Kansas Football Rumors: Defensive Coordinator Willie Martinez? Tight Ends Coach Jeff Blasko?
by Owen on Jan 6, 2012 9:48 AM CST
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PrintA couple of new rumors appear to be circulating regarding the Kansas football coaching staff. The defensive coordinator search continues to be one of the more closely watched and scrutinized assistant spots for Kansas and at this point it might be approaching a greater level of anticipation than the Charlie Weis hire simply because it has been a fairly drawn out process.
There were the Al Groh rumors, the Mike Nolan rumors and Jim Leavitt hopefuls. All those names seem to have sort of moved to the wayside and a new one has popped on the radar and that is Oklahoma Assistant Coach/Secondary Coach Willie Martinez. The JayhawkSlant recently tweeted that there appears to be a lot of smoke surrounding this possibility at the moment.
Martinez made a name for himself at Georgia where he spent nine seasons, five of those years as the defensive coordinator. He was ultimately run out of Georgia and that might be a ding as people begin to break down his resume. But at this point it's still all rumor so no sense in getting too worked up about a defensive coordinator that hasn't actually been named yet.
On the offensive front, Matt Tait is reporting Jeff Blasko as a name to watch as a possible Tight End's coach. Currently the Kansas offensive staff is comprised of Weis as the assumed Offensive Coordinator, Ron Powlus(QB's), Reggie Mitchell(RB's), Tim Grunhard(OL) and Rob Ianello(WR)
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Regarding Martinez
A friend who covers the Sooners for CBSSports.com told me he likely wasn’t returning to OU’s staff. It’s a combination of the inevitable return of Mike Stoops to Norman and a bad secondary last season.
Still, would be a good get for KU and Coach Weis.
Maybe never mind on Martinez
Jayhawk Slant now saying on Twitter he’s been offered DC job at Illinois.
Watching Oklahoma's secondary the last few years...
I would sure like to believe he isn’t the choice.
by hiphopopotamus on Jan 6, 2012 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Outside of some busted coverages
Which IMO is as much about the overly and unnecessarily complicated scheme OU runs, I’ve got no issues with Martinez’s time in Norman. He had yet to really prove himself as a recruiter, at least at OU, so that would be my only concern were I a KU fan. But he’s got plenty of ties on the east coast and now in TX as well.
Another Twitter update from Jayhawk Slant
We’ve confirmed Willie Martinez isn’t visiting Lawrence and has not been offered the DC job. Likely destination- Big 10 #kufball
What about the old UofI DC?
I seem to recall their D was really solid, and that the guy had some ties this way.
Blasko strikes me as an interesting hire
He’s got a very short resume, which he’s leveraged into an interim QB coach role with Florida and now a potential hand-picked role at TE with KU.
He must have a silver tonque with the recruits, or have a lot of potential as a young coach. The kool-aid drinker in me is reading this as a ploy to get in on a few recruits Florida has in their sights.
Blasko is new
but Charlie would have had a front row seat in his eval. Sounds great to be able to pick up a quality young guy.
Heard on the radio that he was leaning towards KSU yesterday.
I found that highly questionable based on his time at Miege.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
Rock Chalk Talk
Ha, no. That's a last resort for me.
Maybe it was on the Border Patrol, either way I didn’t buy it.
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
Rock Chalk Talk
Breaking news:
Justin McCay is a Jayhawk per JayhawkSlant’s twitter
Atta boy Grunny. http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-Justin-McCay-68780
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