Bill Busch will be the new RU DBs coach
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http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i..._hire_veteran_big_ten_assistant_bill_bus.html
Busch is in his first seasons as a defensive quality control coach at Ohio State. He was the secondary coach at Wisconsin from 2013-14.
A Pender, Neb., native, Busch has 26 years of experience in coaching. Rutgers will be Busch's fourth Big Ten school. In addition to Ohio State and Wisconsin, Busch has worked at Nebraska as a graduate assistant (1990-93) and outside linebackers coach (2004-07).
Busch was at Utah State from 2009-12 as defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator, associate head coach and safeties coach. He also served as defensive backs coach at Utah from 2001-03.
Busch is in his first seasons as a defensive quality control coach at Ohio State. He was the secondary coach at Wisconsin from 2013-14.
A Pender, Neb., native, Busch has 26 years of experience in coaching. Rutgers will be Busch's fourth Big Ten school. In addition to Ohio State and Wisconsin, Busch has worked at Nebraska as a graduate assistant (1990-93) and outside linebackers coach (2004-07).
Busch was at Utah State from 2009-12 as defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator, associate head coach and safeties coach. He also served as defensive backs coach at Utah from 2001-03.
Well, no one can complain he's too young or inexperienced. Utah State was pretty good his last two years there.
Some more info. He was mentioned as possible DC for tOSU after Winfree left:
http://www.landgrantholyland.com/20...otball-possible-defensive-coordinator-targets
Current job: Wisconsin secondary coach
Current salary: $220,000
Why he may be a target: Busch was the secondary coach at Utah when Meyer was head coach, and helped lead Utah to their greatest success in school history. Busch has ties to the Big Ten (he was a GA at Wisconsin prior to his current position, and also worked on Nebraska's staff), and can point to excellent on field results, even at a place like Utah State, which previously experienced almost no success before the Gary Andersen era. Busch might not have the recruiting record that other coaches might have, but the results on the field speak for themselves.
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Coached at Nebraska;
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=32525
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Busch, from Pender, Neb., got his coaching start as a graduate assistant at Nebraska from 1990 to '92 under Tom Osborne. From there, Busch went to UW, where he was a graduate assistant under Barry Alvarez in 1993 and '94.
"Had a chance to work for Urban Meyer at Utah, so I've been around some really good people," Busch said. "I've always said I'm more of a Barry Alvarez guy than anybody as far as how I approach the game."
After two years together at Northern Arizona, Busch joined Andersen at Utah in 2001, starting out as safeties coach and then taking over the secondary in 2003.
When Andersen got the head coaching job at Utah State in 2009, he brought along Busch and they were together the past four years. Busch spent the first two seasons as defensive coordinator and the last two as associate head coach, special teams coordinator and safeties coach.
http://www.landgrantholyland.com/20...otball-possible-defensive-coordinator-targets
Current job: Wisconsin secondary coach
Current salary: $220,000
Why he may be a target: Busch was the secondary coach at Utah when Meyer was head coach, and helped lead Utah to their greatest success in school history. Busch has ties to the Big Ten (he was a GA at Wisconsin prior to his current position, and also worked on Nebraska's staff), and can point to excellent on field results, even at a place like Utah State, which previously experienced almost no success before the Gary Andersen era. Busch might not have the recruiting record that other coaches might have, but the results on the field speak for themselves.
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Coached at Nebraska;
http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=32525
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Busch, from Pender, Neb., got his coaching start as a graduate assistant at Nebraska from 1990 to '92 under Tom Osborne. From there, Busch went to UW, where he was a graduate assistant under Barry Alvarez in 1993 and '94.
"Had a chance to work for Urban Meyer at Utah, so I've been around some really good people," Busch said. "I've always said I'm more of a Barry Alvarez guy than anybody as far as how I approach the game."
After two years together at Northern Arizona, Busch joined Andersen at Utah in 2001, starting out as safeties coach and then taking over the secondary in 2003.
When Andersen got the head coaching job at Utah State in 2009, he brought along Busch and they were together the past four years. Busch spent the first two seasons as defensive coordinator and the last two as associate head coach, special teams coordinator and safeties coach.
Worked under Alvarez, Meyer and Gary Andersen. Surprised Andersen did not take him to Oregon State.
This is an excellent hire. Many in Nebraska liked him and wanted him to come on to Riley's staff. He's a good recruiter and a great coach. You guys got an excellent coach in Busch!
This is a home run hire.
http://www.penderthurston.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=953
Before Busch got there, Utah State had only been to four bowl games and hadn’t won an outright conference championship in several decades. In his four years there, the Aggies made two bowl appearances, winning the WAC title for the first time ever last year and ending the season with a program best 11-2 record.
Busch’s contributions to the team’s success earned him FootballScoop’s Defensive Backs Coach of the Year award at the end of the season.
The way Busch coaches, it should come as no surprise that his teams have flourished. He likes to establish strong relationships with his players so that they understand that they can count on him and vice versa.
http://www.penderthurston.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=953
Before Busch got there, Utah State had only been to four bowl games and hadn’t won an outright conference championship in several decades. In his four years there, the Aggies made two bowl appearances, winning the WAC title for the first time ever last year and ending the season with a program best 11-2 record.
Busch’s contributions to the team’s success earned him FootballScoop’s Defensive Backs Coach of the Year award at the end of the season.
