lots of risk in taking a job like oregon state...career killing potential.
Much like Kansas...its killed a few along the way.
lots of risk in taking a job like oregon state...career killing potential.
lots of risk in taking a job like oregon state...career killing potential.
That's the trick to being a fan...we get to believe that anything is possible, even in a sea of negativity. And its not like I don't understand all the fans calling for change...I get it. I'm choosing to stay positive because I think its premature to punt on what is happening, even with all its warts and growing pains. Quick fixes are few and far between.like the idea of what you're saying huskerpilk but then I think back at this entire season in whole and I get this punched in the gut feel. another cup of that red stuff might put me over
It was 59 points better last year. Our entire team speed on defense is terrible. We need players like Lavonte David in order to run a 3-4 defese.My point remains that their talent was not 42 points better.
Tennessee and A&M will both be more attractive job opening to any candidate that isn't a Husker alum. They both have all the advantages Nebraska has and they don't have the recruiting disadvantage that we have. Plus, you know, $EC.
Tennessee and A&M will both be more attractive job opening to any candidate that isn't a Husker alum. They both have all the advantages Nebraska has and they don't have the recruiting disadvantage that we have. Plus, you know, $EC.
I know its not a real popular opinion right now but I think we can beat anyone, including PSU, on the schedule. Wins over Akron and Georgia St have skewed their stats. Iowa by 2? They've got Mich, tOSU and Mich St coming up....they could be 6-3 by the end of that stretch and beat up.
I'm not beyond hoping for 7-5 and with some strides 8-4 is not out of the question. TL is getting better (no where to go but up right?) Going 23-38 303 yards, 2 TDs and no pics against a team who pretty much knew you couldn't run on them showed me something. He also went 17/24 vs Ill without a pic. Speilman, Morgan and Ozigbo are real weapons. The O-line held up pretty well yesterday...giving up 1 sac (admittedly the run game was shut out).
A bye week to get healthy and work on improving and taking 3 or 4 wins into Iowa would do the program a great deal of good.
I've got plenty of cool-aid left if anyone is thirsty. GBR and Mooooos.
Actually we have the horses, we just dont have the coaches.I don't think we have the O-line or tight ends to have a reliably good run game against better teams, and my impression is a good bit it of is lack of nasty. I thought going into this season the O-line would determine this teams success and they are the weakest link, imo.
There are bigger problems than just Cavanaugh, but I still think he's the worst coach on the staff.
I think Moos's age may actually be a plus, just like I've long argued Riley's was. Nebraska needs a transition out of the clearly bounded factions i our fa base that amplify reactions and guarantee instability. Sure other fan bases fire coaches, but not all of them are partly reverberations of an event that occurred 13 years ago now.I was hoping for somebody younger, who could build something great and then stick around to keep the train on the track.
But having said that, I feel obligated to say.....THE MOOS IS LOOSE!!!
Which one of those guys seems like he has a drive to dominate to you? Decker is the only one I see that might have any of it.Actually we have the horses, we just dont have the coaches.
Cavs and Langs need to look for employment elsewhere, as I think Riley has a good chance of returning next season, barring a 4 or 5 win season.I think bringing all those coaches from OSU brought their average is ok and losing aint so bad attitude with them. Bo put his buddy Cotton on the O line and paid for it. How long have we been bitching about the O line? All those line man that came and just cant be all that bad, just badly coached. Even if Moos doesn't fire Riley all those losers from OSU need to go. We need a clean slate.
Watching those guys sleepwalk through the Ohio State tells me all I need to know. Seeing all those piss poor tackles on D tell me the same thing. We need new ideas and new coaching, not the thread bare crap we have been exposed too.
I will be SHOCKED if we win two more games this year.I think it's pretty unlikely. But by saying he's not going to decide during the season he leaves open the door, and not just as a formality. If it was just a formality, he would go ahead and let him go, or the three involved would issue a joint statement saying Riley is being let go now because blah, blah, blah.
If the team beats the 4 West foes (I wouldn't touch a bet on it, but it's not impossible, obviously) and plays Penn State close, it's going to be hard to justify firing Riley this year, based on that improvement and where they would be positioned - 2nd in the West - going into next year. If waiting is a formality, Moos has just made his life potentially more complicated.
The coaches will understand this is an opening and the players will too. If Riley hasn't lost the team and has the yarbles to coach these guys up, he does have that shot now.