Greg Schiano interested in Butch Davis as defensive coordinator per report

I guess they have officially reached the bottom of the barrel. I figured with this drawn out coaching search we’d end up with slim pickings.

I have seen A LOT of Butch Davis over the years, and I would have zero problem with him as the DC. As Sander said, Davis’ defenses were always known for being tough (besides Cleveland, but let’s be honest, it was Cleveland). He has put a lot of NFL quality talent into the NFL, even in recent years from UNC. He has experience, and may know that his HC time in the NFL is probably behind him. Those types of asst coaches are invaluable to new head coaches.

He can get our D back up to par.

So the past connection is a fairly big deal.

As far as DC is concerned, I am fine with this hire. Based on the previous combination of the two, or defense should be much tougher, and as @mvermulm pointed out, he might just be one o those guys that realized and is ok with just being a quality coordinator at the next level, knowing that his better years as a head coach on the pro level is passed him (a la Dick Lebeau).

Now as far as OC is concerned, when I heard Schiano talking about having an offense that “…runs the ball well and takes shots down the field” I immediately thought of Hue Jackson. Thats exactly what they do over there in Oakland and their offense has been pretty good under Hue. Jason Campbell was doing well before getting injured. Hopefully his debacle at the end of the season in Oakland either humbled him enough to know that when he has a good thing going for him, just stick with it, or scared away other teams from trying to make him a HC again (what I like to call the : Josh McDaniels Syndrome)

Which is definitely a good thing for us. Davis would bring pro know-how to the staff and get this defense looking better than ’11. My only concern would be how long could we keep Butch around, especially if he comes in and makes a positive difference.

Yes, please!

Make this happen, Glazers. Time to bring some experience in on this staff.

Love both of those coachse too.

I wouldn’t be mad at this hire at all, considering what our defense has looked like over the last few years. Dom better earn his money & help court in these coordinators, or his ass needs to go after this year.

The people who said no obviously don’t know who butch davis is….Butch coaching status is legendary..THinking about what greg schiano did at Rutgers times 5 butch actually got the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs..And that year there where tops in the NFL in takeaways and Interceptions…Back in the 90’s he helped turn the cowboys into a defensive juggernaut,he also was the head coach at the University of Miami when they where actually the U and was in BCS contention every year…And he actually made UNC football relevant because no one who knew they were as a football team before he got there..All in All he fits what the BUCS need..He’s turned every program he’s been apart of around…He was once a D-Line coach which is our biggest strength.Plenty of Experience in College and Pro’s..And he coached under the great Jimmy Johnson lets go for it BUCS….

But a experienced cordinator who builds tough defenses and is a former defensive line coach sounds good to me.

B. Billick would be a better choice than hue jackson to me, just look at his resume. Remember what he did with the vikings offense when they broke all those records. Now I would bring him in as a qb coach. Jackson that is