The way Busch coaches, it should come as no surprise that his teams have flourished. He likes to establish strong relationships with his players so that they understand that they can count on him and vice versa.
@FootballScoop: Busch is a very good coach. Former winner of FootballScoop Defensive Backs Coach of the Year selected by his peers https://t.co/NDh2r9tjql
I really like the staff-building approach...skews younger but
the mix is very interesting to me...Ash has obviously had a plan
in mind for some time and he is somebody that seems to
attract ambitious followers...very good sign
Very premature but I'll say it anyway...this group will make RU a solid-based
team that should not have so many deep lows and more highs...you want
to copy Wiscy then fine by me....
Can't wait to see the last few names....
the mix is very interesting to me...Ash has obviously had a plan
in mind for some time and he is somebody that seems to
attract ambitious followers...very good sign
Very premature but I'll say it anyway...this group will make RU a solid-based
team that should not have so many deep lows and more highs...you want
to copy Wiscy then fine by me....
Can't wait to see the last few names....
The good thing about this staff is that I think there are going to be multiple closers on this team being assembled. I'm excited for the future.
This staff is loaded with guys who coached at Ohio State, Wisconsin or Arkansas. The ones that haven't been from those schools are leaves on the Meyer coaching tree. It seems to have a mix of young and older guys. I don't know if I'm getting ahead of myself, but on paper this staff seems more impressive than any I've seen here. We're used to getting our assistant coaches from Colgate, Hofstra and Bucknell. We have a staff full of guys who have coached/played in the National Championship or Rose Bowl and know what the B1G conference is like.
It's funny how almost all of our coaching hires have been "scooped" up by Sports Illustrated & not NJ.com
Excellent excellent hire. He was voted 2012 DB Coach of the Year by his peers.Hoping to hear Larry Johnson announced as the DC on Saturday!
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Ok so we now have Busch and Ash. Nice.
Despite the praise, no doubt when the season starts the board experts will take issue with technique.
Funny, I was about to post the same comment. I could never understand why our DBs were taught that method. It allowed for horrible defensive stats as well as eliminating the possibility of interceptions.
a few boobs available on this board if he's still lookin :)
If a db has a receiver beat, then sure.
If a db is a half-step behind, then turning his head leads to disaster more often than not.
I heard Lou Holtz on Sirius radio one Friday a few weeks ago lamenting how the vast majority of DB coaches in college teach their players to follow the receiver and put their arms up when they go for the catch, specifically not to turn around. He couldn't understand why. He said that at Alabama, at the end of every practice, a WR and DB line up together and run 40 yards, both looking to catch the ball thrown at them, EVERY practice. Even when I was much younger, played DB, my coach taught us how and when to turn for the ball. Guess what, he played his college ball at U of Florida. Sounds to me like great secondary coaches are hard to find. Sounds like we may have found one of them.
I would have to guess, if this hire is true, that the Defensive Coordinator is already decided upon, but not yet announced because he is coaching somewhere else already - at a school or NFL team still playing. Why? Hard to believe assistant defensive coaches are being hired without the input of the DC for whom they will have to work.
People are discounting the possibility that Ash could very well wind being the defensive coordinator if he doesn't get his guy . I believe the defense is in good hands and ash will really be the guy running it no matter what .
More Skoolie chalk talk: Re: turning around for the ball...
A DB doesn't turn around for the ball because that will slow him down. IF he gets beat, his job is to close ground on the near shoulder of the WR as fast as possible while leaning into the defender once he gets close. This should change the WRs path downfield and make it more difficult to catch the ball. When and only when the DB has caught up to the WRs shoulder should he begin to turn back, but only when the WR does.
Try running a sprint while turning back and see just how fast you run. It doesn't work as well.
The problem is getting beat at the LOS that leads to said CB turning and running towards a downfield WR. Don't get beat on the first step, easier said than done.
A DB doesn't turn around for the ball because that will slow him down. IF he gets beat, his job is to close ground on the near shoulder of the WR as fast as possible while leaning into the defender once he gets close. This should change the WRs path downfield and make it more difficult to catch the ball. When and only when the DB has caught up to the WRs shoulder should he begin to turn back, but only when the WR does.
Try running a sprint while turning back and see just how fast you run. It doesn't work as well.
The problem is getting beat at the LOS that leads to said CB turning and running towards a downfield WR. Don't get beat on the first step, easier said than done.
What's great is that these hires will instill a culture of winning. These are all coaches who have surrounded their entire careers (albeit, short careers for the younger hires) with winning programs, and will seek to instill that in their players. Many of the previous coaches were coming out of smaller schools such as eg, Fordham, Maine (Joe Rossi), Villanova/FIU (Phil Galiano), Colgate (Bob Fraser) Columbia/Bucknell/Connecticut (Norries Wilson), and Delaware (former coach Kirk Ciarrocca)
Guide to ArminRu coaching review:
Over 40 = Bad coach.
Under 40= Good coach
Div 1 coach = Bad
Div 2 coach = Good
Experienced = Bad
Young & Hungry = Good
Or not. I like old and young coaches (that is possible you know). All our coaches have been experienced so that's not really a question.
Most importantly, I support all the new coaches because like you, I don't know crap about position coaches, and I trust that Ash is hiring great people for the job.
The focus at the S-L is to keep their sinking ship afloat by filling their newspaper with Legal Advertisements and Garage Sale notices.
