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Have a friend that was on the scout team a few years back. He would play the Brittney Griner role in practice when they got ready for Baylor. He said he isn't sure where these accusations are coming from and that he really liked her.

 

On the other hand when it is 10 players and some support staff come forward with concerns is not something to be taken lightly. I don't buy the coddled responses here, if it is well over half the team and some on the staff that isn't some comment on this generation's culture as much as it is on the culture instilled by the HC.

And yet the current players were upset and taken off guard by the firing. That doesn't happen when the whole team more or less goes to the AD to complain. Sam's got some details he's not sharing here and working on a story.

 

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/players-distraught-following-connie-yori-s-resignation-as-nebraska-women/article_762b62d2-f12a-5756-a01c-c20586d53cc4.html

Lets see. You give a statement in a department culture review that isn't favorable of the culture currently in place. That gets leaked out early. All of the sudden your boss has someone attend every single thing you do meeting and practice wise looking for anything to find just cause. He finds what he needs, says he's terminating, she states she'll counter sue they work out a deal where she gets most of her remaining contract.

 

Coach is now being defended by a very solid former player and former coaches at NU. Her, Miles and Bo were very close knit from those who know them.

 

Miles is up next.

He was projected in rounds 3 to 5 with a chance to move up until this staff got ahold of him. Most of the struggles were caused by the leave your corners and safeties on an island approach that most college football teams abandoned 10 years ago.

 

 

Unless the person turns down the job we should hear something in the next 48 hrs.

So they turn it down?

He was probably just throwing sh#t at the wall hoping it would stick anyway.

UCLA has to go through their board of regents to approve contracts so it slowed the process down to get the ok to give him the raise to keep him at UCLA.

And that came from someone affiliated with 1620

 

Unless the person turns down the job we should hear something in the next 48 hrs.

Just say it. I hate when people tease like they know. If you know just say it. Im not your f'ing girlfriend. Or your boyfriend. Not that theres anything wrong with that.

I was told it had been offered on Friday and unless the current team of the coach comes back to match the offer he'll be at Nebraska. It's from a booster out of Geogia and he said it was Angus. He wasn't very impressed. His comment was decent recruiter but below average coach.

Unless the person turns down the job we should hear something in the next 48 hrs.

 

 

 

 

 

Dang it! I missed who S&B said just recently but apparently they let the name slip on air. Sounds like announcement could be made today.

Angus McClure is who I thought Sharpe mentioned quickly on air this morning. Would be a great hire IMO if true.

 

EDIT - will need to go back through the podcasts, 2nd or 3rd segment to be sure but that is who I thought I heard him say.

 

 

Interesting! I don't remember this guy at all but he's got a few ties to Nebraska apparently. Was an assistant for Callahan for two years, and was also the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for Turner Gill at Buffalo. Here's some more of his bio from UCLA's site:

 

 

Angus McClure has over 20 years of coaching experience and is entering his ninth season as a member of the Bruin staff. In 2012, he began coaching the defensive line, having previously coached tight ends, offensive line and special teams since arriving in Westwood in 2007. Angus continues in his role as the Recruiting Coordinator. Over the past eight years, McClure has also led the recruiting effort which has resulted in Bruin classes being ranked among the nation's top 20 in each year. In 2013-14, he was named among the Top 25 Recruiters in College Football by Rivals. In addition, UCLA has had a defensive lineman selected in six of the past eight NFL drafts.

Seems like a fantastic hire if true, but are we putting all of our eggs into the California basket?

Not a bad basket to be in. Having said that, this coaching staff showed plenty of ability to adapt to recruiting in the 500 mile radius, an area they hadn't had much experience in before....

 

They pretty much whiffed on everyone in that 500 mile radius they went after. The ones that signed were recruited hard or committed to Bo's staff. The high school relations guy sucked, was an arrogant A hole and told the coaches at the coaching clinic he didn't intend to recruit Nebraska much. He was so bad and screwed up so much they announced today he was reassigned. Going forward Kenny Wilhite has that role and he will excel at it.

 

That's just not accurate.

 

Farniok- Was far from locked up by Pelini. That was most definitely a recruiting win in the radius for 2016.

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Bryant- Wasn't even offered by the Pelini staff

 

Wilson- Wasn't offered by Pelini.

 

Stoll- No Pelini offer.

 

Domann- All Riley & staff there.

 

As for the lineman who were already committed (Raridon, Brokop). You act as if it's easy to keep kids committed in the middle of a coaching change. Did Pelini have them on the radar? Sure. Still a nice job by this coaching staff to keep them interested, and committed.

 

Missing on a couple key prospects late, is for from "whiffing on everyone" in the area, and those two kids from Kansas are probably going to Clemson whether it was Pelini or Riley in charge.....

 

Both Fant and Bubak were coming to NU until this staff messed it up. You seemed to miss out on them in your mentions. So no biggie we let the best two kids leave because we wouldn't call them back.

 

 

 

Dang it! I missed who S&B said just recently but apparently they let the name slip on air. Sounds like announcement could be made today.

Angus McClure is who I thought Sharpe mentioned quickly on air this morning. Would be a great hire IMO if true.

