Freddie Kitchens: vaguely employed

[MoFlo]

View: https://twitter.com/TomSilverstein/status/1085989061062479873?s=19

 

[FrontPageNews]

View: https://twitter.com/TomSilverstein/status/1085989061062479873?s=19

I’ve never heard of defensive pass game coordinator. Sounds like a resume stuffer.

 

[FrontPageNews]

I think that completes the staff now

 

[MD13]

View: https://twitter.com/alexmarvez/status/1086031072176017414?s=19


Love how Freddie is hiring guys from all over and not just sticking to the practice of promoting guys you've worked with before. Frank Reich said a similar thing about building his staff:

View: https://twitter.com/robertmays/status/1083240009937944576?s=19


What this is telling me about Freddie is that so far at least, he's running the team the same way he ran the offense last season: as a democracy where he values input from everyone. I said before that the thing I valued most in our coaching hire was openness to new ideas, so this is a tremendously positive sign for me.

 

[CBBI]

View: https://twitter.com/FootballScoop/status/1086045836335816705

 

[FrontPageNews]

 

[CBBI]

Parrella had a long career as a player. His coaching career is pretty limited.

As player:

• Buffalo Bills (1993)
• San Diego Chargers (1994–2001)
• Oakland Raiders (2002–2004)

As coach:

• Dublin (CA) Valley Christian HS (2009–2012)
  Head coach
• Chabot College (2013)
  Assistant coach
• Northern Michigan (2014–2015)
  Assistant coach (defensive line)
• Nebraska (2016–2017)
  Assistant coach (defensive line)

 

[CBBI]

Head Coach: Freddie Kitchens
Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Jody Wright

Offensive Coordinator: Todd Monken
Quarterbacks: Ryan Lindley
Running Backs/Run Game Coordinator: Stump Mitchell
Wide Receivers: Adam Henry
Tight Ends: John Lilly
Offensive Line/Associate Head Coach: James Campen
Assistant Offensive Line: TBD
Quality Control: Tyler Tettelton
Quality Control: Jim Dray

Defensive Coordinator: Steve Wilks
Defensive Line: Tosh Lupoi
Assistant Defensive Line: John Parrella
Linebackers/Defensive Run Game Coordinator: Al Holcomb
Secondary/Defensive Pass Game Coordinator: Joe Whitt Jr.
Senior Defensive Specialist: Chris Jones
Quality Control: TBD
Quality Control: TBD

Special Teams Coordinator: Mike Priefer
Assistant Special Teams: TBD

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Kind of weird that one concern many of us had about making Freddie HC was his ability to hire a good staff. Turns out to be a significant strength.

Seems that while many fans (including me), media, etc., didn't know about Freddie, an awful lot of very savvy football people did. And liked him.

That's a pretty comforting thought.

 

[MoFlo]

Lilly was also the Assistant to the HC at Tennessee

 

[CBBI]

Lilly was also the Assistant to the HC at Tennessee

As best I can tell, Lilly’s bio looks like this...

1998-2007 Florida State
Tight Ends and Recruiting Coordinator

2008-2013 Georgia
Tight Ends

2014-2015 Georgia
Tight Ends and Offensive Special Teams

2016 St. Louis Rams
Tight Ends

2017 Out of Football

2018 Tennessee
Assistant to the Head Coach

 

[FrontPageNews]

As best I can tell, Lilly’s bio looks like this...

1998-2007 Florida State
Tight Ends and Recruiting Coordinator

2008-2013 Georgia
Tight Ends

2014-2015 Georgia
Tight Ends and Offensive Special Teams

2016 St. Louis Rams
Tight Ends

2017 Out of Football

2018 Tennessee
Assistant to the Head Coach

Jeff fishers TE coach. Fantastic.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Jeff fishers TE coach. Fantastic.

Does it really matter? Kitchens had no problem utilizing our TEs last year. All three of them scored touchdowns and Njoku had a bunch of big plays. I don't expect that to change.

 

[Cement]

Lilly was also the Assistant to the HC at Tennessee

Don't you mean Assistant HC?

 

[Jack Brickman]

Don't you mean Assistant HC?