When Jim Harbaugh hired Mike Macdonald prior to the 2021 season, no one knew whether or not it would pay off. The former Baltimore Ravens linebackers coach was an acolyte of then-defensive coordinator Wink Martindale, and he came to Ann Arbor to run the same system with Michigan football.
Macdonald parlayed his one year with the Wolverines into the defensive coordinator job with the Ravens, which he parlayed into the head coaching job with the Seattle Seahawks. His replacement in Ann Arbor, Jesse Minter, perfected the system he installed and parlayed that into the Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator job.
So, when Sherrone Moore was hired to replace Jim Harbaugh, who took the head post with the Chargers (and brought Minter with him), he thought the best thing he could do was keep the scheme rolling. And the best person to do that wasn’t just an acolyte of Wink Martindale — it was Martindale himself.
On Tuesday, Moore appeared on The L.A.B. presented by Wolverine (hosted by Champions Circle) and explained his mindset when it came to making his defensive hires. When it came to bringing in Martindale, it wasn’t about getting a splash name (though he was certainly that) as much as he was giving his players what he felt they deserved.
“I wanted to make sure that one, I kept that scheme, kept those intact, I think one, because I think our players are really good at it and they’re really good players. And I wanted to make sure that they were comfortable first,” Moore said. “And two, that you want to keep that scheme, then bring somebody in that can run this game, and why not the person that it really originated from? So that’s how bringing Coach Martindale came about and he’s a wonderful human being — great, phenomenal coach, but even a better person.”
Beyond Martindale, Moore assembled an…
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-05-21 19:34:42
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