Former Chiefs defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast will reportedly become Cal's new defensive coordinator.
Earlier this month Pendergast accepted a job as the Raiders secondary coach. He had spent his last 15 years as an NFL assistant. In his days as Kansas City's DC, he specialized in the 3-4.
Kansas City's SBN site reacts to Pendergast's decision.
Arrowhead pride's story on his initial departure gives some insight on what the fans thought of him. It looks like they really liked him as a DB coach, but as a coordinator he was so-so.
Arrowhead pride with more on his initial departure. Again, they praise his DB coaching.
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I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of this guy before.
Is he good?
by Nashville on Feb 19, 2010 10:04 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Arizona’s defensive efficiency in 2008 (with Pendergast): 23rd in the NFL
Arizona’s defensive efficiency in 2009 (without Pendergast): 12th in the NFL
(Stats from football outsiders)
I can’t say much about this hire other than this: As a 49er fan, Arizona was not known for their defense when SF played them. I can’t begin to say if that’s Pendergast’s fault or not.
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Welcome to Cal Clancy!
Never heard of this guy and he seems to have an up and down resume (according to Wikipedia haha). I hope he ends up being a good hire for the Bears…
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I’m sure someone is already on it, but any additional information on this guy and his past successes/failures/strategies/etc would be greatly appreciated…
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In Tedford we trust, so lets hope that Clancy is a good fit for Cal… We already know his name is a good fit for Cal fans to use for complaints moving forward…
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by atomsareenough on Feb 19, 2010 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
Only when their name is Clancy….
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by CruzinBears on Feb 19, 2010 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
Yes
He ran a 3-4 at Kansas City and a 3-4 part of the time when he was at Arizona.
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by Berkelium97 on Feb 19, 2010 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
Here’s an article from SBnation’s Chiefs blog from when they hired Pendergast.
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Whoa, I screwed up that link. Well, Berkelium put it in the body of the fanshot anyway.
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Clancy Pendergast ran the 3-4 in Kansas City, though he was recently demoted after just one year as defensive coordinator. Pendergast also ran a 3-4 part of the time in Arizona in 2008. He was a defensive assistant under Gailey in Dallas, and they worked together for eight months in Kansas City in 2009 before Gailey was fired by first-year head coach Todd Haley.
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Just to have a face to associate w/ the name…
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by atomsareenough on Feb 19, 2010 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Real men keep it in their pants.
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by katster on Feb 19, 2010 10:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
You wanna see my BEND BUT DON'T BREAK beeotch!!!
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Call me optimistic but I like this hire
people will point to his being dismissed at both KC and Arizona as negatives and those who don’t like or agree with this hire will use those facts against Tedford.
However, I believe Clancy Pendergast did about as well as anyone could have done in KC. It was only his first year implementing the 3-4 in KC so he was taking a lot of round pieces and trying to fit them in square holes. In other words, he was taking defensive players and personel that were drafted or signed to play in a 4-3 and had to convert them to a 3-4, not an easy task at all. Plus that KC offense was terrible and often put the KC defense in some bad situations with turnovers or constant three and outs.
by SDBear on Feb 19, 2010 10:59 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Right on.
And Haley took Pendergast with him to KC for a reason. He didn’t have to. The hiring of Romeo and demotion of Clancy P. may not necessarily have been Haley’s decisions.
Neither the Cards or Chiefs have been loaded with defensive talent. You could argue that the biggest reason Arizona’s defensive stats improved in ‘09 (after Pendergast left) was because they finally added a running game to their offense and relieved pressure on the D. I’m just putting that out there — not that I’ve actually even looked at any stats. Just thinking that Beanie and Hightower must have been better than Old Edge was in 2008.
Just having someone who knows the 3-4 and has plenty of pro experience will be a huge plus for our program. Imagine the recruiting advantage we’d have had this year if we made this hire months ago, being able to tell George Uko and other D-studs that our DC knows what it takes to prepare them to play at the next level.
Wow. Until he proves otherwise, Pendergast is the best DC in the world IM(biased)O.
by Monica's Dad on Feb 19, 2010 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
Just thinking that Beanie and Hightower must have been better than Old Edge was in 2008.
Tim Hightower is the man. So….yes.
by Missing Barry on Feb 20, 2010 9:09 AM PST up reply actions
Wow…Arrowhead Pride has a dude with the usename HIV 2 Elway:
Go Bears by HIV 2 Elway on Feb 19, 2010 1:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
http://www.arrowheadpride.com/2010/2/19/1317850/former-chiefs-coach-pendergast#31052785
Must be an Old Blue.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
I’m sure Tedford knows what he’s doing…but it’s clear that while Pendergast might be a good DC for us, there’s nothing outstanding on his resume (relative to other coaches on his level).
I would say a Super Bowl appearance is nothing to write off
and a pretty amazing achievement.
