New Staff Selection

If Applewhite can secure the commitment of 4 star Allen then we get an upgrade in coaching and with the RB room  a 2 for one.  Perhaps the delay has more to do with Allen :dunno

 
runningblind said:
It most definitely would by the media and lots of fans. We made a bowl game! They probably won't care we weren't remotely competitive in the division in that scenario and probably finished 5th or worse.
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I mean ... you can argue about it's where we should be in year five or not.

But I don't know how anyone can say doubling our win total and making the first bowl game in years is not progress.

 
huskerfan99 said:
Applewhite’s resume looks decent to me.

Wyoming from 03-08:

Coached 2 of the 3 all-time leading rushers in school history.

UL-Monroe 10-14:

Coached 2 all conference RBs.

Colorado St. 15-19:

Was part of 2 of the top 5 all-time school scoring marks. Coached a second team all conference running back.

TCU 20-21:

Coached 2 freshmen running backs that averaged over 7 yards a carry.

He’s proven he can develop at every stop he’s been at. That’s something we desperately need.
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Those 2 backs at TCU averaged over 7 yards a carry again this year and combined for over 1200 yards.  2 years in a row of that high of ypc in a p5 conference is really good. 

 
HuskerNation1 said:
So there are flights from Salt Lake City coming into both Lincoln and Omaha tonight or tomorrow morning, but there is also what appears to be a private flight from South Bend arriving in Omaha tomorrow morning.  In looking at the Notre Dame staff, I am not sure who is going with Kelly, but I was wondering about Jeff Quinn as OL coach who also used to be an OC or Brian Polian as ST coach?  Just speculation.  Not sure how many flights come from South Bend into Omaha.

Thoughts?

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/oma/arrivals
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There have been very routine flights to and from South Bend. I only went back a week or two, but it appears to be regular. 
 

But why would anyone go to South Bend if not for football? I didn’t like the town in general. Very bland. 

 
Yeah I actually like the hire of Applewhite. If he can develop players that can be a real added bonus just as much as landing the 5 stars. Looks like most of his recruits are from Louisiana which I do not mind getting a pipeline into the bayou.

My concern for now the 22 year in a row is the offensive line. We need a oline like Wisconsin and Minnesota, I don't know how Rioala is going to be at recruiting and development but if we can get that improved Nebraska is going to be a big time football school again.  

 
HuskerNation1 said:
So there are flights from Salt Lake City coming into both Lincoln and Omaha tonight or tomorrow morning, but there is also what appears to be a private flight from South Bend arriving in Omaha tomorrow morning.  In looking at the Notre Dame staff, I am not sure who is going with Kelly, but I was wondering about Jeff Quinn as OL coach who also used to be an OC or Brian Polian as ST coach?  Just speculation.  Not sure how many flights come from South Bend into Omaha.

Thoughts?

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/oma/arrivals
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O-line coach?

 
84HuskerLaw said:
Hasn’t Busch been the STs analyst for awhile in Lincoln?   Idk - but I thot so.  He’s been there so if he has the answers, why has he not helped fix things?  Don’t want to be critical as maybe there is a good explanation.  ?
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Busch has primarily been a defensive analyst. 

 
Damn, there's some dense people in this thread. 48% of the geographic area of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area is in Iowa, and 13% of the population is in Iowa.

Now class, who can tell me which one of those figures is actually relevant in this discussion? I'll give you a hint: do you think Mickey Joseph is recruiting people to play football, or do you think he's trying recruit a plot of land to pull itself up out of the earth and come play football for the University of Nebraska?

 
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krc1995 said:
There have been very routine flights to and from South Bend. I only went back a week or two, but it appears to be regular. 
 

But why would anyone go to South Bend if not for football? I didn’t like the town in general. Very bland. 
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I agree you don't expect to see many flights from South Bend to Omaha but it may not be much.  

 
HuskerNation1 said:
I agree you don't expect to see many flights from South Bend to Omaha but it may not be much.  
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It makes you wonder if it’s a rich dude from the south side and it’s an easier airport to go in and out of.  Rich dude may from the south side may be an oxymoron. 
 

did you see the feature that lets you search the nearby airports?  I draw the line at the pay wall though 

 
Gorillahawk said:
This is the approach Frost should take. Emphasis on should
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I don't want a special teams by committee, I'm guessing that's basically what we used this last year and it didn't work. We need a dedicated special teams coach and we needed last year not a defensive coach that got a shiny special teams button for coming back to the huskers.

 
Special teams is such a raging dumpster fire at this point, coaching by committee (which we already have done) isn't going to pull it out of its tailspin. 

Get a Special Teams coordinator in here to fix the mess. There's a LOT broken with Special Teams that needs to be repaired. Once you have it back on track after a few seasons, and the Special Teams coordinator wants to move on, THEN you can look to get another offensive position coach and go back to Special Teams by committee. 

 
Mavric said:
I mean ... you can argue about it's where we should be in year five or not.

But I don't know how anyone can say doubling our win total and making the first bowl game in years is not progress.
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Progress over year 4 most definitely.  The question I had, and that you alluded to, is will the admin and most folks care about the overall body of work through 5 years or simply take 6-6 in year 5 itself as a sign that things should keep going as they have.

It will be interesting.

 
Jason Sitoke said:
The way I see it is we have 2 options:

1)  dedicated special teams coach

2)  not

I'm fine with either.
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Yep.  And we've tried both with poor results.

But people like to insist if something would just be done how they want it to be done everything would instantly be fixed.

Just like when we hired Riley.  Our offense was going to be so much better because we used fullbacks.  And our defense was going to be so much better because it was more simple.  And had a dedicated special teams coach.

 
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Mavric said:
Yep.  And we've tried both with poor results.

But people like to insist if something would just be done how they want it to be done everything would instantly be fixed.

Just like when we hired Riley.  Our offense was going to be so much better because we used fullbacks.  And our defense was going to be so much better because it was more simple.
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261 days and counting, each one sure to be brimming with simple, almost too-good-to-be-true fixes that are sure to turn our fortunes.

 
Let’s take a step back and compare what we lost and where they ended up.

Very telling how respected and good a coach is by his next stop.

Lubick: not coaching anywhere, maybe back to a credit union?

Mario Verduzco: Not coaching anywhere, most likely retiring.

Greg Austin: OL coach at Florida International.

Ryan Held: Offensive Coordinator at North Alabama.

That’s indicative at how bad this staff really was.

IMO every new coach is a big upgrade, with Raiola being the biggest question mark.

Like to see how other than Raiola everyone else was replaced with proven and experienced coaches.
 

 
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