Nielsen's a wild man out there, his energy is insane. In the long run, his most valuable asset is probably recognizing talent, as you mentioned. We've lost 3-4 good linemen during Nielsen's tenure, but it's not his fault.
Before he came here, I saw some vids of him at practice at NCSt. Man, dude was an off the chain maniac! 😂
But there was another vid featuring the D linemen I spoke about. They talked about Coach Nielsen n his style of coaching. It was funny as hell! They did impressions of him n everything! But you could tell how much they truly loved n respected him, n were thankful for him being their coach!
That’s when I first felt that the guy was gonna be special for us!