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New ILB Coach: Ross Els
- Thread starter Buffnik
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1965 (age 51) |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska Omaha |
| Playing career | |
| 1984-87 | Nebraska-Omaha |
| Position(s) | Safety |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989 | Northern Iowa (GA) |
| 1990-93 | Nebraska-Omaha (DB) |
| 1994 | Northern Iowa (DB) |
| 1995 | Hastings (QB) |
| 1996 | Hastings (DC/DB) |
| 1997-00 | Hastings |
| 2001–02 | New Mexico State (SPT/S) |
| 2003-2004 | New Mexico State (DC/LB) |
| 2005-2010 | Ohio (LB) |
| 2011 | Nebraska (LB) |
| 2012-2014 | Nebraska (LB/SPTC/RC) |
| 2015 | Lincoln Southwest H.S. (ASST) |
| 2016 | Purdue (DC/S) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 32–9 |
jesus christ jim... shut the **** up already... you would find away to complain about CU winning a National Title
Solid hire, especially as a LB coach. Hope he knows how to use whatever magic the Corn had been using in recruiting under Bo.
Also of note. ShaDon and Els won't have to change much of their wardrobe. Black and Gold already in their closets.
Also of note. ShaDon and Els won't have to change much of their wardrobe. Black and Gold already in their closets.
I like that too.
I think it's a decent-solid hire. Not overly exciting, career path doesn't seem like he's destined for greatness, but whatever. Should bring some ST experience and was a RC for a (shudder) P5 school. Wish he had ties to recruiting the west coast, but maybe that's overrated? You'd think coming into a job knowing the Head Coaches at Mater Dei, St John Bosco, and De La Salle would be a plus, but maybe that part is easy.
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
Experience as a recruiting coordinator is a plus, and at that school-that-shall-not-be-named. They have an even smaller population base to draw from so they look at Tx/Cali/south etc for recruits.
Big Jim
WTF?
He coaches one or two players on the field depending on the defense. Wisconsin just converted a 27 year offensive assistant coach to ILB coach. This position requires a top end recruiter beecause he has almost no coaching responsibilities. If he is a great recruiter then he is a great hire, but being qualified to coach one or two players isn't enough. I hope it was an oversight of the CU press release and he is a great recruiter.
I think he'll have significant responsibilities with special teams. On recruiting, it would seem that he's got the experience to do a good job of coordinating with Chev to organize the defensive board. In terms of coaching the defense, he has had success coaching linebackers and I love that he learned under Pelini. Good knowledge base to bring to the mix. Also, experience as both a DC and a HC. I take all that together and, really, it looks like we upgraded on the Tumpkin role within the defensive staff.
CitizenKane
Well-Known Member
Below is a list of where the defenses finished in total defense at all the stops since 2005 in Els' career.
2005 - 109th (Ohio)
2006 - 52nd (Ohio)
2007 - 71st (Ohio)
2008 - 54th (Ohio)
2009 - 80th (Ohio)
2010 - 45th (Ohio)
2011 - 45th (Nebraska)
2012 - 65th (Nebraska)
2013 - 46th (Nebraska)
2014 - 44th (Nebraska)
2015 - N/A high school assistant
2016 - 91st (Purdue)
The average defensive ranking for the teams he has coached since 2005 was 63rd. The best finish was 44th and the worst was 109th. The defenses he coached didn't do appreciably better or worse when he had more or less talent (See his Nubs ratings vs his Ohio ratings). Of course, he was only the DC at Purdue so we can't place all the blame on Els. But he certainly had something to do with it and he certainly didn't learn from the best. I don't know about all of you, but I won't be too happy if CU ends up ranked 63rd on defense next year. Do I expect them to be as good as last year? No! But if they fall back that far, then we have got some serious problems. I'd probably even be mildly upset if they fell back to 44th..and he hasn't ever coached a D that did better than that. I am keeping an open mind on this hire, but I I definitely understand those who question it and don't at all understand those who are so quick to break out their pompoms and cheer or say it is a solid hire. Here is to hoping he reaches heights at CU he hasn't ever achieved in his career.
