NUance Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Huskers map out plans for the "most pure part of football" ByBRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON 105 minutes ago Not only do you need to want to play on special teams, you better want to play great on special teams. Those are not the words of the pencil-necked scribe. That's from the longtime coach with the booming voice. Mike Dawson was speaking of that want-to last week, as he discussed the Husker special teams operation going forward. It's an operation which will have a leading mapmaker at the desk upstairs in special teams senior analyst Jonathan Rutledge, but also a lot of helping hands to make sure that map is followed. "Rut's kind of in the command center ... and giving us the vision and stuff," said Dawson, Nebraska's outside linebackers coach. "For me, as a guy that grew up as a 1-AA coach, or going back to my Maine or New Hampshire days, if you're coaching, you're coaching every single special teams." LINK ========================================================= Well, there's plenty of room for improvement in STs. Just the kicking game alone might have cost us a game or two last year. The article mentions true frosh Blaise Gunnerson vying to get of the field on STs. Love it! 2 Quote Link to comment
Decoy73 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 This new focus on ST will, no doubt, lead to more wins. Maybe not in 2020, but 2021 and beyond. Props to HCSF for making this a priority. 1 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Decoy73 said: This new focus on ST will, no doubt, lead to more wins. Maybe not in 2020, but 2021 and beyond. Props to HCSF for making this a priority. I'm not convinced having an analyst alone, who can only gameplan, while relying on coaches focused on other positions to teach in practice and make in game adjustments qualifies as a new focus on ST. A new focus would have been hiring Rutledge, or Snyder, as a FT ST coordinator allowing that person to actually coach. Here's hoping it helps none the less. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 23 hours ago, runningblind said: I'm not convinced having an analyst alone, who can only gameplan, while relying on coaches focused on other positions to teach in practice and make in game adjustments qualifies as a new focus on ST. A new focus would have been hiring Rutledge, or Snyder, as a FT ST coordinator allowing that person to actually coach. Here's hoping it helps none the less. Okay. Who do we fire then? OC — Matt Lubbick (and WRs) TEs — Sean Beckton DBs — Travis Fisher ILBs — Barrett Ruud OLBs — Mike Dawson QBs — Mario Verduzco DC — Erik Chinnander OL — Greg Austin (and Assist. HC) RBs — Ryan Held DL — Tony Tuioti btw, Are we limited to nine assistants? Did they change the limit? I count ten. Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Do we need both 2 LB coaches? How about TE and QB? Can Chinander take a position? A 10th was approved a couplr years back I think. 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, runningblind said: Do we need both 2 LB coaches? How about TE and QB? Can Chinander take a position? A 10th was approved a couplr years back I think. Yeah, both good ideas. It stands to reason that a dedicated ST coach would make more of an impact than, say, a dedicated TE coach. 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 The year Ruud became an assistant is when it was bumped to 10. Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I don't think there is a whole lot of individual coaching and individual drills that goes into special teams as compared to positions. There's some for the kicker/punter/long snappers/fielders but beyond that I can't think of any individual work to be done. I think it would be group work? Special teams wouldn't have a lot of plays to learn and techniques to apply as compared to positions. I am guessing that would be a possible reason why some coaches don't have a dedicated ST coach? Quote Link to comment
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