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Glenn Thomas is the new QB coach

Co-Offensive coordinator is not really a surprise. Thomas has been a co-offense coordinator on HCMR coached teams in the past, and Thomas also has considerable experience as being an OC. I see Thomas as focusing on the passing aspect and Satt on the run game, but this is simply my guess.
 

Woodhead said:
Not playing the position isn't a very legitimate criticism if one considers which coaches have taught what. First, consider the alternative, that playing the spot or even sport makes one better at teaching it. Are the best players in a sport the best teachers of it?
How many high powered golf teachers never made the tour? Would Mike Jordan be a good coach? It isn't playing, its the ability to teach sports movement and tactics. Those abilities are inherent, and while certainly the familiarity with a particular activity lends to depth of understanding, that doesn't preclude acquiring that body of knowledge as an observer.
How does one become an OC or DC without having played all the positions they now command? Many serve in a variety of position roles to satisfy that very acquisition of acumen, although they didn't play all those.
Good coaches are born to it, and they don't much care what it is they are to teach in terms of ability to do so or not.
But! If we are going to denigrate a coach for not having played the position in their charge, how do we give any creedence to an assessment of a coach when the fan has never played the position or themselves coached? If a coach can't gain the knowledge while immersed in the role 24/7, how does the fan gain enough info to know the coach hasn't?
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Yeah I don’t remember hearing about all of John Cooks volleyball playing experience
 
Glad we are bringing in an NFL guy to develop QBs. DR is an NFL type of pocket passer and we have a lot of eggs into this basket. If we develop DR right and he has lots of success here before he goes pro, that will help up in a way that nothing else can. It becomes easier to recruit elite QB’s here. We haven’t been right at QB for a long time here.
 
Woodhead said:
Not playing the position isn't a very legitimate criticism if one considers which coaches have taught what. First, consider the alternative, that playing the spot or even sport makes one better at teaching it. Are the best players in a sport the best teachers of it?
How many high powered golf teachers never made the tour? Would Mike Jordan be a good coach? It isn't playing, its the ability to teach sports movement and tactics. Those abilities are inherent, and while certainly the familiarity with a particular activity lends to depth of understanding, that doesn't preclude acquiring that body of knowledge as an observer.
How does one become an OC or DC without having played all the positions they now command? Many serve in a variety of position roles to satisfy that very acquisition of acumen, although they didn't play all those.
Good coaches are born to it, and they don't much care what it is they are to teach in terms of ability to do so or not.
But! If we are going to denigrate a coach for not having played the position in their charge, how do we give any creedence to an assessment of a coach when the fan has never played the position or themselves coached? If a coach can't gain the knowledge while immersed in the role 24/7, how does the fan gain enough info to know the coach hasn't?
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Nostradumbass said:
Yeah I don’t remember hearing about all of John Cooks volleyball playing experience
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Cook was coaching high school volleyball for several years before he became assistant coach at UC San Diego, and then head coach at Wisconsin, before he came to Nebraska. He wasn't coaching college-level sports in his early 20's. The point is he had a LOT of coaching experience before he joined the college ranks and became a head coach. We can't say the same thing about our WR coach.

I agree with the poster who expressed some doubts about our WR coach. IMO, Rhule took a bit of a gamble with that hire. Maybe it will pan out, maybe not. It is yet to be seen.
 
gazelle said:
Cook was coaching high school volleyball for several years before he became assistant coach at UC San Diego, and then head coach at Wisconsin, before he came to Nebraska. He wasn't coaching college-level sports in his early 20's. The point is he had a LOT of coaching experience before he joined the college ranks and became a head coach. We can't say the same thing about our WR coach.

I agree with the poster who expressed some doubts about our WR coach. IMO, Rhule took a bit of a gamble with that hire. Maybe it will pan out, maybe not. It is yet to be seen.
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Didn't Cook coach football?
 
gazelle said:
Cook was coaching high school volleyball for several years before he became assistant coach at UC San Diego, and then head coach at Wisconsin, before he came to Nebraska. He wasn't coaching college-level sports in his early 20's. The point is he had a LOT of coaching experience before he joined the college ranks and became a head coach. We can't say the same thing about our WR coach.

