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Spring Practice Thread #1 (3/16/18) Post Practice Video With Coach Frost Added



From Rosenthal's article above...
“I think they all have good attitudes,” Held said of his running backs. “I think they like the opportunity to have a fresh start. They worked hard in the offseason. It’s a very strong group, especially my two seniors, Devine (Ozigbo) and (Mikale) Wilbon. They’re just physically strong.

“Every one of them has worked hard, from top to bottom. We have really good walk-ons. Wyatt (Mazour) and (Austin) Rose are really good players as well. I think (junior college transfer) Greg Bell is getting accustomed to being a Division I athlete, Jaylin Bradley is getting better every day.”

Tre Bryant, meanwhile, continues his recovery from a knee injury. Frost said the sophomore, who rushed for 299 yards in two games before being sidelined the remainder of the season, could be back this spring but limited in some capacity.

“I like them,” Held said. “They’re learning it. I think they want to be great.”
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More from Rosenthal's article...
Come fall, true freshman Maurice Washington joins the fray. He committed to the Huskers on signing day in February, and not only does he fit the part from a physical standpoint, he also has “some dog in him,” Held said.

In other words, Washington is a competitor.

“He’s the guy who’s got his cleats in his car,” Held said, “you call him out at Applebee’s and say, ‘You can’t run a route on me,’ he’s going to take the cleats in the parking lot and go against you.

“From a running back standpoint, he’s a guy who can run and make people miss. He fits us. He fits what we do.”

Fit, more than anything, is what Held wants in a running back. Just because an I-formation back who runs downhill and holds offers from the likes of Alabama and Georgia doesn’t mean he’d be a good fit at Nebraska.

With Frost’s offense depending so much on tempo and formation and keeping defenses on their heels, running backs will often be left alone in space with an opportunity to make only one defender miss to produce a big play.

“I’ve got to have a guy who can really run, a guy who can make people miss,” Held said. “I can’t just have a straight-line guy who runs people over. You have to have an element of elusiveness. Now, there’s different levels of that, but I’ve got to have a guy who doesn’t have to stop his feet to make a move. He can make a move going 100 miles an hour.”
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And this is how Rosenthal's article ends. I love the last quote in bold...
A native of Kansas City, Mo., Held played at Nebraska when Frank Solich served as running backs coach under coach Tom Osborne.

“To have the position that he coached is special,” he said of Solich. “I take a lot of pride in that. It’s a very meaningful deal to me.

“I’m never going to take this job, a day of this job, for granted. I feel blessed and fortunate to have it. I have an obligation to hold my end of the bargain and get that running back position as efficient and execute as a high level as we can based on the kids that we have.”
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Another good read about what Fisher is looking for...DBs with a physical edge.

If you have an important decision to make, start the clock.

So it’s fitting, and timely, that one of Fisher’s initial 24-hour rules helped shaped his life in football.

He started his playing career on the offensive side of the ball.

“I was speed and finesse,” Fisher said. “But then when I moved to the defensive side of the ball, I basically had a choice to make. My choice was I could trade that finesse in and be physical, keep the speed. Or I can go back and play offense.

“I just chose to be physical. I had this 24-hour rule.”
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Journal Star link also found on front page of HM.
 
More from Fisher in the Journal Star article...

Fisher played with former Huskers DeJuan Groce (in St. Louis) and Daniel Bullocks (in Detroit). He remembers their speed, an element he wants in his own corners and safeties (Fisher was a state champion sprinter in high school and ran a 40-yard time of 4.37 prior to the 2002 NFL Draft).
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“That first year (2015) was a rough year,” Fisher said when asked how long it took the players to adjust to his coaching style. “Those guys wasn’t used to a coach wanting to go and hit, and hit again, and next play hit again, and next play hit again. I’ve always been nit-picky with technique. They wasn’t used to that.”

Fisher said he expects a similar adjustment period with the current group of Husker defensive backs.

“Go practice or go home,” Fisher said last week. “Those (UCF) guys had to make a 24-hour decision. Here comes first pad day (at Nebraska), there’s probably some guys that are going to have to make a 24-hour decision, too, on this team.”
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Fisher said he's not the type of coach to throw "a million different things" at the players.

"So if I teach you one technique, it probably can go into a lot of different coverages," he said. "Basically everything that they're going to do, they're going to do it so many times until it's going to be natural, and that's what I really want to get out of them."
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All 'N' 011808 said:
More from Fisher in the Journal Star article...
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Those guys wasn’t used to a coach wanting to go and hit, and hit again, and next play hit again, and next play hit again. I’ve always been nit-picky with technique. They wasn’t used to that.”
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I guess this solves the so-called "bloodbath" dilemma.

Bring the hit or go home. - T. Fish.
 
Will be good to get back the the mindset that Saturdays aren't the day of the week where you probably got hit the hardest exclusively. Can't do it to someone else on gameday if you don't know how. And can't overcome it on gameday when someone else does it to you if you're not more used to getting thumped a bit.
 

It’s no secret that quarterback is the most important position for any offense, but when it comes to head coach Scott Frost’s high-powered system, much of the responsibilities fall under center for helping the scheme reach its full potential.

That’s why Frost, Verduzco, and offensive coordinator Troy Walters are going to be as critical on NU’s quarterbacks this offseason as any position on the roster.

“For us, one of the fundamental differences is we play fast,” Verduzco said. “(The quarterback) has to be able to process a lot of information in a quick amount of time. He has to be, what we call it, a quick blinker.

“On every play, he's making a decision, whether it's in the run game or it's in the pass game, which is different in a lot of offenses. In terms of how we do things, upfront, in terms of blocking place, it's pretty unique.

“It's a little bit different than most offenses. The position that I coach, those guys have to be effective and efficient. They have to be ready to go. Not unlike any other position, really, but the sense of responsibility is certain. Certainly, this is tremendous.”
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