Michigan hires Wink Martindale as defensive coordinator. What does it mean?
The Michigan Insider
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4.6 • 855 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Zach Shaw and Steve Lorenz break down Michigan’s decision to hire Don “Wink” Martindale as its next defensive coordinator, and what’s next for him and the Wolverines.
They open with an assessment of Michigan’s selection of Martindale, and dole out grades for the hire. They discuss Martindale’s strengths as a schematic coach, flush with high-level experience, and the continuity he can bring to a Michigan defense that thrived under two of Martindale’s mentees over the last three seasons. They also look at question marks the follow the hire, including Martindale’s potential shortcoming in recruiting, curiosity about how he’ll coach younger, less knowledgable players and how he’ll handle an effective demotion by returning to the college game.
They continue the discussion by zooming out, and looking at what Michigan should prioritize as it fills out the rest of its defensive coaching staff, and how big of a concern player retention is on the defensive side of the ball right now.
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| 0:40.3 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:40.9 | Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. |
| 0:46.4 | I'm your host, Zach Shaw, Steve Lorenz, here with me. |
| 0:48.9 | This episode is going to center around Michigan's hiring of Don Wink Martindale as its next defensive coordinator. |
| 0:55.3 | We'll talk about the pros of the hiring, the questions that we have, maybe the next step for |
| 1:01.7 | Michigan as it tries to put its staff together, and then some other key topics related to this |
| 1:08.1 | hire. For those that are not familiar, Wink has been a NFL coach for the last 20 years. |
| 1:14.7 | He's been a defensive coordinator for close to half of those, |
| 1:18.2 | including four seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, |
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