Braun backs Lujan as offensive coordinator

[mshelton33]

Braun backs Lujan as offensive coordinator

Coach David Braun said Zach Lujan has met expectations and will be back next season.

northwestern.rivals.com

Head coach David Braun stood by Zach Lujan as his OC, and said there is no consideration of a change this offseason. Read about that and more from Braun's weekly presser here.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

This seems semi meaningless, the sort of thing any typical coach would insist they are 100% committed to until the moment they announce they’re going a different direction.

I think they PROBABLY won’t make a change, but not sure this changes much.

 

[wicker]

Braun supports Lujan.
"Change is for vending machines."
Says second-year coach

 

[FeralFelidae]

This seems semi meaningless, the sort of thing any typical coach would insist they are 100% committed to until the moment they announce they’re going a different direction.

I think they PROBABLY won’t make a change, but not sure this changes much.

Fitz gave JON a 2nd year before firing him, which was too long for many of his detractors.

 

[FanatiCat]

Fitz gave JON a 2nd year before firing him, which was too long for many of his detractors.

JON was a more extreme case. You could tell literally from the first play of the season that our D had fallen off the cliff. In addition, JON had been at the NFL level previously, so there was no adjustment grace period for coming up from FCS level.

Lujan has shown very little if almost nothing of creative schemes to overcome our shortcomings, and seems to have made some very detrimental in game decisions. However, even his rising star track record at FCS championship level, he should warrant another year. This is Northwestern, when have we ever fired a coordinator after only one season?

 

[corbi296]

This seems semi meaningless, the sort of thing any typical coach would insist they are 100% committed to until the moment they announce they’re going a different direction.

I think they PROBABLY won’t make a change, but not sure this changes much.

Lujan isn’t going anywhere but Braun’s statement means nothing more than a HC not publicly throwing one of his assistants under the bus. The closed door discussions I am sure have a very different tone