Cdn Blackshirt Two

57 minutes ago, SouthLincoln Husker said:

Give him a year & he will be 300.

I agree with you that he can get to 300....I'm just worried about addition of that mass onto a smaller frame and the resulting loss of the burst that is clearly apparent at 270.

Fingers crossed..... 

13 hours ago, Decked said:

OG. 

Interesting....based on his film and his size, he looks much more suited to be a 3-Technique DL where he's trying to penetrate and shoot the gap (as opposed to stand up and occupy his blocker)

On the OL, I'd be concerned about him being bull-rushed by some of very large NT's/DT's he will face.

As with all things, time will tell.  Good luck to the young man. 

12 hours ago, Danimal said:

 

I'd say the last two games sealed that we'd be hiring a new ST's coordinator. Now they're trying to see how to best make pieces fit while waiting to see if(possibly when) a coach leaves. Maybe we end-up with a full-time ST's coach, maybe we end-up with a position/ST's coach. Meanwhile Busch and Brown are both out on the road and Busch is still on LSU's dime. 

Haven't heard much about Dawson on recruiting trail....

If I missed that, my apologies.

Any chance Frost is actually trying to bring in two new coaches, but is trying to wait for Dawson to find a landing place first?

16 minutes ago, seaofred92 said:

 

There must be some "buzz" about Donovan's capabilities as otherwise I cannot comprehend how he ended up on the radar as his bio is a little on the short side.

Fingers crossed. 

CB2's order of priority:

1. QB

2. OT

3. NG

....anything after those positions are filled is just gravy.  

On 12/4/2021 at 11:12 AM, BIG ERN said:

I said since day 1 that Nash Hutmacher needed to play OL...he reminded me a lot of Linderbaum from Iowa who started on the DL. Similar body types, both were great wrestlers, and both don't have much of a wingspan. I think he would have started this year. 

 

Teddy

Hutmacher

Jurgens

Nouili

Turner 

 

Potential to also move Turner inside and Benhart start at RT. With the right OL coach all these kids can improve. There is size and talent to work with and I always felt Greg Austin was the weakest assistant coach we had. 

Just my opinion, but I think you have enough raw material left in the OL Depth Chart to make this work. 

The bigger issue is getting someone competent to teach technique and Tackle-specific S&C that prioritizes foot speed over brute strength. 

LT - Prochazka / Banks / Transfer?

LG - Lutovsky / Miller 

C -   Piper / Hixson

RG - Nouili / Bando

RT - Corcoran / Benhart (I see him as more an S&C project than anything else)

I would add that Hutmacher is the only wide body left on the roster I've noticed at NT and we all saw what happened to to our run defense when Daniels was injured....so as much as prioritizing improvement in the OL is important, with the make-up of the Big Ten West, we can't attempt to fix the OL by gutting our run defense.  With Daniels leaving, I'd really love to see Chins go and snag a Vince Wilfork-like kid from the transfer portal with the express objective of being able to hold their ground against Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota double-teams....as we all know they're coming. 

1 minute ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

bingo

Is this because Frost wants to remain the play caller? 

Just now, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

Based on what just happened, at this point I think Baylor would match any offer we made.

Without the money incentive, I cannot see him taking any offer....

With OU and UT leaving he Big12, Baylor now has a much easier "Cincinnati-like" route to an undefeated regular season and NC playoffs versus almost any other P5 team. 

2 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

WHY would Grimes come to Nebraska? They just won the Big 12 championship game. Makes zero sense. 

The only reason I can think of is a gigantic bag of money that Baylor couldn't match.....

At this point, I don't think we should get overly excited about "what could be"....

There are too many options that are up in the air....so although anxious to see who it is, I'm not really willing to get all fired up until we have formal announcements.....

Until then, fingers crossed.  

Just now, admo said:

I think it will be Jeff Grimes as OC/OL

 

Broyles Award Finalist with Baylor (OC/TE)

 

1st year OC at Baylor - 8th in nation in rush yards pg, and 4th in nation rush yards per attempt (Baylor was awful the year before Aranda hired him)

 

3 years previously he was OC at BYU (Zack Wilson, amazing offense)

 

That's telling that can be successful with a running style or passing game.

 

Also,

 

20 years as OL coach (LSU, Auburn Natl Champs, BYU, etc..)

 

When he played in college, his OL coach was Andy Reid. 

 

He's an OL guy through and through, and a great OC.

 

Boost his pay from $500k to $1mil

 

https://baylorbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/jeff-grimes/1662

 

 

Just a strong hunch.  But if I am right, I want cookies and koolaid!

That would be "party-worthy".....  

1 minute ago, Husker1994 said:

FWIW, Grimes and Joseph were both on the 2017 LSU staff. 

I'm really hopeful they opened the bank to get Grimes. 

As previously voiced, I love the idea of the OL coach also being the Offensive Coordinator, to set the culture for the offense. 

And from a CEO standpoint, adding a coach with solid Texas recruiting connections would be HUGE. 

28 minutes ago, Toe said:

With Mickey Joseph getting the Passing Game Coordinator title, it makes me feel like the OC is more likely to be from more of a run-heavy team. Brent Davis (Army) obviously comes to mind. Zak Hill from Arizona State is another name that's been kicked around a bit (I said elsewhere I'd like to have their OL coach).

 

 

I've heard Chad Morris mentioned as a backup plan...

The problem with it being "Brent Davis" is that his game is TWO weekends away.

