Nebraska coaching staff finally set for break after grueling stretch

Nebraska defensive coordinator Erik Chinander (right) and defensive line coach Mike Dawson talk with host Greg Sharpe during a signing day event for football season ticket holders on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at the Rococo Theatre.Erik Chinander perhaps deserved congratulations for even knowing what state he was in last week.

On the phone with a reporter six days before National Signing Day, the new Nebraska defensive coordinator found himself in Alabama. He was there to see three-star athlete Cam Taylor — discussing signing day details, it turns out — but he didn’t stay long.

Said Chinander, “There were some days when I thought, ‘What are we doing, this is crazy,’ but obviously Scott handled…