I’m as relaxed as a “just wait til next year!” Husker fan can be
LB and WR coaches hired
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I actually think its great we are finally getting some good, hard-nosed, full of energy young guys on staff
It isn’t rocket science. An ability to connect with recruits and his WR room are probably the most important part of his job. Rhule and the OC are going to dictate how he coaches them. We’ve heard from multiple people that Rhule is a detail oriented guy who dictates to his assistants.
We’re all missing the fact that this guy has worked for Rhule and was a multi year academic All Big12 guy. He’s very smart and knows Rhule’s system. He’ll be fine.
Rhule knows him very well and what he’s capable of. This isn’t your average inexperienced coach.
Will be interesting to follow these guys in the coming yrs. Rhule will definitely have to show again he can develop players on the field but also coaches as well. So, my take on these two is....wait and see.Nebraska football has completed its on-field coaching staff by filling the final two full-time assistant coaching positions: Rob Dvoracek is joining the program as the Huskers' linebackers coach, and Garret McGuire is being added as the receivers coach, per a report from The Athletic's Joe Person.
Report: Nebraska adding Rob Dvoracek, Garret McGuire to coaching staff
Nebraska has reportedly locked in its next linebackers coach and receivers coach.nebraska.rivals.com
They will both join the staff following the Panthers' final game against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday.
Inside Nebraska first reported on Dec. 5 that Dvoracek was set to become Nebraska's linebackers coach, pending ongoing contract negotiations with the Carolina Panthers, where he was a defensive assistant under Matt Rhule and then under Panthers interim coach Steve Wilks. The two sides have evidently worked out those negotiations.
Dvoracek and McGuire will now be the sixth and seventh coaches to have worked for Rhule on the Panthers staff who will also join him in Lincoln.
OC Marcus Satterfield, DL coach Terrance Knighton, secondary coach Evan Cooper, special teams coordinator Ed Foley and head strength & conditioning coach Corey Campbell all spent at least one season with Rhule in Carolina.
Dvoracek will lead the second level of DC Tony White's defense as he becomes the latest coaching staff addition who has strong ties to Rhule.
The 28-year-old Dvoracek was a linebacker at Temple from 2012-14. After suffering complications from knee surgery following the 2013 season, Dvoracek became a student assistant for Rhule in 2014. Dvoracek has spent seven of the last nine seasons as a Rhule assistant:
– 3 seasons as a student assistant at Temple (2014-16)
– 2 seasons as a defensive quality control coach at Baylor (2017-18)
– 2 seasons as a defensive assistant with the Panthers (2021-present) following a two-year stint at Lehigh (2019-20) as a defensive ends/outside linebackers coach.
Dvoracek fits the profile of another aspect that Rhule has used to fill out his staff: He is a young, mostly unproven coach but is also well-regarded in coaching circles as a hungry, motivated coach with a bright future.
McGuire, who is a very young assistant set to turn 24 years old next month, will come to Nebraska after spending two seasons with the Panthers. He worked as a coaching assistant in 2021 and was an offensive assistant in 2022.
McGuire, who is the son of Texas Tech head coach and former Rhule assistant Joey McGuire, played three seasons at Baylor (2017-20) as a backup quarterback and as a key member of special teams units. McGuire played in eight games over his career and was a three-time All-Big 12 Academic First Teamer.
As Inside Nebraska reported in the same Dec. 5 report about Dvoracek, one of the main qualifications that Rhule was looking for in his receivers coach were ties to the Midwest and Texas for recruiting purposes. The Huskers now have that in McGuire, and they have now locked in their full on-field coaching staff.
This is what Rhule does. He hires young and hungry coaches and mentors them. Give these guys a chance for crying our loud.
Yes he could be good.
But at this program with this much money, we should be able to find a WR coach who has already PROVEN to check all the boxes, not one we “wait and see” if he will or not.
But at this program with this much money, we should be able to find a WR coach who has already PROVEN to check all the boxes, not one we “wait and see” if he will or not.
The issue with that is that Rhule has specific ways he wants things done. A coach who has been doing it his way for 10 years might not deal well with that.
He’s a WR coach. Rhule’s track record with hiring young coaches has been very good. This isn’t a job that requires a vast amount of experience. Rhule knows how he relates to other young men. He’ll be fine.
Thats a nice way of saying rhule wants to surround himself with “yes” men. I agree you need to find coaches who you agree with overall philosophically, but this is a lot further than that.
A coach who has never done this? Rhule wants a puppet and wants to be the puppet master.
I trust Rhule. However, it's fair to question the WR hire given the circumstances. The young man may wind up being a Svengali as a coach but the optics are what they are.
He’s a WR coach. As long as he works his ass off I don’t care if he’s Pinocchio
He has guys on staff that have experiences away from being under Rhule as a coach. He is hiring guys that have primarily or only working under his leadership as well. Overall, if it works then it’s the unity of thought and plan together as one. If this doesn’t work out then it’s all the complaints here above of nepotism and yes men hires.
Microwave society just is too slow anymore. Not even to spring game and sides are being made and solidified.
Microwave society just is too slow anymore. Not even to spring game and sides are being made and solidified.
WR Coaches have to be able to recruit.
I am skeptical that top WR recruits are going to want to play for a 23 year old white kid that has never played or coached the position. I hope he proves me wrong.
Rhule knows him well. He wouldn’t hire him if he couldn’t build relationships with other young men. One of the great things about hiring young coaches is how they relate to other young men.