If he was the choice, I cannot imagine the announcement not having been made immediately with the caveat he's going to stay with Army to coach the game.

If that logic is sound, the OC and OL coaches' teams must be playing THIS weekend.....so announcements can be made on Sunday and recruiting can start on Monday.

Does that make sense?

48 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

I'm a lifelong fan, born and raised in Lincoln and I have all the fondness in the world for the triple option...but I would still just be blown away that it would actually be Frost & Alberts' first choice plan to:

 

1. Put it in stone for Smothers being the starting QB right now in December.

2. Bringing in Willy Korn to run more option than we already did this season.

 

Why would you do that to de-motivate Haarberg and effectively kill your chances of bringing in a top portal option?

Such a move would also be perpetuating Frost's unconditional over-commitment to AM2 which is the exact opposite thing you should want to reset the team culture.  "Playing favourites" (kids who get different rules) is absolutely toxic.

Sorry....double-post. 

20 minutes ago, Farms said:

I think Notre Dame might be on to something.  They are probably telling Freeman we think you can keep this thing rolling without Brian, and we'll pony up the money to keep as many as assistants as possible rather than going out and chasing Luke Fickell for $10 million a year.  Look at how other successful programs have just kept it rolling by moving an assistant up.  Ohio State, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, are ones that come to mind. 

Personally, I think this could result in ND improving. Brian Kelly has always seemed to me to be a bit of a (self-centered) opportunist and it will be interesting if we see any kind of meaningful turnaround at LSU....I'm not confident we will.

2 minutes ago, HS_Coach_C said:

There's the possibility of Co-OC too. A run game and pass game coordinator. 

.....which leaves the uncomfortable possibility Frost could still call the plays?  

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

Sam dropping a nugget on his podcast that we may get a OL/OC combo coach and Frost takes over coaching QBs.  That would allow Beckton to stay at only TE, and us to hire a RB, WR, and ST coach.

 

This would make me very happy....having an OL specialist setting the culture for the offense sounds like an ideal situation. 

A press conference on Friday seems like about as late as you would want to go with the upcoming Early Signing Day....

10 minutes ago, runningblind said:

You asked earlier if we'd be excited for one suggestion, I can tell you right now I'm not excited to hire a bunch of guys who just got fired for stinking it up with top 10 talent.

It also invalidates claims of a previous LSU coach "being a great recruiter"..... My grandmother could recruit a top-15 class to LSU.

I know people keep saying we should get an OC/QB Coach combo....but I'm leaning towards an OC/OL Coach Combo.

Go find the very best OL Coach available and build everything from ground up from there (culture, scheme, playcalling, etc.)

Just my take...but I think HCSF too often looks at his whiteboard and determines what he believes "should work" based on perfect execution instead of acknowledging the fact not all his players are capable of doing what his play requests.  Easiest example being leaving Benhart on an island in a long-developing pass plays without having a RB or TE at least chip him.  He desperately needs to start assessing the relative talent at each of the "X" vs "O" assignments on his whiteboard and adjust both the plays and his playcalling accordingly.  Just as a side note, if the sideline isn't going to shift the RB or TE to Benhart's side on long-developing pass plays, then for the love of God you have to give the QB the authority to make that audible/adjustment. 

23 minutes ago, FrantzHardySwag said:

Helfrich is both an obvious choice, and would be absolutely deflating. I really hope we don't go that route. Dude had horrific offenses at Colorado and for the Bears. Please stay away from guys whose success stems from coaching in the Chip Kelly Oregon Machine. 

I kinda read the "new offensive system statement" as a condition set by TA to ensure that this hire couldn't be made..... 

The other issue that repeatedly drove me nuts was the unwillingness (saying "stubborn" is an understatement), to adjust formations to provide Benhart with passing blocking support on obvious passing downs.  At this point in the season, it is foolhardy for a playcaller to assume he's got an 85% chance of holding his block.  Game experience has shown this to be more like 10%-15%. So acknowledging that weakness and adjusting for it was simple common sense.  I should add, that if even once they'd run a draw play into the B-Gap on Benhart's side, the OSU Defensive End was usually 5-yards out of position within moments of the snap and it would have burned them badly.  Again, something simple that a new OC needs to pick up and act upon.

Just in terms of the "Rahmir to the B-Gap", perhaps not a popular opinion, but since this propensity to repeatedly call the exact same (predictable) plays over-and-over again pre-dates the arrival of Matt Lubick, I have my suspicions this behaviour was initiated higher in the chain-of-command. Based on that, whomever is coming in as the new OC absolutely must be giving playcalling responsibilities with Frost retaining control only over things like "What to do on 4th down".  Not sure why, but from where he's standing, Frost is not getting a good feel for what's actually going on, on the field. 

3 minutes ago, BIG ERN said:

Special Teams Coordinator - Bill Busch

Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers - Mark Helfrich OR Mickey Joseph OR Brian Hartline 

Running Back - Ra’Shaad Samples OR Marquel Blackwell OR Kevin Faulk OR Ron Brown

Offensive Line - Frank Verducci OR Sam Gregg OR Donovan Raiola (current Bears OL assistant) 

CB2's List:

Special Teams Coordinator:  Bill Busch 

Tight End:  Sean Beckton

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line:  Doug Marrone  

Then let Marrone fill out the rest of offensive staff with the guys he trusts.....with the caveat they must be exception recruiters.