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I thought the most interesting part of Rhule's press conference yesterday was his mention of both he and Raiola subscribing to the Harry Heistand school of coaching O-Line. (I'd love to know more about the "three schools" he referred to and how they differ from one another "like driving on the opposite side of the road"). But given how starved we are for information on what Rhule's 2023 Cornhuskers might look like, I thought it might be worth a thread on this little nugget: Harry Heistand. Interestingly, Heistand was quoted in the article LAST December about Raiola's hiring. Obligitory link to his Wikipedia page Heistand is also mentioned in this interesting SI article: Zack Martin Has Seven Career Pro Bowls. And Seven Career Holding Penalties. He seems to like to bop back and forth between gigs with the Chicago Bears and the Notre Dame Irish. Harry Hiestand explains why he left the Irish to coach the Bears Video: Coach Harry Hiestand’s Leverage-Fit-Drive Progression Video: the difference between Jeff Quinn and Harry Hiestand from a coaching perspective Video: (2017) Exclusive 1 on 1 with Harry Hiestand Quotes from Harry Hiestand You'll find him on camera for post-practice pressers, etc. if you search YouTube for his name. It's worth remembering that we don't have Harry Heistand on our staff, but rather two students of Harry Heistand - but understanding him could still be instructive (and perhaps give the journalists some fodder for off-season questions for Rhule and Riaola).

Rhule is going to be diplomatic and principled. He's not going to throw players (or a whole position group) under the bus. He knows that HE IS going to pick who the 1s and 2s are this year and said that "everyone starts with a clean slate". How does it help him to say anything more than what he said? (I think it will be interesting how much different the O-Line's new strength and conditioning coach can make with them this year. Also, we had a couple of losses this year that people forget about. Nouili and Prochazka were a force to run behind - when they were on the field at the same time in 2020. Prochaszka got a redshirt year from his knee injury in 2021 and I hope he comes back better than ever. Nouili took himself out for a year and hopefully he has grown up and learned something and will take the new staff as a fresh opportunity.

Is this an All-Time Record number of replies on a player?

From that on3 article: https://www.hudl.com/profile/10094933/Gage-Wager

https://footballadvantage.com/pro-style-offense/

I have to connect the dots??? Past: Dominic Raiola (Former Cornhusker -> NFL career -> Father of Dylan, brother to Donovan) Present: Donovan Raiola (NFL career -> present Cornhusker O-Line Coach) Future: Dylan Raiola (future 5-Star Commit -> Cornhusker QB)

+1 for pure accuracy -2 for accuracy on the point of the tweet

WHAT a gif find by Rhule!!! Past… present… FUTURE! Raiola!

His dad was a Husker star. His uncle is the O-Line Coach. Neither dad or uncle was a fan of Frost. Now an adult is in charge of the program. Nebraska can compete in facilities, NIL, and (now, I believe) player development. (Very curious to see how the new strength coach works out). Also, the Big 10 West is still winnable & if you do that you likely get Ohio St. or Michigan in the Big Ten Championship every year. I think he’s N.

Have Coach Raiola’s new salary details been published yet? Seems to me he might get them bumped (a bonus) if his nephew commits to Nebraska. The O-Line coach might be incentivized by his brother to protect the QB in his care. Rhule’s latest tweet:

GREAT story by a Husker:

Curious how Huskerboard might react to the return of Danny Langsdorf as QB coach under Rhule? https://huskers.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/danny-langsdorf/1803

It is kind of interesting to note that Rhule took 2 full months from when he was hired at Baylor to complete his on-field Assistant Coaching selections. (middle of February) And the last one filled was his QB Coach. I also didn't realize that Matt Lubick was his WR Coach there. Source: https://collegefootball.nbcsports.com/2017/02/16/matt-rhules-first-baylor-staff-finalized-with-qbs-coach-hire-title-designations/ One other thing of interest in the article above, is that Rhule hired a lot of assistants straight out of the High School ranks. I wonder if he has given a look at any Nebraska high school coaches (and how the fan base would react to him doing that here). For example, Michael Huffman - Bellevue West Head Coach/Quarterbacks has built quite a program. https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fomaha.com%2Fsports%2Fhigh-school%2Fshatel-bellevue-west-football-coach-michael-huffman-can-t-see-future-but-he-may-be%2Farticle_e96a1fed-06d9-5e71-b46a-3e2f41c1f9a7.html

If that overall record comes as a result of willingly taking on serious reclamation projects then you have to account for (and RESPECT) THAT.

12/7/2022 Related? Syracuse DL Steve Linton Enters Transfer Portal The Orange loses its second defensive lineman to the portal.

Tony has ties to the west coast and specifically the Los Angeles area which is a national hotbed overflowing with talent. He is a graduate of UCLA. Source is the article written when he was hired by Syracuse (from Arizona State): https://insidetheloudhouse.com/2020/02/05/syracuse-football-orange-land-renowned-recruiter-new-dc-tony-white/

Prominent Players Coached: Syracuse Josh Black (New Orleans Saints) Andre Cisco (Jacksonville Jaguars) Kingsley Jonathan (Buffalo Bills) Mikel Jones (First Team All-ACC) Ifeatu Melifonwu (Detroit Lions) Cody Roscoe (First Team All-ACC) McKinley Williams (Indianapolis Colts) Trill Williams (Miami Dolphins) See also: https://www.nunesmagician.com/2022/7/14/23212127/syracuse-orange-tony-white-named-a-coach-to-watch-by-espn

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My guess is he’ll be working for the GB Packers.

This just in: ANYBODY can recruit older returning LDS missionaries, though BYU and Utah have some home field advantage. https://universe.byu.edu/2021/10/20/a-bond-and-brotherhood-how-7-returned-missionaries-are-thriving-with-stanford-football/

Pure speculation, on my part.

An argument could be made that Raiola is not a bad coach, but (especially without Nouili & Prochazka) he just didn’t have the horses. We just don’t know (for sure). A current Ohio St. commit (named Raiola) switching to Nebraska might also hang in the balance. As a coach, he MAY deserve at least another year’s evaluation, under a new HC & OC.

Not announced, but shared as a possibility: Mike Sirvano - Panthers LB coach and with Rhule at both Temple & Baylor. Here he explains his Blood Drill: https://fb.watch/hcshtaqb-W/?mibextid=v7YzmG