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Interesting proposition for next LSU coach-Rod Carey
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:39 am
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:39 am
This guy might very well be a good fit in Baton Rouge. He's a player's coach and knows how to get the most out of them. Puts his best play makers on the field and likes uses them. A very good coach that is great at coaching up players and loves to put big points on the board. Puts players into the NFL on a regular basis from the areas he's coached in the past. I like him and his bio speaks for itself. I know our fans would want a "big splash" name if we were to have to get another coach, but...
Over a four-month period in the fall of 2012, Rod Carey went from coordinating the run game and coaching the offensive line of the NIU Huskies, to offensive coordinator of one of the most explosive offenses in the country, to head coach of the first Mid-American Conference team to play in a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game.
Carey's promotion to head coach of Northern Illinois University's football team was announced on December 2, 2012, just minutes before NIU learned that the team had earned a historic bid to face Florida State in the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl.
After two fourth-quarter touchdowns by the Seminoles turned a 17-10 game into a 31-10 final score in that game, Carey returned to DeKalb where he and his newly-built staff went to work, determined to capitalize on the momentum of the Orange Bowl appearance and the Huskies' second straight MAC Championship.
That hard work paid off in 2013 as Carey led NIU to an undefeated regular season that included two wins over Big Ten Conference teams - a 30-27 last-minute win over Iowa in the season opener and a 55-24 blowout victory at Purdue. Behind All-Americans Jordan Lynch and Jimmie Ward, the Huskies spent 12 weeks in the Top 25 rankings and coasted through the league slate to win the MAC West title and advance to the MAC Championship game for the fourth straight year.
Carey became the third NIU mentor to be named the MAC Coach of the Year, following in the footsteps of greats Bill Mallory (1983) and Joe Novak (2002), and was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year Award. He is the first league coach to win two games over Big Ten Conference opponents in one season.
Prolific offensive production, leading to four consecutive 11-plus win seasons, has been a hallmark of Carey's four seasons in DeKalb. In his first season at NIU, he coached a pair of All-American offensive lineman as center Scott Wedige and left tackle Trevor Olson were named All-Americans by CBSSports.com and Phil Steele's magazine, respectively. Three Huskies, including first-team selections Jimmie Ward and Jordan Lynch, earned All-America honors a year ago, while Lynch's historic career was capped by a third-place finish in the Heisman Trophy voting and a trip to New York for the Heisman festivities. Huskies have won the Vern Smith Award, presented annually to the MAC MVP, every year under Carey.
A fiery competitor who despises losing, Carey immediately connected with last year's Huskie team, thanks in part to his familiarity with the program, and especially the offense. His connection to NIU goes through Mallory as the former Huskie mentor was Carey's collegiate coach at the University of Indiana. Given that, he brought a healthy respect for NIU's history of success when he arrived, and he has worked to foster appreciation for the NIU tradition among the current Huskies and has made a special effort to connect with the football alumni.
In addition, he has continued to prioritize academic success and the development of each individual by providing community service opportunities and bringing in guest speakers to address issues from leadership to social media usage to life after football and beyond.
Carey joined the Huskies after three seasons coaching the offensive line at the University of North Dakota. His line paved the way for UND 1,000-yard rusher Josh Murray (1,146 yards) in 2008 and for the No. 2 running back in the Great West Conference a year later. The Fighting Sioux also passed for 2,000 yards in 2009. Five of Carey's offensive linemen earned GWC all-conference honors in his last three seasons.
Prior to going to North Dakota, Carey spent the 2007 season as the offensive line coach at Illinois State. His Redbird offensive line featured three players that received professional football opportunities.
From 2000-06, Carey served on the coaching staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. His offensive units averaged nearly 400 yards per game during his seven seasons and set 14 records, including the all-time conference rushing record. He coached Blue Devils' offensive lineman Ben Knepper, one of the most decorated players ever at UW-Stout, to multiple All-American and all-conference honors. In all, Carey coached 26 all-conference selections and seven All-Americans during his time at UW-Stout.
Over a four-month period in the fall of 2012, Rod Carey went from coordinating the run game and coaching the offensive line of the NIU Huskies, to offensive coordinator of one of the most explosive offenses in the country, to head coach of the first Mid-American Conference team to play in a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game.
Carey's promotion to head coach of Northern Illinois University's football team was announced on December 2, 2012, just minutes before NIU learned that the team had earned a historic bid to face Florida State in the 2013 Discover Orange Bowl.
After two fourth-quarter touchdowns by the Seminoles turned a 17-10 game into a 31-10 final score in that game, Carey returned to DeKalb where he and his newly-built staff went to work, determined to capitalize on the momentum of the Orange Bowl appearance and the Huskies' second straight MAC Championship.
That hard work paid off in 2013 as Carey led NIU to an undefeated regular season that included two wins over Big Ten Conference teams - a 30-27 last-minute win over Iowa in the season opener and a 55-24 blowout victory at Purdue. Behind All-Americans Jordan Lynch and Jimmie Ward, the Huskies spent 12 weeks in the Top 25 rankings and coasted through the league slate to win the MAC West title and advance to the MAC Championship game for the fourth straight year.
