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Bob Diaco to be named new Defensive Coordinator





Seems like a decent hire. I'm curious if Nebraska missed out on anyone by waiting to fire banker so late. I think Diaco is a good hire, but I wonder why they waited so long to can Banker (as opposed to firing him after the Iowa game).
 
HuskerWeatherman said:
That's probably my biggest personal question mark. Seems like a better fit so far as recruiting goes would be a coach with ties from the Midwest, Plains, or West Coast.

But maybe we have a hole in recruiting the East Coast?
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ShortSideOption said:
We literally brought in zero DBs from the east coast/New Jersey area with Stewarts connections, unless Tony Butler from Ohio counts. I guess a midwest/radius guy would be my preference before we go replace a recruiting area that has brought us zero people at that position since the staff has been here.
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ShortSideOption said:
Agree, good to get another area. And I feel like i'm whining but at some point a guy with connections in our radius would be nice. We still have some slots to fill tho so maybe we will.
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Not sure I can speak to the connections he still has but this is his history, so I figure he might be somewhat familiar with the Midwest:

1992–1995 Linebacker at Iowa
1996–1997 Iowa (GA)
1999–2000 Western Illinois (RB/ST)
2001 Eastern Michigan (RB/ST)
2002 Eastern Michigan (LB/ST)
2003 Eastern Michigan (OLB/ST)
2004 Western Michigan (LB/ST)
2005 Central Michigan (co-DC/LB)
2006–2008 Virginia (LB/ST)
2009 Cincinnati (DC/ILB)
2010 Notre Dame (DC/ILB)
2011 Notre Dame (DC/LB)
2012–2013 Notre Dame (AHC/DC/LB)
2014–2016 Connecticut

That's quite a bit of time in the middle of the country or close to it.
 
Seth said:
Seems like a decent hire. I'm curious if Nebraska missed out on anyone by waiting to fire banker so late. I think Diaco is a good hire, but I wonder why they waited so long to can Banker (as opposed to firing him after the Iowa game).
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I'm thinking he was the best unemployed candidate north of Gus?
 
HuskerWeatherman said:
Supposedly Arkansas was strongly rumored to be going after Diaco as DC.
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According to Sean Callahan on KFAB this morning, at Arkansas he would have been a co-coordinator, and the other guy supposedly has a very strong personality. Not as good a situation as he gets here in Lincoln.
 




EastCoastHusker said:
Not sure I can speak to the connections he still has but this is his history, so I figure he might be somewhat familiar with the Midwest:

1992–1995 Linebacker at Iowa
1996–1997 Iowa (GA)
1999–2000 Western Illinois (RB/ST)
2001 Eastern Michigan (RB/ST)
2002 Eastern Michigan (LB/ST)
2003 Eastern Michigan (OLB/ST)
2004 Western Michigan (LB/ST)
2005 Central Michigan (co-DC/LB)
2006–2008 Virginia (LB/ST)
2009 Cincinnati (DC/ILB)
2010 Notre Dame (DC/ILB)
2011 Notre Dame (DC/LB)
2012–2013 Notre Dame (AHC/DC/LB)
2014–2016 Connecticut

That's quite a bit of time in the middle of the country or close to it.
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