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

 

[Baz=Heisman]

Why couldn’t he have said “we’ll look at everything this winter”? Standing by Lujan that strongly shows little accountability.

 

[corbi296]

Why couldn’t he have said “we’ll look at everything this winter”? Standing by Lujan that strongly shows little accountability.

Because he has no intention of getting rid of him after this season.

 

[phatcat]

"The things that make me confident in that [starting] decision are the way that Jack prepares, the way he competes," Braun said. "He needs to play better but we also need to play better around him, play better in the other two phases..."

Well, at least we agree on something

 

[hdhntr1]

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

It was a disaster for the first year but it was also understandable why he was kept for a second

 

[DaCat]

It was a disaster for the first year but it was also understandable why he was kept for a second

He didn't mind going 1-11.

 

[hdhntr1]

He didn't mind going 1-11.

Fitz hated that more than anybody. Just that coaches (even assistants and especially when they are relocated for a job) are generally given at least a couple years to get their system in place

 

[Baz=Heisman]

Because he has no intention of getting rid of him after this season.

It that’s true, and nothing changes the next 4 games, Braun is incompetent.

 

[corbi296]

It that’s true, and nothing changes the next 4 games, Braun is incompetent.

When are you jokers going to learn the concept of probabilities? How many OCs in a row do you guys want "fired" before it starts dawning on you guys that maybe the OC is not the main problem? Sure, Lujan has put together some questionable game plans and made some dubious play calls this year but if you didn't think a 28 year old OC making the step up from SDSU to the Big Ten wasn't going to have growing pains then I just don't know what to tell you. The main problem is pretty easy to deduce if you have been watching NU football the last 5 years. When we've had a solid, experienced QB at the helm, the team has won and performed well. When we haven't, we have not. That has been true spanning three different OCs and a whole slew of QBs. Lujan has a lot to learn and the jury is still out on whether or not he is the best guy for the job but the main problem behind the team's struggles this year is a very young and inexperienced QB magnified by a lack of depth and talent across the entire offensive depth chart.

 

[CoralSpringsCat]

When are you jokers going to learn the concept of probabilities? How many OCs in a row do you guys want "fired" before it starts dawning on you guys that maybe the OC is not the main problem? Sure, Lujan has put together some questionable game plans and made some dubious play calls this year but if you didn't think a 28 year old OC making the step up from SDSU to the Big Ten wasn't going to have growing pains then I just don't know what to tell you. The main problem is pretty easy to deduce if you have been watching NU football the last 5 years. When we've had a solid, experienced QB at the helm, the team has won and performed well. When we haven't, we have not. That has been true spanning three different OCs and a whole slew of QBs. Lujan has a lot to learn and the jury is still out on whether or not he is the best guy for the job but the main problem behind the team's struggles this year is a very young and inexperienced QB magnified by a lack of depth and talent across the entire offensive depth chart.

🎯

 

[hdhntr1]

It that’s true, and nothing changes the next 4 games, Braun is incompetent.

Lujan will get another year. Does not mean Braun is incompetent. Lujan hasn't exactly had much in the way of tools to work with. Highly questionable OL. A QB that is not ready for prime time. Probably about the lowest rated stable of RBs and WRs. Not really a lot to work with. While that willl not protect him for the long term, it will get him at least another year.