Lutz moving on

[REDitus]

https://huskers.com/news/2021/3/18/mens-basketball-lutz-to-pursue-coaching-opportunities.aspx 

 

 

Edited March 18, 2021 by REDitus
because I can

[hhcmatt]

Lincoln – Nebraska men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced Thursday that special assistant Bobby Lutz is leaving the Husker program to pursue coaching opportunities.

 

For the last two seasons, Lutz has served as the Huskers Special Assistant to the Head Coach, helping with game planning, non-conference scheduling and assisting Hoiberg and the Husker staff in the day-to-day operation.  Lutz has won nearly 400 games as a collegiate head coach and helped his programs reach postseason play 22 times as either a head coach or assistant coach.

 

Statement from Bobby Lutz

When I agreed to join Fred at Nebraska as Special Assistant, there was positive momentum in the NCAA for allowing an additional person to actively coach during practice and games. That has not happened. While I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Lincoln and will always be grateful to Fred for allowing me to be a part in building the foundation of this program, I miss coaching and recruiting. Therefore, I am leaving Nebraska to pursue coaching opportunities and look forward to the next challenge. We loved our time in Lincoln and met many special friends whom we will forever cherish. All the best. #GBR

Statement from Fred Hoiberg

Bobby has been a great resource for our staff the past two years and appreciate all of his contributions in helping build the foundation of our program in Lincoln. He has been a great sounding board for me at both Iowa State and Nebraska and has an outstanding basketball mind.  He has a passion for coaching and wanted to get back on the sideline.

 

[Huskerpapa]

I believe his replacement is already in route?

[hhcmatt]

He's from the North Carolina area and assuming he doesn't have something already lined up there, I'd bet that is where he ends up.

[HuskerFever]

46 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

I believe his replacement is already in route?

 

Why stop at one former head coach to be on the Nebraska basketball staff?

[AuroranHusker]

Bobby Lutz was a good dude at NU. I hope he finds that coaching opportunity he's been looking for.

 

[basketballjones]

Welcome back, Special Assistant Danny Nee. 

[hhcmatt]

Moe's gotta go back to Nebraska for one last hurrah 

[tcp]

good luck to Lutz. may his next page be a jackpot. :)

 

welcome to coach number next! 

 

 

[TheKamdyMan]

7 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

I believe his replacement is already in route?

 It’s been mentioned elsewhere it’s Nate Loenser who has worked under Fred before and was at Iowa State this year. 

[Ron Mexico]

On 3/18/2021 at 1:10 PM, hhcmatt said:

When I agreed to join Fred at Nebraska as Special Assistant, there was positive momentum in the NCAA for allowing an additional person to actively coach during practice and games. That has not happened.

Can someone with more knowledge explain?

[hskr4life]

11 hours ago, Ron Mexico said:

Can someone with more knowledge explain?

The NCAA was in talks to allow a “4th assistant” that would be able to coach and recruit.  That hasn’t happened.  Remember when Lutz was hired, I think the title was “Special Assistant to the Head Coach.”  Unfortunately, there hasn’t been positive momentum on the 4th assistant and so he’s moving on.

[KarlHessEatMy....]

Nate Loenser is coming on!!! That should help out the recruiting and development

 

[kldm64]

This is a great move and hire!!!  Moves Doc into Lutz's old position which is a better role for him anyway.  Things are starting to look up for Husker Hoops.

[Norm Peterson]

What did Lutz do that Doc will now be doing?

 

What makes anyone confident that Loenser is a good recruiter? Does the boost in recruiting come from the simple fact that he'll actually be doing some? So zero plus anything is more than what we had before? Or do we have some reason to believe he, in particular, is a good recruiter?

[Silverbacked1]

Okay my $.02...

 

Coming from an older, overweight guy like myself I have noticed that to me Doc didn't look all that well toward the end of the year.  He has put on some weight and is older than one would think.  I also wonder if he is maybe looking to ease out of coaching and maybe get into the administration side of things.  Like maybe seeing if this could turn into an AD roll down the line.  Just my thoughts.

[Norm Peterson]

41 minutes ago, Silverbacked1 said:

Okay my $.02...

 

Coming from an older, overweight guy like myself I have noticed that to me Doc didn't look all that well toward the end of the year.  He has put on some weight and is older than one would think.  I also wonder if he is maybe looking to ease out of coaching and maybe get into the administration side of things.  Like maybe seeing if this could turn into an AD roll down the line.  Just my thoughts.

 

Like maybe slide into Marc Boehm's old job where you have no discernable responsibilities other than to cash your paycheck?  j/k

[HuskerFever]

2 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Like maybe slide into Marc Boehm's old job where you have no discernable responsibilities other than to cash your paycheck?  j/k

 

Sign me up.

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

What makes anyone confident that Loenser is a good recruiter? Does the boost in recruiting come from the simple fact that he'll actually be doing some? So zero plus anything is more than what we had before? Or do we have some reason to believe he, in particular, is a good recruiter?

 

I think Matt A does all the recruiting so having Loenser in theory improves the pitch by being able to sell having a guy who's worked to improve a laundry list of NBA players.

[uneblinstu]

On some level, it may just be that he's willing to do it. Doc was open about not really having to be a part of recruiting. If NU can cast that net a little further, even if Matt A does the heavy lifting, I'd guess having another body to carry some of that burden will help the cause.

[49r]

I thought Armon was still heavily involved in recruiting, did that change when he joined Fred's staff?

[uneblinstu]

I think he still is, but with Doc not involved at all, you're basically playing a man short. It's a handicap of sorts, IMO. 

[Norm Peterson]

1 hour ago, uneblinstu said:

I think he still is, but with Doc not involved at all, you're basically playing a man short. It's a handicap of sorts, IMO. 

 

In theory, it can work. So far as I know, Matt A doesn't do any opponent scouts. He's not involved in game-planning. He's not going over film, at least of our current players. I mean why would he?

 

He's a recruiter. While the other assistants are pouring over game film preparing for Illinois, Matt A can be pouring over game film for Mater Dei high school. While the other coaches are watching film from Pitt vs. Ga Tech in order to prepare for Ga Tech, Matt A can pour over film from Pitt vs. Ga Tech to figure out which Pitt player to go after next in the portal.

 

The work Matt A can do on recruiting, theoretically at least, would allow other assistants to spend more time on coaching. In theory.

 

In actuality, it probably does hamstring us to some extent. Matt A can't cover it all. You have to have some pretty well-defined responsibilities so that all the tasks are covered. Does Armon have to do anything on recruiting? If so, what? Do you expect him to deliver any recruits? Is Matt A always the primary recruiter on every prospect?

 

Anyway, I think it can work in theory. In practice, we need to see some more results.

[uneblinstu]

All good questions. We'll see how it plays out. I know he had a big role in recruiting efforts under Miles, I assume he still does at least some with Hoiberg, too. He's the holdover from the old staff, and those guys don't usually stay that long under the new staff, so I'm a little surprised he's still here. He would have been the one I would have expected to move on, and maybe he still will. It'll be interesting to see how it all comes together next season and beyond.

[49r]