donnie had an entire season to land 1 single kid.
he failed while others were bringing in eventual starters.
it is what it is. it's clear Donnie isn't going anywhere and Dana now has 2 jobs to do.
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he failed while others were bringing in eventual starters.
it is what it is. it's clear Donnie isn't going anywhere and Dana now has 2 jobs to do.
Rhule himself knows how to coach the O- Line so Dana doesn’t need doing 2 jobs.. Quit brain farting.
Give this subject a rest..
I really don't know why you have such a personal axe to grind on behalf of Uncle Don.
then again, he is not the first under performer you've taken up the mantle for.
I assume everyone here wants the absolute best players, coaches, admins in the world at NU. and I assume everyone here wants to go 16-0 every season.
is that not the case?
A billion dollar booster? Dear god why do we suck then?
ha! 8-figure*
good catch & correction. I'll leave the original so people can make fun of me.
I do think the Hawks' donations have to have gotten near or above 9-figures, though.
So when Rhule went to Dana in January of 2024 to join the team was Dannen telling him to do so while he was still at Washington?
Would be awesome and much needed to keep rolling. I thought I also read somewhere that Singleton could be able to come back due to the new juco ruling, but idk on that one for sure
Need Olinemen bad. They are the key. Tablets bare.
I think our D will be much faster and more athletic next year. We got some dudes who can fly around.
He can’t have it both ways. There shouldn’t even be a hint from an AD to a booster that undermines a coach. A very bad look for Dannen if true.
Justin Evans-Jenkins
“After Erickson left the class in September, for the next three months, it seemed the Huskers would miss on an offensive lineman altogether in this class, especially after Greg Austin was fired. Thanks to defensive line coach Mike Dawson's connections to the state of New Jersey, the Huskers were able to identify Justin Evans-Jenkins as a prospect of interest just weeks before the early signing period.”
“Indeed, it was his senior film as an offensive lineman that intrigued Nebraska, and the Huskers reached out to try and bring him to campus. He took an official visit to Lincoln Dec. 10-12 and got the chance to spend time with new offensive line coach Donovan Raiola, who had been hired earlier in the week. The Huskers extended an offer on the eve of the early signing period. Evans-Jenkins announced his decision and signed with Nebraska the following day during a ceremony at his high school.”
I’m sure he’s waiting to get guys who are in the playoffs currently…
For what it’s worth, we have done quite well with OL recruiting the last few years. Not sure why people are complaining about his recruiting. I get why people complain about his coaching, but he has done well enough to get statistically the highest rated OLine class since ratings existed. I think it was the 2024 class…
He's recruited since highly rated guys last couple years. The OL was probably or strongest offensive unit this year.
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Huh? Go to huskermax and read all the articles on his commitment. 100% an offensive lineman.
I’ll Veer off topic by over 20 years but why didn’t Frank get fired a year before he did? When they went 7-7. Pedersen watched as Frank dismissed several long time assistants, hired upgrades such as Bo Pelini. Had a better year then fired him. Pedersen was an idiot for doing that.
Listed as DT, Dawson lead recruiter
A lot of credit should go to outside linebacker coach Mike Dawson. His ability to recruit the state of New Jersey is one of the more under-the-radar strengths on the coaching staff.
Listed as a DL but recruited as an OL. Uncle Donnie was hired 1 week before signing day. He spent quite a bit of time with Donovan on his OV before committing. Dawson is listed as lead recruiter but he wasn’t the one that secured the commitment.
Each fan base has its share of village idiots of course. Most teams do not meet the expectations of their fan base-- it's mathematically impossible. And for every team that isn't dominating on offense, there's a set of fans that are dead sure that their offensive line coach is awful. According to the idiots, 90% of offensive line coaches are terrible. 5% are average and 5% are good. So of course, Donovan Raiola isn't good enough for some of the addle minded among us.
Side note, and this is not meant to bash Donovan Raiola, but I think North Dakota State has brought in better talent than NU has-- at least with the veteran players. NDSU had two offensive linemen drafted in the middle rounds last year- one is already starting and playing well-- and will have at least one more drafted this year. I know that the Bison develop their players, but when it comes to NFL, there's also some talent involved. These last 10 years or so, we would have been better off getting half of our OL recruits by just offering the kids NDSU is after and taking their best looking prospects.
Then drop it. Try going one month without bitching and whining about something.
Dude, if we all did that, we wouldn't have a board.
Sad that you believe that.
Tom was extremely pissed after Frank was fired. His comment though publicly was “I thought we could have worked things out”. I keep telling people it wasn’t all about the record. There were multiple problems with the staff including Frank that Frank refused to address. Frank still viewed Pedie as the recruiting assistant intern who wasn’t qualified to give him advice.
Some of the problems were obvious alcohol abuse, one guy’s penchant for prostitutes, rumors of cocaine use, Frank’s rumored office affair with a young staffer, Carl banging a player’s wife, Bo’s erratic behavior etc.
I was told Pedie had tremendous pressure to fire Frank a year earlier from boosters but Tom talked him out of it. Yeah the record was better the next year but the staff’s personal problems were worse with the addition of the Pelini’s. I was also told that Frank and Pedie had a meeting during that last year where Pedie expressed concern about where recruiting was at and some of the staff’s issues and Frank told Pedie to “go f yourself”.
To say the least, their relationship was not good and supposedly that was the last straw. At that point Pedie asked his friend Wannstedt if he was interested and he verbally agreed to take the job. When the Dolphins got wind of it they unexpectedly extended Wannie’s contract. We all know how that ended.
That’s the story I got from a booster of substance who was friends with Pederson. Cocktails at each other’s house kind of friendship. My family member knew Frank well. Frank didnt have good things to say about the Pelinis after he was fired.
Ironically Frank built Ohio in to a respectable program largely with former Nebraska guys Burrow and Albin. His succession plan with Albin just had maybe Ohio’s best season even after losing Rourke to Indiana.
I'm in the minority on this, but I'm actually wondering why it's such a certainty that we need two offensive linemen out of the portal. I'm of a mindset that we only bring in one or two top quality transfer offensive linemen or none at all. Without a transfer or two, we will be young and unproven, but the ability is there. Gottula, Evans (center?) and Lutovsky are returning. Grant Seagren is an athletic tackle who played tight end and basketball in high school. Give Seagren one off season with a lot of attention & coaching and he would be ready to play a tackle spot. Then there's Sledge, Maciejczak and Brix. That's seven guys right there. The key is to develop them and get them playing well as a unit! A good OC can make a line look better with proper scheming and play calling too. I haven't mentioned Prochazka and Corcoran. If those two return and stay healthy, that makes nine. Add in Pyle, Taumua-- two guys a lot of us were excited about, and Knudson, who is currently on the two deep. That's a dozen players who will have a full off season.
If we get a Ben Scott level transfer or better, I will celebrate with the rest of you. But if we get shut out in January, I'll be betting on the guys we already have. And there's always the opportunity to add someone after spring practice if some guys prove that they cannot do the job.
Those guys at NDSU were signed before Raiola was hired. We’ve gotten the highest ranked line recruits from the Dakotas since Nash. NDSU and SDSU have made a living recruiting Minnesota and their conference foot print then developing those guys.
We used to get guys like that to walk on before that conference moved up to D1 FCS. Lately our walk ons have largely been guys without FCS offers.
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