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He already came out and said Dawson was doing a fine job as special teams coach... Would leave us without an RB coach
Okay, I guess since our ST are fine then we have nothing to worry about. I don't think it's as cut and dried as you say.
we have 1 spot left (unless something happens with the defense). Still need a RB coach. Busch is a defensive guy.
That was going to be my comment. I think he'll likely be on the staff BUT it apparently has not yet been decided or a done deal. Otherwise he would have been announced today as well.
There is no chance anyone, anywhere, actually thinks that someone is doing a "fine" job with special teams here.
ST cost us two more games since then and there have also been reports we intend to hire a ST coach.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Frost says Mike Dawson is doing a great job coaching special teams. Frost is not sure he will look for a dedicated special teams coordinator. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/huskers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#huskers</a></p>— Sam McKewon (@swmckewonOWH) <a href="">November 10, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Dont shoot the messenger.. Came from his own mouth
And since making that statement, NU gave up a KOR TD and had a punt blocked, likely costing them 2 games. Hopefully Frost is out of his denial phase.
The visit means interest..no doubt about it. But it does not mean he is top choice. We have two LSU coaches on our staff so it makes sense to contact both LSU qbs. Also, the “whole staff visit” is also overblown. With Mickey just leaving LSU it makes 100% sense to do a full court press on portal kids as well as local kids he was recruiting.
I’d like to see chin coach the outside linebackers Dawson go to another school and hire Busch to coach special teams and assist in outside linebackers I’m really not impressed with Dawson but that’s just my opinion
I think that is there goal with Myles Brennan and Zach Gibson (Akron RS Freshman).
Zach Gibson will be on campus, too. Perhaps looking to take in both of them. Best case scenario, IMO. That would give Gibson and Haarberg a year to learn the new offense, be mentored by Brennan, and battle for the starting spot in 2023.
People act like Scott Frost doesn’t care about special teams. But my sources say that Scott scheduled the special teams time to practice several times last season.
Well, really moving Busch downstairs to the field I don't think would change the problems that we had on the field anyway. They've addressed punter and kicker in this recruiting class already. Busch can easily relay to the field what needs to be done and direct practice special teams coaching. 90+% of our special teams break downs were the guys putting their foot on the ball. I was an advocate for hiring a full time special teams coordinator but logically I see the reasoning behind standing pat. I suspect that we'll ditch the blocking formation that we saw with that blocked punt. That or maybe our punter will be coached to call a time out if he sees that shift at the last second from the defense.
I think you're off base on Dawson as far as his coaching. The only breakdown I saw that could be laid on a coaching failure was that punt block but even then IF I were that punter I'm calling a timeout when I saw how Iowa shifted. Even given that, the reason that guy got a free run at the punter was one of our up backs not recognizing his responsibility. That was a real brain fart that should have been obvious to him. He doubled inside instead of at least attempting a reach block outside.
Yep.
If we are not going to do anything different with special teams, I'll give Trev a huge discount on ST coordinator.
For 1/4 the price they are currently paying the current coordinator, I'll print up a huge banner to be permanently hung at practice:
"Fair catch every single ball you can get to on punt and kickoff returns"
There. Done.
Simple, effective, saves $$$, and accomplishes the exact same thing as our 2021 return game.
just get a rb coach then:
if your punting or a kick off...have a lb or db coach, coach that because it involves fast guys tackling, it's mostly defense
if your returning, have a rb or wr coach, coach that because it's mostly fast guys returning and blocking
if your doing a field goal or extra point, have a ol coach, coach that because you mostly just need big dumb fat guys blocking people
then you just have a coach, coach the kicker and holder..that could be someone else, maybe the qb coach cause the qb and kicker are kinda the same..both put the ball thru the air to score points, and it's mechanics but a lot of mental stuff too
if your punting or a kick off...have a lb or db coach, coach that because it involves fast guys tackling, it's mostly defense
if your returning, have a rb or wr coach, coach that because it's mostly fast guys returning and blocking
if your doing a field goal or extra point, have a ol coach, coach that because you mostly just need big dumb fat guys blocking people
then you just have a coach, coach the kicker and holder..that could be someone else, maybe the qb coach cause the qb and kicker are kinda the same..both put the ball thru the air to score points, and it's mechanics but a lot of mental stuff too
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Actually, we didn’t fair catch every kickoff and punt last year. But we should have, because when we didn’t, the results were not good.