Adam Schefter Still Thinks G-Rob Can

[ljmilman]

@AdamSchefter Heard former Broncos DC Greg Robinson on Sirius this week and he will be back coaching in the NFL -- soon.

I really don't know what more to say. Is there really an NFL team that thinks G-Rob is a good hire?

 

[Chip]

@AdamSchefter Heard former Broncos DC Greg Robinson on Sirius this week and he will be back coaching in the NFL -- soon.

I really don't know what more to say. Is there really an NFL team that thinks G-Rob is a good hire?

I'm surprised a college team doesn't hire him as a position coach. I'm sure he'd do fine if you drop him down a level, and I still think the recruiting he was able to pull off here (gven his own ineptitude as HC and the facilities shortcomings we all know of) is nothing short of a miracle. Somehow managed to convince guys like Carter, Hogue, Sales, Collier to come here. Was able to find some under the radar talent like Holmes, Merk, Derrell Smith.

I'm sure for him it wouldn't be the easiest thing to accept, but given how his tenures with the Chiefs, SU and Michigan went, you'd think he'd kind of accept it by now.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

I'm surprised a college team doesn't hire him as a position coach. I'm sure he'd do fine if you drop him down a level, and I still think the recruiting he was able to pull off here (gven his own ineptitude as HC and the facilities shortcomings we all know of) is nothing short of a miracle. Somehow managed to convince guys like Carter, Hogue, Sales, Collier to come here. Was able to find some under the radar talent like Holmes, Merk, Derrell Smith.

I'm sure for him it wouldn't be the easiest thing to accept, but given how his tenures with the Chiefs, SU and Michigan went, you'd think he'd kind of accept it by now.

I bet he will be a position coach in the NFL

 

[MaxwellCuse]

He said he heard Greg will be back coaching. He didn't say he heard GROB would be coming back as a DC did he? I could see some team bringing on Greg as a position coach if he really wants to go back to coaching, but I think he's worn out his welcome in a position with any real authority. Greg has underperformed in three successive jobs now (if you don't count his one-year stint with a loaded UT team). Four if you were to listen to a certain segment of Broncos fans. That doesn't suggest that NFL head coaching will be banging down Greg's door anytime soon.

 

[ljmilman]

He said he heard Greg will be back coaching. He didn't say he heard GROB would be coming back as a DC did he? I could see some team bringing on Greg as a position coach if he really wants to go back to coaching, but I think he's worn out his welcome in a position with any real authority. Greg has underperformed in three successive jobs now (if you don't count his one-year stint with a loaded UT team). Four if you were to listen to a certain segment of Broncos fans. That doesn't suggest that NFL head coaching will be banging down Greg's door anytime soon.

True. I guess he could take a positional job in the NFL. Probably easier to stomach for him, since it's only one step down from his highest NFL position (DC), as opposed to going from one time College HC --> DC --> Positional Coach.

I think as Chip said though, G-Rob never showed much talent in terms of preparedness or in-game strategy. His biggest skill was recruiting, which would be wasted in the NFL. Personally, I'm looking forward to this so I can get a few laughs at whatever team hires him.

 

[OrangeMojo]

I'm still surprised that RichRod didn't bring him along as DC out in Arizona after the bang-up job he did for him up in Ann Arbor :rolling:

 

[Rocco]

He is a lifelong assistant. He and HC doesn't bode well.

 

[rrlbees]

UCLA, NY Jets, Broncos, Chiefs, Texas, SU, Michigan.

The guy is such a bad coach he keeps getting hired.

The Michigan gig was an impossible one, even Shafer found that out.

 

[Orangello]

I would have deifinately said Raiders but with Big Al gone, they might actually be gaining some sanity. Hopefully Jerry Jones hires him.

 

[OrangePA]

I'm surprised a college team doesn't hire him as a position coach. I'm sure he'd do fine if you drop him down a level, and I still think the recruiting he was able to pull off here (gven his own ineptitude as HC and the facilities shortcomings we all know of) is nothing short of a miracle. Somehow managed to convince guys like Carter, Hogue, Sales, Collier to come here. Was able to find some under the radar talent like Holmes, Merk, Derrell Smith.

I'm sure for him it wouldn't be the easiest thing to accept, but given how his tenures with the Chiefs, SU and Michigan went, you'd think he'd kind of accept it by now.

He is a great guy. A guy whom I'm sure parents liked a lot.

He seemed to have no plan when he got here. And, many around him - who were new to the school as well, including Dr. Gross and Chancellor Cantor - probably did not truly understand the program or realize how tough the SU Football HC position really is.

And of course he got beat up pretty good.

When you really study the Michigan situation you learn that Robinson was victimized by a surprising lack of talent. Or, at the very least, a lot of very young talent that needed time to develope.