Word is the Super Bowl is just slightly better than the Poinsettia Bowl.
by SDBear on Feb 19, 2010 11:08 AM PST up reply actions 4 recs
Oh come on. Arizona didn’t go to the Super Bowl because of their defense, any more than Indy went this year because of their running game.
by HolmoePhobe on Feb 19, 2010 11:24 AM PST up reply actions
The cards made it through the playoffs with the help of their defense, which was horrifyingly bad during the last half of that particular year.
Their playoff opponents averaged 4 turnovers a game. Delhomme threw 5 picks and they still only beat the Panthers by one score. People like to talk about defenses playing aggressively or “playing for turnovers”, but when someone a QB throws 5 picks it’s almost always because of the QB himself, not the defense.
by HolmoePhobe on Feb 19, 2010 11:30 AM PST up reply actions
Correction they beat the Panthers by 20 points
cmon now, so you are saying every pick by a QB is the fault of the QB? That it had nothing to do with pass rush, disguising coverage, good play calls by the DC, good coaching to ensure the DB’s were in their right places?
I would like to see what the Cards playoff opponents average number of turnovers was during the regular season. Averaging four turnovers a game in the playoffs (which usually means you are going against the better offensive teams in the NFL) is a tough thing to do and impressive.
You’re right, I was confusing it with the Eagles game.
I don’t think it’s 100% the fault of a QB, but if team A’s QB throws 5 picks, it seems like a stretch to say that team B’s defense won the game for them.
by HolmoePhobe on Feb 19, 2010 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
That makes no sense to me. So, the more success the D has, the less you credit them?
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It’s like you didn’t even read my comment.
Interceptions aren’t all due to smart defensive moves like Porter in the Super Bowl. As a Cal fan, you should have plenty of memories of quarterbacks flinging the ball into a pack of DBs about 20 feet from the nearest receiver.
To return to the original point upthread – just because a team wins games doesn’t mean it has a good (defense/running game/special teams/whatever). The 2008 Cardinals are a good example of that, as were the 2008 Steelers, and the 2009 Colts.
by HolmoePhobe on Feb 19, 2010 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Got it...
So what you’re saying is Clancy Pendergast may or may not have had a positive influence on the Cardinals 2008 defense, as seen by turn overs stats…
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by CruzinBears on Feb 19, 2010 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
I may or may not be Clancy Pendergast.
by atomsareenough on Feb 19, 2010 12:29 PM PST up reply actions
All I’m saying is that the Cardinals going to the Super Bowl may not necessarily mean that the Cardinals had a good defense.
by HolmoePhobe on Feb 19, 2010 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
I think you are confused once again
Interceptions aren’t all due to smart defensive moves like Porter in the Super Bowl.
Porter was not on the last Steelers team to win a SB. I believe you are getting Porter mixed up with James Harrison. Harrison was the one who intercepted the ball and raced 100 yards for a score.
Good Grab
If you’re a top DC in the NFL, your next step is HC in the NFL…not DC in college.
by DavidsonBear on Feb 19, 2010 12:07 PM PST up reply actions
there’s nothing outstanding on his resume (relative to other coaches on his level).
I speculate Cal Football’s budget for assistant coaches isn’t at the level of Cal’s peers. Thus, I think the best guys Cal fans can hope for are guys like Clancy, Ludwig, Marshall, Cignetti, etc. and hope they continue to find diamonds in the rough like Lupoi.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
by carp on Feb 19, 2010 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I speculate Cal Football’s budget for assistant coaches isn’t at the level of Cal’s peers.
It’s not, we had a post about this a while ago. Cal spends less on assistants than most other schools (but still spends a decent amount on coaches overall because Tedford gets paid the big bucks).
by Missing Barry on Feb 19, 2010 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
that’s because I posted it.
"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark
Cal spends less on assistants than most other schools because you posted that Cal spends less on assistants than most other schools?!
HYDROTECH FOR DC
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 19, 2010 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
It’s like you didn’t even read his comment.
Cal still spends a decent amount on coaches overall because Tedford gets paid the big bucks, because Carp posted it.
Oh, its not “like” I didn’t read his comment…
HYDROTECH FOR DC
by Spazzy Mcgee on Feb 19, 2010 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Well that’s just confusing that you’d speculate on something you know since you posted actual research on it. Geez.
by Missing Barry on Feb 19, 2010 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching the college coaching carousel, it’s that what happens in the NFL doesn’t necessarily mean beans at the college level and vice-versa. They’re just totally different animals. He could be an amazing college d-coordinator. We’ll just have to find out. The fact that people raved about his secondaries is encouraging considering our secondary’s epic fail this year.
by suessbear on Feb 19, 2010 11:06 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Yep very true indeed and I am also encouraged that
coaching DB’s seems to be one of his strengths, as Cal could use all the help they could get in this area.
Plus recrutiing is huge in college, any evidence he can recruit well? Not like Cal really needs him with Tosh recruiting for the defense….
by Missing Barry on Feb 19, 2010 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if he’ll want/be able to bring in one or more of “his guys” to be asst d coaches.
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I assume the quickness of this means that Tedford knew BG was going to leave for a while now, independent of whose decision that was.
