USC is hiring UCLA DC D’Anton Lynn who last year coached under Ravens DC Mike Macdonald… the hottest defensive name on the NFL market.
Macdonald spent a year as Michigan’s DC & the Wolverines replaced him with Jesse Minter who also coached for the Ravens during the same period.
The Ravens D history is legendary, Lynn's roots are solid. We're just taking a flyer on a rookie. His choices for his staff will go a long way...
He's a huge risk. 208 likes hiring guys that are learning on the job because he's learning on the job. A players hire A players. B players hire B players.
Up-and-comers are better than burnouts but SC deserves both energy and experience.
Coaching trees are extremely valid and always interesting to trace. Riley was quoted post ucla game that they were the best dline we faced all year. I'd said I was more worried about them than us because of their d. So I like the hire. Surprised Norton didn't come with him. Although I never liked seeing him in C&G.