Looks like Roy Manning is coming home

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (WolvyMike)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:37:35 GMT

I guess they are smarter than me.......Great hire. LOL

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (wolverinefan07)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:17:23 GMT

Great hire, indeed...hope his recruiting prowess turns out to be as good

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (UMWolverine5)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:00:16 GMT

Interesting little tidbit that really is unimportant but funny nonetheless: it will be interesting to see if Roy rocks the "Michigan Football" hat again when he returns to A2. When he was a GA there, he always wore the hat with the full-print words rather than the "Block M," which is something that Coach Hoke always gave Roy **** about. He always poked at Roy about being a "young guy." Now that he's in the big leagues, let's see if he makes the switch!

Great hire by UM!

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (McMurtry1)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:43:16 GMT

MichFan4Life

McMurtry1

MichFan4Life

WolvyMike

how do you go from RB coach to LB coach?

The better question is how do you go from NFL LB to coaching RBs haha. Roy is more qualified to coach LBs than RBs.

Fwiw, Cincy led the Big East in rushing last season.

Supposedly, the players loved Roy and he was a top notch recruiter for them. He was even able to convince running back recruit Aregeros Turner to join him at NIU. Turner was arguably Cincy's most highly regarded recruit in the '13 class who wasn't a JuCo. Bucth Jones tried to snake oil Turner to UT but the kid chose to follow Roy instead.

Oh I`m not saying he did a bad job. As a UC alum I know Roy did a great job and the players did universally love him. I was just saying that Roy is way more qualified to be coaching LBs than the is the position he's been hired to coach in the past.

Recruiting at the biggest stage is actually one of the questions I have regarding Roy. That and his recruiting ties match areas where we are already strong.

I believe that Florida was one of the areas that Roy was responsible for recruiting last year while at Cincy. I suspect that GMatt will now spend a little less time in Ohio in this recruitng cycle and a little more time in the southeast, especially given the fact that this is considered to be a weak year for talent in the Buckeye State.

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (MichFan4Life)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:33:55 GMT

McMurtry1

MichFan4Life

WolvyMike

how do you go from RB coach to LB coach?

The better question is how do you go from NFL LB to coaching RBs haha. Roy is more qualified to coach LBs than RBs.

Fwiw, Cincy led the Big East in rushing last season.

Supposedly, the players loved Roy and he was a top notch recruiter for them. He was even able to convince running back recruit Aregeros Turner to join him at NIU. Turner was arguably Cincy's most highly regarded recruit in the '13 class who wasn't a JuCo. Bucth Jones tried to snake oil Turner to UT but the kid chose to follow Roy instead.

Oh I`m not saying he did a bad job. As a UC alum I know Roy did a great job and the players did universally love him. I was just saying that Roy is way more qualified to be coaching LBs than the is the position he's been hired to coach in the past.

Recruiting at the biggest stage is actually one of the questions I have regarding Roy. That and his recruiting ties match areas where we are already strong.

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (McMurtry1)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:25:19 GMT

MichFan4Life

WolvyMike

how do you go from RB coach to LB coach?

The better question is how do you go from NFL LB to coaching RBs haha. Roy is more qualified to coach LBs than RBs.

Fwiw, Cincy led the Big East in rushing last season.

Supposedly, the players loved Roy and he was a top notch recruiter for them. He was even able to convince running back recruit Aregeros Turner to join him at NIU. Turner was arguably Cincy's most highly regarded recruit in the '13 class who wasn't a JuCo. Bucth Jones tried to snake oil Turner to UT but the kid chose to follow Roy instead.

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (MichFan4Life)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:12:40 GMT

WolvyMike

how do you go from RB coach to LB coach?

The better question is how do you go from NFL LB to coaching RBs haha. Roy is more qualified to coach LBs than RBs.

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (McMurtry1)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:58:04 GMT

WolvyMike

how do you go from RB coach to LB coach?

He's coached both positions and is a former linebacker himself. Hoke is, first and foremost, looking for a recruiter to replace Montgomery. He obviously believes that Manning can be a lights out recruiter.

Re:Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (WolvyMike)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:50:33 GMT

how do you go from RB coach to LB coach?

Looks like Roy Manning is coming home (McMurtry1)

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:15:21 GMT

https://twitter.com/CoachRoyM