2005 - 109th (Ohio)
2006 - 52nd (Ohio)
2007 - 71st (Ohio)
2008 - 54th (Ohio)
2009 - 80th (Ohio)
2010 - 45th (Ohio)
2011 - 45th (Nebraska)
2012 - 65th (Nebraska)
2013 - 46th (Nebraska)
2014 - 44th (Nebraska)
2015 - N/A high school assistant
2016 - 91st (Purdue)
The average defensive ranking for the teams he has coached since 2005 was 63rd. The best finish was 44th and the worst was 109th. The defenses he coached didn't do appreciably better or worse when he had more or less talent (See his Nubs ratings vs his Ohio ratings). Of course, he was only the DC at Purdue so we can't place all the blame on Els. But he certainly had something to do with it and he certainly didn't learn from the best. I don't know about all of you, but I won't be too happy if CU ends up ranked 63rd on defense next year. Do I expect them to be as good as last year? No! But if they fall back that far, then we have got some serious problems. I'd probably even be mildly upset if they fell back to 44th..and he hasn't ever coached a D that did better than that. I am keeping an open mind on this hire, but I I definitely understand those who question it and don't at all understand those who are so quick to break out their pompoms and cheer or say it is a solid hire. Here is to hoping he reaches heights at CU he hasn't ever achieved in his career.
he's ran out of questions, fair or not, a long ass time ago
Congrats on the hire of Ross Els. I'm not sure it such a great hire. His past record speaks for itself.
He wasn't known as a great recruiter when he was at Nebraska.
He wasn't known as a great recruiter when he was at Nebraska.
Well, one thing to keep in mind is if we win 10 games again, coupled with our facilities and everything else CU has to offer, every coach becomes an above average recruiter if he's competent and works hard.
The fact that he recruits and can assist on Special Teams is a bonus. My concern is that he has never stayed at a job very long and was let go after only one year at Purdue. That being said, to get another DC to coach a position looks good.
Therein lies the rub. Plenty of coaches do not work hard enough on recruiting.
Ugh. we ****ing get it. you want embree back. knock it off.
CUwhit21
Club Member
New Mexico St for 4 years, Ohio for 6 years, Nebraska for 4 years. Plus, he was let go at Purdue because his head coach was fired. Odd comments in bold.
Purdue's defense improved from 111 to 91 in his one year as DC there. For a team that was a complete mess, that's positive. It's also better than CU's improvement from 2014 to 2015 under Leavitt. Significant P5 experience and coordinator experience. That's good.
I assume he coached Levonte David the year he put up 150 tackles?
Felt pretty good about this hire until I saw what Nebraska fans said about him. Basically called him worthless.
Guess we'll wait and see.
Edit: Ignore my rankings comment, it's wrong :/
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Mr. Babar
I have no elephant books
What?! A coach with competence in regards to special teams? I thought that must have been prohibited since I can't remember the last one we had...
Seriously though, looks like a really solid hire! The DC experience is valuable, and recruiting will be the x-factor with him.
Seriously though, looks like a really solid hire! The DC experience is valuable, and recruiting will be the x-factor with him.
downthefield
New Member
Looks like a decent LB coach. That part is all good. The problem is with recruiting. The Buffs have hired three defensive coaches. Eliot reportedly is no great shakes as a recruiter. He concentrated, supposedly, on Kentucky and Ohio. Brown recruited for Army. He probably is a great position coach, but most observers would agree that's not serious recruiting experience. Els recruited primarily in the midwest, mainly Ohio. Nice, but not CU territory unless something big changes.
Not one of these new coaches has recruiting ties in CU's primary area of interest, California. Even Jeffcoat, while having Texas ties, comes up short in California. Most would probably agree that CU was well coached this past year, to the point of having players really improve, particularly with the seniors on defense. That's great, but it doesn't close the talent gap with Washington, USC, and teams like Oklahoma State. To be blunt, at least one of the defensive coach hires should have been an ace recruiter in southern California. We came up dry. I'm not saying the new coaches can't become that, but they sure don't bring that experience in with them.
Not one of these new coaches has recruiting ties in CU's primary area of interest, California. Even Jeffcoat, while having Texas ties, comes up short in California. Most would probably agree that CU was well coached this past year, to the point of having players really improve, particularly with the seniors on defense. That's great, but it doesn't close the talent gap with Washington, USC, and teams like Oklahoma State. To be blunt, at least one of the defensive coach hires should have been an ace recruiter in southern California. We came up dry. I'm not saying the new coaches can't become that, but they sure don't bring that experience in with them.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
Florida State fans said very different. Recruiting is the one thing that sold me big time on his hire.
vinniew_11
Well-Known Member
Not a lot of "ace" recruiters available for hire, now is there? Plus, until that bill is finalized for a multi year contract, hard to pull one in for a one year deal. As for CA ties, who was available to be hired with those ties?
Strange, that made me feel better about him.
Nebraska fans didn't like Frank Solich after he won 9 games and were happy to see him fired. Their fan base is as delusional as they come.