If Kansas' coaching staff didn't already have an NFL feel to with it Charlie Weis being the head coach, it certainly does now with Friday's naming of Dave Campo as KU's defensive coordinator.

Campo has spent the past 23 seasons coaching in the NFL after spending the first 18 years in the collegiate ranks.  Most recently, he has been the secondary coach for the Dallas Cowboys where he has spent 18 of his 23 years in the NFL.

I've been, for the most part, withholding judgment on the Weis hire since it was announced in early December.  On the surface it seemed like a stretch, but maybe he did learn a thing or two while at Notre Dame and will be able to correct whatever it is that went wrong there while he's at Kansas.

As for this hire, I have to say this pushes more to the side of he didn't learn a thing while at Notre Dame.  My first reaction was a bit of disbelief, to be honest.  And it really doesn't have anything to with Campo the coach or person.  But to fair to both sides, let's look at the positives and negatives of what this could mean.

Positives

**Campo has been in and around Dallas a very long time including being the Cowboys head coach.  Where does Kansas need to recruit?  Texas.  And considering they need a ton of help on the defensive side of the ball, Campo name should ring a bell with recruits in their most important recruiting area.

**His run as the Cowboys' head coach wasn't great, but he had had success as their coordinator in the late 90's, although he hasn't been a coordinator since 2004 when he spent two years with the Cleveland Browns.  As for as X's and O's, there aren't many guys that are more experienced.

**His long-standing ties to the NFL should give him the instant respect of his players who want to get to where he's been.

There is a flip side to the positives, however, so here are couple potential negatives for going with a guy like Campo.

**We've seen NFL coaches time and again fail when it comes to the college game.  Yes, Campo has extended experience in college, but he left the college game in 1988.  The incoming freshmen he'll be coaching were  born somewhere around 1993.  Can he adjust to coaching kids fresh out of high school versus players in the NFL.  Sounds easy enough, but many have failed at it.

**There's a reason Campo hasn't been a defensive coordinator his last eight seasons in the NFL.  I don't  know what it is, but there is something to it.

**I'm not sure how much film Campo has watched of Big 12 offenses recently, but defending Dana Holgorsen, Todd Monken, and Josh Heupel's play calling is going to be just a bit different than defending pro-style attacks he has been seeing the past 23 years.  The college game is much different than it used to be.  Can he make the adjustment? Sure, he's obviously a smart guy, it's just something that bears watching.

**Weis said over and over during his introductory press conference chemistry on the staff was something he never got right at Notre Dame and would be extremely important this time around.  Not to say he wasn't focused on that with this hire, but he reportedly first called Campo on Wednesday and Friday he was hired.  Campo met the assistants on Thursday, guys that Weis had already put in place.  Although Campo will be able to hire the final assistant, that's not much time to get to know each other.

Whether you like the hire or not, Campo has a huge hill to climb trying to turnaround the one of the worst defenses in the country last season.  He told the Kansas City Star he's watched some of their tape and said, "I saw some good, young players."  Let's hope so because without that, it won't matter how good of coaching job he's able to do.

And that may be the aspect I'm most looking forward to with the changes at Kansas.  Were the Jayhawks completely devoid of any talent, or was there talent there the previous coaching staff just wasn't getting anything out of?  These are interesting times in Lawrence, without a doubt.