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Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by Mr Lisle » Wed Aug 16, 2017 10:20 am

Clay served as a grad assistant defensive coach for Notre Dame last season. He's on the ND coaches roster serving in the same capacity again this year.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:42 pm

New DC at Southern Miss.

Pretty awesome for him. Was formerly the DC at Eastern Illinois.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by technoCat » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:16 pm

Wow! That is awesome!


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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by wbtfg » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:37 pm

Big play Clay! Good for him!



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by Cledus » Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:42 pm

Here's the story from the Southern Miss athletics site:

Football Names Clay Bignell Defensive Coordinator


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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:37 pm

Fun fact.

Clay very much wanted to coach at MSU, reached out to the HC, and was very succinctly told no.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by saintcat40 » Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm

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Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm

saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
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Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by Cledus » Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm

BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.


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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by msufaithful » Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:54 am

Cledus wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.
Marcus played for MSU, it was Mike Ferriter he was the wide receiver coach then went to ISU and was the OC.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by MSU01 » Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:14 am

Cledus wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.
Is it really a headscratcher? Choate had no prior relationship with Clay and may have simply had another coach in mind already for the position Clay was interested in. It's nice for fans to have former players on staff but being a former player is also by no means a guarantee of being hired by a head coach you've never worked with before.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by Cledus » Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:22 am

MSU01 wrote:
Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:14 am
Cledus wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.
Is it really a headscratcher? Choate had no prior relationship with Clay and may have simply had another coach in mind already for the position Clay was interested in. It's nice for fans to have former players on staff but being a former player is also by no means a guarantee of being hired by a head coach you've never worked with before.
Yes, it absolutely, 100% is a headscratcher for me. Choate surrounded himself with assistants and coaches who have ties to and understand the importance of the Cat griz rivalry. It doesn't get much better than a former player. That, and at least give Bignell an informal interview and devote a few minutes to discussing his philosophy to see if it aligns with his goals for the program before saying no.

There is nothing about what I just said that should be controversial. If we recruit athletes with no position in mind there is nothing unreasonable about the same approach when hiring coaches. Sometimes, you're #1 candidate goes out and does something stupid like getting a DUI, so it's good to have options.


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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by Cledus » Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:24 am

msufaithful wrote:
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:54 am
Cledus wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.
Marcus played for MSU, it was Mike Ferriter he was the wide receiver coach then went to ISU and was the OC.
That's right. I knew it was Ferriter and started with an M but forgot the rest. It got me to thinking what happened to him since Hawkins was hired.


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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by BelligerentBobcat » Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:27 am

MSU01 wrote:
Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:14 am
Cledus wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.
Is it really a headscratcher? Choate had no prior relationship with Clay and may have simply had another coach in mind already for the position Clay was interested in. It's nice for fans to have former players on staff but being a former player is also by no means a guarantee of being hired by a head coach you've never worked with before.
I’m not saying it was a bad thing, just interesting.

It’s clearly worked out better for Clay. I hope he does well. Seems like some really high caliber coaches have great things to say about him.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by iaafan » Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:40 am

Would Clay and Kane be on a list of future head coach candidates? Not sure if that’s their aspiration but I assume most coaches want to be head coaches.



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Re: Former Cat Linebacker Clay Bignell

Post by msufaithful » Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:50 pm

Cledus wrote:
Wed Dec 13, 2023 10:24 am
msufaithful wrote:
Wed Dec 13, 2023 7:54 am
Cledus wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:37 pm
BelligerentBobcat wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:33 pm
saintcat40 wrote:
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:09 pm
@BelligerentBobcat

Which head coach? Choate or Vigen? I assume Vigen, but wanted to clarify.
Choate. Would’ve been as a position coach.
I’m sure he had his reasons, but it’s still a head scratcher. No different than Böbbäë Häüçk firing a former player already on the coaching staff when he was rehired. Can’t recall precisely, but I think it was Marcus Ferriter.
Marcus played for MSU, it was Mike Ferriter he was the wide receiver coach then went to ISU and was the OC.
That's right. I knew it was Ferriter and started with an M but forgot the rest. It got me to thinking what happened to him since Hawkins was hired.
Mike is the offensive coordinator for Central Washington



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