Leinart. LenDale White. Reggie Bush. Pete Carroll. All those WRs who I can't remember beyond Mike Williams.Norm Chow has a really strange career trajectory. Awesome at USC, bombed with the Titans, bombed as HC at Hawaii (how hard can it be to recruit at Hawaii??). Hard guy to figure out. I remember when the Titans hired him; I thought he'd have them in the Super Bowl hunt in a year or two. Ha !!
I had lost track of Ianello. An exceptional recruiter, but don't know what his capabilities are as a position coach. He would be a good choice if we can get comfortable that he can handle the position coaching responsibilities. We can't afford another coach whose strength is skewed towards recruiting. We already have a few too many of those. no
He was WR coach at Notre Dame.
Recruiting coordinator? Why dont you just scorch the whole program. Think!Ianello would be a great get. Makes far more sense than the Minnesota guys. Has coached WR's forever, and for top rated passing offenses, has coached Biletnikoff finalists including one winner. Is a great recruiter. NU ought to be attractive relative to associate head coach at Buffalo, no? We ought to make him recruiting coordinator, give him an associate head coach title to boot.
Rob Ianello brings over 25 years of experience to UB and isrecognized as one of the best recruiters in college football. He most recently spent three seasons on the Kansas football staff where he was the recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach.
Ianello was instrumental in helping bring the 25th-rated signing class to Kansas in 2013 according to The Sporting News. The Jayhawk class had two four-star prospects, including the top-rated JUCO prospect in the nation in defensive lineman Marquel Combs.
No stranger to the Mid-American Conference, Ianello served as head coach at Akron for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Prior to his stint atAkron, Ianello was a member of the coaching staff at Notre Dame from 2005-09. He coached the Irish in the 2008 Hawai'i Bowl, 2007Sugar Bowl and 2006 Fiesta Bowl.
From 2005-08 at Notre Dame, he served as wide receivers coach and coordinated the recruiting efforts of the Irish. In January 2009,he was promoted to assistant head coach for offense. In that role, he led offensive staff meetings when head coach Charlie Weis wasnot present, and later served as the team's interim head coach.
Notre Dame's 2009 offense ranked sixth nationally in passing offense (323.50 ypg) and ninth in total offense (451.75 ypg).Ianello mentored Irish wide receiver Golden Tate, who was the 2009 Biletnikoff Award winner and a consensus All-American.Additionally, he coached Jeff Samardzija, who was a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2005 and 2006 and earned All-America honors in2006.
As the recruiting coordinator for the Irish, he directed three consecutive top-10 recruiting classes from 2006-08, something only three other schools (USC, Florida and Georgia) could claim. Additionally, Ianello is the only coach named one of the 25-best recruiters nationally from 2005-09 by Rivals.com. In the book "TheSecond Season" by recruiting analyst Tom Lemming, Ianello is named one of the top-10 recruiters of the last 30 years.
Ianello had two coaching stints at Wisconsin (1990-93, 2003-04),and was part of a staff that helped lead the Badgers to the 1994 Rose Bowl, the 2003 Music City Bowl and the 2005 Outback Bowl.
From 1994-2002, Ianello was on staff at Arizona, serving asrecruiting coordinator from 1994-96, and wide receivers coach andrecruiting coordinator from 1997-2002. The Wildcats played in two bowl games, the 1997 Insight.com Bowl and the 1998 Holiday Bowl. The 1998 Arizona team finished 12-1, which stands as the bestrecord in school history.
Recruiting coordinator? Why dont you just scorch the whole program. Think!
Oh, guess I didn't realize that NU is dirt poor.You think NU can pay assistant coaches more than most other Power 5 schools? Come on, we all know that's not true. At best our best paid assistants make the average of their peers at other Power 5 schools.
He was great at USC... when he had Palmer, Bush, Lienhart, White, Williams, Jarrett... and a host of other guys that were first day draft picks. He wasn't good with the Titans, UCLA, Utah, or Hawaii.Someone who can't succeed as a head coach can still be an outstanding coordinator. That has been proven time and time again. Hankwitz for one. Ted Room. Lane Kiffin. Will Muschamp. Even Bob Davie.
And yes, the fact that he has coached several top offenses is why I would like to give him a shot. Same cred that Hankwitz had. I've always been one who valued experience succeeding at the top programs, because you know what needs to be done to get to the top of the mountain, because you've been there.
He was great at USC... when he had Palmer, Bush, Lienhart, White, Williams, Jarrett... and a host of other guys that were first day draft picks. He wasn't good with the Titans, UCLA, Utah, or Hawaii.
Ok... Norm Chow was pretty damn good at BYU as late as 1999. He was even really good at NC State as recent as 2000. Then he was pretty good at USC being given elite talent as recently 2004. Then he's completely sucked at a number of roles.He was pretty damn good in 25 years at BYU. He wasn't the OC at Utah or Hawaii.
Anyways, I've moved on. Keep McCall if you must. Just get rid of Springer and hire Ianello and I will be happy.
Ok... Norm Chow was pretty damn good at BYU as late as 1999. He was even really good at NC State as recent as 2000. Then he was pretty good at USC being given elite talent as recently 2004. Then he's completely sucked at a number of roles.
Compare that to McCall who was pretty good at NU from 2008-2012... and he was good at Bowling Green as late as 2007.
Well, you did say Norm Chow would be an upgrade.... so I thought that meant that you wanted to hire him for OC... which meant you had to have the OC open... which means that McCall would need to be fired.Which is why I'm not so hot on replacing McCall, even though the performance as of late calls for it.
He's demonstrated that he can lead potent offenses, and he has a record of developing QB's that is as good as almost anyone (hence, the criticism of failing to develop QB's is not one that I share).
The WR unit has been atrocious though and regressing, as Corbi has pointed out. I don't see how anyone who has any sense of accountability could possibly justify retaining Springer.
Well, you did say Norm Chow would be an upgrade.... so I thought that meant that you wanted to hire him for OC... which meant you had to have the OC open... which means that McCall would need to be fired.