Mike Ekeler - LB Coach Georgia - It's official!

[Stix]

Submitted for your approval:  Billy Cobham with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1972:

 

[Stix]

I can't believe this footage exists!  Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

 

[TheWestie]

I can't believe this footage exists!  Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

 

DEM TRIPLETS ...

[MeanGreenTexan]

Quite possibly the greatest hijacking of a thread I've seen on GMG.com in a long time, if ever.

All you guys citing famous rock band drummers need to stop down and listen to Stix's boy above as well as Elvin Jones & Max Roach.  These are real drummers.

They used to do 'drum battles' back in the day...    Enjoy (with a little Buddy Rich thrown in at the end):
 

 

[Eagle-96]

 

[MeanGreenSig]

[BillySee58]

Looks like he will be our DC.

[Brett Vito]

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/12/report-mike-ekeler-is-headed-to-unt.html/

 

[Christopher Walker]

MGB:

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/12/report-mike-ekeler-is-headed-to-unt.html/

 

The Vito-sees-it-here-first bug strikes again!

[Eagle-96]

Looks like he will be our DC.

Nice. But does he play drums?

[Green Mean]

[Eagle-96]

Vito just reported that chicks dig drummers. Unrelated.

[TheReal_jayD]

Woo Hoo another young energetic coordinator. I love it. Excited for those 2016 season

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

This is really exciting, guys. Now let's get to recruiting! 

[Eagle-96]

I am assuming he will coach linebackers so that gives us:

HC- Littrell

OC/QB - Graham Harrell

RB/ST - Tommy Perry(possibly)

WR - Joel Filani

OL - Brad Davis

TE - Maybe Littrell

 

DC/LB - Mike Ekeler

DL - Kevin Patrick(possibly)

CB - ???

S - ???

Not sure if Ekeler will want to combine CB and S into a DB coach or separate them.

GA's - ???

 

[EagleGreen]

This is a good hire.  He's no Jeremy Pruitt, but we are no Alabama.   I like the hire and it seems like we have a young energetic coaching staff that could really take off and do good things.  Now we need to trick some all-star kids into coming here and believe that it will be the right move.  Then we can boom.

[MGNation92]

I am assuming he will coach linebackers so that gives us:

HC- Littrell

OC/QB - Graham Harrell

RB/ST - Tommy Perry(possibly)

WR - Joel Filani

OL - Brad Davis

TE - Maybe Littrell

 

DC/LB - Mike Ekeler

DL - Kevin Patrick(possibly)

CB - ???

S - ???

Not sure if Ekeler will want to combine CB and S into a DB coach or separate them.

GA's - ???

 

I'm interested to see if he brings in another WR coach, just because you typically see an inside and outside WR coach on air raid staffs. 

[Wag Tag]

I am assuming he will coach linebackers so that gives us:

HC- Littrell

OC/QB - Graham Harrell

RB/ST - Tommy Perry(possibly)

WR - Joel Filani

OL - Brad Davis

TE - Maybe Littrell

 

DC/LB - Mike Ekeler

DL - Kevin Patrick(possibly)

CB - ???

S - ???

Not sure if Ekeler will want to combine CB and S into a DB coach or separate them.

GA's - ???

 

Marcus Trice GA???

[MeanGreenTexan]

Marcus Trice GA???

If he's interested, it would be a smart move.

[Cerebus]

I'm interested to see if he brings in another WR coach, just because you typically see an inside and outside WR coach on air raid staffs. 

That's what I was expecting.  

[Eagle-96]

I'm interested to see if he brings in another WR coach, just because you typically see an inside and outside WR coach on air raid staffs. 

I believe the limit is still 9 assistant coaches and 4 GA's.  If that's the case then it will hinge on the combination of duties like Special Teams and one other position(like Perry does now) Littrell could decide to combine S/CB or IWR/OWR. He may want to give up TE duties as well.

[TheReal_jayD]

I am assuming he will coach linebackers so that gives us:

HC- Littrell

OC/QB - Graham Harrell

RB/ST - Tommy Perry(possibly)

WR - Joel Filani

OL - Brad Davis

TE - Maybe Littrell

 

DC/LB - Mike Ekeler

DL - Kevin Patrick(possibly)

CB - ???

S - ???

Not sure if Ekeler will want to combine CB and S into a DB coach or separate them.

GA's - ???

 

barbo 

Summerfield 

Byrd 

I figure by the sounds of it they are staying on 

[MGNation92]

I'll just go ahead and say it so everyone knows:

He's a P5 position coach. No G5 experience. Will he suck? Probably

[TheReal_jayD]

I'll just go ahead and say it so everyone knows:

He's a P5 position coach. No G5 experience. Will he suck? Probably

why you gonna still his thunder like?? What else will he have to do at the nursing home today??

[Cerebus]

Look I'm a rock guy, but remember we go to a jazz school.  Everyone throwing out rock drummers really needs to listen to some jazz drummers,  like Ginger Baker who I posted above.

You don't have to wail incredibly hard on the drums to be really impressive,  just keeping perfect time in a strange time signature would blow most rock drummers out of the water: