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[buckswope]

Coach Bolks was an awesome guy to play for, and easy to play for...but easy on the players. Coach Farley needs to get a secondary coach in here that is going to be a stickler for technique. Two possible candidates that i think would be great is ...THE COACH I WILL NEVER SPEAK OF (brought in with Daron Brutley from Southern Miss in 01-02), the guy really knows his sh&%T, or JAY NIEMANN of Simpson College. Niemann coached here under Dunbar and for Farley for two years. This guy doesn't take any bull, and knows his stuf as well, under him we sent 4 guys to the NFL or Arena league at some point...Safety Ken Harris, Cornerback Daryon Brutley, safety Justin Sandy, and Arena 1 player Brent Browner. I feel Niemann will only come back as a Secondary/Defensive Coordinator role. Some may see this as take a step backwards.....any thoughts?

[B.True]

not sure about niemann....simpson was 5-5 each of the last 2 seasons and i saw he's looking to fill an OC position.....who knows at this point....really, does anyone know at this point who some of the candidates are?

[buckswope]

Head Coaching record does not determine how well he is a coordinator...look at Mike Dunbar ok Head Coach, Offensive genius at Northwestern.

[Matt Trump]

Did Niemann leave UNI on good terms? Seemed like he was kind of pushed out...

I am not sure of the situation. Just some questions for my good friend, Buckswope.

[B.True]

i don't think i was clear...that or buckswope was just bringing up a point about dunbar that most of us have come to see with Dunbar....

when i said that Niemann was trying to fill an OC position, i meant that i've seen the posting that Simpson is looking to fill their OC job. sorry if i confused things.

[TREE]

secondary coach

Klieman would be awesome as a secondary coach. He worked under Mosley back in day. He's the head coach at Loras, but has strong ties to the Cedar Valley. He's still a fairly young guy w/ a wide variety of experience, plus I don't think he is a huge Mo. St fan or the new head coach there

[JCPanthers]

Klieman would be awesome as a secondary coach. He worked under Mosley back in day. He's the head coach at Loras, but has strong ties to the Cedar Valley. He's still a fairly young guy w/ a wide variety of experience, plus I don't think he is a huge Mo. St fan or the new head coach there

I talked to someone within the program last night and Klieman is definitely a name that was brought up. The only thing that I wonder is that he was already an assistant for a couple of Gateway teams and now is a head coach...granted it's a D3 program...but does he want to go back to being an assistant? I am not up to date on coaches and what they make, but would an assistant job at UNI be better financially than a HC job at D3? I would think it would be better career wise with better opportunities to move up, but again I'm just a fan.

[panther2317]

I went to UNI when Kleiman played there and actually he played high school basketball for my uncle. I don't know where his mind would be at on this topic, but I know this...I think he'd be a great addition to the staff.

[Jonsoup]

Look Courtney Messingham he gave up his Head Coach position to coach at Southern Mississppi with Jay Johnson. I would love to see Chris come back and coach at UNI.

[ejacobson]

I played for Niemann at Simpson, and he is a tremendous coach. We lost a lot of our key players last year and most of the big time skill positions were sophs this year. Niemann will have the boys straightened out soon. But I don't think he would leave Simpson already, at least I hope not, he took us to the playoffs once already. Just my thoughts on Coach Niemann.

[JCPanthers]

Possible candidate?

I had also heard that one of the coaches from San Diego State was also interested in one of our openings. Although this name doesn't ring a bell, Fred Bliel played football at UNI in the 60's.

http://goaztecs.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bleil_fred00.html

[GoCats05]

Klieman would be awesome as a secondary coach. He worked under Mosley back in day. He's the head coach at Loras, but has strong ties to the Cedar Valley. He's still a fairly young guy w/ a wide variety of experience, plus I don't think he is a huge Mo. St fan or the new head coach there

I doubt Klieman would leave a head coaching job to be a secondary coach for UNI. The head coach he replaced had been at Loras for at least 25 yrs. I think with Dubuque only being 1 1/2 hrs. away will not be enough to bring him back to the Cedar Valley.

[B.True]

not sure where to bring this up....but mike&mike were talking how Ferentz would be a good fit/possibly interested in the Packers job. there are always rumors that ferentz might go back to the NFL, this time as a head man obviously, but is this the move......and while i don't think there is even a 10% chance of it happening.....does a mark farley then get a look/contacted by Bowlsby? ifs, buts, shouldas, wouldas, all hypothetical here...just want to see what everyones thoughts....

plus, any more word on candidates for our assistant positions....

[BCPanther]

Ferentz would take the Viking or Chief job, but I think that he sees there is little chance for success in Green Bay, especially if the NFL goes uncapped in '07 (as per current CBA).

Farley will not be the choice in Iowa City if Ferentz goes (I do not think he will) The program is of high enough stature right now to go out and get a big time coach or big time coordinator (Mike Stoops??)

[CF Panther]

Ferentz would take the Viking or Chief job, but I think that he sees there is little chance for success in Green Bay, especially if the NFL goes uncapped in '07 (as per current CBA).

Farley will not be the choice in Iowa City if Ferentz goes (I do not think he will) The program is of high enough stature right now to go out and get a big time coach or big time coordinator (Mike Stoops??)

You're right. I don't think we need to worry about Farley going to Iowa. He would be quite far down their list. They should be able to get a big name in.