Carey became the third NIU mentor to be named the MAC Coach of the Year, following in the footsteps of greats Bill Mallory (1983) and Joe Novak (2002), and was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year Award. He is the first league coach to win two games over Big Ten Conference opponents in one season.
Prolific offensive production, leading to four consecutive 11-plus win seasons, has been a hallmark of Carey's four seasons in DeKalb. In his first season at NIU, he coached a pair of All-American offensive lineman as center Scott Wedige and left tackle Trevor Olson were named All-Americans by CBSSports.com and Phil Steele's magazine, respectively. Three Huskies, including first-team selections Jimmie Ward and Jordan Lynch, earned All-America honors a year ago, while Lynch's historic career was capped by a third-place finish in the Heisman Trophy voting and a trip to New York for the Heisman festivities. Huskies have won the Vern Smith Award, presented annually to the MAC MVP, every year under Carey.
A fiery competitor who despises losing, Carey immediately connected with last year's Huskie team, thanks in part to his familiarity with the program, and especially the offense. His connection to NIU goes through Mallory as the former Huskie mentor was Carey's collegiate coach at the University of Indiana. Given that, he brought a healthy respect for NIU's history of success when he arrived, and he has worked to foster appreciation for the NIU tradition among the current Huskies and has made a special effort to connect with the football alumni.
In addition, he has continued to prioritize academic success and the development of each individual by providing community service opportunities and bringing in guest speakers to address issues from leadership to social media usage to life after football and beyond.
Carey joined the Huskies after three seasons coaching the offensive line at the University of North Dakota. His line paved the way for UND 1,000-yard rusher Josh Murray (1,146 yards) in 2008 and for the No. 2 running back in the Great West Conference a year later. The Fighting Sioux also passed for 2,000 yards in 2009. Five of Carey's offensive linemen earned GWC all-conference honors in his last three seasons.
Prior to going to North Dakota, Carey spent the 2007 season as the offensive line coach at Illinois State. His Redbird offensive line featured three players that received professional football opportunities.
From 2000-06, Carey served on the coaching staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. His offensive units averaged nearly 400 yards per game during his seven seasons and set 14 records, including the all-time conference rushing record. He coached Blue Devils' offensive lineman Ben Knepper, one of the most decorated players ever at UW-Stout, to multiple All-American and all-conference honors. In all, Carey coached 26 all-conference selections and seven All-Americans during his time at UW-Stout.
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Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:40 am to MardiGrasCajun
i say go all out and go for brent indest.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:46 am to MardiGrasCajun
He would be a good fit at Nebraska.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:54 am to jrodLSUke
Where is his weakness in his coaching philosophy?
Offensive Philosophy
The offensive philosophy here at Northern Illinois is very simple - be in attack mode all the time. We are a coaching staff that firmly believes in using our player's strength's and protecting our weaknesses with the ultimate goal of scoring points and protecting the ball. We believe in forcing the defense to use all their rules by incorporating multiple formations, shifts, motions, and trades. We are constantly looking for a matchup advantage for our players to take advantage of in the both the run and pass game. We do not run a ton of plays but we do believe in running them from a variety of looks. The end result is our players playing extremely fast and physical football.
We will incorporate both the pro-style two back offense and a spread system that allows the QB from the "Pistol" or "Gun" to be a running threat. We have the ability to be very fast or slow tempo at any moment of the game. We believe in changing our offensive personnel from 5 wides to 3 TE's throughout the game. We want to get many players involved in the plan and also force defenses to have to defend the whole field. Our design is very simple, sound, and adjustable to the various looks we will see throughout the season from defensive teams. What you will be a part of here is designed for one reason - score points!!!
We want to put our players in the best possible situation we can to be successful on any given play. Our goal is to allow our offensive personnel to play to the very best of their ability. We will feature our playmakers - if you are a playmaker - come on!!!
Defensive Philosophy
We are a 4-3 attack style defense that plays with great technique and effort. We believe in the acronym K.I.L.L. - Keep It Likeable and Learnable. Our coaches and players hang their hats on three things - Play Harder than our opponent, Play with better Technique/Fundamentals than our opponent, and Play Smarter than our opponent. We recruit and develop speed and toughness. Once you are here we will modify our schemes to fit and feature our playmaker's abilities with the design. We are all about using our player's strength's and hiding our player's weaknesses. We firmly believe in exposing the offense's weak links with our best players.
We will play both man and zone coverage's here at NIU. Each coverage scheme will be disguisable and structured to force the offense to read it on the run. Our motto on our front is to stop the run on the way to the QB by beating blocks and "Changing the Math". We are not a read front, we are an up the field attacking defensive front. We will bring both zone and man pressure throughout games to change up our mode of attack. Our players will be trained to learn our schemes each play with the Acronym C.A.S.K.R. (Call, Alignment, Stance, Key, Responsibility). This is a pre-snap progression that allows our players to react and run on the snap. We want our players to always be in attack mode. Thinking is done between plays and on the sideline, not during plays - that is when we react and run - always attacking.
