After the relatively unexpected departure of Gopher's defensive coordinator Everett Withers, it appears a replacement may be close to joining Tim Brewster's staff. There was an article posted earlier on the Strib's website saying that former Duke head coach Ted Roof was interviewed and is said to be the frontrunner for the job. As of now, I can no longer find the story on their website. This may indicate something else is in the works. Other rumors floating around point to former Iowa State head coach Dan McCarney or former Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove.
The response on internet message boards is quite lukewarm. Obviously, people are looking at Ted's failing as a head coach at Duke. This is somewhat of an unfair assessment as lots of coaches walk into situations where they fail. It doesn't mean they are bad coaches. It was his first head coaching job and Duke doesn't look like an easy place to win. Looking at his bio, his experience as a defensive coordinator looks very encouraging.
My take is people need to relax. Ultimately, no matter how big of football fans we all think we are, we don't know really anything about coaching and tend to make pretty narrow sighted judgements. I read a good post regarding the defensive coordinator situation in Wisconsin that illustrates this perfectly. I hope this guy works out and gives Minnesota a defense to be proud of. After all, it's not like it can get any worse.
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