Rumors Fly Of Nolan To Packers

[Chevelle2]

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/01/05/rumors-fly-of-nolan-to-packers/


PLEEEEEASEEEE!!!

[packinpatland]

Think he'll wear a tie?

[Lurker64]

Think he'll wear a tie?

Who will know underneath the parka?

[Chevelle2]

Think he'll wear a tie?

That'd be badass.

[RashanGary]

I think they're just throwing darts right now. I'd be suprised if we made that dramatic of a change.

A couple years ago, when we played Washington, McCarthy had extremely positive things to say about Greg Williams. Williams plays a 4-3. Kampman is our best front 7 player BY FAR and will only fit in a 4-3. My initial hunch is Greg Williams based on what I remember MM saying about him and based on him being a 4-3 coach. I think PFT is just throwing a glorified guess out there as if it's journalism.

[Kyle.McCarroll]

I hope not.

Adding Nolan would be awful.

[pbmax]

Its just rumors, but this is the kind of thing that usually presages a head coach or coordinator hire. Rounding up assistants. The good news is that he will get a head start on everyone else.

Of course, we will have recreated the 2005 San Francisco 49ers coaching staff to a large degree. I hope T2 makes all the difference.

[Chevelle2]

I hope not.

Adding Nolan would be awful.

I would take 10 lesbian pandas over Sanders, so Nolan is a huge upgrade.

[packinpatland]

'lesbian pandas'? :shock: 10 of them? :shock:

[pbmax]

'lesbian pandas'? :shock: 10 of them? :shock:
Their 40 times are awful. But they are big and immovable. And lovable. Just like Gilbert Brown.

[retailguy]

'lesbian pandas'? :shock: 10 of them? :shock:
Their 40 times are awful. But they are big and immovable. And lovable. Just like Gilbert Brown.

The "lesbian panda" burger? :wink:

[Guiness]

Don't know much about Nolan...one reader comment at pft was notable though. It said that when he was in Washington, Snyder left a cup of vanilla on his desk to let him know what he thought of him.

Apparently he likes to run the 'big nickel' package - a 4-2-5 in an effort to avoid giving up the big play.

[Bretsky]

on board with Nolan :!:

[MJZiggy]

B, it's just occurred to me that if MM hires Mike Nolan, and Nolan's kind of a hottie, the Bikini Girls may want to impress him...

[Brando19]

B, it's just occurred to me that if MM hires Mike Nolan, and Nolan's kind of a hottie, the Bikini Girls may want to impress him...

I believe that's the smartest thing I've ever heard in my life......HIRE NOLAN!

[Lurker64]

Apparently he likes to run the 'big nickel' package - a 4-2-5 in an effort to avoid giving up the big play.

That's pretty scary, to be honest. Specifically, I'm concerned about claims that Nolan's defensive calls tend to be both "timid" and "soft."

I thought we wanted a dynamic, aggressive defense. Why do we want Nolan?

[Bretsky]

B, it's just occurred to me that if MM hires Mike Nolan, and Nolan's kind of a hottie, the Bikini Girls may want to impress him...


Have you noticed all of these good things started happening after the Bikini girls appeared to bless our forum :lol:

[ND72]

Anyone want ot put money on the fact he ends up hiring someone that is on NON of the "lists" of people? I can still remember us going through the Head Coaching position, and we all moved McCarthy off the board :lol: And I could totally see him hiring some DC guy that is not a known commodity.

[ND72]

B, it's just occurred to me that if MM hires Mike Nolan, and Nolan's kind of a hottie, the Bikini Girls may want to impress him...


Have you noticed all of these good things started happening after the Bikini girls appeared to bless our forum :lol:

I've started paying more attention to your posts...

[Brando19]

B, it's just occurred to me that if MM hires Mike Nolan, and Nolan's kind of a hottie, the Bikini Girls may want to impress him...


Have you noticed all of these good things started happening after the Bikini girls appeared to bless our forum :lol:
I'm sorry....what? All i hear is blah blah blah....maybe you should find a way to type on your avatar's chests.... :lol:

[SkinBasket]

I hope not.

Adding Nolan would be awful.

I would take 10 lesbian pandas over Sanders, so Nolan is a huge upgrade.

I would fuck a lesbian panda before I would touch Sanders or Nolan, so I think the panda would be an upgrade.

[Bretsky]

I hope not.

Adding Nolan would be awful.

