(01-16-2019 09:27 AM)7 Wrote:  

(01-16-2019 09:14 AM)NIU1981 Wrote:  It sounds like Hammock is an impressive guy. My concerns are that he has never been a head coach and has been out of the college game for five years. That's two risk factors. Who does he hire as assistants. I'm sure a lot of coaches will apply but does he personally know any of them. Does he know the current college schemes. People complained (rightly) about Carey's learning curve, it looks like Hammock would have one too.

The being out of the college game for 5 years is what concerns me. Yes, he can walk into a high schoolers home and say (I’ve coached in the NFL for 5 years, I know what it takes to get there), but he hasn’t recruited in 5 years. What kind of relationships does he have with high school coaches? Now, part of that can be fixed by hiring the right assistants, but as others have pointed out NIU is the last coaching vacancy, so in theory the pool of candidates has already been tapped from.

This. If high schoolers cared that much that you've coached that long in the NFL, Lovie would be reeling in 4 and 5 star recruits. I also worry about if he is going to have the drive to grind day to day all year long with recruiting, long bus trips and etc.

A lot different than what he will remember at Wisconsin and no where near the NFL. If it is him I hope coming back to his former school and a chance to be "the guy" is all the drive he needs to get going on all cylinders. I will say from everything I've read or watched some videos of him, it seems the players really like him.