Bob Diaco Named Oklahoma Defensive Coordinator (or not)

[Irishfan]

Diaco and his staff was responsible for the juniors and seniors on this team. That is not debatable. The current staff deserves criticism but the lack of depth starts with Diaco.

ND fans should have wanted Kelly gone after he killed a kid by making him go up a tower in a wind storm, or perhaps because of the Prince Shembo incident or maybe the ineligible players and vacated season. But you keep on being you.

I’ve wanted Kelly gone for years. Not because of those things, but simply because of football issues. (Do you know what Prince Shembo was accused of? Or who was in charge of filming practices? )

And if Diaco wasn’t responsible for the freshman and sophomores this year, it’s hard to give him any blame for the performance of the defense. Coaches often play the guys that they recruit, because it makes for a better story on the recruiting trail. I have no idea whether the guys sitting on the bench are better than the guys on the field. But it seems impossible to believe that they are any worse. As for why teams like Nebraska or Oklahoma would hire Diaco as a defensive coach, they probably just looked at the films.

 

[crazyUCfan23]

I’ve wanted Kelly gone for years. Not because of those things, but simply because of football issues. (Do you know what Prince Shembo was accused of? Or who was in charge of filming practices? )

And if Diaco wasn’t responsible for the freshman and sophomores this year, it’s hard to give him any blame for the performance of the defense. Coaches often play the guys that they recruit, because it makes for a better story on the recruiting trail. I have no idea whether the guys sitting on the bench are better than the guys on the field. But it seems impossible to believe that they are any worse. As for why teams like Nebraska or Oklahoma would hire Diaco as a defensive coach, they probably just looked at the films.

Indirectly, Diaco is responsible for us having to play so many freshman and sophomores as the players he recruited are not even close to FBS caliber. He recruting, or lack there of, is what has set us back so far. IMO

 

[whaler11]

It’s interesting how many here won’t blame the current coaches for things that are happening in their second year in power, while Diaco gets blamed for his only year as a defensive coordinator at Nebraska and his first two years at UConn. Nebraska put the blame on Mike Riley for his 19-19 record in his three years there (and 12-14 conference record). They evidently weren’t willing to put the blame on Pelini.

We actually don’t defend everything associated with the ND football team as the overwhelming desire by many to dump Kelly for his 54-33 record may indicate. But it’s also interesting that you give credit to Kelly for Diaco’s defensive performance at ND but not Riley for the defensive performance at Nebraska.

it was weird when bob diaco went to a press conference and pretended he didn’t know t’eo gf was fake.

granted it was weirder that he got hired after that and people here supported him even after that was common knowledge. but bobby still made the first weird move.

 

[Waquoit]

The balance of Diaco's career has overwhelmed whatever he did at ND, even if you choose to give him all the credit for that year.

I'm not sure. With P's failure and HCRE's 2.0's problems he might to put a line through his UConn year's by saying "no one can win there."

 

[Redding Husky]

And Paul Pasqualoni will soon replace Nick Saban.