Defensive Linemen and Joe Greene

[SHOSS]

I'm about to re-iterate one of the most obvious points ever, but what the heck. I'm inspired based on all the random points I've heard over the last 48 hours...

I was listening to a spare radio show Saturday before noon, and I heard them ask a question. "Why do SEC defenses appear to be head and shoulders above the rest of the country?" Now you can debate the merits of the general statement based on your particular big boy program biases(I was raised a big 10 fan, specically Ohio State), but consistently this has held true in my eyes... this year it is bama and lsu...

Follow me on this here... if defensive line(DT, DE, and LB's) is in fact the key(which I agree with),then how can we tap into this most precious of limited resources? D-MAC is obviously going to have to continue his track record of developing kids at this position...but here is my question... I just heard boomer and the rest of the annoying personalities talk about Suh for the Lions...comparing him to Our Own Mean Joe... He then proceeded to make a point about Suh that included singling out Mean Joe as being THE transcendent player on one of the greatest defenses/dynasties ever in the NFL.

Have we ever tried to hire Mean Joe as a Recruiting specialist/staff member to sit his legendary butt in young men's living rooms, vouching for D-MAC's ability to coach and develop the highest level of the most important part of a football team?(ok, maybe outside of QB and o-line...stay with me here).

Just curious if Mean Joe has ever been on staff at U of NT? Are the number of coaches on staff at a university limited by any ncaa rules? Just having him recruiting all year long seems like it would be one of those advantages that seems obvious that we should take FULL advantage of...

Sorry, I'm sure this has been covered over and over and over... I was just inspired by a stupid saturday morning radio show and the sunday morning nfl preview this morning...

Go figure, another thread about recruiting defensive linemen

Go Mean Green!

[greenminer]

I think Mean Joe still scouts for the NFL. But he seems to pop his head around at least once a year into the AD, and they have him give a speech or shake hands with recruits at a game.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Have we ever tried to hire Mean Joe as a Recruiting specialist/staff member to sit his legendary butt in young men's living rooms, vouching for D-MAC's ability to coach and develop the highest level of the most important part of a football team?(ok, maybe outside of QB and o-line...stay with me here).

Just curious if Mean Joe has ever been on staff at U of NT? Are the number of coaches on staff at a university limited by any ncaa rules? Just having him recruiting all year long seems like it would be one of those advantages that seems obvious that we should take FULL advantage of...

Yes, there are limits on that. I don't have the rules in front of me, but only the limited number of coaches on staff are allowed to recruit. Wouldn't mind having him as a D-line coach, though. I don't think he'd be interested, though.

[DeepGreen]

Yes, there are limits on that. I don't have the rules in front of me, but only the limited number of coaches on staff are allowed to recruit. Wouldn't mind having him as a D-line coach, though. I don't think he'd be interested, though.

Joe is getting up there in age.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Joe is getting up there in age.

Maybe, but I don't think he's as old as Mike Nelson.

[ntmeangreen11]

Wow, that's a brilliant idea. I highly doubt he'd be willing to be a part of the staff and I'm pretty sure he's lived 4 hours away or so for a long long time.

Having the Mean Joe Gr7eene come to recruit you would give us an advantage over all the Texas schools except Texas/A&M/Tech. That would be awesome, probably won't ever happen though.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Wow, that's a brilliant idea. I highly doubt he'd be willing to be a part of the staff and I'm pretty sure he's lived 4 hours away or so for a long long time.

Having the Mean Joe Gr7eene come to recruit you would give us an advantage over all the Texas schools except Texas/A&M/Tech. That would be awesome, probably won't ever happen though.

I highly doubt it as well. But I'm not sure what route you take to get to his house in Hickory Creek that would take you 4 hours from Denton.