 

EDIT - will need to go back through the podcasts, 2nd or 3rd segment to be sure but that is who I thought I heard him say.

 

 

Interesting! I don't remember this guy at all but he's got a few ties to Nebraska apparently. Was an assistant for Callahan for two years, and was also the offensive line coach and run game coordinator for Turner Gill at Buffalo. Here's some more of his bio from UCLA's site:

 

 

Angus McClure has over 20 years of coaching experience and is entering his ninth season as a member of the Bruin staff. In 2012, he began coaching the defensive line, having previously coached tight ends, offensive line and special teams since arriving in Westwood in 2007. Angus continues in his role as the Recruiting Coordinator. Over the past eight years, McClure has also led the recruiting effort which has resulted in Bruin classes being ranked among the nation's top 20 in each year. In 2013-14, he was named among the Top 25 Recruiters in College Football by Rivals. In addition, UCLA has had a defensive lineman selected in six of the past eight NFL drafts.

Seems like a fantastic hire if true, but are we putting all of our eggs into the California basket?

Not a bad basket to be in. Having said that, this coaching staff showed plenty of ability to adapt to recruiting in the 500 mile radius, an area they hadn't had much experience in before....

 

They pretty much whiffed on everyone in that 500 mile radius they went after. The ones that signed were recruited hard or committed to Bo's staff. The high school relations guy sucked, was an arrogant A hole and told the coaches at the coaching clinic he didn't intend to recruit Nebraska much. He was so bad and screwed up so much they announced today he was reassigned. Going forward Kenny Wilhite has that role and he will excel at it.

 

John Parrella could be an interesting candidate.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parrella

 

Fits the former Husker bill, played for Riley at SD. Jason Peter is giving Parrella his endorsement.

 

Fun Fact: Northern Michigan is where Tom Izzo went to college and played basketball

 

I'm not a fan of Jason Peter but I do like John Parrella. And its hard to start a program at any level and have success and he did that for a new high school program.

 

Lets also not forget that we're going to pay this guy like $300,000 to not coach next year (unless it was for cause) so I doubt we go pick up someone high end. It will probably be a GA or someone we already paying.

 

Apparently you missed the entire first page.

 

I saw mention of the GA not the wage. I was just adding that fact. But thanks for being a dick about it.

 

There is also another person on the payroll that has talked to the coaches but isn't currently on staff. So take it for what its worth.

 

Can someone who follows recruiting more closely explain how Hughes was a liability on the recruiting trail, which has been mentioned a couple times in this thread?

 

Just genuinely curious as this is the first I've heard of it.

 

We had almost a complete lack of DL guys interested in us this year. The only official visits we got were the two guys who signed. One live a half an hour from Memorial Stadium and the other had been begging for an offer for over a year. There were hardly even any guys who seemed interested.

 

Now, some of that may have been because the staff had decided not to recruit a DT this year. Not sure if that was Hughes' call or someone else. But it was still basically non-existent.

 

There is zero chance we decided not to recruit the DT this year. We will probably need 2 or 3 JC folks next year to fill gaps on the DLine to make up for misses this year.

Lets also not forget that we're going to pay this guy like $300,000 to not coach next year (unless it was for cause) so I doubt we go pick up someone high end. It will probably be a GA or someone we already paying.

Best news I've heard today. Not just because I was never a fan of Hughes - because it shows Riley is willing to cut someone loose who isn't doing their job well

If that's the case we should be looking for a new special teams coach.

 

 

 

 

I was hoping for a former Beast of a BLACKSHIRT to come coach the D-Line.. How sweet that could be for recruiting.

Give us a name(s) who would fit that description.

 

 

Of coarse i have no Idea if they can coach.. But Winstrom, Peters, to name a few. Who could sell playing D-Line and being a blackShirts better then them?

 

Please be joking.

 

Why?

 

I hope it is JP just so everyone can see how full of crap and clueless the guy really is.

I don't see this as a matter of ROI. Nebraska has always had resources and will continue to have them. It's about the way the program is built and represented. If ever they're not happy with it, they'll make a change and money will (largely) not be an issue.These are two young coaches who were paid commensurate to their experience probably, and now they've earned raises because they've improved their own stock. At some point, if they keep raising their profiles, they'll get a promotion, here or elsewhere.If Nebraska hires a new assistant who is young and has little experience, they'll probably be paid similarly "low" to start. And if Nebraska hires a veteran with years of FBS experience, for example, they'll probably be paid like it. It won't mean that either NU or its fans should expect ___% better performance out of the latter than the former.

You must work for the government. In the real would when you hire an employee giving him/her a raise and making more than what you paid the last person you expect an upgrade. At least in sucessful companies.

It was pointed out that Bray was making as much as Terry Joseph on Bo's staff and they refused to give him an increase and thats why he left. All together this staff will now be about $1 million more than the last and they spent huge amounts on recruiting and support staff like never before. This is the year they better perform because right now we have fewer wins, about the same recruiting, and crappy special teams with a larger investment. I think Bray and Williams got well deserved raises. Hope this is a good year.

