[personal] [Husker] Who says you can't changedefensive coordinators mid-season?

[Brown, Laura (LLU)]

Any relationship to that great LB Willie?


Laura 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Tony Lambert
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:14 PM
To: Skylar Dodds
Cc: 'Husker List'
Subject: Re: [personal] [Husker] Who says you can't changedefensive
coordinators mid-season?

I'll throw a name into the hat. He is the DC and Linebackers coach at a 
small college in Nebraska and his name is Tony Harper.
second year in the program and has the team headed in the right
direction.

Tony Lambert


Skylar Dodds wrote:
>>> Who's on your short list of available DC's who you prefer to
Cosgrove?
>>>       
>
> You know, that's an excellent question.  I don't pretend to know much
about
> all the different coordinators around the country, but I've always
felt some
> of the best hires are guys who did really well at a lesser program or
a
> lesser position from the pros (like pelini @ LB coach).  I think if
you go
> out and try to find a guy that's been really successful at the major
D1
> level as a coordinator, he's either going to cost too much or be
looking for
> a HC job somewhere.
>
> For instance, find the 'mid-major' team with the best defense or maybe
> there's 'specialty' coach (ex. Linebacker coach) in the pro's who
seems to
> have 'the stuff'.
>
> Fact of the matter, I've heard a couple names that sound intriguing.
Kevin
> Steele and Bob Davie just to name a couple.  Heck, I've heard Lloyd
Carr
> might be looking for a job this year (kidding).
>
> I've always been a pretty big fan of USC Linebacker coach Ken Norton
Jr.
> (probably because I like the 9ers).  Also, say what you want about Jim
Mora
> Jr, but the man flat out can coach a defense.
>
> That's about all I can come up with in my head.  No inside knowledge
or
> anything, just a few.
>
> --
> Skylar
> mailto: sklarbodds at cox.net
>
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