I agree with the poster who expressed some doubts about our WR coach. IMO, Rhule took a bit of a gamble with that hire. Maybe it will pan out, maybe not. It is yet to be seen.
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So for me, I grew up in California, Southern California, I did not play volleyball. I was actually becoming a teacher, and was coaching high school football(American Football).
volleybrains.com

2. John Cook: 'Be A Lifelong Learner'

During the Christmas holidays I had the pleasure to get on a video call with coach Cook. John Cook is the head coach of the Nebraska Huskers volleyball program. Under John's guidance the Huskers went on to grab 4 National Championships. This current season is his 21st straight season at
volleybrains.com volleybrains.com
 
Folks forget multiple things can be true or exist together.
- Can a young coach succeed in coaching a position he didn't play? Yes. Would his transition to D1 coaching likely be easier if he was coaching the position he did play? Yes.
- If you rank order your coaches from #1 - #10, does someone have to be rated #10? Yes, they are rank ordered. Can the #10 ranked coach on a team of really good coaches still be a very good coach? Yes.

On the topic of the Glenn Thomas hire, I'm thinking its a home run hire. Over the fence or inside the park? Doesn't matter. Great hire.
 




Redleg said:
Folks forget multiple things can be true or exist together.
- Can a young coach succeed in coaching a position he didn't play? Yes. Would his transition to D1 coaching likely be easier if he was coaching the position he did play? Yes.
- If you rank order your coaches from #1 - #10, does someone have to be rated #10? Yes, they are rank ordered. Can the #10 ranked coach on a team of really good coaches still be a very good coach? Yes.

On the topic of the Glenn Thomas hire, I'm thinking its a home run hire. Over the fence or inside the park? Doesn't matter. Great hire.
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Each of us has our own story, no different with coaches or players.
A very good qb plays for the Aints, a coach gets the most out of a Young and depleted room.
Agree
 
GIFRRO said:
1 High powered golf coaches played a ton of golf. Thats not really an arguement. I never said it had to be played at a high level, but how many high powered golf coaches dont golf? None. Just like great WR coaches have played the position

2 - For a 3rd time. I said both a lack of playing the position AND never coaching is what bothered my. One without the other I was ok with. Kid has Never coach and Never played WR. Neither. And thats where my issue was.
If the Kids coached for 5 years but never played the WR position but proved hes a good coach, I can live with it. Kids never coached, but played WR at a high level so we he understands the position, Im ok with it

Both, its an issue. Not sure how many times I need to say it.
Its common sense really
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A little bad news here, McQuire has coached at the NFL level with Rhule at Carolina and did so for two years. And in terms of playing the position, he played QB, and I'll just jump out on that limb and suggest that QBs are very likely to understand a significant amount about the requirements of receiving. That holds particularly true if they have a mind for the game as coaches tend to do.
But a significant glossing over of a troubling detail in this debate. Ole boy now has a year of coaching wide receiver, thus as I understand it, the statement "he's never coached" no longer holds kimchi.
 
Woodhead said:
A little bad news here, McQuire has coached at the NFL level with Rhule at Carolina and did so for two years. And in terms of playing the position, he played QB, and I'll just jump out on that limb and suggest that QBs are very likely to understand a significant amount about the requirements of receiving. That holds particularly true if they have a mind for the game as coaches tend to do.
But a significant glossing over of a troubling detail in this debate. Ole boy now has a year of coaching wide receiver, thus as I understand it, the statement "he's never coached" no longer holds kimchi.
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He is the son of a coach. Played QB. Has high energy. Connects with players and recruits. I will trust Rhule on this one. And am willing to bet he will be one of the first coaches hired away from here, after TW.
 




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