New DC is officially Ellis Johnson

http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/Clemson-co-DC-Charlie-Harbison-expected-to-join-AU-staff-105787

Looks like Malzahn is wanting his Coordinators to be up in the box.

If it helps us give up less than 20 PPG on defense they can do it from a coma ward for all I care.

AUChizad · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:32:27 AM »

Quote from: djsimp on December 09, 2012, 10:21:56 AM

http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/Clemson-co-DC-Charlie-Harbison-expected-to-join-AU-staff-105787

Looks like Malzahn is wanting his Coordinators to be up in the box.

So, I didn't see much discussion on this hire.

Thoughts?

Will our DBs suck less? Supposedly a pretty good recruiter, at least.

Saw an article that said Clemson ranked 74th nationally in total defense. Not much improvement over Auburn's 80th ranking. However, Auburn's secondary was 100th in the nation in pass efficiency against, while Clemson was 26th. That's significant, I suppose.

Also:

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At Mississippi State, where Harbison was defensive coordinator and safeties coach, the Bulldogs were seventh in the nation in pass defense and 20th in the nation in pass efficiency defense in 2007.

Which is good.

The article also says:

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Harbison coached the Alabama secondary from 1998-2000 and wide receivers in 2003-06. In 21 years of coaching, Harbison has spent 12 with defensive backs and nine with wide receivers.

I'm not sure that's true.

According to teh wikis (which are never wrong), it looks like he was only a WR coach at Alabama for both of his stints, and has only coached WRs there besides his first year coaching at Gardnerâ€“Webb.

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1992-1993    Gardner-Webb (WR)
1994     UTEP (DB)
1995-1997   Clemson (DB)
1998-2000   Alabama (WR)
2001-2002   Louisiana State (DB)
2003-2006   Alabama (WR)
2007-2008   Mississippi State (DC)
2009-2012   Clemson (Co-DC/DB)
2013-present Auburn (Co-DC/DB)

Thoughts?

AUChizad · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2012, 10:39:13 AM »

I will add that I also think it's interesting that Lashlee will be sort of a "co-offensive coordinator" to Gus, since he's obviously going to be the man running the show offensively, then we get a co-defensive coordinator in Harbison.

Interesting that Harbison has been DB coach under Johnson as DC at three different programs (1995-96 at Clemson, 1998-2000 at Alabama, and 2007 at Mississippi State).

The Prowler · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2012, 05:04:10 PM »

I'm happy that we landed Coach Cheese, he knows Coach Johnson's Defense, plus he's a really good recruiter. He's not as good as Coach Troop, he's more along the lines of Coach Thig.

War Eagle!!! · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2012, 05:15:03 PM »

Quote from: The Prowler on December 10, 2012, 05:04:10 PM

I'm happy that we landed Coach Cheese, he knows Coach Johnson's Defense, plus he's a really good recruiter. He's not as good as Coach Troop, he's more along the lines of Coach Thig.

Well hell. I thought we had landed a really really good recruiter but it looks like we only landed a really good recruiter.

Tiger Wench · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2012, 05:46:27 PM »

Quote from: War Eagle!!! on December 10, 2012, 05:15:03 PM

Well hell. I thought we had landed a really really good recruiter but it looks like we only landed a really good recruiter.

Unless we didn't.