Yes, I do realize that, so part of that definitely can be attributed to the current coaching staff at the time, BUT the reason I pointed it out is that often times great talent can overcome poor coaching. I just would have expected even with the poorest of coaching and strong talent ND would have finished no lower than 50th in defense.
I never said he doesn't deserve credit, and I think that the 2012 season was a really great season for him. But the other seasons (2009 to 2011) when you look at the total defense his teams allowed, the average ranking was 56th or something like that. Plus, his UConn teams were horrible at defense, and if he is a defensive genius, you would expect that part of their game would at least be ok.
I am too lazy to go look at ND schedule during that time, but presume it included the typical big time programs, many of which are rival games. 56th vs those teams, is probably better than 30ish vs last season's schedule for Nebraska. Not saying Diaco is my first choice, just noting that ND typically plays a stronger schedule, with almost every game being some form of rivalry.
Well 2009 was his time at Cincy, and I'm not disputing that ND plays some tough teams, but I don't think this guy is a home-run hire and certainly not worthy of $1M. Had he been somewhat successful as a HC I might think differently, but I worry we are putting too much into the one good year he had at ND.
I realize he wasn't responsible for the entire class, but the talk of him not being a good recruiter seems to be over blown.
I dunno if that's a good reason to bash a guy.
Ya that's true but maybe he doesn't want to coach with him because he's a douchebag which we already knew that about Bielema hahaha
Coming from someone who thinks PJ Fleck is the 2nd coming of Vince Lombardi I feel instantly better about Diaco. Good to know that we now have 100% clarity on what a successful DC hire needs to have.