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Potential landing spots for Pendergast are unclear at the moment. He’s been “relieved of his duties” from his last two defensive coordinator stints in as many years so I would be a bit surprised if he was anything more than a position coach in 2010.
Uh, this doesn’t bode well does it? But I guess that’s in the NFL.
Depends on the source of said block quote…
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by CruzinBears on Feb 19, 2010 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
We'll try and have something on Pendergast ASAP
Right now, keep on discussing him here.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 19, 2010 1:18 PM PST reply actions
I have something on my blog
so if they want to find out more, they can check that out
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looks like your blog’s down if this is the correct address:
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--Coach Clark
Thanks
for smashing hopes. KC was #31 in d against the run in 2009 with Pendergast, but… #30 in 2008 and #28 in 2007 – seems like personnel to me.
It doesn’t seem he made much a difference in defending the pass at least in YPG. Pts/G didn’t change much between the 2008 and 2009 seasons for KC 26.5 and 27.something. I think he just had crap to work with.
That said, its the most I’ve looked at stats in a while. I don’t even know what his approach was, or whether he was getting anywhere with developing the defense – i mean he only had a season.
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Yeah, I saw it as the lack of talent. He had crap to begin with, but the guy’s a DB coach. I think he’ll improve our secondary.
"But it only takes five future unabombers to take what should be a 400-comment thread and turn it into a 1,200-comment one full of anger… anger I suspect has more to do with the fact that they can’t land the hot chick rather than the fact that we signed Aubrey Huff instead of gave Garko a chance after dealing away a supposedly valuable prospect for him." -mlb22
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Not sure if this link was posted yet:
http://www.profootballcentral.com/2008/08/24/pros-and-cons-arizona-cardinals-defense/
Unfortunately, that piece doesn’t really back up any points about his style with references to facts.
Vague conclusory statements! CGB’s favorite!
by calbeers05753 on Feb 19, 2010 3:17 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t even like things that are conclusory!
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wut
“This is the ultimate flex defense.”
… and wut:
“Cardinals Defensive Coordinator Clancy Pendergast desires to succeed but the Defense is not consistent, they do get turnovers in his high risk high reward- bend don’t break schemes, but they should do better with the talent Cards defensive players possess.”
contradiction much?
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Don’t ever post anything suggesting he runs that horrible phrase again!
by Missing Barry on Feb 20, 2010 9:11 AM PST up reply actions
Aggressive D
The signature of Pendergast’s defenses during his tenure as an NFL defensive coordinator was the ability to force turnovers, with his six squads racking up a combined 176 total takeaways (92 interceptions, 84 fumble recoveries). For the five-year period from 2004-08, his Arizona teams ranked eighth in the NFL by forcing 148 turnovers (77 interceptions, 71 fumbles).
“We want to play smart, tough and aggressive,” said Pendergast. “Those will be the three keys.”
http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021910aaa.html
The release is homer-warm and fuzzy, but I am going to stay optimistic about this. Yeah, this guy has been shuffled around for a while, but most of his recent career has been at the NFL level. Its hard to know how he will translate at Cal.
Pendergast was dropped off when Crennel came into KC, joining Weis and Pioli to make it a little Pats reunion party – its not like he was kicked out solely based on performance. And I am excited to see if he can get the same results out of our D that he got with his time at the Cards – at least the turnover part (just read the comment above mine – yikes). Not that its relevant whatsoever, but the cards in the NFC playoffs were definitely propped by their defense making some plays for the ball.
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umm… are some of you guys serious?
this guy has a much better resume than a lot (all but Kiffin?) of Pac-10 DCs and worked his way up as a DC in the NFL… this is a much better job than the DC at a Pac-10 school with no little football tradition/monster $$$
and the D played a huge part in the Arizona Super Bowl run. of course, the talent on AZ was playing out of its mind.
just another coach who can point to NFL experience for recruiting … and it didn’t take too long; Bears can get back to practicing.
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by Avinash Kunnath on Feb 20, 2010 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
Don't Discount the Resume - How Did I Miss All This Gregory Leaving
Arizona always had horrible defense but the fact they made the Superbowl run was strictly because the defense outplayed expectations. Jake Delhomme still hasn’t recovered from what the Cards did to him. A La Gregg Williams (of the Saints Superbowl Win), Pendergast seems willing to attack, live with the risks, and create short fields for the explosive offense (the new NFL model – Cal still working on offense that can stay on the field.)
This guy has a legit resume. Yes Haley demoted him, but he also brought him with him from Arizona when he got the job originally, so I think that attests to the confidence in his abilities. The fact he specializes in DBs would be super because Gregory clearly did not. I hope he’s better than Marshall but I think the NFL resume will only help recruits – I have to say its a better resume than Gregory, more experience with the 3-4, so it stands to be a big upgrade.
Go Clancy go! Sounds almost as smooth as Teddy Pendergass or Terry Pendleton.
by Sick_tosh_on_'em on Feb 22, 2010 6:05 PM PST reply actions
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