Offensive Philosophy
The offensive philosophy here at Northern Illinois is very simple - be in attack mode all the time. We are a coaching staff that firmly believes in using our player's strength's and protecting our weaknesses with the ultimate goal of scoring points and protecting the ball. We believe in forcing the defense to use all their rules by incorporating multiple formations, shifts, motions, and trades. We are constantly looking for a matchup advantage for our players to take advantage of in the both the run and pass game. We do not run a ton of plays but we do believe in running them from a variety of looks. The end result is our players playing extremely fast and physical football.
We will incorporate both the pro-style two back offense and a spread system that allows the QB from the "Pistol" or "Gun" to be a running threat. We have the ability to be very fast or slow tempo at any moment of the game. We believe in changing our offensive personnel from 5 wides to 3 TE's throughout the game. We want to get many players involved in the plan and also force defenses to have to defend the whole field. Our design is very simple, sound, and adjustable to the various looks we will see throughout the season from defensive teams. What you will be a part of here is designed for one reason - score points!!!
We want to put our players in the best possible situation we can to be successful on any given play. Our goal is to allow our offensive personnel to play to the very best of their ability. We will feature our playmakers - if you are a playmaker - come on!!!
Defensive Philosophy
We are a 4-3 attack style defense that plays with great technique and effort. We believe in the acronym K.I.L.L. - Keep It Likeable and Learnable. Our coaches and players hang their hats on three things - Play Harder than our opponent, Play with better Technique/Fundamentals than our opponent, and Play Smarter than our opponent. We recruit and develop speed and toughness. Once you are here we will modify our schemes to fit and feature our playmaker's abilities with the design. We are all about using our player's strength's and hiding our player's weaknesses. We firmly believe in exposing the offense's weak links with our best players.
We will play both man and zone coverage's here at NIU. Each coverage scheme will be disguisable and structured to force the offense to read it on the run. Our motto on our front is to stop the run on the way to the QB by beating blocks and "Changing the Math". We are not a read front, we are an up the field attacking defensive front. We will bring both zone and man pressure throughout games to change up our mode of attack. Our players will be trained to learn our schemes each play with the Acronym C.A.S.K.R. (Call, Alignment, Stance, Key, Responsibility). This is a pre-snap progression that allows our players to react and run on the snap. We want our players to always be in attack mode. Thinking is done between plays and on the sideline, not during plays - that is when we react and run - always attacking.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:14 am to MardiGrasCajun
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Rod Carey
Sounds like he would would excel at a Big 10 school where he can recruit where his roots are. He sounds like a good X and Os guy but would he be able to keep the talent in state? That's the real key...
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:18 am to MardiGrasCajun
He seems to have had some great success, but I've never heard of him.
Since the UTs, the SCs, and the floridas seem to have had some oh hum hires, I don't hate the idea of keeping this guy on the radar.
Since the UTs, the SCs, and the floridas seem to have had some oh hum hires, I don't hate the idea of keeping this guy on the radar.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:26 am to MardiGrasCajun
I think he's a really good coach, but I'd like to see him take a smaller step up first, like Meyer and Kelly did when they left the MAC, before he takes over a big program.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:27 am to MardiGrasCajun
If we lose Miles and have to hire a head coach who's unproven in a power 5 conference, I say go full bore after Adam Gase rather than a Carey type.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:29 am to MardiGrasCajun
Sumlin had some amazing offenses at Houston too
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:29 am to Royal Tiger Fan
quote:
Sounds like he would would excel at a Big 10 school where he can recruit where his roots are. He sounds like a good X and Os guy but would he be able to keep the talent in state? That's the real key...
I agree, but I'd ask you about the roots of our current coach and previous coach. Both seem to have kept most of the talent here. I've had sales people work for me that didn't have a clue about our area, our customers or our brands. The good sales people with good relationship building skills always excelled. I think it comes down to the person being likable and their ability to persuade others that our brand is the best fit for them.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:36 am to Choctaw
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Sumlin had some amazing offenses at Houston too
What's your point? I never hung this suggestion on offense alone. Also, I never said go get the guy. My suggestion was he was someone to consider based on his coaching background, his philosophy(BOTH offense and defense) and his record for being a winner.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:58 am to Royal Tiger Fan
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like a good X and Os guy
Wait, you mean like calling a play and the players execute that play? No way, can you do that?
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:00 am to MardiGrasCajun
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I agree, but I'd ask you about the roots of our current coach and previous coach.
Les brought Larry Porter and Tood Monken with him; both had experience recruiting the area. Keeping Frank is the key; not only to ensure we remain at the forefront of the instate recruits minds but also to ensure there isn't a vacuum once he leaves where the hyenas attack...
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