Two O Line Coach System

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LINCOLN — Nebraska may return to a two-coach system for the offensive line, similar to the one employed in the Tom Osborne era with Milt Tenopir and the late Dan Young.
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“It didn't take a rocket scientist to know we had two coaches for the offensive line,” Tenopir said. “It was advantageous to what we were doing at the time, and it was different than how a lot of other teams operated.”

After all, the line makes up five of 11 positions on offense, 45 percent. Wouldn't it work better to devote two of five offensive coaches? “From a sheer numbers standpoint,” Zatechka said, “it does seem to make sense.”
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I never really have given thought to the two O line coach system, but the bolded part certainly makes me a believer.

 
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Man. . .Young was one of the most underrated special teams coaches in the country too. But hey. . he was only a high school coach before he got here so he couldn't have been any good.

 
Hunter94 said:
i wonder how many other D-1 schools have 2 OL coaches? is this really necessary?
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There's always at least 5 lineman on the field on offensive series. Always. However on a given play, we may have no RBs, no WRs, no TEs, or even no QB in some situations. So, on all of those given plays at least 45% of the people on the field are lineman. Because of that, I would think that it would be smart to devote at least 40% (2/5) of your position coaches to those guys.

 
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Hunter94 said:
i wonder how many other D-1 schools have 2 OL coaches? is this really necessary?
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Does it matter? Do you want to be like other D-1 schools anyway? How many schools have back to back National Championships once not to mention twice? How many schools have a sell out record for football dating back to your grandpa's days? Who was the school to start a strength and conditioning program and reshape college football because of that?

I want to be Nebraska and do it our way. There is a reason we dominated foot ball for 3 decades.

 
Other schools are considering doing it, with as much responsibility that centers have with protection calls in both the running and passing game these day and making adjustments it isn't a bad idea.

 
They should have a coach just for the center and guards, with another coach for the tackles. I watched an NFL film on Bill Walsh telling about a playoff game verse the Vikings with Chris Doleman and how that game would be won or lost through the tackles. The blind side was killing Montana so Walsh switched Bubba Paris with the younger more agile Steve Wallace and got the time Montana needed to win the game and claim the Super Bowl. So another coach looking from the outside could see those adjustments but I suppose the HC could do that just as well.

 
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Blaze1up said:
They should have a coach just for the center and guards, with another coach for the tackles. I watched an NFL film on Bill Walsh telling about a playoff game verse the Vikings with Chris Doleman and how that game would be won or lost through the tackles. The blind side was killing Montana so Walsh switched Bubba Paris with the younger more agile Steve Wallace and got the time Montana needed to win the game and claim the Super Bowl. So another coach looking from the outside could see those adjustments but I suppose the HC could do that just as well.
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Unless your HC is a defensive mastermind that neglects the offensive side of the ball until it's glaringly obvious that something needs to be done.....

 
Husker Richard said:
Blaze1up said:
They should have a coach just for the center and guards, with another coach for the tackles. I watched an NFL film on Bill Walsh telling about a playoff game verse the Vikings with Chris Doleman and how that game would be won or lost through the tackles. The blind side was killing Montana so Walsh switched Bubba Paris with the younger more agile Steve Wallace and got the time Montana needed to win the game and claim the Super Bowl. So another coach looking from the outside could see those adjustments but I suppose the HC could do that just as well.
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Unless your HC is a defensive mastermind that neglects the offensive side of the ball until it's glaringly obvious that something needs to be done.....
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And that is the most naive, retarded comment I've ever seen and obviously made by someone who knows nothing about Pelini or Nebraska football.

 
da skers said:
Husker Richard said:
Blaze1up said:
They should have a coach just for the center and guards, with another coach for the tackles. I watched an NFL film on Bill Walsh telling about a playoff game verse the Vikings with Chris Doleman and how that game would be won or lost through the tackles. The blind side was killing Montana so Walsh switched Bubba Paris with the younger more agile Steve Wallace and got the time Montana needed to win the game and claim the Super Bowl. So another coach looking from the outside could see those adjustments but I suppose the HC could do that just as well.
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Unless your HC is a defensive mastermind that neglects the offensive side of the ball until it's glaringly obvious that something needs to be done.....
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And that is the most naive, retarded comment I've ever seen and obviously made by someone who knows nothing about Pelini or Nebraska football.
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Yep that's me.

 
da skers said:
Hunter94 said:
i wonder how many other D-1 schools have 2 OL coaches? is this really necessary?
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Does it matter? Do you want to be like other D-1 schools anyway? How many schools have back to back National Championships once not to mention twice? How many schools have a sell out record for football dating back to your grandpa's days? Who was the school to start a strength and conditioning program and reshape college football because of that?

I want to be Nebraska and do it our way. There is a reason we dominated foot ball for 3 decades.
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i guess you missed my point, no, we don't need to emulate others, but it would seem to me we could use a dedicated qb coach, as much as 2 line coaches, but with Cotton....yeah, we probably need another!

 
Hunter94 said:
da skers said:
Hunter94 said:
i wonder how many other D-1 schools have 2 OL coaches? is this really necessary?
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Does it matter? Do you want to be like other D-1 schools anyway? How many schools have back to back National Championships once not to mention twice? How many schools have a sell out record for football dating back to your grandpa's days? Who was the school to start a strength and conditioning program and reshape college football because of that?

I want to be Nebraska and do it our way. There is a reason we dominated foot ball for 3 decades.
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i guess you missed my point, no, we don't need to emulate others, but it would seem to me we could use a dedicated qb coach, as much as 2 line coaches, but with Cotton....yeah, we probably need another!
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I'm pretty much with you on the QB coach thing. We have too much young tallent behind center. We talk about "potential" so much here in regards to our QBs, but without a dedicated QB coach how can we expect them to fully reach that potential? Maybe it doesn't matter as much w/ our scheme. IMO, it just makes more sense to have a QB coach, and a competent OL coach, than hire a second OL coach sacrificing the QBs to help Barney do a job 95% of rest D1 fills with a single coach.

 
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kchusker_chris said:
Hunter94 said:
da skers said:
Hunter94 said:
i wonder how many other D-1 schools have 2 OL coaches? is this really necessary?
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Does it matter? Do you want to be like other D-1 schools anyway? How many schools have back to back National Championships once not to mention twice? How many schools have a sell out record for football dating back to your grandpa's days? Who was the school to start a strength and conditioning program and reshape college football because of that?

I want to be Nebraska and do it our way. There is a reason we dominated foot ball for 3 decades.
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i guess you missed my point, no, we don't need to emulate others, but it would seem to me we could use a dedicated qb coach, as much as 2 line coaches, but with Cotton....yeah, we probably need another!
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I'm pretty much with you on the QB coach thing. We have too much young tallent behind center. We talk about "potential" so much here in regards to our QBs, but without a dedicated QB coach how can we expect them to fully reach that potential? Maybe it doesn't matter as much w/ our scheme. IMO, it just makes more sense to have a QB coach, and a competent OL coach, than hire a second OL coach sacrificing the QBs to help Barney do a job 95% of rest D1 fills with a single coach.
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Beck is going to have his hands full implementing his scheme.....how in the world does he find time to coach up TM and the new guys? knowing we need to focus on this position, i hope we have someone else qualified and with time to help the new guys....i think we miss the boat here big-time without a dedicated ab coach.

 
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