Let’s see how the staff gets filled out, bringing in the best teachers and recruiters possible they run his system.
Excited to see what the off season brings.
Excited to see what the off season brings.
Filling out the staff and recruitment
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For the love of God hire quality O and D line coaches!! And a strength coach that actually makes our kids stronger and faster!! Not slower and weaker!!
Keeping MJ is not a given. I read in another blog that there is a past connection between Matt R and MJ.....via mutual peers. Not for sure a positive one. So I dont think its a given that MJ will be retained.
I see Joe Brady here which is a boon as he will have his former receivers coach back and there is A LOT of coaching chemistry there and Brady coached one of the greatest offenses in CFB history at LSU.
I’m really interested to see what he does for O and D line coaches. I’ll not be shocked if he wanted to keep Raiola😁
Joe Brady was not the OC for that team. He’s flailed everywhere he’s been since then. This year he’s failing as Josh Allen’s QB coach. That’s tough to do
I hope MJ is retained but could see why a new coach might be a bit leery to retain the interim who felt he and along with many players should be the head coach
Sounds like Mickey is staying if he wants. I suspect he’ll have an opportunity to be a head coach at a smaller program.
HC at a smaller school may give him some experience ie Lance Leipold
Just a matter of what he wants. Short term he can probably make as much money staying at NU.
Transfer portal will be big to try to fill some holes right away. Our QB, RB and WR were basically our 3 best players this year. All portal guys.
Rhule fired Brady as OC in Carolina. There might be some hard feelings there.
Rhule said he loves Mickey. Mickey has said he wants to stay.
Hope you're right. Need a top flight recruiter on staff and that's Mickey. Seems like a no brainer if he wants to stay.
I expect there to be massive improvement on the lines
Probably more money being an asst at a P5. Hopefully he has options to decide whats best for him and family
I think he loves living in Nebraska and he’s the best in state recruiter since TO
It seems likely that Trev and Matt have been connected for some time. Probably wanted to wait all along for the announcement. My guess is that Matt has been working on staff and recruiting issues for many weeks, knowing that the details with the panthers would ultimately get resolved. I would bet that they have plans A B and C ready to roll pfq.
IMO it’s all been about Rhule’s agent squeezing as much out of NU as he could. IF in fact it’s an 8 year deal that’s 2 more years than I could have imagined.
This O line has gotten better and played pretty well against a very stout D yesterday. Get a couple of guys back and find a JUCO or portal guy or two and Rhule can make Raiola work. I’m not saying it’s likely. I’m saying I wouldn’t be completely shocked. 99.9 % of Husker fans don’t know sh## about O line coaching.
Look for Elijah Robinson as the defensive line coach with additional tags. Robinson is an ace.
Also look for Phil Snow as defensive coordinator.
I was on the road yesterday and had to listen to the game on Sirus, brutal Iowa announcers.
Watching the game play by play, replaying some plays in slo mo. Amazing that my mind saw the plays while listening and now seeing on replay.
As to your point about our OL, we still have a long ways to go, long ways. I thought at the start of the year it was going to take some time for that group but never really. Ame together like I hoped. They are better though, I will give you that.
Watching the game play by play, replaying some plays in slo mo. Amazing that my mind saw the plays while listening and now seeing on replay.
As to your point about our OL, we still have a long ways to go, long ways. I thought at the start of the year it was going to take some time for that group but never really. Ame together like I hoped. They are better though, I will give you that.
Glenn Thomas likely offensive coordinator. He was at Arizona State this season.
Rhule’s WR coach has been Frisman Jackson. Jackson is currently the WR coach with the Steelers. Which means that may be an opening that exists on his staff.
I’ll take Snow and Robinson any day.
Jimbo is on the hot seat down there, so might make it attainable.
Phil Snow is turning 67 in a month, are we sure he's going to keep coaching?
Coaches keep coaching. Coaches rarely just stop coaching because they’re old.
Yup. Milt Tenopir is dead and is still a better O line coach than any we've had since Milt Tenopir!! RIP Great one!!
In summary, here are some of the Matt Rhule coaching staff predictions. These are educated guesses. In many cases these are guys that have been with Rhule since the Temple years:
OC/QBs: Glenn Thomas
DC/Safeties: Phil Snow
Linebackers/ST: Mike Siravo
Co-OC/Running Backs: Jeff Nixon (Will’s father) or Applewhite retained
Defensive Line: Elijah Robinson or Frank Okam
Cornerbacks: Evan Cooper
My gut is that Mickey Joseph will be retained if he wishes. Another possible WR coach might be Joe Dailey.
Strength and Conditioning: Jeremy Scott
OC/QBs: Glenn Thomas
DC/Safeties: Phil Snow
Linebackers/ST: Mike Siravo
Co-OC/Running Backs: Jeff Nixon (Will’s father) or Applewhite retained
Defensive Line: Elijah Robinson or Frank Okam
Cornerbacks: Evan Cooper
My gut is that Mickey Joseph will be retained if he wishes. Another possible WR coach might be Joe Dailey.
Strength and Conditioning: Jeremy Scott
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