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Maher is ST Coordinator

You can tell they’ve gone to the Clickbait Content Pushing School. They always, without fail, have one word in all caps in the title of their video podcasts. It’s a small thing but it bugs the crap out of me.
Yeah it’s super cringy, and I don’t even understand this one. Did he mean 2026 or is he saying last year was big gains?
 
If he didn’t play for us, would we be excited about it? That’s always my barometer for hires like this.

The answer, by the way, is “no.”
But with assistant coach hires, 85% of the time it’s someone we’ve never heard of. So I don’t know if us being excited upon hearing the news is a very good barometer.
 
📈Big gains for NU in 2025
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Let's hope that they picked up Ekeler's mindset and philosophies while they were coaching together.
Maybe not all his philosophies. If Barney takes one more kickoff out of the end zone and returns it to the 16 they should bench him in that role forever.

I don’t even know why Barney is returning kicks to be honest. Punts are his thing and he’s good at it. Kickoff return is a different skill. Requires vision. Barney’s skill is reacting quicker than most people.
 
Any evidence of a kicker being a good special teams coordinator? Anywhere at any level?
Well, we have a Olineman coaching The Lions and that sterotypically sounds like a more impressive feat than a kicker being a good coach....
 
LOVE this from a specialist standpoint. My only concern is - does an NFL kicker have the mindset of a lunatic like Ek had? So much of this role is instilling a DNA into the entire team by valuing the little things. That doesn't mean the lunatic route is the only route - but it's the only one we've seen work
 
Kickers are weird cats. I don't mean that as an insult or a compliment. Just weird cats. Hope it goes well.

Maher was a dang good player at Nebraska. I believe he missed 4 straight XP one game for the Cowboys.
He still has almost every NFL record about field goals over 60 yards. Was nails most of the time, with a couple crash-outs.
 
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