Of all the the things Bielema did to burn bridges on his way out, this talking point of his about why he left is probably the one that is most tiresome as it really was an easy way to deflect and badmouth UW while not being entirely truthful. It ignores the fact that prior to the 2012 season his assistants left for promotions like Paul Chryst and Dave Doeren going from coordinators to head coaches, not lateral moves for more money. When other assistants like Rudolph and Bob Bostad followed these coordinators to their new destinations, I feel it was their realizing that Chryst and Bostad were the brains and engine of the operations, and Bielema and his shit special teams as well as Ash and Partridges terrible vanilla conservative defensive schemes that didn't fit their personnel held the team back.
Also can't sit there and complain that he supposedly couldn't bring in his top choices for assistants because of the pay scale, and then go and poach those same assistants to join him at Arkansas, the place he went to where he could bring in better assistant coaches than the ones he had with more money. too contradictory.
Also don't see why his 2012 staff deserved raises yet. they were being paid appropriately for their resume coming from places like NIU and WKU. The one big name was Markuson and he was terrible and was fired after two games. They rest were good assistants in some form in 2012 once bielema let them do what they were capable (see holding Matt Canada's offense back for two losses against PSU and OSU before unleashing his playbook on NU in the CCG).
very true, but Iowa fans would take solace in knowing Nebraska's head coach has a tiger hawk tattoo on his leg.
my thoughts on Bielema - very good coach overall, solid recruiter, great with player development, shaky in-game coach, grade A douchebag. he's gotta good thing going at Arkansas and I would've been surprised but not shocked if he left it for Nebraska.
a good chunk of Iowa fans think he's heir to the Ferentz thrown, so it comes as a relief that he passed on NE. his brash personality would be in stark contrast to Ferentz's but it worked with Fry.
RunLeeRun - who does NE go after now? Chryst seems like a good fit but wouldn't be the big splash type of hire most Husker fans want.
Have heard quite a few hawkeyes say that....honestly, one of the few positives from a BB hire. It was mostly negative reactions when the rumor broke.
Chryst woukd not go over well. I really have no idea. This AD is a vault. Im fond of Bohl, but there are a number of reasons against that. Lots of prople think Tressal, id be surprised. Id be cool with Shaw or Mullen. Shaw's a pipedream, maybe Mullen would. The Golden Child Frost wouldnt be a instant unifying factor. He initialy went to Stanford then transferred. He got hazed for a year, booed and was involved in the Lawrence Philips drama. But he's tough. Parents are coaches, and has tutored under some bigtime coaches, but we're back to on the job training. That route would only work if he came in with some top-end assistants. Id be ecstatic with any of them over Chryst.
I don't see Shaw leaving Stanford as his next stop is the NFL. He, like Sumlin is very, very highly thought of. Also Shaw is a Stanford Alum coaching at his college dream job. They are a private school and can pay him whatever they want. He's got guys behind him like Larry Ellison and Phil Knight (Stanford Alum Grad School).
yeah, let's just assume that guys like Shaw and Patterson are off limits.
Frost - NE guy, offensive mindset, unproven / no head coaching exp
Narduzzi - proven as an experienced top D coordinator, perfect fit if Nebraska goes the defensive-minded route. think of him as the Midwest's version of Charlie Strong
McElwain - if Florida wont pay his buyout and Nebraska wants an offensive-minded coach.. besides turning around an abysmal CSU program, has ties to the B1G when he was on Saban's staff at MSU. won back-to-back titles at Bama as OC and made two middling QBs look like All-Americans. the definition of a great QB coach, which shouldn't be underestimated this day and age when QB play means so much
otherwise... RichRod? Graham?
Narduzzi or McElwain would be my choice.
Frost - NE guy, offensive mindset, unproven / no head coaching exp
Narduzzi - proven as an experienced top D coordinator, perfect fit if Nebraska goes the defensive-minded route. think of him as the Midwest's version of Charlie Strong
McElwain - if Florida wont pay his buyout and Nebraska wants an offensive-minded coach.. besides turning around an abysmal CSU program, has ties to the B1G when he was on Saban's staff at MSU. won back-to-back titles at Bama as OC and made two middling QBs look like All-Americans. the definition of a great QB coach, which shouldn't be underestimated this day and age when QB play means so much
otherwise... RichRod? Graham?
Narduzzi or McElwain would be my choice.
