Canes are hiring Derek Nicholson as LB Coach

[Flynell7]

Rumph was a much better DB coach than Addae is....

Maybe, maybe not. The point is I really don’t care where the dude went to school at. Can he recruit and can he coach

 

[SWFLHurricane]

Maybe, maybe not. The point is I really don’t care where the dude went to school at. Can he recruit and can he coach

There's no maybe about it...Rumphs DB Coaching was much better. Addae hasn't done anything here, except draw the ire of parents & recruits.

 

[Bender]

LBers at Cinci were really good during his tenure so... good, I guess?

 

[Alex Del Piero]

LBers at Cinci were really good during his tenure so... good, I guess?

He was coaching at Louisville though, he went to Cinci with Satterfield.

 

[CFLCane]

Prefer hardy nickerson

 

[Ispyin]

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Is he bringing the donk

 

[Ghandi]

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[Ispyin]

Youth, energy, and guys that are mostly unproven and not egotistical. Guys like Strong have no chance to be a HC again and felt obligated to be next in line for DC. Guys like Steele have nothing left to prove.

Ponce was the right kind of hire just a terrible fit with Gattis and having a WR coach that's OC is hard unless they have their guy for QB coach... which Gattis didn't have.

We don't need to create a pipeline of coaches to constantly promote within, instead we need to be grooming guys to leave for a promotion and going external to find their replacement. Then you hire guys back when they prove themselves elsewhere. That's the Saban model. Although he has groomed a few coordinators by first making them an analyst.

Lot of grooming going on, we are not ped state

 

[AlexCane]

I 100% vouch for this post. I figured it was a former-player-turned-coach, as who would recognize a random position coach who never played the game?

Oh I wouldn’t have ever recognized him. The only reason I was able to identify him was he had a backpack with a name tag.

 

[lindend]

Mario tired of recruiting all the positions by himself lol

This!

 

[lindend]

Nicholson was a Top12 recruiter in the ACC last year.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Oh I wouldn’t have ever recognized him. The only reason I was able to identify him was he had a backpack with a name tag.

Oh, ****...that's right, you DID mention that. Sorry!

 

[Cribby]

Cristobal is trying to get more young energy on the staff to recruit. When Feldman as mentioning dead weight pretty sure thats what he meant. He wants the #1 classes, not 5th or 7th.

This has been my biggest issue. We need younger , hungrier coaches.

 

[Cribby]

Youth, energy, and guys that are mostly unproven and not egotistical. Guys like Strong have no chance to be a HC again and felt obligated to be next in line for DC. Guys like Steele have nothing left to prove.

Ponce was the right kind of hire just a terrible fit with Gattis and having a WR coach that's OC is hard unless they have their guy for QB coach... which Gattis didn't have.

We don't need to create a pipeline of coaches to constantly promote within, instead we need to be grooming guys to leave for a promotion and going external to find their replacement. Then you hire guys back when they prove themselves elsewhere. That's the Saban model. Although he has groomed a few coordinators by first making them an analyst.

Strong likely has 10-15 mill in the bank. Steele was at the end. Our recruiting has upgraded by leaps and bounds with the latest hires.

 

[Ziggy]

This has been my biggest issue. We need younger , hungrier coaches.

Smith feels like exactly that - young, hungry, no? Odd for him to move on.

 

[Cribby]

Smith feels like exactly that - young, hungry, no? Odd for him to move on.

The O staff needed the changes

 

[JHallCanes]

Don’t sleep on this hire.

Mario got to see this guys recruiting first hand

I love the move (besides joking about the FSU thing)

 

[Zbrod95]

is this a good hire? Initial reactions seem good

Yes. Strong recruiter and coach.

 

[Cribby]

@AlexCane tip of the cap

 

[Dulles Cane]

Strong likely has 10-15 mill in the bank. Steele was at the end. Our recruiting has upgraded by leaps and bounds with the latest hires.

Mario is all in on this 2024 class. He will not settle and will not sleep until it's locked in as a top 3. The 2023 class was just Mario and an off field coach, now we're surrounding him with guys that can not only keep up with him but hold their own solo.