.3M. Kotelnicki reportedly just signed a 1.6M deal with annual 100k escalator. Signing both of these guys would show that we seemingly are boosting our investment in assistant coaching salaries and both would seemingly be getting 1.5M+. I think that would put us among the biggest spending programs for combined OC & DC salaries.

 

[Ian]

A push at DC? Come on man… Manny has been the #1 DC for two years. His replacement will not be a push. PSU will regress defensively next year. That’s only natural. An NCState DC? Promote Dex or he’s gone to Duke.

 

[Psubiomed]

A push at DC? Come on man… Manny has been the #1 DC for two years. His replacement will not be a push. PSU will regress defensively next year. That’s only natural. An NCState DC? Promote Dex or he’s gone to Duke.

Let's make sure you hold on to that after they sign Gibson.

 

[Westcoast24]

Wikipedia shows Gibson's current salary at 1.3M. Kotelnicki reportedly just signed a 1.6M deal with annual 100k escalator. Signing both of these guys would show that we seemingly are boosting our investment in assistant coaching salaries and both would seemingly be getting 1.5M+. I think that would put us among the biggest spending programs for combined OC & DC salaries.

I thought Diaz made 3.5m last year?

 

[lazydave841]

I thought Diaz made 3.5m last year?

Miami buyout was part of that salary.

 

[Westcoast24]

Miami buyout was part of that salary.

Gotcha. Thanks

 

[LMTLION]

A push at DC? Come on man… Manny has been the #1 DC for two years. His replacement will not be a push. PSU will regress defensively next year. That’s only natural. An NCState DC? Promote Dex or he’s gone to Duke.

Agreed. Manny was the best last year. I do not believe for a second this guy is at the same level as Manny.

 

[knickslions]

It's a home run. I'm praying we bring this on home. If we do, we will have not only survived losing both coordinators, but we will have gotten an upgrade on offense and a push on defense...we need to close this though by the end of the week or early next week so we can go after our defensive targets. The announcements are going to start trickling in by Saturday on these portal guys.

Lmao push on defense? I don’t remember Díaz defense ever give up 41 points to Marshall

 

[PSUSignore]

I thought Diaz made 3.5m last year?

Nationally I think there are only a few coordinators making 2M+.

 

[87 Penn St8]

Nationally I think there are only a few coordinators making 2M+.

Yet Portal qbs make close to that....

The world is spinning upside down

Actually ALL of it is nuts

 

[Psubiomed]

Agreed. Manny was the best last year. I do not believe for a second this guy is at the same level as Manny.

So make sure you hold to that after the hire.

 

[CoastGuard2018]

Agreed. Manny was the best last year. I do not believe for a second this guy is at the same level as Manny.

Only thing I don’t like is he is a former Rich Rod disciple.

 

[Phil's Rug]

So make sure you hold to that after the hire.

You flip flop more than anybody, chicken little

 

[AWS1022]

Only thing I don’t like is he is a former Rich Rid disciple.

Doesn’t he run a 3-3-5 defense? He did at WVU.

 

[lazydave841]

Doesn’t he run a 3-3-5 defense? He did at WVU.

'23 depth chart does show them in a 3-3-5.

 

[voltz99]

If

'23 depth chart does show them in a 3-3-5.

If that is what Biomed wants then that is the scheme to run. Sarcasm.

 

[Thomas1945]

This should really be a non issue. If Gibson’s chosen profession is that of a defensive coach, and he can’t adapt his past philosophies to mesh with the talent available in a new position, then he shouldn’t be coaching anywhere.

 

[PSU Soupy]

A push at DC? Come on man… Manny has been the #1 DC for two years. His replacement will not be a push. PSU will regress defensively next year. That’s only natural. An NCState DC? Promote Dex or he’s gone to Duke.

It seems like a great hire...... this can not be a push as we all wanted Manny to stay as he has been one of the best DCs in College Football. Now that Manny is gone.....Gibson seems like a great replacement. It does feel like a substantial upgrade on the OC side.......like that someone is looking to exploit misma

 

[RickinDayton]

'23 depth chart does show them in a 3-3-5.

Can a 3-3-5 be effective against power running teams like UM?

 

[lazydave841]

Can a 3-3-5 be effective against power running teams like UM?

Probably not. Some will say "TCU beat Michigan running it", but they gave up 45 points with an advantage in the turnover margin (Michigan was very close to breaking 50 and just fell apart early).

I think you have to have 7 big bodies on the standard run downs to have a shot. The 3 down lineman seems to be harder to block for Michigan than 4, but I think you have to have LBs with enough size to matchup up on all the blocking scheme they throw atcha. 5 DBs vs what Michigan does just isn't the personnel you need.

 

[Psubiomed]

Can a 3-3-5 be effective against power running teams like UM?

No.

But it will work just fine against Ohio State. We don't play Michigan next year.

 

[wilbury]

Can a 3-3-5 be effective against power running teams like UM?

There was nothing wrong with our defense vs. UM this year. If our offense scores a few points, we're fine.

 

[Marylovesthelions]

N.C. State...the name that I am hearing more and more. Excellent defensive coordinator. HAS DONE IT AT AN ELITE LEVEL AS THE GUY.

The hire could happen as early as next week or even sooner. I'm NOT calling it yet but it COULD happen.

How is he better than Poindexter? Poindexter spent 2 years learning from the best.

 

[Marylovesthelions]

N.C. State...the name that I am hearing more and more. Excellent defensive coordinator. HAS DONE IT AT AN ELITE LEVEL AS THE GUY.

The hire could happen as early as next week or even sooner. I'm NOT calling it yet but it COULD happen.

What is elite about the ACC?

 

[Psubiomed]

What is elite about the ACC?

It's not UConn.

 

[Psubiomed]

How is he better than Poindexter? Poindexter spent 2 years learning from the best.

So did Jay Paterno.

 

[knickslions]

Let's make sure you hold on to that after they sign Gibson.

Good call

 

[lazydave841]

Good call

If you shout 12 names on every opening, you, too, could get a prediction wrong just like gunsie here.