You should have said FORMER starting defensive lineman. IMO, neither Williams or McMullen were going to be starters next fall. Maurice and Davis were going to be starting inside with McMullen, Williams etal backing them up. This hurts our depth badly but is not that big of a blow to our 2 deep. Our 2 deep will be fine. The issue is what happens if we lose one of our top 4 inside guys. JP's resume still looks awfully damned good IF you take off former Blackshirt. Just substitute any other school's name and look at the accomplishments. He's a position coach not a coordinator.
can we stop ... he may very well turn out to be a damn good hire but if you look at the coaching experience of all the defensive line coaches in the BIG prior to joining their current team only JP and Iowa's def line coach had zero prior division 1 coaching experience
here is a list of coaching experience
PRIOR to being hired at a BIG TEN program
again he may end up great but on the surface it looks like we threw the resumes in the garbage and hired the chick with the big rack and nice ass
JP -- juco + 2 years Div 2
Iowa - long time high school head coach
Michigan - previous def coordinator for Baltimore Ravens
OSU - Larry Johnson - 15+ years at Penn State
MSU - 10 years def line at Air Force
PSU - 10+ years experince coaching div 1 d line
Wisconsin - previous Pitt, UCLA, weber state, Montana
Minnesota - 5+ years north illinois def line coach
Illinois - 5 years def line coach chicago bears
NW - 15+ years - Arizona, Nevada, Wash St
Purdue - 10 years div 1 def line
Indiana - 10+ div 1 def line coach
Maryland - NFL def line coach and Div 1 def line coach 5+ years
Rutgers - NFL def line coach + Div 1 def line coach 5+ years