huskerpower22 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 No kidding. Every other job in America has a job title and that person is responsible for doing their job description, so the boss doesn't have to. If it doesn't work the boss needs to make changes. The boss is making changes. At no point was anyone put in a position to fail by Frost. He was put in a position to succeed and didn't! Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 54 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Really? How did Frost put him in a position to fail? It looks like to me he was given the chance to succeed and didn't. Putting someone who doesn’t have the tools to do the job in that spot is a failure on the boss. Dawson is a DL/OLB coach. Not a dedicated special teams guy. He had some experience in assisting before. Not leading the whole unit. That’s on Frost. This is also the fourth year in a row special teams has been horrible no matter who is in charge of the unit. That’s on the HC. Edit: I realize now that Dawson has experience from BC coordinator special teams 1 2 Quote Link to comment
FrankWheeler Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Decked said: Putting someone who doesn’t have the tools to do the job in that spot is a failure on the boss. Dawson is a DL/OLB coach. Not a dedicated special teams guy. He had some experience in assisting before. Not leading the whole unit. That’s on Frost. This is also the fourth year in a row special teams has been horrible no matter who is in charge of the unit. That’s on the HC. That’s not even true, he was a special teams coach for three years at Boston College. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, FrankWheeler said: That’s not even true, he was a special teams coach for three years at Boston College. Didn’t know that. I thought his experience was from the NFL. I’ll keep it up as I’m not too proud to admit I was wrong. Dawson is still a much better defensive coach than special teams. Glad he is no longer coaching special teams. However, something is sour when it comes to that part of the game. That is in my opinion still on Frost for four years of continuous failure after multiple coaches. 1 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Decked said: Didn’t know that. I thought his experience was from the NFL. I’ll keep it up as I’m not too proud to admit I was wrong. Dawson is still a much better defensive coach than special teams. Glad he is no longer coaching special teams. However, something is sour when it comes to that part of the game. That is in my opinion still on Frost for four years of continuous failure after multiple coaches. It is on Frost. The overall staff needs to understand and preach the importance of special teams and that clearly doesn't happen. He has half heartedly attempted to fix it, including putting Dawson in two positions. We need a dedicated person, period. 4 years of 109+ ranked ST has proven that. He must at least try. 2 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment
HANC Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, runningblind said: It is on Frost. The overall staff needs to understand and preach the importance of special teams and that clearly doesn't happen. He has half heartedly attempted to fix it, including putting Dawson in two positions. We need a dedicated person, period. 4 years of 109+ ranked ST has proven that. He must at least try. It is on SF. He must implement ST into practice and not just a side note. He must put as much emphasis on every aspect of ST as he does offense and defense. This is tough as a coach when you are constantly trying to get offense and defense ready. He has to put guy in place who will work with specialist everyday, rather than juggling dline or linebacker and specialist. Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, runningblind said: It is on Frost. The overall staff needs to understand and preach the importance of special teams and that clearly doesn't happen. He has half heartedly attempted to fix it, including putting Dawson in two positions. We need a dedicated person, period. 4 years of 109+ ranked ST has proven that. He must at least try. I agree that at this point, we've dug a deep enough ST hole that a dedicated person is the right route. But having a split position coach/special teams coordinator isn't half-hearted. Picking the top 5 P5 teams by special teams rating here, 2 have TE/ST coahces. One has OLB/ST. One (Iowa) has a dedicated special teams coach. And one (A&M) only has an analyst as far as I can tell, no official coach role. Again, I'm on board with a full time ST guy because the issues are clearly deep. But once ST is up and running, it's just not true that it requires a full time coach to be great. 1 Quote Link to comment
runningblind Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Husker in WI said: I agree that at this point, we've dug a deep enough ST hole that a dedicated person is the right route. But having a split position coach/special teams coordinator isn't half-hearted. Picking the top 5 P5 teams by special teams rating here, 2 have TE/ST coahces. One has OLB/ST. One (Iowa) has a dedicated special teams coach. And one (A&M) only has an analyst as far as I can tell, no official coach role. Again, I'm on board with a full time ST guy because the issues are clearly deep. But once ST is up and running, it's just not true that it requires a full time coach to be great. I fully agree with you it shouldn't require a full time guy to do well, but as you agreed with me earlier in the post, it does here at the present moment. Every coach can help with ST and it just doesn't seem to be that level of priority under Frost to date. Quote Link to comment
MasterPulverizer Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 This is an interesting article on the role of ST coordinators in the NFL: https://www.the33rdteam.com/darren-rizzi-special-teams-coordinators/ I imagine this role could have similar benefits in the college ranks. Before everyone tears into Darren Rizzi's record or credentials, consider the points he's making: 1. They have to know, and spend time with the entire team - you would think this would he the role of HC but think of all the booster meetings, staff meetings, recruiting, and other stuff that calls on Frost's plate. 2. They have to be specialists in situational football, clock management, and executing under pressure - something we're obviously missing. 3. They actually scheme special teams scenarios against our opponents - think Michigan State...again it's obvious. I think a good ST coordinator can not only fix our obvious ST issues, but will also give a depth to player and roster management that we're currently lacking. As good of a coach as I think Tuoiti is, I still think this program grows by the hiring of a full time special teams coordinator. Quote Link to comment
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 4 hours ago, GlobalHusker said: If we are going to hire a DL coach. Would be nice to reach out to Tosh Lupoi. He is still at Jacksonville for now. Relentless recruiter. Heard UF is targeting him. Bring in Ed Orgeron. Another great recruiter, and his praise for Nebraska is well documented. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, runningblind said: I fully agree with you it shouldn't require a full time guy to do well, but as you agreed with me earlier in the post, it does here at the present moment. Every coach can help with ST and it just doesn't seem to be that level of priority under Frost to date. Got it - I guess my point is still I don't think Dawson was set up to fail by holding two positions. With how bad we've been it's not putting him in a great position to all of a sudden turn us into a top-25 special teams unit - at this point that's what I believe would require full time dedication. But I don't think moderate improvement from previous years is too much to ask, and he didn't get that done. I honestly don't blame the place kicking on anyone either, kickers are head cases and you don't mess with them. But our coverage units got worse throughout the year and punt/kick protection wasn't good - those should not be difficult to bring up to a decent level. 4 Quote Link to comment
GretnaHusker14 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Has there been any rumors about a potential running backs coach? I feel with Tuioti leaving Dawson could naturally move to Defensive line and sounds like Busch will be the Special teams Coordinator once his contract with LSU is done being paid out in January. I know Ron Brown is on staff as an analyst or director of player development or whatever and I think he is a good option but are their any other coaches out their that could add in the recruiting wrinkle in to the fold? P.S. sorry again if these questions have already been asked or answered! Quote Link to comment
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Still wish we could've gotten Korn on our staff somehow Quote Link to comment
theknife Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said: Still wish we could've gotten Korn on our staff somehow He will be apart of the new coaching staff next year at this rate. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 43 minutes ago, GretnaHusker14 said: Has there been any rumors about a potential running backs coach? I feel with Tuioti leaving Dawson could naturally move to Defensive line and sounds like Busch will be the Special teams Coordinator once his contract with LSU is done being paid out in January. I know Ron Brown is on staff as an analyst or director of player development or whatever and I think he is a good option but are their any other coaches out their that could add in the recruiting wrinkle in to the fold? P.S. sorry again if these questions have already been asked or answered! Speculation is Brown is not gonna be your RB coach but Busch is likely your special teams guy. Kinda fits the role now. 1 Quote Link to comment
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