No, talent is good. These guys were wanted by Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Issue is S&C and coaching (Greg Austin).This is also a concern, talent evaluation has been sorely lacking for years.
No, talent is good. These guys were wanted by Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Issue is S&C and coaching (Greg Austin).This is also a concern, talent evaluation has been sorely lacking for years.
Disagree 1000%. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame recruited some of these guys … the weakest link on the starting unit was a walk-on center who couldn’t handle one-on-one blocking if Taylor Swift was across of him.Maybe Raiola is a good coach. I don’t think he had much to work with.
I wonder more if its coaches just not sure of what type of player they want.This is also a concern, talent evaluation has been sorely lacking for years.
When Teddy and Henry were passing up elder statesmen, and bringing in guys like Nouili, there is some truth to it.Disagree 1000%. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame recruited some of these guys … the weakest link on the starting unit was a walk-on center who couldn’t handle one-on-one blocking if Taylor Swift was across of him.
Disagree 1000%. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame recruited some of these guys … the weakest link on the starting unit was a walk-on center who couldn’t handle one-on-one blocking if Taylor Swift was across of him.
HCMR knows more about coaching OL than all of us posters combined.
Scott Frost getting off the phone telling Matt Rhule that he should keep Raiola
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So true!I'm not so sure.
Some of us have played a lot of Madden.
This premise does not hold up when looking at the number of first and second team all conference awards. Getting an offer from another team does not automatically equate to on field performance or football talent.No, talent is good. These guys were wanted by Minnesota, Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Issue is S&C and coaching (Greg Austin).
Well, some good news we can lean on if Coach Rhule chooses to retain Raiola as OL Coach, the man did help set a new standard for OL puking.HCMR knows more about coaching OL than all of us posters combined.
One thing that the Mike Riley and Scott Frost eras have in common is that rushing yards declined each season.Rhule knows O-Line coaching and philosophy so I'm going to trust him on this - But we've got to get to the point where guys aren't starting/playing significant minutes until year 3 in the program. I think we've got some good kids but they haven't been developed and some continue to play out of position. development of the oline is probably what will slow our "turnaround" the most.
Every year in the Frost era I anticipated the first game of the year to see if the Oline could at least play to a draw. And every year AM would drop back and have company in the backfield with him within 2 seconds, or our running backs consistently get stonewalled at the line of scrimmage. I haven't seen a good O-line push from NU in at least a decade.
The premise does hold up … (1) those institutions cited have a good history (recently) of OLine development. (2) The sheer fact that they were desired elsewhere suggests that talent is sufficient and that something else might’ve been amiss.This premise does not hold up when looking at the number of first and second team all conference awards. Getting an offer from another team does not automatically equate to on field performance or football talent.