I have seen alot of players not wanting to tackle anymore....which seems like a great time for a triple option...Lord knows we gave the oline 20 years to pass block.
is it time to get back to NU Football?
Monken is the current head coach at Army, a notoriously difficult place to recruit D-1 competitive athletes. He’s dug them out of the doldrums and turned them into a solid program that has produced multiple seasons of double-digit wins. The Black Knights haven’t been this good since the 1940s.
Why It Might Work: Monken’s teams practice great fundamentals and rarely if ever beat themselves, which would be a welcome change from the Scott Frost era. Thanks to his time as an assistant at Navy and Paul Johnson’s Georgia Tech, he is also one of the most well-versed coaches in the TRIPLE-OPTION—one of the toughest schemes to prepare for. He went 11-2 at Army in 2018. That’s insanely good.
Why It Might Not: It would be a serious gamble. Monken has no Big Ten or Nebraska ties. What would he do with the offensive players recruited to a drastically different system? How quickly can they learn his style and become competitive? Some might find this hire head-scratching since these days the option is only run by service academies. There’s a reason it isn’t in vogue anymore.
Closing Comment: Okay, full disclosure: Jeff Monken is my favorite of this whole bunch. Being a true triple-option team in the Big Ten would be fascinating. It would appease all Husker fans who want to go back to that style from the Osborne days, and there’s no better choice for that than Monken. But more important than nostalgia is how disciplined his teams are. I’d be over the moon if Nebraska hired him.
is it time to get back to NU Football?
Monken is the current head coach at Army, a notoriously difficult place to recruit D-1 competitive athletes. He’s dug them out of the doldrums and turned them into a solid program that has produced multiple seasons of double-digit wins. The Black Knights haven’t been this good since the 1940s.
Why It Might Work: Monken’s teams practice great fundamentals and rarely if ever beat themselves, which would be a welcome change from the Scott Frost era. Thanks to his time as an assistant at Navy and Paul Johnson’s Georgia Tech, he is also one of the most well-versed coaches in the TRIPLE-OPTION—one of the toughest schemes to prepare for. He went 11-2 at Army in 2018. That’s insanely good.
Why It Might Not: It would be a serious gamble. Monken has no Big Ten or Nebraska ties. What would he do with the offensive players recruited to a drastically different system? How quickly can they learn his style and become competitive? Some might find this hire head-scratching since these days the option is only run by service academies. There’s a reason it isn’t in vogue anymore.
Closing Comment: Okay, full disclosure: Jeff Monken is my favorite of this whole bunch. Being a true triple-option team in the Big Ten would be fascinating. It would appease all Husker fans who want to go back to that style from the Osborne days, and there’s no better choice for that than Monken. But more important than nostalgia is how disciplined his teams are. I’d be over the moon if Nebraska hired him.
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