New DC announced: John Papuchis; new DL coach Rick Kaczenski

[Nexus]

Nexus,

In honesty what do you expect them to say?

someone made the exact comment that needs to be addressed in my mind. " Bo may even let him call some of the plays". When in reality the DC at Nebraska should be calling all of the plays, the OC should be calling the offensive plays. My guess is Bo will be trying to do both pretty much all the time. That is a lot of work, and a lot of responsiblity, rather than over seeing the operation. Vision from a short distance is not quite as good as when you step back and look at it. Able to see the whole thing.

It is obvious Bo thinks highly of our new coaches. But I would like to see him grow as a head coach the next couple of years, not spending all his time training new people.

David's quote isn't surprising, but it doesn't mean he wasn't genuine. Most players prefer familiarity and continuity with coaches. I remember a small blurb in LJS last year after the Holiday Bowl recounting the scene at the airport between Ekeler and David as a tearful exchange since Ekeler was officially leaving for his new job at Indiana.

Former Huskers Todd Peterson and Zach Potter cared enough about JP's promotion to offer congratulatory messages via Twitter. Potter's message isn't as surprising since JP was his position coach, but Peterson was a WR. So for him to show support, it must've come from a genuine place? Keep in mind that Potter and Peterson were only around JP for one season before graduating.

If I've learned anything from observing interactions between current Husker football players on Twitter, it's that they're not too caught up with happenings outside of their own locker room. Silly example: Yoshi tweeting "Hey #HuskerNation is ESPN televising our football game this Saturday?"

Between homework, football practice and whatever is left of their social lives, they're mostly detached from daily topics like these under discussion here at Huskerboard until their coaches tell them otherwise.

 

[AFhusker]

I guess our new DL coach isn't too worried about burning bridges at his old school from what he said on unsportsmanlike conduct. It seems as though he has the confidence that he will be able to recruit better with a "better brand" as he put it. I hope he's right because we need it.

This is one of the comments that he made:

“It obviously helps when you walk into those high schools and you have the ‘N’ on your chest. I’m looking forward to that. That’ll be the first time in my career you’re walking into high schools with a name-brand on your chest. I’m very excited about that.”

“Nebraska’s always been a school that we’ve studied defensively at Iowa, even before they joined the Big Ten,” Kaczenski said Friday night on the radio show “Sports Nightly.”

“Fundamentally and technically, they play so sound in what they do. They do things so well year in and year out. Teams will show up on the radar every once in a while, (but) Coach Pelini’s defenses are always up there.”

 

[Hunter94]

I guess our new DL coach isn't too worried about burning bridges at his old school from what he said on unsportsmanlike conduct. It seems as though he has the confidencet that he will be able to recruit better with a "better brand" as he put it. I hope he's right becasue we need it.

This is one of the comments that he made:

“It obviously helps when you walk into those high schools and you have the ‘N’ on your chest. I’m looking forward to that. That’ll be the first time in my career you’re walking into high schools with a name-brand on your chest. I’m very excited about that.”

“Nebraska’s always been a school that we’ve studied defensively at Iowa, even before they joined the Big Ten,” Kaczenski said Friday night on the radio show “Sports Nightly.”

“Fundamentally and technically, they play so sound in what they do. They do things so well year in and year out. Teams will show up on the radar every once in a while, (but) Coach Pelini’s defenses are always up there.”

well then, he just uped our expectations of his ability to recruit........we'll see.

 

[The Dude]

I agree with him that Nebraska is a better brand to sell recruits than Iowa. Would anyone dispute that?

 

[bshirt]

I agree with him that Nebraska is a better brand to sell recruits than Iowa. Would anyone dispute that?

Nope. He's on the money.

But now he's got to back it up with results.