LB and DL Coach

Probably two people we've never heard of, but come recommended by someone that once knew someone who was a former college roommate of someone who knew how to coach those positions.

Would be a great option

Travis Williams: LBs
Kelvin Bell: DL

DL: O/Lacouture
LB: Trev Faulk

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LB and DL Coach

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Will be a huge factor in determining Jones' success/fail.

With Freeman it appears we were willing to let him have near full control over the choice of backfill position coaches.

I wonder if that still stands with Jones. I would think he'd have a rather large say, but no where near full control of it.

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Blake Baker at LB. no clue on DL. Maybe lacouture because no names have been mentioned.

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I feel that to offset, or mitigate, the risk of hiring a relatively inexperienced DC those LB and DL coaches have to be very experienced and/OR have a record of excellent coaching abilities for the position group.

That rules Lacouture out. He has 2 more years on his GA, I say re-visit that then. 2 years under an excellent DL coach to learn, assuming that an excellent DL coach just might be getting DC offers in 2 years, is a good position to be in for LSU. A name I like (I liked him for consideration for DC) here is Charlie Partridge. What he and the other D coaches have done at Pitt is pretty good. He has a good track record and guys that played for him love him AND have been NFL ready when the Draft came calling. Other than Partridge, there's Karl Dunbar; it does appear he doesn't like recruiting, so that rules that out and I don't think the Steelers fired him.

The LB coach HAS to be one of the best. I know that's the goal, but our LB play (and thus coaching) has to have a monumental shift. Against the offenses we're battling now, they are the key. MSU didn't go deep on us; they threw in the LB coverage and then ran deep on us. LBs are always very important, but now more than ever. We HAVE to not just get better here- but get great. The DBs and DL will lose effectiveness if they don't.

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Travis Williams is out there for the taken right now

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Loved the Liam Neeson "Taking" movie series.