Going into his first season at Michigan there were 24 scholarship players who played defense. Not nearly enough to field a competitive Big Ten defense.

I'm sure there are people out there who understand what he has endured and what he can do.

I hope he gets a good job.

 

[OrangePA]

I'm still surprised that RichRod didn't bring him along as DC out in Arizona after the bang-up job he did for him up in Ann Arbor :rolling:

RR always planned to have Jeff Casteel come with him to Ann Arbor, as DC.

Casteel surprised everybody by staying at WVU.

Now, finally, RR has him back at U of A.

 

[IthacaBarrel]

He is a great guy. A guy whom I'm sure parents liked a lot.

He seemed to have no plan when he got here. And, many around him - who were new to the school as well, including Dr. Gross and Chancellor Cantor - probably did not truly understand the program or realize how tough the SU Football HC position really is.

And of course he got beat up pretty good.

When you really study the Michigan situation you learn that Robinson was victimized by a surprising lack of talent. Or, at the very least, a lot of very young talent that needed time to develope.

Going into his first season at Michigan there were 24 scholarship players who played defense. Not nearly enough to field a competitive Big Ten defense.

I'm sure there are people out there who understand what he has endured and what he can do.

I hope he gets a good job.

I agree he is a great guy, horrible head coach and really a horrible coordinator as well. Guys hire buddies all the time, but if Greg Robinson isn't considered a bad football coach at this point, then who is?

If Greg could coach a lick, he could have done well at Syracuse because he was a pretty decent recruiter for sure for what he was working with

 

[OrangePA]

I agree he is a great guy, horrible head coach and really a horrible coordinator as well. Guys hire buddies all the time, but if Greg Robinson isn't considered a bad football coach at this point, then who is?

If Greg could coach a lick, he could have done well at Syracuse because he was a pretty decent recruiter for sure for what he was working with

He certainly did a very poor job at SU and had very bad results at Michigan.

 

[rrlbees]

Going into his first season at Michigan there were 24 scholarship players who played defense. Not nearly enough to field a competitive Big Ten defense.

Not just the low number of defensive players but then he lost his one stud (Woolfolk) for the season during camp. Plus he had to play the 3-3-5 defense as dictated by RR which does not work in the B10. If SU had to have played 12 frosh and walkons in the defensive rotation, some here would use that as an excuse for the coaches. I think at one point their defensive backfield was a walkon, a true frosh and 2 WR's.

 

[rrlbees]

if Greg Robinson isn't considered a bad football coach at this point, then who is?

Everyone else that can't get a gig.

 

[OrangePA]

Not just the low number of defensive players but then he lost his one stud (Woolfolk) for the season during camp. Plus he had to play the 3-3-5 defense as dictated by RR which does not work in the B10. If SU had to have played 12 frosh and walkons in the defensive rotation, some here would use that as an excuse for the coaches. I think at one point their defensive backfield was a walkon, a true frosh and 2 WR's.

You're right. He really never had a chance at Michigan.

 

[rrlbees]

You're right. He really never had a chance at Michigan.

Nor did Shafer whose situation was a little better from numbers and upperclassmen but he too had to play that 3-3-5. Shafer turned out pretty good one he got away from there. It also didn't help that when RR was there, there was plenty of back room bickering, backstabbing and to some degree trying to help him fail by Carr and his cronies who wanted a Michigan man in the job. They finally did the right thing by getting a Michigan guy. Anyone else was going to be a failure.

 

[Stern]

@AdamSchefter Heard former Broncos DC Greg Robinson on Sirius this week and he will be back coaching in the NFL -- soon.

I really don't know what more to say. Is there really an NFL team that thinks G-Rob is a good hire?

I heard G-Rob on SIRIUS this week as well. He has all the charisma of a chalkboard. Not made for radio that's for damn sure

 

[OrangePA]

Nor did Shafer whose situation was a little better from numbers and upperclassmen but he too had to play that 3-3-5. Shafer turned out pretty good one he got away from there. It also didn't help that when RR was there, there was plenty of back room bickering, backstabbing and to some degree trying to help him fail by Carr and his cronies who wanted a Michigan man in the job. They finally did the right thing by getting a Michigan guy. Anyone else was going to be a failure.

As I have said, I just finished about the RR situation at Michigan. "Three And Out"

It describes Carr as having urged that RR be hired only to thereafter undercut him at ever turn.

It also describes one writer, Michael Rosenberg, who, from the start, went after RR with a series of inaccurate allegations.

And, it described a badly managed Athletic Department and an administration so concerned about PR that it failed to defend RR even though he really never did anything wrong.

I never like RR until I read the book.

Now I'm kinda rooting for him at U of Arizona.