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Good point. How quickly he recovers from his surgery probably will play into this. If he can't participate in spring ball, to me it is pretty hard to see him as the starter in the fall. Is he going to be content as a second or third sting QB? I doubt it.

Lol, true

I don't think he would need the bag of tricks to recruit at Michigan. Whether he can let that go remains to be seen though. To me he would likely be the best available for them to get if their coach bails for the NFL this late in the game.

Maybe PJ is going to Michigan and his guys know it?

He has 2 seasons as an assistant with the Panthers. Prior to that he was an assistant at Lehigh, and a quality control coach at Baylor. He played for Rhule at Temple before suffering a career ending injury. After the injury he transitioned into a student assistant role at Temple. Nothing negative out there about him. He seems to fit the young energetic mold that Rhule is looking for.

No or he would be going to the draft, not the portal. Yes. He would be a good addition but he isn't some world beater that will immediately fix the line. Those don't exist in the transfer portal.

I agree with you mostly but I keep thinking CT is probably more capable as a runner than he has shown in the previous systems. However, Sims has to be the favorite to start simply because CT will miss all of spring ball while healing from his shoulder surgery. He isn't expected to be 100% until summer.

Pretty sure a percentage of our fan base is going to take issue with most things until some results are shown on the field.

Texas High School coaches recruit. They just have to do it through unconventional means- similar to the way colleges are poaching players off of other teams. 90 hours is likely an exaggeration but 60-70 is probably the norm for the top schools coaches through a good portion of the year.

Yes it is

Many teams go into spring with inflated rosters. NIL also opens the door for more creative ways to keep a larger roster without being over on scholarships. Bottom line is yes, we absolutely have the room and yes, many will leave.

I will be as well. Missing the spring with the new staff will make it tough for him.

Never thought I would say it but this is entertaining lol. Local media guys will be following our thread soon to decode.

I don't think you are wrong and I think Sims is capable of being that guy.

I'm not sure he ever coaches again. Picture him in a living room sitting with a recruit and his parents convincing them he will make their young man a better person... He is a good coach but it was his recruiting prowess that landed him the high profile jobs he has had. That strength is all but gone now.

Why is this thread still going? Maybe just rename it " Who Will be our QB Coach "

Anything but MR- that one already failed as a head coach.

Long snapper is one of those positions that never gets positively recognized but oh man will you hear a fan base squawk if the long snapper isn't perfect. They are invisible until they stink. I'm fine spending a scholarship on one.

I really wonder how many new posters are really rivals trying to troll. Some of the responses are pretty comical and poor trolling imo.

I believe Rhule wants to teach his coaches to do things his way. He wants a young energetic coach that is willing to learn and isn't already set in his ways. He was clear as can be in his presser... We hired a developer. We should let him have a chance to develop before we judge.

Young, energetic, teachable coaches... relax guys. We have a head coach that is confident in his ability to coach up the coaches he likes. Maybe it works or maybe it doesn't but to think this is a failure right now is ridiculous.

Good points. I do think we feel it more here.

Well said. I think it is ok to say what happened back then was terrible while at the same time allowing TO some forgiveness. Problems were prominent throughout all levels of football. The NFL all the way down to college really started to take a harder stance with zero tolerance policies in the early 2000s. Some of the zero tolerance with domestic abuse came quite a bit later. My opinion, for what it's worth, is that TO really was trying to balance what was best for Nebraska and the troubled young men he was coaching. That was ultimately accepted back then even though some in the media took serious issue with it- mainly because we were the headline team in college football. I'll ask this, if Nebraska wasn't winning championships, would Sports Illustrated, or any other major publication, have even mentioned it? They sure didn't at many other programs even though much of the same was happening and being handled very similarly. Ultimately it is a black eye on our program but I believe it can be viewed in a positive light because of the positive changes that have and are taking place because of the past.

Joined in 2017... 35 total posts. Screams CU fan. Just a hunch

I guess it depends on what you mean by covering up. Was he participating in an illegal act by tampering with police investigations? Or was he trying to keep a young man's name out of the media and publics light because he believed a person is innocent until proven guilty. Lot of lenses to look through. My point is that a coaches obligation today is different than what a coaches obligation was 30 years ago.