Inge is leaving

[thirdgenhoosier]

Going to be the DC at Fresno.  Saw it on football scoop.

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[bryan200088]

Not going to mourn this loss. Good luck Coach Inge. I think we can improve with the next hire

[Leathernecks]

Inge seemed like he did a good job as a recruiter, but his special teams left a lot to be desired.  I would guess our improved special teams this year was more due to the fact that Allen wasn't doing defense and had more time to work with other areas.

I thought Inge was a lot better when he was coaching defensive positions, and I wish we would have moved him back there before this year.  As a special teams coach, I think we can do a lot better.

[thirdgenhoosier]

3 hours ago, Leathernecks said:

Inge seemed like he did a good job as a recruiter, but his special teams left a lot to be desired.  I would guess our improved special teams this year was more due to the fact that Allen wasn't doing defense and had more time to work with other areas.

I thought Inge was a lot better when he was coaching defensive positions, and I wish we would have moved him back there before this year.  As a special teams coach, I think we can do a lot better.

I was more concerned about losing him as a recruiter.  Seems his departure may hurt on that end.

[Leathernecks]

40 minutes ago, thirdgenhoosier said:

I was more concerned about losing him as a recruiter.  Seems his departure may hurt on that end.

It always seemed like he did a good job recruiting, but I wonder how much he did after he was moved from defense to special teams.  It could have still be a lot, I honestly don't know.  I know a lot of times guys recruit their position, so I'm not sure how that has worked the last year and a half.

[Zlinedavid]

You can look at this one of two ways:

A) DeBoer is poaching coaches for his staff.

B) Tom Allen can build a staff worth poaching.

I choose to look at it as B. Inge was a good recruiter but a meh DC. A loss, but not a crippling one.

[iu2win]

Not sure there would be much interest in poaching a ST coach who chose to leave only 4 players on an island for that onside kick with a national tv audience watching the gator bowl.  And then there's that thing . . . uh, whatever it was . . . on 4th down during the Penn State game.  IMHO there certainly has been a pattern enough to suggest Inge may have been on the way out regardless.