Rob Aurich Hired as Defensive Coordinator
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Savage Husker
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Move this if necessary but talking about Defense - plays that work vs scheme. This is the mindset I hope for from Aurich (and Offense too)
This kind of describes how Nebraska has been for a while. Some upgrades on paper for sure. Again, kudos to Rhule for trying to make change.
Corn Train
Five-Star Recruit
What? Funny like a clown?I really hope Marshall didn't say "he's a funny."
Guy Chamberlin
Heisman Trophy Winner
If I was a coach, I would "put players in a position to make plays." It's the first thing I would do and probably the only thing I would do because it gets a lot trickier after that.
runningblind
All-American
Getting them to go out onto the field is a good first step, I agree.
floridacorn
Five-Star Recruit
New alignment, same issue. The defense needs legit 1 & 3 techs. Conversely, there are a few Jacks on the roster who don't seem to be natural transitions to DE or ILB, & from the little I've seen I would expect the Nickel to return to being a hybrid S.
Husker_In_WI
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It was encouraging to hear Rhule admit that most of the guys who played 3 tech at times this year (Davis, Lenhardt, Pietrzak, Nwaneri specifically) are better on the edge, and I assume that means they plan to keep them out there more. Was kinda worried the staff were still deluding themselves into thinking those guys were the answer on the inside. So we have to at least be planning on acquiring (or developing, but I don't see it for next year) more interior guys. I think there's still a role for undersized jacks on the edge, but it's going to be more situational against teams with lighter personnel and/or passing situations.
Ironically voicing this opinion got Butler fired, but we don't have the dudes we need on the interior DL at the moment. Those 4 guys can absolutely play on the edge, so let's do that with them.
presidentjlh
All-Conference
True. Although I do agree with Rhule frankly that even if that is true, a coach should never say that as an excuse for bad performance.
Crusader Husker
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I think this will be a sneaky good hire, maybe not Bo Peep good, but maybe a close 2nd.
Those are some solid numbers. You can win with those. And I believe that football is football. Teach/develop/instill it there, no reason he can’t here. Ekler did a phenomenal 1 year turn around. Would love same type on D, but not expecting it year 1.