Can we go back to having 2 punt returners at the same time.
I loved that.
I loved that.
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Can we go back to having 2 punt returners at the same time.
I loved that.
To be honest, I’d much rather hire a ST coach who does more with less - it’s a lot easier to field a solid ST unit when the guys running around are all 4 and 5 star.
I'd love to see us open up the coin purse and make a splash like that
I'd love to see us open up the coin purse and make a splash like that
money is fake, winning is not
To be fair, no one on this current staff has coached at an elite college level program. And, no the American Conference doesn't count.Our assistant $$$ is way behind the elite schools for sure
Did Rutledge have anything to do witih bringing in Culp and Cerni? As an analyst you can't recruit and Culp was at LSU not Auburn from whence Rutledge had been released. I don't think Rutledge is a huge loss IMO. I think we need an on the field coach handling coordinating special teams. JMO take it for all 2 cents its worth.I'm, not sure how to feel about this. It seemed like everywhere Rutledge has been, there has been a big jump in special teams in year two. Also, while some areas did suck, he was able to bring in Culp and Cerni. I hope we have a plan to add a legit ST coach here.
I agree with needing an on the field coach.Additional staff changes will probably need to occur, unless Dawson just adds it to his plate.Did Rutledge have anything to do witih bringing in Culp and Cerni? As an analyst you can't recruit and Culp was at LSU not Auburn from whence Rutledge had been released. I don't think Rutledge is a huge loss IMO. I think we need an on the field coach handling coordinating special teams. JMO take it for all 2 cents its worth.
Yeah. IF the special teams shows up well, they'll get paid. We're not getting Bama's special teams coordinator to come to Nebraska for ANY amount of money. Your only chance to hire a guy who has coached at an "elite" program would be to get a position coach and make him your special teams coordinator. I think that's a large gamble. Dawson is probably our best bet to coordinate special teams. He CAN do both as far as coaching a position and coordinating. Give him the title and a bump in pay for his extra responsibility.To be fair, no one on this current staff has coached at an elite college level program. And, no the American Conference doesn't count.
To be fair, no one on this current staff has coached at an elite college level program. And, no the American Conference doesn't count.
we finished worse in punt/kickoff coverage than in any offensive category.He was the least of our problems.
Frost kicked him out the door after one year. The interesting thing is that he had done a pretty good job with special teams at other schools. Supports my theory that somebody put a curse on Memorial Stadium. Players and coaches apparently cannot succeed in that environment until we get an Exorcist to sanctify the stadium.
It's that time of the year when assistants get rehired, raises or get the boot out the door.
Who knows, but my opinion is this is not a reflection on Rutledge not being good vs it simply being a failed experiment that he could get ST corrected only from the analyst role, which always seemed a bit odd to begin with.
Everyone here seems on the same page that we need a real special teams coach who can instruct on the field. Let Mario go and have Frost coach QB if Lubick is staying.
Feels like NCAA should allow one more coach. I thought that was on the table. We use our slot up by splitting ILB and OLB coaches... another problem with the 3-4 strategy.
I wonder if Dawson will end up being full time ST coach along with OLB.
Or continue ST by committee approach?
All I know is the $7 million or so spent on coaches’ salaries is plenty to expect your team to avoid so many mishaps.
Hopefully Cerni will improve our punting, getting Culp back is a HUGE win, so then it’s just fundamentals after that. Ya know, don’t give up easy kick returns or two 4th and long runs by a punter cus we’re asleep at the wheel, etc.
False, Lubick coached at Oregon and Washington.
I am not suggesting we pay 1 million plus to existing staff, I am suggesting we have our existing staff because we don’t pay 1 million plus.
That is correct oldred.You can't hire a full-time special teams assistant coach without letting one of the other assistants go. We're already maxed out on the number of official assistant coaches. Now he was already full time devoted to special teams just not classified as an assistant coach.
Only at Nebraska, the ultimate little boy staff, can you go from a bank teller to a $1 million salary running an offense.
LSU paid Bo $2M for a dog shit defense. Sometimes more money isnt always better.False, Lubick coached at Oregon and Washington.
I am not suggesting we pay 1 million plus to existing staff, I am suggesting we have our existing staff because we don’t pay 1 million plus.
Only at Nebraska, the ultimate little boy staff, can you go from a bank teller to a $1 million salary running an offense.
sorry..Just stop with your bank teller nonsense. The guys has been the OC at Washington and Oregon and was the National WR Coach of the year at Duke.
I'd take that chance and bring in a top guy like Aranda who can get you a national title, even if you occasionally miss and bring in a dud. Far better than settling for average at best defenses year after year.LSU paid Bo $2M for a dog shit defense. Sometimes more money isnt always better.
Don’t think aranda will leave head coach job at baylor until he’s hired for a better gig or he gets firedI'd take that chance and bring in a top guy like Aranda who can get you a national title, even if you occasionally miss and bring in a dud. Far better than settling for average at best defenses year after year.
I just realized how stupid my statement was, but I was too lazy to erase it. Thank you for the correction.False, Lubick coached at Oregon and Washington.
I am not suggesting we pay 1 million plus to existing staff, I am suggesting we have our existing staff because we don’t pay 1 million plus.
Matt Lubick has been a football coach in some capacity since 1995. He spent time at Oregon State, Ole Miss, Arizona State, Duke, Oregon, and Washington, he takes one year off and works at a credit union, and every genius on this board can't stop saying "we hired a bank teller for offensive coordinator!!!" I don't know if he's the answer but quit crying about us not spending millions of dollars on coordinators. How'd that work out with Bob Diaco?
Just stop with your bank teller nonsense. The guys has been the OC at Washington and Oregon and was the National WR Coach of the year at Duke.
No, that is not accurate. That’s like saying the Jags, just hired a weather man.Was he not fired from Washington, couldn't find a good Football job, so became a bank teller?
That was an all-timer. Right up there with Lightbourne’s backward onside kick and Cotton’s false start.We did do a great job when opposing teams pulled out the bag of tricks on fake punts. I think my favorite was the Illinois punter running about 200 yards in super slow motion, almost tearing up his knee stopping on a dime, then casually strolling past the first down marker. Probably my favorite play of the year.
Thank God. All he did was analyze how terrible our STs were. Get a real special teams coach!!
I’m not a huge fan of Lubick, but how many times do you have to shuffle out to the mailbox to collect $500,000? I believe that's what he made at that "bank teller" job.Was he not fired from Washington, couldn't find a good Football job, so became a bank teller?