Dana Holgorsen Hired as Offensive Coordinator

Lorewarn said:
not responding to anybody in particular but be careful with imagining someone as an offensive genius or brilliant mind because of work that they did 15 years ago. bo pelini's defensive genius, which was real, became past tense in a single season.
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Agree with this. As teams copy offenses and concepts spread, defenses get together to stop these offenses. So the offenses have to evolve or erode. 

 
Mavric said:
That was my point.

I actually like Holgorson.  I think he is a really good offensive mind.  Run the Ball guy might not be happy.

I just think it's interesting that a lot of people want to point how that Satt was a bad hire in the first place because of how he did at he previous spot.  But that apparently doesn't apply here.
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Has he always had a 86th ranked offense?  Or are you pulling out just one year? 

 
Satt’s last season. This move is like firing Satt without firing Satt. Good for Rhule. Now, collect Foley’s office keys and walk him out of the building and we are on the right track. 

 
Mavric said:
That was my point.

I actually like Holgorson.  I think he is a really good offensive mind.  Run the Ball guy might not be happy.

I just think it's interesting that a lot of people want to point how that Satt was a bad hire in the first place because of how he did at he previous spot.  But that apparently doesn't apply here.
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I stopped getting excited about coaching hires given our abysmal track record, but at the least, this sends a clear message to Satt that his job is on the line and that his performance is not satisfactory. It might light a fire under him and he actually starts improving or he is gone and we give a chance to someone else. Until we see actual results on the field, all of this is a smokescreen.

 
Mavric said:
That was my point.

I actually like Holgorson.  I think he is a really good offensive mind.  Run the Ball guy might not be happy.

I just think it's interesting that a lot of people want to point how that Satt was a bad hire in the first place because of how he did at he previous spot.  But that apparently doesn't apply here.
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+1.

I do think Rhule's brain is at least a little bit scrambled over what to do with Raiola. There's no way he can run him in zone read plays, Dom will be pulling out to transfer in a heartbeat.

Totally agree on 'run the damn ball' guy being unhappy with the hire. We'll see what happens.

 
Btw, how much does a consultant get paid? Can I consult for dumba$$ Foley? I am sure I can do a better job. Heck my 80 year old uncle can do a better job at ST coach.

 
I feel bad for Satt, I mean, I get it that the O has sucked but literally having your replacement hired...to work with you...for another month.  That would be weird. 

 
1.  How did Foley escape this internal audit?  Team's are 20% of the game & have cost NU as many games as O & D.  I don't need an equation to tell me that translates into them being a bigger problem.  

2.  Bringing in a 4-3 guy to consult on the 3-3-5 seems to me how we got here in the 1st place.  I've seen several head coaches force their DC's to diversify their scheme, it always waters it down.  As they say, the enemy of good is perfect.  

3.  If Holgorsen can get NU to run Mesh as more than a pick route, it will probably benefit the O the last 3 games.  Beyond that, it strikes me as a d!(k Cheney situation.  

 
floridacorn said:
1.  How did Foley escape this internal audit?  Team's are 20% of the game & have cost NU as many games as O & D.  I don't need an equation to tell me that translates into them being a bigger problem.  

2.  Bringing in a 4-3 guy to consult on the 3-3-5 seems to me how we got here in the 1st place.  I've seen several head coaches force their DC's to diversify their scheme, it always waters it down.  As they say, the enemy of good is perfect.  

3.  If Holgorsen can get NU to run Mesh as more than a pick route, it will probably benefit the O the last 3 games.  Beyond that, it strikes me as a d!(k Cheney situation.  
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I'd assume there's also some special teams consulting going on, it's just not big names like Holgorsen so it's not being reported. And I've gotta think Rhule's "There's nothing I won't do" was a pretty direct "get it together or you're outta here" to underperforming coaches, chiefly Foley and Satterfield.

I think Snow ran a 3-3-5 at Baylor? But yeah, I'm hoping that side is just a more in depth self scout and not an attempt to make big structural changes.

 
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Undone said:
+1.

I do think Rhule's brain is at least a little bit scrambled over what to do with Raiola. There's no way he can run him in zone read plays, Dom will be pulling out to transfer in a heartbeat.

Totally agree on 'run the damn ball' guy being unhappy with the hire. We'll see what happens.
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I’ve seen numerous articles saying Holgerson ran a “Run Heavy Air Raid” 

is that not the case? Always had 1,000 yard rushers playing for him if I remember right as well. 

 
SWIHusker said:
I’ve seen numerous articles saying Holgerson ran a “Run Heavy Air Raid” 

is that not the case? Always had 1,000 yard rushers playing for him if I remember right as well. 
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He usually did, but I can tell you it was the same narrative with Longo at Wisconsin. He had two 1,000 yard rushers one year at North Carolina, and two other years of an 800+ and 1,000+ rushers in the same year. One of the issues with both Longo and Holgorsen is the QB run element is critical, and we don't want to do that. 

I think he's still going to be very helpful, but I don't think we brought him in to implement his offense (at least not at this point in time). But I'm sure he has ideas on adjustments from his offense that we can make, and just a different set of eyes looking at how to attack opposing defenses with who we have. 

 
SWIHusker said:
I’ve seen numerous articles saying Holgerson ran a “Run Heavy Air Raid” 
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The description is almost kind of an oxymoron for me personally. I suppose it would mean "we call run plays 58% of the time but out of the shotgun."

Husker in WI said:
I think he's still going to be very helpful, but I don't think we brought him in to implement his offense (at least not at this point in time).
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Agreed, but specifically because I'm very confident that this is at least in part because Dom told Rhule "we're not going to be having Dylan run 10-12 zone read plays a game if we sign here." The other part is that Raiola has a high ceiling as a passer, so you'd want to leverage what he's best at.

Hopefully Dana can fix our problems running the ball and help Raiola get the ball out quicker.

 
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