Packers Name Jeff Hafley New Defensive Coordinator for 2024

@H5 posted:

   

I'm thinking the NCAA didn't see this coming with NIL.

The NCAA doesn't see anything coming. They probably thought they would win the argument and not have to change anything when the whole NIL came up. At this point, they might as well run college sports like a pro team, kind of like how soccer has the lower divisions. If the NCAA wants to keep things somewhat equitable, they should cap the NIL money a program can dish out: football, $2 million; basketball, $1.5 million, etc. (The amounts need to be set._ Any money collected above and beyond goes to other sports or general scholarships or facilities or something. At this rate, college sports -- make that football above all -- are going to implode.

Some day, probably not that far in the future, somebody will make a documentary on the turning point in college football or sports where it went from what it was before NIL, the transfer portal, and almost nationally legal betting, to what it will become in the next couple years if things aren't reigned in.  Maybe even throw in legalization of cannabis.

With all the best players wanting to get paid, it's the perfect time for the NFL to grab more $$ (because they don't have enough)  and start a developmental league with players under the age of 21. Getting rid of that pesky class schedule for those athletes would be bonus for them. And being around NFL style offenses and defenses may better prepare them for a future in the NFL. Heck, they could have a draft for players who want to come in and play and make even more $$. I'm sure there is enough kids getting paid with NIL $$ to build a solid 8 team league that many of us would watch.

@Tschmack posted:

I think that’s a big reason why Saban and Harbaugh moved on.

Saban maybe, but that sure wasn't the reason Harbaugh moved on.  Harbaugh wanted NIL.  He got on his soapbox and begged for it every chance he could get.  He wanted more of it than is already out there.  He hid behind saying "the kids are putting themselves on the line out there, they need to be paid."  What a guy!  But the reality is he knew from the jump that Michigan had more money than God to spend on football and the mixture of NIL with the portal put UM at a major competitive advantage.  This was the first "pay to win" national championship, and it won't be the last unless something changes.     

I have always thought colleges should just cut the crap and offer them a degree in football.  Their classes would be just studying football theory.  Imagine how much more they would understand when they get to the NFL.

@Fandame posted:

The NCAA doesn't see anything coming. They probably thought they would win the argument and not have to change anything when the whole NIL came up. At this point, they might as well run college sports like a pro team, kind of like how soccer has the lower divisions. If the NCAA wants to keep things somewhat equitable, they should cap the NIL money a program can dish out: football, $2 million; basketball, $1.5 million, etc. (The amounts need to be set._ Any money collected above and beyond goes to other sports or general scholarships or facilities or something. At this rate, college sports -- make that football above all -- are going to implode.

One of my favorite quotes about the NCAA was from Bobby Knight.  He said that the NCAA is so inept that if they had been in charge of the D-Day landings the allies would have landed in Portugal. 

I am totally  on board with players getting paid but it also needs to be controlled somehow.  Maybe they could treat it like a salary cap.  The NCAA (or whoever) give a university X amount of dollars every year and you pay it out as you see fit.

I have been reading things lately that college football coaches are getting fed up with NIL, the portal, etc.  They say they not only have to recruit them to play for them initially but there are times they will have to recruit them again to stay as well as getting them hooked up with NIL money.  All of this leads to not having enough time to coach football.

Couple of writers are starting to put out stuff about how the Packers defense will look under Hafley. Many making the comparison to 49ers D and some changes needed to accomplish that goal.

One of the comments was moving Savage to slot CB and moving Nixon to the back end as a ball-hawking Safety. Both are FAs so we'll see how GB views them soon enough

https://www.theleap.football/p...afley-change-packers

Another one here from Packers Wire:

https://packerswire.usatoday.c...ers-defensive-front/

Once again, will savage even be around next season?

from Demovsky:

" Defensive backs coach Ryan Downard and pass rush specialist Jason Rebrovich will remain on the Packers staff under new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, per a source. There also could be more who return, but those two are locked in. "

Another source said Rebrovich would handle the DL as part of his new role

https://www.packers.com/team/c...ster/jason-rebrovich

He looks like someone who just found out he still had a job today after being told he was fired last week.

@Satori posted:

Couple of writers are starting to put out stuff about how the Packers defense will look under Hafley. Many making the comparison to 49ers D and some changes needed to accomplish that goal.

One of the comments was moving Savage to slot CB and moving Nixon to the back end as a ball-hawking Safety. Both are FAs so we'll see how GB views them soon enough.

There have previous reports over the years suggesting Savage was best positioned in the slot.  Didn't Pettine have him there and he was more effective?

The attorneys general of Virginia and Tennesse filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday that challenged its ban on the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of college athletes, and in response to the association’s investigation of the University of Tennessee.

The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee seeks to undercut NCAA rules against recruiting inducements and claims the association is "enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar."

"These anticompetitive restrictions violate the Sherman Act, harm the States and the welfare of their athletes, and should be declared unlawful and enjoined."

@toonz posted:

With all the best players wanting to get paid, it's the perfect time for the NFL to grab more $$ (because they don't have enough)  and start a developmental league with players under the age of 21. Getting rid of that pesky class schedule for those athletes would be bonus for them. And being around NFL style offenses and defenses may better prepare them for a future in the NFL. Heck, they could have a draft for players who want to come in and play and make even more $$. I'm sure there is enough kids getting paid with NIL $$ to build a solid 8 team league that many of us would watch.

I like the Entrepreneurial spirit!

@Benzene posted:

I have always thought colleges should just cut the crap and offer them a degree in football.  Their classes would be just studying football theory.  Imagine how much more they would understand when they get to the NFL.