I would take 10 lesbian pandas over Sanders, so Nolan is a huge upgrade.

I would fuck a lesbian panda before I would touch Sanders or Nolan, so I think the panda would be an upgrade.


PANDA LOVER :!:

[SkinBasket]

I hope not.

Adding Nolan would be awful.

I would take 10 lesbian pandas over Sanders, so Nolan is a huge upgrade.

I would fuck a lesbian panda before I would touch Sanders or Nolan, so I think the panda would be an upgrade.


PANDA LOVER :!:

it's more the lesbian than the panda, but a carpet muncher's a carpet muncher regardless of the species. All they all need is a little hot beef injection to set them straight.

[Charles Woodson]

No please, i think its in our best interest to stay with the 4-3

greg williams, and Sean McDermott get my vote

[The Leaper]

Anyone want ot put money on the fact he ends up hiring someone that is on NON of the "lists" of people? I can still remember us going through the Head Coaching position, and we all moved McCarthy off the board :lol: And I could totally see him hiring some DC guy that is not a known commodity.

That was Thompson's choice...not McCarthy's...so it speaks more to Thompson's selection process than it does McCarthy.

[ND72]

Yeah I know that....it was just a throw it out there thing.

[Brando19]

I hope not.

Adding Nolan would be awful.

I would take 10 lesbian pandas over Sanders, so Nolan is a huge upgrade.

I would fuck a lesbian panda before I would touch Sanders or Nolan, so I think the panda would be an upgrade.


PANDA LOVER :!:

it's more the lesbian than the panda, but a carpet muncher's a carpet muncher regardless of the species. All they all need is a little hot beef injection to set them straight.

What if it's a lesbian fish, or worse, Rosie O'Donnell?

[Lurker64]

Can someone explain to me what's good about Nolan other than:
1) He's not Bob Sanders
2) He's a snappy dresser.

I'm really drawing a blank here. Anyway, in my inexpert opinion both Gregg Williams and Sean McDermott seem like vastly, vastly superior choices.

[KYPack]

The big criticsm of Nolan in SF was his inflexiblity and tendency to repeat coverages, schemes, etc.

He called his version of the Big Nickle - "the Big Sub".

It was a 4-2-5 ( or also a 3-3-5 with a tweener LB roving around between line and LB). The big beef by the fans was you could tell exactly what the D was gonna do by their pre-snap technique. He also doesn't like to blitz a lot. He's a scheme/cover guy.

When he was canned in SF, there were a bunch of Whiner fans on PFT posting "No More Big Sub" like crazy.

I had to google around to figure out what that meant.

I like the guy. He knows 4-3 and 3-4 with other schemes to augment your talent. Sanders seemed stuck in one place, let's try a new guy and see if he can coach up some stops.

[Bretsky]

Can someone explain to me what's good about Nolan other than:
1) He's not Bob Sanders
2) He's a snappy dresser.

I'm really drawing a blank here. Anyway, in my inexpert opinion both Gregg Williams and Sean McDermott seem like vastly, vastly superior choices.


he's had success with NY and Baltimore; I like Williams as well

I'd be fine with McDermott but honestly besides all the write ups who knows what we are getting

[digitaldean]

I'd rather have McDermott. Anybody who can bring a Jim Johnson type of defense here gets my vote.

We don't have to go to the other side of the pendulum and blitz virtually every down. But we do need a more aggressive D, not this bend, but not break crap.

[BallHawk]

Why is everybody so quick to assume that Nolan means 3-4? There's nothing concrete to suggest that.

I'm all for Nolan.

[denverYooper]

Nolan's been around for a while and has coached some good D's.

Did he make the defensive calls in San Fran, or did Singletary?

[BF4MVP]

I'd love it if this happened..

Read about some candidates in a Press Gazette article..Sean McDermott intrigues me too, because I kind of like the idea of blitzing a lot..Anything to help get a pass rush..

But Nolan has coached some good defenses..I'd be all for it..

[KYPack]

Nolan's been around for a while and has coached some good D's.

Did he make the defensive calls in San Fran, or did Singletary?

Greg Manusky was SF's DC. Nolan had his hand in the defense and ignored the O, leaving that to Martz. Singletary was the LB coach and had little input on the D. That was good, he got a job out of it.

Lot's of people point to Nolan's firing and the junking of the Big Eagle (Big Sub) as to the defensive turnaround of that team.