Not sure if I agree with this. I expect there are a lot of WR nuances about body positioning, hand/arm placement, footwork, etc. that would be much better taught by someone who actually played the position and coached it before. I thought Keith Williams was a really good WR coach despite his problems with John Barleycorn. He coached receivers at various places for 15 years before NU and played receiver in college, NFL, CFL and Europe.
Lincoln Riley was 26 and the OC for East Carolina for 5 years prior to being OU coach at 31. His younger brother is about 33 and has been OC for 3 years, the last 2 with TCU who seem to be able to find the endzone.
Nothing wrong with a really young staff, less Foley, they are gonna grow a TON this year in what is a transition year. By Year 2, they will have gained some valuable experience at the point when hopefully NU's program is beginning to ascend.
Personally, I was never impressed with Ruud as the LB coach. Great player, aside, our LB corps have not been good in 5 years.
When you're giving these really young guys a job at a Power 5 program, they should be working their fannies off to show they deserve the confidence of Rhule. Some guys DO have it at an early age.
All these young guys, like these 2 and Raiola are gonna bust their asses to show the boss he made good hires. Everybody is gonna want to please the boss, cause I think Rhule takes no prisoners in one on one conversations.
And how did Williams turn out for us? Rhule no doubt knows every inch of this guys cerebral cortex. I’m fine with the hire.
Paying Rhule a boatload of cash puts the responsibility on him to produce. The dude has a history of finding and developing quality coaches. I suspect both were plan B hires - Peetz cold feet, Mickey choked (someone).
Ron Brown was 26 when Osborne hired him, Tom trusted him then, Rhule trusts his guy now.
Probably. But he still has pretty much a blank spot on his resume. When you read the bios of coaches they all sound like the perfect hire. How many players has he recruited, coached and put in the league? How many all-leage players has he coached? How many 3* kids ended up AA? Hiw many 1,000 yard receivers? When did he earn his chops? Name them. Kids want to know that stuff and he definitely does not have the history.......yet.
Ron Brown is currently 66, which means he was born in 1956 (or 1957). That means when he became an on-field assistant in 1987 he was 31 and had a masters degree from Columbia. It is unclear what he was doing between his masters earned in 1982 and 1987, he might have been on Osborne's staff when he was 26, but not as an on-field coach. Besides, in 1987 Osborne had Charlie McBride 11 years at NU, Dan Young 5 years, Milt Tenopir 14 years, Tony Samuel 2 years (who played at NU), George Darlington 15 years, Frank Solich 9 years (and played at NU), Jack Pierce 9 years, and John Melton 15 years. Hard to compare McGuire joining a bunch of other inexperienced coaches Rhule is going to "coach up" and Brown being one of only two inexperienced coaches.
If Ron Dvoracek pulls in the two 4* linebackers (twins) from IMG Academy I'll relax a little. If McGuire gets Isaac TeSlaa to transfer here I'll relax a little more. But I'm still leery.
Anymore I iust say oh well whats the worst that can happen? Another 4 years of no bowl games?
I’m with @dinglefritz
I don’t care and coaching WRs isn’t rocket science
Keep signing Olympic speed and the job gets that much easier
I don’t care and coaching WRs isn’t rocket science
Keep signing Olympic speed and the job gets that much easier
True. Concentrate in protecting the QB and let them throw a deep pass to Usain Bolt every other play and we should have no problems.
We really don’t even need to block that well
3 steps and throw it as far as you can. Hopefully that is 65+ yards (i.e. not thrown by smothers or purdy)
As Casey said, the “best defense in the B1G” couldn’t cover anybody with a pulse. He’s right.
His dad is the head coach of a Power 5 team, maybe they talked football growing up. How many guys did Troy Walters put in the league? Morgan.
How about Ruud? How many LB's in 5 years did he put in the league?
And Dawson, and on and on. How many all-league players has NU's dozen coaches produced in 5 years? Less than a handful.
That didn't stop the previous staff from bringing in a bevy of 4* kids, granted, almost none progressed, but they did come to NU. How many 3* or 4* All Americans has our last 5 years of coaching produced? Zero.
I think this is a bunch of hand-wringing for nothing. Rhule made the hires.
I'll assume he wants to succeed. This is still a staff with a lot of NFL coaching experience. These young guys seem plenty sharp enough to understand schemes.
That's a totally disingenuous argument to make on these young coaches, given the fact that, all coaches are young at some point. That's like someone asking a Wall Street newbie, surrounded by more experienced brokers, how's come he hasn't made his first million yet?
In the event Raiola does come to NU, do you really think those HS or transfer players give a shit who the position coach is when they have the top-rated incoming talent at QB to throw the ball to them? Most of those kids come in with the idea they're only 2 years away from the show as it is.
Do you think Addison, the Biletnikoff Award winner went from Pitt to USC because of whoever the position coach was, or maybe was it because he wanted Caleb Williams throwing the ball to him?
NU was able to convince Malachai to sign with NU and he had no idea who his position coach might be if he were going to be a WR. He probably wouldn't have cared if it were you or I. There was more that brought him to this University than his unknown position coach.
Young people are capable of doing great things. Zuckerberg became a billionaire at 23. Hamilton was 21 when he signed the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln Riley was Texas Tech's WR coach at 24. Rhule has a knack for finding young up and coming coaches. Give this kid a chance. He's got the pedigree, it's not like he was a golf pro.
