Coaching Staff Changes

At least Charlie Weis is trying.

I have no idea if Frank Verducci will be successful at Notre Dame. John Latina should have been. His pedigree was very good. But something had to be done with the offensive line.

Verducci showed success at Iowa for 10 years and his quote about players coming in young men and leaving as mature men is encouraging. Maybe there is a change of focus on the coaching staff, because that's what they need. There's no excuse for the lack of production with the amount of talent on that line.

As a Browns fan, I had never heard of Verducci because you don't know much about NFL coaching staffs outside of the offensive coordinator and the defensive coordinator. Those staffs have like three dozen people.

And the talk about Steve Stirpling being the defensive coordinator is VERY encouraging. You don't know who Steve Stirpling is? Think Michigan defensive line from 2005-07. Yes, he coached them.

So those would be two encouraging hires. Weis still has to fill Haywood's spot with a running backs coach and there are rumors that Polian is going to Indianapolis, leaving another spot.

Once all the changes happen, we'll take a lot at the staff and compare it from 05 to 09 and even 07/08 to 09.