New DC hired

[Ext. 55]

I need to join the Happy Ending Society

Even when it’s bad and we are upset, we aren’t a bunch of miserable douche canoes! Come on over!

 

[nscottie]

Even when it’s bad and we are upset, we aren’t a bunch of miserable douche canoes! Come on over!

Sign me up @HuskerGarrett

 

[EgarDer]

Not sure if horny or angy over this hire. Either way GBR!

You can fix both of those at the same time.

 

[HerbRedman]

This is a boom or bust hire to me.

I’m not real impressed with it today but would love to be proven wrong. No high major DC experience. Just on the surface…not loving that.

Not attacking you, just addressing this general sentiment. I have read this line 10,000 times on NU message boards: "Why can't WE ever hire someone Curt Cignetti? Why can't we ever find the next superstar in the lower levels?"

You can't have it both ways. As many others have put it, 98% of our fanbase would have shit all over hiring Cignetti out of JMU three years ago.

• "Never won in P2"
• "Doesn't know how to win in B1G"
• "Level of competition in Sun Belt conference is laughable"
• "He's too cocky and is going to get humbled in the B1G"
• "Scott Frost had huge success in lower levels too and we saw how that turned out"
• "No major HC experience"

You can't have it both ways. You can't whine about Nebraska never getting 'lucky' like Indiana and discovering the "next big thing" and then in the same breath shit all over a hire when we try to identify the next coaching star, etc.

I am in no way saying this guy is the DC version of Cignetti. Just saying, either we're trying to identify top coaching talent or not. Everyone wants the established wiley vet, but we did that with Holgorsen and 75% of this board now thinks he's past his prime. Trying to thread the needle of what our fans actually want is a retard's errand.

 

[Toe]

What's most impressive is HOW the defense improved. This isn't a havoc-based scheme that generates turnovers through aggression - Havoc Rate is just #65. Instead, Aurich built an efficiency defense: Success Rate #6 (opponents can't convert), Explosiveness #8 (opponents can't hit big plays), Passing Downs #2 (opponents can't throw when they need to). This is fundamentally sound, assignment football that wins by doing the basics at an elite level.

I like the sound of that last part...

 

[herbsinator]

I like the sound of that last part...

I loved the fact that they were able to stop the run without being dominant up front.

 

[Cash68847]

I loved the fact that they were able to stop the run without being dominant up front.

Hopefully we still add another big body or two on the interior line.

 

[Pipe Line]

I genuinely have no idea. We’ve already seen plenty of garbage though over the years, so, fuck it

 

[jaihawk]

I can't remember where I read it, but I believe he only likes to play his DT'S down and has everyone else standing up at or around the LOS like Leonard used to do when he was at Wisconsin.

 

[vailhusker]

Does he bring his DL coach with him? Looks like he was his DL coach at Idaho too.

David Lose

David Lose

goaztecs.com

 

[BradWesley]

Not even the most beautiful Bob we've ever had at DC

F-

Would laugh if he pulls up to the football offices in his Benz, wearing

 

[Kinish]

I took it to mean that he was going to be asked to run a 3-3-5 even though that's not what he knows. There is precedent for this happening. Unless I'm wrong and Butler coached on defenses who ran the 3-3-5 before he came here. If we get the 4-2-5 I'll be very happy

YEAH........... you arent hiring an outside DC then telling him to run whatever fucked system is leftover from the guy you fired

get the fuck out with this nonsense

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Would laugh if he pulls up to the football offices in his Benz, wearing

 

[Poor_and_Stupid]

If anyone is interested the SDSU fans are, predictably, pretty fucking pissed about this. Usually a good sign.

https://aztecmesa.proboards.com/thread/72749/aurich-nebraska

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

One outstanding year against the 126th most difficult schedule. Okey dokey. Hopefully he brings the LB and safety

Your posts make a lot more sense if you read them knowing what a hot Carl is.

 

[Interloper]

Folks…the Happy Ending Society is pleased to report: we’re going to be just fine.

Rob Aurich isn’t a consolation prize — he’s a culture hire. This dude took a San Diego State defense that was “meh” and turned it into a Top-5 scoring defense in one year. Not with 5-stars, not with NIL superteams — with fundamentals, physicality, and elite coaching.

His defenses hit, tackle, and stop the run. They don’t beat themselves. They don’t crumble in big moments. They get better as the season goes on. Sound like something Nebraska could use?

Aurich was a Broyles Award nominee, he’s been successful at every stop, and he coaches the exact style Rhule says he wants: disciplined front-seven play, toughness in the trenches, and zero freelancing. This is how you build a Big Ten defense that travels in November.

Fresh energy. Fresh ideas. Proven results.

The Happy Ending Society is officially N on Rob Aurich.

Sometimes the right hire isn’t the splashiest name — it’s the guy who can walk in, get everyone aligned, and make your defense look like it belongs in the Big Ten again.

That's it, renewing my HES status until at least September...and welcome back LF93 ✊

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Would laugh if he pulls up to the football offices in his Benz, wearing

That is the absolute greatest sweater in this or any other possible universe

 

[TampaBaySkers]

If anyone is interested the SDSU fans are, predictably, pretty fucking pissed about this. Usually a good sign.

https://aztecmesa.proboards.com/thread/72749/aurich-nebraska

Sure beats when fan bases celebrate us taking their coordinators

 

[The Other Dave]

Your posts make a lot more sense if you read them knowing what a hot Carl is.

It’s what comes out of a rusty trombone, right

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

It’s what comes out of a rusty trombone, right

Its when someone puts seran wrap on your face them takes a nice shit on it.