New Staff Additions - Football
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I'm still baffled why the hell Foley is still employed.
Snow as assistant head coach?? Wtf?
Is Phil Snow here to give our new DC on the job training?
These hires don’t seem like win now, blue blood program type moves to me.
Hope to be wrong and pleasantly surprised next year.
These hires don’t seem like win now, blue blood program type moves to me.
Hope to be wrong and pleasantly surprised next year.
In case Rhule needs to demote or fire Butler when he flames out.
Not a single hire other than Simpson is a good one in my opinion.
Nothing we can do about it folks but stand to the side and either jump on the bandwagon “if” it takes off, or watch the ensuing car wreck that is happening…
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If he can call timeouts and/or challenge plays he’ll be a huge upgrade
Hence the LOL. Think George Costanza as the assistant to the assistant Traveling Secretary.
Its a non-position,
If the first two are permanent hires, maybe Rhule doesn’t realize hiring assistants who can't bring portal players with them is stoopid.
He'd have only next season to prove something if I or any competent person were in charge of the program
He was an awesome DC when his defense shut out the two-time defending national champion Huskers nearly 30 years ago. That will give us some ancient history to discuss when we are losing to teams who are hiring current successful coaches who can bring along great portal players.
None of these three hires has any recent recruiting experience and no experience with the portal. Just what we need.
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He and Eberflus are among the worst head coaches I've ever seen with challenges and clock management. Just being below average would be an enormous leap.
Yeah, that's the timeline I'm betting on.
I hope he manages it but I'm not impressed so far.
I laughed out loud at your response actually. It's exactly what I would have said.
These hires make no sense to me. Not a fan of promoting Butler at all, this is why Nebraska will never get over the hump, we either have a decent offense and crappy defense or a decent defense and a crappy offense… we finally have a competent OC and then we fall glad on our faces with the DC hire… I was already concerned about how our D would look next year, but now this has me up in flames… buckle up for yet another rough year boys it’ll be a long one.
Big boy programs make big boy moves, and I’m sorry but this move was just a cop out move.
Big boy programs make big boy moves, and I’m sorry but this move was just a cop out move.
^^^This^^^
These are not big boy program hires. These are Rhule’s buddies or people his buddies like. Maybe they all turn out to be great hires. We better hope so. But right now it just looks like more of the same mediocrity
This just in ……….Nebraska is making its first bowl appearance in 8 seasons. It’s been a beat since they were considered a big boy program.
The DC that everyone is fawning over at FSU was the DC at Syracuse and his defenses were ok but nothing about that hire screamed Big boy program hire.
The DC that everyone is fawning over at FSU was the DC at Syracuse and his defenses were ok but nothing about that hire screamed Big boy program hire.
And Satterfield too. Nothing to do but laugh at the awkwardness and timidity of it.
Do you think a top DB coach from the NFL needs otj training for a college defense?
White is a rising star. Had 4 years as a DC at 2 stops before NU. 4 years as a D1 DC in less than 20 years of coaching. Butler has been coaching since 1995 and has 1 year as DC. 11 years ago.
Do you think just because you can't think of another answer there isn't one?
And if we hired Cignetti and he brought a bunch of James Madison players you wouldn't have like it at the time.
We will see.
Again Cignetti coached for more years than that before he was anything more than a position coach.
Tuco I 100 percent get where you’re coming from… the point to any of this is we will continue to not be considered a big boy program when we continue to make these kind of hires… NU has big boy money to make big boy moves… we need to be better when making these kind of hires
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Disappointed but not surprised. When Butler was hired fresh off of being passed over in Buffalo, there was chatter here that he was the DC-in-Waiting. Not surprised when White moved on that this was the move. This does not mean Butler will ultimately turn out to be a bad DC or cannot coach up the defense. But this certainly does not engender excitement and enthusiasm.
Am I surprised to see Snow and Butler both elevated? No. Remember before this season we were told that Satterfield and Glenn Thomas were co-OCs (but not really Co-OCs) only to have Holgerson added so that there were actually 3 people who wore an OC-related title in the last year. Lots of cooks, very little room in the kitchen. But from Raiola to Butler to Thomas to Bradden, these are not young, innovative up and comers in the college ranks with recruiting chops. Once again, does not mean that Butler will not mold the D into the Buffalo D and that Bradden will not find DL to turn into Chris Jones next year. But there is a lack of buzz to these hires.
Am I surprised to see Snow and Butler both elevated? No. Remember before this season we were told that Satterfield and Glenn Thomas were co-OCs (but not really Co-OCs) only to have Holgerson added so that there were actually 3 people who wore an OC-related title in the last year. Lots of cooks, very little room in the kitchen. But from Raiola to Butler to Thomas to Bradden, these are not young, innovative up and comers in the college ranks with recruiting chops. Once again, does not mean that Butler will not mold the D into the Buffalo D and that Bradden will not find DL to turn into Chris Jones next year. But there is a lack of buzz to these hires.
That’s why I asked the board of fans. Because I realize that I can’t think of everything, and was wondering if their was another viewpoint / opinion.
