You mean like Charlton Warren? He had been a DC. Whether or not they stay a DC is really irrelevant to their ability to coach a position but it IS extremely good experience to have in your pocket.
The demands and stress level of being a DB coach are a helluva lot less than being an NFL DC and being a position coach at NU is a darned nice gig if you can get it.
Yeah, just like James T. Kirk wasn't a very good Admiral so he went back to the rank of captain in charge of a starship and was happy after that. I'd do the same thing at my job if I could handle the pay cut.
There was an article that just came out about him leaving Maryland that stated that he was looking for HC positions the last two months...
i am intrigued by their experience, but my only thought, although too early to be a concern - maybe too many chiefs. maybe its a non issue. riley seems like someone who could navigate those waters. we'll see.
If you want to be a head coach, working for Mike Riley at NU is not a bad resume builder. On top of that, being a position coach at NU can be >>>>> a head coach at some other porgrams. If we only have him for a year so be it. IMO, the turnover at DB coach has been over blown. IF the guy is there for spring ball the only thing it possible hurts is recruiting and that really hasn't seem to be that much of an issue for us recruiting DBs. Right now as of today what we need is a guy that come in right away on the fly and help us get our guys ready for this fall. THAT is what is important RIGHT NOW. IF he chooses to stay, great. IF he's only here for a year, go get somebody else. It appears to me that since Marvin had to leave that our DB coaches have gotten better each time we made a hire. JMO.
What is most important in that regard is how Riley and Banker handle it. It appears obvious to me that Riley checks his at the door. Having a few guys not afraid to speak their mind while knowing what they are talking about might be a refreshing change for our defense.
??? I don't think our dbs have been all that great since Marvin left. They certainly were no where near as bad as our linebackers but I wouldn't say we have seen improvement each and every year.
I said that our DB coaches have seemed to get better every year. There is a difference between coaches and the guys they coach. We had some significant problems with our defensive back recruiting. IMO, as far as coaching Marvin was the best we've had at NU maybe ever. There was a significant drop off in DB coaching IMO after he had to leave. IMO again I think every DB coach we hired since Marvin was better than the guy before him.
IMO, some of those issues in run support might be placed on Bo but I don't know for sure. I know there was some conflict between Bo and Warren on technique at times. IMO, Bo put our DBs in terrible positions at times by asking them to do things that they weren't consistently capable of doing. Some of Bo's defensive play calls against Wisconsin required our DBs to make one on one open field tackles against Gordon. That was ridiculous as pointed out on several occasions by guys that are much better at Xs and Os than I am. The video didn't lie.
Would love it if this were the case. Hopefully it turns out to be a strength and not a case of "too many chiefs."
Cool, that means guys won't be running around and looking at the sidelines for direction when the ball is snapped.
