Doeren sounds like he is a high energy guy. He would probably love PJ. PJ may make a good special teams coach.


From the Internet - a Wisconsin paper/ blog, but I lost the cite, sorry:

When Bielema first interviewed Doeren in January 2006, he saw "a coordinator-in-waiting." He also saw a bit of himself.

Doeren came to Wisconsin from Kansas, where he had served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2002-05. Bielema came to Wisconsin from Kansas State, where he had served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2002-03.

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David Stluka/Getty ImagesDave Doeren is focused on improving Wisconsin's defense.

Bielema is just 22 months older than Doeren. When the Wisconsin coaching staff determined recruiting regions, Bielema sent Doeren to southern Florida, the same area he'd scouted for years.

"I heard a lot of people say, 'Hey, you sent your twin down here,'" Bielema said. "Dave and I are very similar in ways, but we're also very different."

Bielema keeps the mood light during practice and picks his spots to turn up the volume. Doeren is all business and coaches at full blast.

"I understand what he likes and doesn't like," Doeren said of Bielema. "I can build off his beliefs, terminology and philosophy and at the same time bring my own personality to it. He's pretty good at letting you do your job."

Doeren bounced around the McLain Center on Tuesday morning, jogging behind plays during 7-on-7 drills and sprinting downfield to congratulate cornerback Otis Merrill after a slick pass breakup. At the end of practice, he put all the defenders through pursuit drills.

"You can definitely sense his urgency," linebacker DeAndre Levy said. "It's his business. Just like our goal is to get to the next level, his goal was to get to the next level of being a defensive coordinator and eventually, maybe a head coach. Just the way he carries himself and tries to get on guys, you can feel that this is where he wants to be."

(12-13-2010 10:53 AM)NIU70 Wrote:  One of my co-workers played for Doeren at Drake. He says Doeren was his best coach and is a great guy. He also said Chris Ash might tag along.

Chris Ash, who was in my first grade class? First kid in class to get a Star Wars figure.

The said thing in the interim is that the Humantarian Bowl is now REALLY irrelevant.

Would be good for recruiting purposes if the team looks good on national TV after our last flop. Would probably make the new coaches job just a bit easier, and might help us get ranked early in the season.

(12-13-2010 10:58 AM)armour248 Wrote:  

(12-13-2010 10:54 AM)BarsemaBone Wrote:  For everyone's benefit, does anyone know how to properly pronounce his last name?

Door-In?

Dor-en?

I've been saying Door-en, but if he still does it the German way, it could be Durren. That "oe" usually means it was once an "o" with an umlaut over it.

That's the two dots over the letter for you Lowenbrau and Montley Crue fans.

that said, I don't really know and am just posting because this is the first decent bit of news in 9 days.

(12-13-2010 11:03 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  The said thing in the interim is that the Humantarian Bowl is now REALLY irrelevant.

its only irrelavant to you. Its very relavant to the players, the town and any friends and alumni the go. You are the only irrelavant thing around.

(12-13-2010 11:06 AM)gcd Wrote:  

(12-13-2010 11:03 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  The said thing in the interim is that the Humantarian Bowl is now REALLY irrelevant.

its only irrelavant to you. Its very relavant to the players, the town and any friends and alumni the go. You are the only irrelavant thing around.

And you are a self-important bureaucrat who likes to pretend he is Edward R. Murrow and that your pipeline of connections (which tallies one person) makes you king of the dips*its.

Signs seem to be pointing towards Indiana OC Matt Canada taking the same position at NIU. He was with NIU from 1998-2003. He was in charge of QB's at IU and was OC for the past 4 seasons.

Yes.. berating the one guy on the board that actually has decent information.. great work as always whiskey.

(12-13-2010 11:08 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  

(12-13-2010 11:06 AM)gcd Wrote:  

(12-13-2010 11:03 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  The said thing in the interim is that the Humantarian Bowl is now REALLY irrelevant.

its only irrelavant to you. Its very relavant to the players, the town and any friends and alumni the go. You are the only irrelavant thing around.

And you are a self-important bureaucrat who likes to pretend he is Edward R. Murrow and that your pipeline of connections (which tallies one person) makes you king of the dips*its.

You are showing your age..most posters and readers probably never heard of Edward R. Morrow

Any idea what offense Doeren will want to run?

If Doeren is true to his roots (at least at Wisconsin), then he will want a strong power running game complemented by the play action. Shades of Joe Novak in that regard? The good thing for him is that he has a competent quarterback in Chandler Harnish plus the makings of a good offensive line. I would think Jordon Lynch might not like this hire, but time will tell.

(12-13-2010 11:21 AM)clcfball11 Wrote:  Any idea what offense Doeren will want to run?

Hmmm. He's coming from Wisconsin and is a defensive guy. My guess is it's the standard Badger "Grind your bones to make my bread" offense they use. Really, it could be anything, but smart money would be on a ball-control, punishing offense. That is essentially what we've tried to do for 15 years, so there should be some continuity.

Wisconsin's tried to get faster in the last few years, as we have, and that should work well for us, too.

(12-13-2010 11:06 AM)gcd Wrote:  

(12-13-2010 11:03 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  The said thing in the interim is that the Humantarian Bowl is now REALLY irrelevant.

its only irrelavant to you. Its very relavant to the players, the town and any friends and alumni the go. You are the only irrelavant thing around.

Amen to that! I was going to post that but thought I would get scolded for making such comments and be called a troll.

(12-13-2010 11:23 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  If Doeren is true to his roots (at least at Wisconsin), then he will want a strong power running game complemented by the play action. Shades of Joe Novak in that regard? The good thing for him is that he has a competent quarterback in Chandler Harnish plus the makings of a good offensive line. I would think Jordon Lynch might not like this hire, but time will tell.

He might have the makings for that type of offense with Cameron Bell in the backfield.

Its a solid hire, no doubt. Compher did a great job. I'm making a prediction that the post-Alvarez AD at Wisconsin will be Jeff Compher.

(12-13-2010 11:23 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  If Doeren is true to his roots (at least at Wisconsin), then he will want a strong power running game complemented by the play action. Shades of Joe Novak in that regard? The good thing for him is that he has a competent quarterback in Chandler Harnish plus the makings of a good offensive line. I would think Jordon Lynch might not like this hire, but time will tell.

Wow! LOL! Wild ass speculation based on nothing! Unbelievable!
Lynch called -- said to tell you to just shut up!

Haven't even wrapped up this season and I'm excited for next year.



Granted, I'd feel this way regardless of who the guy was...but still.

chi.. while Whiskeydick is a bit insane as of late, he's actually on point. I'm concerned about this too, especially if Canada is hired. I like Canada, the guy is beyond qualified and has NIU ties, but he's coached pocket passers. Harnish and Lynch do not fit this bill. I hope he can adjust to the weapons we have.

(12-13-2010 11:03 AM)WhiskeyDick Wrote:  The said thing in the interim is that the Humantarian Bowl is now REALLY irrelevant.

Okay, so anybody else on this board think the Humanitarian bowl is irrelevant?

[crickets]