It's been stated several times that from the very beginning this recruit and the process to get him was botched. I think there is blame to go around on both this staff and the previous. I'm pretty disappointed that we can't keep the top recruits in our state, but we did get some of the top recruits from other states. My problem is that with some with instate kids, sometimes, they come with their own internal motivation to be great and we are missing out on them (DeLuca, Stick, Urzendowski, Phillips, Lewis, Ott). Instate kids can also come with added pressure too so it cuts both ways. Best of luck Mr. Fant in all except against Nebraska.

I put the blame right on this staff. He said from the start if someone would have returned his call in the first month of the hire when he was trying to make contact he would have been a Husker.

 

 

Steve Wiltfrong or whatever his name is put a CB prediction in for Iowa on Farniok AND Jackson.

 

Ugh. Ultimate choke job if that ends up happening

 

Who?

 

He is one of the head directors of recruiting on 247. 90% success rate in predictions. He doesn't really just guess. Often uses "sources" with his explanations. Idk I am just becoming a lot more worried about this one.

 

If we lose Farniok my feeling about this class goes down a lot. ESPECIALLY losing him to Iowa. And ESPECIALLY if Iowa takes Alaric Jackson from us too (which Wiltfong also predicted) ON TOP of the fact that they already took Noah Fant. I know we have some other solid pieces but OT is a position of huge need and losing big recruits to Iowa of all teams would be extremely disappointing.

 

To be honest I don't think he's ever been super impressed with this staff. I think he likes them but isn't over the top impressed or for some reason we just having had the "ah ha" moment for him. He's always been coy when talking about Nebraska so I always considered him the long shot and we were probably a back up for him. I think he's a good get so I hope someone else says something to turn him off and make him like us better.

They are lucky he got hurt or he was not coming back. He had planned to transfer to another school but with the injury he didn't have people wanting to give up a scholarship and take a chance on him. At least according to an Omaha media member.

 

 

Cold hard reality...

 

A player must go pro if there is any chance of success or money to be had for that player in pro football.

 

Injuries are a big part of college football and if they return to college and get permanently injured... there will be no success or money as a player in pro football... for that player... ever.

I agree. However, there have been players who have taken out very large insurance policies for this purpose.

The school can pay for them, too.

 

Correct. But Nebraska does not pay for that. They refused to do it for Ameer when he inquired.

I think it's a combination of things. I think being in on some "bigger" targets has something to do with it. Would be nice to have guys committed earlier but you're just going to have to wait on some guys.

 

It seems to me like the main problem is lack of balance. In a couple different ways. First, we've done really well at some positions - QB, RB, Interior OL, Safety and a really good start at WR - but we're almost non-existant at other spots - mainly OT, DT and DE. And I can't help but think that a lot of that imbalance is due to the imbalance of effort on the coaches' part. I think Riley, Langsdorf, Williams and Bray along with GA Tavita Thompson and the support staff are probably about as good as we can ask for. Cav seems to put forth a good effort but I'm not sure how effective he is - incomplete at this point. I'm not so sure about Davis, Hughes, Banker and Stewart.

 

We already have some guys that I really like and I think we'll get at least a couple more. My biggest issue it the complete lack (so far) of addressing the biggest needs on the team. OT and DE were spots that have been known weaknesses since before these guys go here and we have precious little to show as of now. And we're starting to get short in a hurry at DT, especially if Williams doesn't come back - and that's a spot that's not very easy to catch up on once you get behind.

 

I don't necessarily fault a lack of effort but lack of results.

Yes schools like Michigan, OSU, Bamba, Florida are having a hard time getting bigger guys to commit early.

Anyone that thinks POB will start or play games next season due to TA playing poorly is crazy. If TA goes down then MAYBY just MAYBE but i wont hold my breath. They didnt play running backs that appeared better then what we had until the last game. I dont see POB playing a down next season.

It depends on what their stance is when it comes to QB's needing to pass block.

 

To me is sounds more like they are trying to prep the fans that if we decided to start POB then don't expect us to win a bunch of games while he figure out things his first year. If they think the skills are even 70% near what TA's are I'd guess we'll see POB in games as a back up early and have a good chance to see him as a starter by B10 play so we can develop for the 2017 season which will be the year the MR is on the chopping block. It think last year and this coming year were designed to be throw away years based on the things that our AD has said to Boosters. He's told them all year that the team was doing bad because they were too heavily influenced by the last staff and that next year could be much worse because the plan is to have a freshman QB to develop so MR can install his system. I hope we give the POB kid a year and TA can improve and we crank out a 8+ win season. I think that would help settle the fan base down some. And honestly I think next year as much hinges on if Ben McAdoo gets the job as the Giants head coach. If that happens there is a higher than likely chance Danny L goes back as the OC for them which sets back the offense some or at least stalls is.

 

Is it bad that I hope this happens. I would really like to see a OC who wants to run more of a Stanford style offense. Sorry, but I put a lot of this year on Langsdorf. We were told all offseason that they would try to marry the skillsets & playbook of the last staffs to what they want to move to. If they think they did that last year, then we are in a lot more trouble this coming season.

 

I had a horrible dream last night that he did leave and we brought in Lane Kiffen as the OC and head coach in waiting for 2017.