But that’s unfair to dummies err the learning impaired who would suffer when their football GPA lands them in the lower rounds of the draft. 🙄

Comments from Coach Rebrovich on DL stunts

@TomSilverstein:   New #Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley is bringing D-line coach Vince Oghobasse with him from Boston College, a source said. Oghobasse coached with Hafley with the #49ers and also spent time at Ohio State and UCLA. Oghobasse will replace D-line coach Jerry Montgomery.

Jeff Hafley hiring from a Boston College point of view.  (Locked on BC)

@DH13 posted:

He looks like someone who just found out he still had a job today after being told he was fired last week.

And that Green Bay was starting meat Fridays.

@TomSilverstein: Pretty big coup for #Packers coach Matt LaFleur and DC Jeff Hafley. They are expected to hire former #Dolphins LBs coach Anthony Campanile, a source said. The #Giants had interviewed Campanile for their DC job and the #Eagles wanted him as a linebackers coach, the source said.

@TomSilverstein: The defensive hires #Packers coach Matt LaFleur has made were done with a transition to a 4-3 scheme in mind. Anthony Campanile will be run game coordinator and LBs coach and former OLBs Jason Rebrovich will be the D-line coach. I'll have details in a story to be posted shortly.

Campanile also interviewed for the Dolphins DC job, but did not get it. I'm guessing he wanted out of Miami after not being promoted from within.

Don’t think we can play this clip of new #Packers LBs coach Anthony Campanelli on @WildeAndTausch without some major dump-buttoning by @_JesseNelson. But … wow. 🤬pic.twitter.com/uNIuf8NISu

— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) February 6, 2024

Liking the staff the pillow LaFluffer is putting together. Bout damn time.

Rather have a core of guys hungry to climb the coaching ladder then a bunch of Moe FJB’s

@H5 posted:

Don’t think we can play this clip of new #Packers LBs coach Anthony Campanelli on @WildeAndTausch without some major dump-buttoning by @_JesseNelson. But … wow. 🤬pic.twitter.com/uNIuf8NISu

— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) February 6, 2024

If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling. VINCE LOMBARDI.

@R MaN posted:

White, Brown, Dotson, and Jones approve.

@R MaN posted:

Anyone that spells they’re there holds no credibility in my book

Silverstein with coaching updates and article on switch to 4-3

https://www.jsonline.com/story...-scheme/72493065007/

" Gone are defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery, inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti and passing game coordinator Greg Williams.

Hafley has moved outside linebackers coach Jason Rebrovich to the defensive line, where he will oversee the group’s transition to a four-man front. Campanile will coach the three linebackers who play in the base defense as well as coordinate the run scheme.

Vince Oghobaase, whom Hafley is bringing with him from Boston College, will be the assistant defensive line coach.

Current defensive backs coach Ryan Downard will stay in his current position. Hafley probably will add more assistant position or quality control coaches.

LaFleur wanted more energy on defense, one of the sources said, and he'll get that with Campanile and Oghobaase. Rebrovich was one of the most animated of any of the coaches on defense − second maybe only to Barry − so Hafley will have three high-strung, spirited assistants to ramp up the energy on that side of the ball."

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Hot piss.

@RobDemovsky: The Packers have the last major piece to the new defensive staff now in place. Former Chargers DC Derrick Ansley will be the new pass game coordinator, per a source. There will likely be a few quality control or assistant position coaches added but all key positions are filled.

More on Ansley: He was the LAC defensive coordinator in 2023 after spending the previous two seasons as their defensive backs coach.

Key positions on Packers’ new defensive staff:
DC: Jeff Hafley
DL: Jason Rebrovich
Assistant DL: Vince Oghobaase
LB/run game coordinator: Anthony Campanile
DB: Ryan Downard
Pass game coordinator: Derrick Ansley

Do the Packers have a new strength and conditioning coach yet? 

All this talk of a 4-3 has me super excited. Expecting big things out of Aaron Kampman in 2024... he's been a little lost in the shuffle in the 3-4.

Looking forward to Rashaan Gary having better stamina in 2024

The reality of going to the 4-3 defense is that you are likely to not be strong vs. the run. KC and SF were 21st and 25th in giving up yards-per-carry. However, what they are really good at is defending average-yards-per-pass-attempt, 2nd and 5th (we were 18th). This stat is second only to turnover differential, in predicting the outcome of an individual game.

Also want to see if this helps Van Ness....

Good call Dave...I think Van Ness just needs to get that twist and body lean thing going. That's the thing Clay Matthews had...arm over and ducking under an O-Line trying to block him but Clay was already by the guy heading to the QB.

He'll learn it....the dude has 4 sacks this year. That's actually kinda impressive since he's like 21.

Especially impressive since his playing time under Barry was pretty darn limited. Nessy would go into the game, make a great play, and then be recalled to the sideline. You'd think that after a positive play a coach would let a guy stay in to see if he can stack plays, especially early in the year as a highly touted rookie. But not Joe Barry. It must have been awfully discouraging at times to produce and then be yanked, but Nessy seems to have handled it well.

@Boris posted:

Looking forward to Rashaan Gary having better stamina in 2024

@H5 posted:

Don’t think we can play this clip of new #Packers LBs coach Anthony Campanelli on @WildeAndTausch without some major dump-buttoning by @_JesseNelson. But … wow. 🤬pic.twitter.com/uNIuf8NISu

— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) February 6, 2024

So the Dolphins replaced this guy with Joe Barry???

@Satori posted:

Rebrovich was one of the most animated of any of the coaches on defense − second maybe only to Barry − so Hafley will have three high-strung, spirited assistants to ramp up the energy on that side of the ball."

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