Why as a coordinator? He is more of motivation guy than an X-O guy... I would NOT want him here as a DC. But I'm all for him coming here to be a LB coach. Although I'm not sure he fits in with Rex... PS Singletary was the LB coach in Baltimore... what did Rex do when they were on the same staff... DC?
Love fans who hear a name they know and want him. What kind of attitude did he instill in his team... Enough to be the worst team in the worst division in history. But yeah he can be a great DC becuase hes rah rah.
We need Singletary as much as we need two feet of forking snow. He was a great player, but I think he is best suited to be in the college ranks as a position coach. I mean the dude mooned his entire team. We've had enough indecent exposures already. Seriously, I love his passion, but that passion served him well as a player, not as a coach.
Worked for the LBs in Baltimore! Singletary is a GREAT position coach imo... and that's where he belongs. He instills the "Rex Ryan menatlity" perfectly on the field.
As a LB coach he's fine. He really can't be anything more than that. He could get a college coaching job with good coordinators around him. He'd whip some messed up college into shape.
skimmed the thread, bc i'm pretty adamant about this. bring him here! like a few have mentioned, his stock is probably not that high due to the lawlsome display of QB management on the sidelines, but that's fine for a positional coach, imo. he's a phenomenal motivator, and him working with Harris could be amazing.
2003 Ravens Rex Ryan- defensive line Mike Singletary- linebackers Matt Cavanaugh- offensive coordinator Mike Pettine- coaching and video assistant Dennis Thurman- defensive backs assistant 2004 Ravens Rex Ryan- defensive line Mike Singletary- inside linebackers Matt Cavanaugh- offensive coordinator Mike Pettine- coaching assistant/quality control Dennis Thurman- secondary
Seeing the names on that list is encouraging....I wouldn't put it past Rex to at least give Singletary a phone call in the early offseason...to guage his interest. Bob Sutton can go fuck himself.
to back that up: if you read (or take my word for it) it states that sing went with nolan to SF in 05, and that rex replaces nolan in 05. http://www.nfl.com/teams/coaches?coaType=head&team=NYJ http://www.nfl.com/teams/coaches?coaType=head&team=SF
It could happen. Coaching alliances tend to form when guys are assistants together and we can see that Ryan worked with Singletary, Cavanaugh, Thurman, and Pettine back in the Baltimore days. Singletary was not available for Ryan to hire last year because Singletary had a head coach position. Now that Singletary is available, Ryan may look to bring him aboard shortly after the Jets season ends.
Bob Sutton has done well as a LB coach, but to bring in Mike Singletary cannot be passed up. The dude has worked with Scott already, he's worked with Lewis and Willis, and now Harris. If your last name ends in "is" and Singetary is your position coach, you're going to a pro bowl or two.
When I saw him working the kids at the Senior Bowl I really thought he was AWSOME. In fact, he was great. Maybe I'm just subconsciously protecting Sutton, I think he's a solid LB coach who has gotten a bad rap. Let's face it, we have on the whole, a pretty average LB corp. Harris and Scott are good, no question, but they are not great by any stretch in terms of being disruptive game changers. Pace and Thomas have been very disappointing. What the heck is J Taylor doing in coverage 20 yards downfield so often? That isn't Sutton's doing, it's Ryan. Maybe Petine, but I doubt it. I've seen poster get on the down linemen here in terms of taking blame for the lack of a pass rush. Ellis, Pouha and Devito aren't the problem. The problem is the 4th pass rusher, the LB's. It's also on the so called passing down specialists, Taylor, Thomas, Pace. That Chicago O line isn't all that good, yet Cutler had all day. Our safeties can't cover that long. Neither can freakin Taylor. Dropping Taylor into coverage is a dumb ass thing to do.
It doesn't matter that SF is a storied franchise and the Jets are the Jets. Right now the 49ers blow and have bad ownership whereas the Jets are a good team with at least a somewhat competent owner. If he wants to work in the league in 2011, I do not see how he can do anything but go backwards. I don't see anybody giving Singletary a head coaching job in 2011. Rod Marinelli went 0-16 in 2008 which was statistically the worst coaching performance in the past quarter century (one could argue Rich Kotite in '96 was worse or Rod Rust in '90 was worse because maybe those coaches had better players to work with). Marinelli had to accept going backwards to land a job in 2009. The Bears brought him aboard and gave him the title of assistant head coach/defensive line. This year Marinelli's title is defensive coordinator/assistant head coach.
