Arizona Shocker

TUCSON, Ariz.--Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez completed his football coaching staff today with the appointment of Jeff Casteel to defensive coordinator, David Lockwood as a defensive backs coach, Bill Kirelawich as defensive line coach and Spencer Leftwich as tight ends coach. Source ArizonaWildcats.com

I told you so. Naa na na

What has not come out yet is the fact that Jeff is being paid $400,000. That's what I said. That is actually less than he made at WVU. He made $400,000 a year there plus $25,000 for each year he stayed there.

Jeff, or Rich I should say, raided the assistant coaches from WVU too.

Why in the hell would those coaches leave WVU ? Here is the real answer. None of them got along with the head coach at WVU. OTOH, they all love Rich Rodriguez. 

That is the truth. It may leak out in a few weeks.

Jeff Casteel to AZ

You read it here first. Jeff Casteel is on the way to Arizona to be the Defensive Coordinator or Defensive Coach, put it any way you like. He will be a little richer working for Rich Rodriguez. The head coach reportedly gave up part of his salary to snag Casteel. Jeff made $400,000 at WV. Rumor is that he will make $750,000 at Arizona.

His arrival is barely in time for the recruiting season that will get rocking next Friday. He is one of the TOP defensive coaches in America. He will run a 3-3-5 defense. Rich likes the 3-3-5 scheme. Jeff will recruit speed rather than muscle for his defensive teams.

Arizona will now have a foot in every region for recruiting including the East Coast, West Coast, the Rocky Mountains, Texas, Arizona, everywhere.

Big time football is coming to Arizona. Defensive recruits will find Arizona an attractive school. The stadium is being upgraded as I write this. The 72 million dollar end zone improvement and new player facility can be seen on this live cam:

http://www.pdc.arizona.edu/webcam/NorthEndZone.aspx

Zona is on the move in football.

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