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While this seems like speculation, I can believe it. Last week Chris Partridge had an interview where he said he's never been approached about being IL DC.
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You guys are putting a lot of stock in the 10 assistants recruiting thing….you can send anyone out on the road now which is what Bret does.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
So Montana hired Bobby Kennedy whose assassination was fake and has been alive this whole time who has only been there one year as WR coach as their new head coach.
I believe the NCAA rules are now that 5 days after a new coach is hired (which would be today), players at a school that has had a coaching change have 15 days to enter the portal.
Hauck bringing some guys with him would make all of this considerably less mysterious, IMO.
I believe the NCAA rules are now that 5 days after a new coach is hired (which would be today), players at a school that has had a coaching change have 15 days to enter the portal.
Hauck bringing some guys with him would make all of this considerably less mysterious, IMO.
217sports
- Springfield
His age doesn't mean much at all. We're not making a coordinator hire expecting him to be here 10+ years. His recruiting will be done mostly on campus as Bret desires and the new coach recruiting rules makes doable. And I guarantee a ton of schools would have loved to hire the head coach of one of the best (top 5? top 10 at most) FCS programs who has honestly been better than a ton of d1 programs the last 30 years. Not to mention he is one of the top minds of the scheme Bret wanted to switch to and most likely the ultimate reason we made this hire.
In the era of paying players to play for you, I don’t think recruiting is even a priority. It’s about distributing $$$$ the best way possible and making good evals of the guys you pay big money too. This is pro football now. Pro football teams don’t worry about “recruiting”. The GM is there to do it, and the coaches coach
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Lot of people in this thread hung up on "can this guy recruit? what are his ties?" like it is 2011.
I think this is exactly the stance a lot of people are struggling with. This guy wasn’t mentioned once, not by insiders, not by reporters, not by anyone. And now suddenly he’s being presented as a “top mind” for the system we want to run. Based on what? What did any of us know about him ten hours ago? It’s clearly a pivot from our top target, otherwise, there would’ve been no reason to wait until after the Super Bowl. It’s okay to acknowledge that. But acting like we just uncovered some hidden gem feels wrong. He’s never called a defense at any level, yet now we’re supposed to believe he’s a premier defensive mind? I’m not buying that sudden shift.
Because he was resigning from his HC spot at Montana... they had to buy some time
So who is recruiting if we have 3-4 guys who are clearly just dead weight on the trail?
I am sorry but there is no way you are buying this right? Clearly someone said no.
- Solomon Tuliaupupu (Linebacker): A standout starting linebacker who was granted a waiver for a ninth year of college eligibility.
- Dylan Jemtegaard (Offensive Lineman): A key backup offensive lineman who also received a waiver to extend his collegiate career through the 2026 season.
Parker, McDaniel, Harris, Hawthorne, McNeal, and possibly the new DL or Safety coach. BB also has more time to recruit now that he doesn't have to help out with the defense as much.
This is bad tho? Why is our staff so poorly put together that our head coach has to recruit. Wasn’t the very issue with AHen that Bret was forced to be too hands on?
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
here for all the hot takes!
Art, Stepp, Embelton, Eddie Simpkins
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
thats Dr Solomon Tuliapupu to you
Amen.
If our recruiting efforts now rely on Directors of Offensive Player Personnel instead of our actual coaches, it’s a sign that something in our process is fundamentally broken. We have staff members who will never coach these players taking the lead in recruiting because our current recruiting infrastructure just isn’t getting the job done.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
If you can't comprehensively analyze the career and implications for our program of a coach pulled out of a hat in three google searches do you even post bro?
Montana does in fact run 3-3-5 with a lot of shifting before and after the snap to confuse offensive lines regarding what is coming at them, which is also what Mike MacDonald is doing with Chris Partridge in Seattle out of a somewhat different formation. There is a commonality of theory there. So I'm relatively comfortable that this isn't some 11th hour radical change of plan versus what BB was discussing in the signing day presser. Sacrificing size up front for more speed, more blitzing, and more complexity for offenses to worry about is that NFL trend that Bret is wanting to move towards, and Montana was doing that.
I think the question is whether Bobby Hauck, 61 year old who hasn't worked in P4/5 football since 2002, hasn't worked as a DC ever, and is on record as finding dealing with the modern college football player draining on his enjoyment of coaching, actually the guy to be the leader of a Big Ten defense, is he actually going to flourish as the chess wizard he and BB have conceived as his next act?
I'm reminded less of Tony Petersen than I am of the famous secret summit in Tampa of Josh Whitman and Lovie Smith, two guys who are both top talents in their fields, two immensely qualified people, but who hatched a plan that just was not realistic and which was fated not to survive contact with reality, with a prominent reason being that the coach being hired did not particularly need, like, or want the job he needed to do.
I just don't like the vibe with this one. I understand the theory, it *could* work, but I just have a bad feeling. It feels inconsistent with the principles that have brought Bielema so much success.
- Dylan Jemtegaard (Offensive Lineman)
Just starting his residency after practice.
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