That's why I still struggle to wrap my head around the reads our offense and defense uses. I came from a different defense during an era with different offenses. I don't know any of this stuff.
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That's why I still struggle to wrap my head around the reads our offense and defense uses. I came from a different defense during an era with different offenses. I don't know any of this stuff.
Agree completely about Verduzco.
The thing that's so concerning is we've heard Frost say for three straight years now that better special teams play would have resulted in another win or two each year, yet he still hasn't truly addressed the special teams situation. He went after Sean Snyder for the analyst position he gave to Rutledge last offseason. Snyder, who is a renowned ST coach, wanted an actual assistant coach position. Frost refused to give him one so he goes to USC instead - as an assistant coach - and proceeds to coordinate the Trojans into one of the country’s top special teams units.
How different is the perception of this program if the Huskers had gone 6-6, 7-5, 5-3 and been to three straight bowl games? It's troubling that Frost sees the problem and won't make the decision to make staff changes to correct it. It's why I suggested that maybe he did have back channel discussions with some coaches he was interested in targeting to upgrade his staff, but was politely told they weren't interested because of the programs current situation.
Because if he can see issues and won't tell friends on staff that they're being replaced for a lack of production, his tenure is doomed. Nebraska has been outcoached in more games than not. They've had three straight years of the same problems on the field. If he doesn't know something is off, he's absolutely part of the problem. It's not going to end well for him IMPO.
Well, I was comparing, but not really comparing, their first years as a head coach.. wondering what is the difference. I think you are right, I think Frost might be a little high on the horse, or was.
I hope, for his sake, standing pat is exactly what he needs to do. I will be on here exclaiming from the rooftops how wrong I was.
Well, special teams improved from 2017 to 2018 but needed to get better. It didn't in 2019, so he got rid of one of his friends, along with another of his friends. It got worse last year, so obviously the analyst only experiment didn't work.
We don't know what the end strategy with this is, but if he hires an analyst and assigns a current assistant to oversee all of it on game day, I'm ok with that. If he does the same thing he did last year, that's a huge mistake.
What? The guy recruited him and is on staff for the specific reason of developing him.
Doing the same thing, with the same people and expecting different results exhibits a lack of understanding and the inability to learn from one's mistakes. We are in the morass of a poor team and lack the insight on how to extricate ourselves.
This is an interesting point. Good coaches are secure in themselves. Whether due to winning all the time like Saban or just an internal confidence. As a result, they can and do hire top assistants (who may be smarter or more experienced than them) and trust them to do their jobs.
Frost has really nobody to push him or challenge his ideas on this staff. That is rarely a recipe for success and definitely not when things are going south.
And the analyst wasn’t his first choice.
And he’s in his second year, and it’s not even 2 full years. I’m not even someone who spends time looking over player evaluations and I even understand that a ‘project’ might take more than that.
What cracks me up with many of these posts criticizing Luke and making statements like he’ll never be a great passer is he doesn’t have to be great to be a college QB. He could just be a good passer, an adequate passer and he still has time to develop into that. There are plenty of players who have been successful in college, and even made their way into the NFL who were not great passers. And it’s almost a given that few if any had the wheels that Luke possesses.
I think Frost was and likely still is pretty secure, but the 'winning' part is what makes this different.
I do think having a staff that will challenge the head coach with opposing viewpoints is a great thing. Ultimately it has to be on him, but you have to have someone or multiple someones who'll give you another look.
Plain ol’ incompetence and stubbornness are likelier explanations.
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Can’t say I agree with the decision, but it was made nonetheless. I think it will take more than sacrificing a position coach to turn this ship around though.
This is a common narrative, but I really haven't seen someone from the inside confirm this is the case so I'm not ready to call it a fact.
HCSF has publicly stated his trust in Lubick and he has history with all these coaches with Chins going way back. I would guess most all of them feel comfortable expressing their thoughts and ideas.
Just because the coaches are on the same page publicly doesn't mean there isn't disagreement behind closed doors. I would be far more concerned if assistant coaches were challenging HCSF's decisions publicly. That would indicate some serious rot behind the scenes.
Like Eichorst interfered with Riley?
We saw where that got us. Unless something underhanded happened, I don’t think that’s the way to go. :Smile:
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One thought, how old is Verdu?