SF is a sordid chapter in Nolan's coaching resume.

[Partial]

WSSP is speculating that they will not go 3-4 because MM and TT aren't being afforded the time to miss the playoffs next year.

[pbmax]

Nolan's been around for a while and has coached some good D's.

Did he make the defensive calls in San Fran, or did Singletary?

Greg Manusky was SF's DC. Nolan had his hand in the defense and ignored the O, leaving that to Martz. Singletary was the LB coach and had little input on the D. That was good, he got a job out of it.

Lot's of people point to Nolan's firing and the junking of the Big Eagle (Big Sub) as to the defensive turnaround of that team.

SF is a sordid chapter in Nolan's coaching resume.
You're killing me KY :lol:

And Partial, WSSP is not being creative enough. Short of a deep playoff run (say, 14-4!), the best way to keep the post for more years is the need to give the new D scheme more time.

All in all, I hope he would bring in people to interview. You can't just hire the people you know. Hopefully, Nolan is calling on assistants as a way to prepare for an interview.

[Bossman641]

Nolan's been around for a while and has coached some good D's.

Did he make the defensive calls in San Fran, or did Singletary?

Greg Manusky was SF's DC. Nolan had his hand in the defense and ignored the O, leaving that to Martz. Singletary was the LB coach and had little input on the D. That was good, he got a job out of it.

Lot's of people point to Nolan's firing and the junking of the Big Eagle (Big Sub) as to the defensive turnaround of that team.

SF is a sordid chapter in Nolan's coaching resume.
You're killing me KY :lol:

And Partial, WSSP is not being creative enough. Short of a deep playoff run (say, 14-4!), the best way to keep the post for more years is the need to give the new D scheme more time.

All in all, I hope he would bring in people to interview. You can't just hire the people you know. Hopefully, Nolan is calling on assistants as a way to prepare for an interview.

Bingo!

That's what has killed me about MM. He has been far too willing to hire guys he knows and has worked with before. To me, hiring Nolan would be the same thing. I dunno if MM does it because he feels like he owes the guys, because he knows they won't challenge him, or if he just thinks they really are good coaches. But it might not be the worst thing in the world to bring in a completely new guy from the outside who MM hasn't worked with before, at the very least for an interview.

[Bretsky]

Nolan's been around for a while and has coached some good D's.

Did he make the defensive calls in San Fran, or did Singletary?

Greg Manusky was SF's DC. Nolan had his hand in the defense and ignored the O, leaving that to Martz. Singletary was the LB coach and had little input on the D. That was good, he got a job out of it.

Lot's of people point to Nolan's firing and the junking of the Big Eagle (Big Sub) as to the defensive turnaround of that team.

SF is a sordid chapter in Nolan's coaching resume.
You're killing me KY :lol:

And Partial, WSSP is not being creative enough. Short of a deep playoff run (say, 14-4!), the best way to keep the post for more years is the need to give the new D scheme more time.

All in all, I hope he would bring in people to interview. You can't just hire the people you know. Hopefully, Nolan is calling on assistants as a way to prepare for an interview.




DITTO DITTO

[Fritz]

WSSP is speculating that they will not go 3-4 because MM and TT aren't being afforded the time to miss the playoffs next year.

I tend to agree with this thinking. I don't think MM and TT have the time to implement a whole new defense, which would require drafting a whole new type of player and junking some of your better ones here that wouldn't fit.

I don't think MM and TT have that kind of time. I have no basis for this, but it's my sense that they get two more years, and if they aren't going 10-6, 11-5, 12-4, something like that, and getting past the first round of the playoffs, they'll be gone after two more seasons.

[Gunakor]

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/01/05/rumors-fly-of-nolan-to-packers/


PLEEEEEASEEEE!!!

PLEEEEEASEEEE NOOOOOOOOO!!!

Don't want Nolan. Doesn't run a scheme that fits our personnel. I want a DC that can turn the talent we already have on our roster into a dominant defense. Not a guy who's gonna want different talent. We have talented players already, so starting over is not acceptable IMO.

[Gunakor]

Why is everybody so quick to assume that Nolan means 3-4? There's nothing concrete to suggest that.

I'm all for Nolan.

In Baltimore and San Fransisco he often went with a 3-4 look, occasionally going 4-3 in certain situations. That's what he does. It's pretty much a given that bringing in Nolan would amount to switching primarily to a 3-4.