Sker4Ever Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 From everything I'm hearing, the plan was to move Dewitt on regardless. Frost is allowing him to find a new job so 1.) no buyout and 2.) to be a good guy and not make it look like Dewitt was fired. This seems to be a foregone conclusion that this is going to happen according to the HuskerOnline guys. Two names to watch according to them, Mike Dawson returning and Mike Ekeler. Sean Callahan said we should be hearing something about this in the coming days 2 2 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 What position does Dewitt coach? 2 Quote Link to comment
Sker4Ever Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, teachercd said: What position does Dewitt coach? OLB/ST 1 Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 57 minutes ago, Sker4Ever said: From everything I'm hearing, the plan was to move Dewitt on regardless. Frost is allowing him to find a new job so 1.) no buyout and 2.) to be a good guy and not make it look like Dewitt was fired. This seems to be a foregone conclusion that this is going to happen according to the HuskerOnline guys. Two names to watch according to them, Mike Dawson returning and Mike Ekeler. Sean Callahan said we should be hearing something about this in the coming days Big if true Quote Link to comment
LumberJackSker Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I wonder if this impacted Johnson's decision to go to Wisconsin. Quote Link to comment
Sker4Ever Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Should be announced if everything goes through in the coming days. Sounds like all signs point to Mike Dawson returning Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 54 minutes ago, Sker4Ever said: Should be announced if everything goes through in the coming days. Sounds like all signs point to Mike Dawson returning Dawson coaches OLB? That'll be interesting for Tuioti having the guy he replaced come back. Who coaches ST then? Are we just down a dedicated ST coord then or can Dawson do that too? Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, runningblind said: Dawson coaches OLB? That'll be interesting for Tuioti having the guy he replaced come back. Who coaches ST then? Are we just down a dedicated ST coord then or can Dawson do that too? Most assistant coaches can handle multiple positions. There isn’t much difference between OLB and D-alone, if Dawson comes back to NU. He and Tuioti can possibly tag-team the front 5 and leave the MLB’s to Ruud. Regarding special teams, while Dewitt was the ST lead, he wasn’t necessarily the ST coordinator. I wonder if Frost may look to have a dedicated ST coordinator in the near future. 1 Quote Link to comment
HANC Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Kind of hoping for Ekeler. Ball of energy. 1 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 56 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: Most assistant coaches can handle multiple positions. There isn’t much difference between OLB and D-alone, if Dawson comes back to NU. He and Tuioti can possibly tag-team the front 5 and leave the MLB’s to Ruud. Regarding special teams, while Dewitt was the ST lead, he wasn’t necessarily the ST coordinator. I wonder if Frost may look to have a dedicated ST coordinator in the near future. Can't bring Dawson back AND hire a ST coordinator is what I'm poking at. That would be too many assistants and we'd still have a problem with special teams. So, someone would have double duty as you say, with their spot and ST. Wonder who? Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 minute ago, runningblind said: Can't bring Dawson back AND hire a ST coordinator is what I'm poking at. That would be too many assistants and we'd still have a problem with special teams. So, someone would have double duty as you say, with their spot and ST. Wonder who? I agree, so there has to be either another assistant leaving or they will split the special teams across multiple coaches. Quote Link to comment
theknife Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 8 hours ago, runningblind said: Dawson coaches OLB? That'll be interesting for Tuioti having the guy he replaced come back. Who coaches ST then? Are we just down a dedicated ST coord then or can Dawson do that too? Dawson coached OLBs for the Giants and LBs at multiple schools. He also was ST coach for BC, so he might just take on both. Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 8 hours ago, runningblind said: Dawson coaches OLB? That'll be interesting for Tuioti having the guy he replaced come back. Who coaches ST then? Are we just down a dedicated ST coord then or can Dawson do that too? Crap. By the time I spewed out my long winded post. The knife had already succintly addressed my point.... From Dawson's resume it looks like he has experience coaching DL,OLB and 3 years Special teams at BC so he could be the point guy on special teams but get help from the other coaches for the various units. He also has 2 years experience as a defensive Coordinator. Tuioto also has a bit of OLB coaching experience so he could possibly swap with Dawson too. Personally I like Dawson as the OLB guy. I also think Held could do special teams as he has experience as an offensive coordinator/head coach. Correct me if I am wrong but the big thing about special teams is mostly the coordination? I don't think there is a ton of individual technique that has to be taught there. I would think punters/place kickers/long snappers know their technique already and there is not much individual work for the other players. Am I off base? Also we have a grad assistant Colby Ellis that can help out with special teams. Dawson Bio... 1998 (spring) University of Massachusetts Lowell defensive line 1998 University of Maine defensive assistant 1999 University of Pittsburgh graduate assistant 2000 University of New Hampshire linebackers 2001 University of New Hampshire defensive line 2002-03 University of New Hampshire linebackers 2004-05 University of New Hampshire DC/linebackers 2006-08 University of Akron linebackers 2009-11 Boston College special teams 2013 Philadelphia Eagles defensive quality control 2014-15 Philadelphia Eagles assistant defensive line 2016-17 University of Central Florida defensive line 2018 University of Nebraska defensive line 2019 New York Giants outside linebackers Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 The Special Teams coordinator’s main job is to figure out which players he wants to have on the special teams units, making sure those players know their responsibilities, and executing the specific special teams play (punt left, punt right, kickoff deep, pooch kickoff, onside kick, etc.). The special teams coach isn’t coaching the technique of the kickers and punters, unless something is wrong, and even then they are basically just helping the kickers look at film of their technique. The kickers are like golfers, in that they own their “swing” and have outside coaches who help them fine tune that “swing”. 1 Quote Link to comment
WVhuskerXX Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 8 hours ago, HANC said: Kind of hoping for Ekeler. Ball of energy. Loves Ek. I remember when he got the fake tattoo when he was recruiting Will Compton. Also the time he got hit in the nuts on the sidelines. Entertaining guy for sure. 1 4 Quote Link to comment
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