If defense is going to be the strength of this years team I see no problem with bringing back Sanders to make that happen.
Not all of Bo's hires have been guys he's coached with. Beck, Kaczenski, Els, and Fisher never coached with Bo before being hired.
While they may not have coached together, as far as I can tell Kaz is the only one on that list without a prior connection to Bo. Beck is from Youngstown, maybe its a coincidence, I don't know. IIRC Els had come up and worked with Bo in the off-season when on Frank's staff at Ohio. Fisher was a buddy of one Bo's players when he coached for the patriots I believe. Someone probably has the name.
So technically speaking you're correct, but i think N2FL's point that Bo usually stays within his circle to make hires holds true.
For the record, I think Kaz, Beck, and Fish were great hires. Beck's promotion to OC is questionable, but I thought he was a great RBs coach and recruiter. I haven't been thrilled with Els' recruiting or Special Teams Unit, but he seems to have a done a decent job coaching up the LBs.
If N2FL had said, "Almost all of Bo's hires have been guys he has some connection with." I'd have posted something else (or not responded). That was not what he posted. News flash: Almost all coaches hire assistants to whom they have had some kind of previous connection. Sometimes the connection is obvious, sometimes it isn't.
From my outside perspective, it would seem that a lot of the more established coaches make hires the way Frank hired Bo, called respected colleagues and asked for referrals. It would be my guess that this is how Bo hired Joseph and Kaz as well. There was a great article about Urban Meyer posted here a while back about how he hired his staff at OSU. He basically wanted guys from all different backgrounds and spent an entire year compiling names.
And is what he did really that terrible? I mean who hasn't gone to Vegas, picked up a hooker, killed her and then buried her in the desert?
So out of 16 assistants, 10 ALL coached with Pelini previously. Of the other six, only Kaz seems to come without suggestion from his brother, mentor or Tom Osborne. I can totally see why people thought I was exaggerating
Sanders would be a great addition.....if he has cleaned up his act.....and if Bo and the administration are fully on board with his hire.