He’s a great offensive line coach, but he’s proven over and over that he’s not capable of anything more. The offensive explosion at K-State in 2007 was an outlier, his offenses at Nebraska were generally plodding and incompetent.
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He’s a great offensive line coach, but he’s proven over and over that he’s not capable of anything more. The offensive explosion at K-State in 2007 was an outlier, his offenses at Nebraska were generally plodding and incompetent.
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This.
It was the common impression that Riley had left the program in worse shape than he had inherited it (Talent down, moral down with losing again two out of three years).
But how in the name of all that is DONU did Scott manage to have three straight losing seasons!!
The only answer that I can come up with that fits the evidence is that he and his staff are far less experienced than everyone knew.
The hype of a 13-0 season covered up the warts of this so that it was only revealed when we:
1. Could not close out games with half time leads
2. Couldn't stop Purdue with a 3rd team QB late in 4th quarter.
3. Couldn't figure out that special teams is an important part of football, that offense isn't the only game in town.
4. That Scott's offense is critically QB dependent, so that a reliable, efficient, healthy QB at least by year two of his tenure was an absolute necessity if he was to have a successful offense.
That he and his staff could not figure these basic issues out to win football games where they had equal talent, meant that teams were able to beat DONU when they had lesser talent! Unacceptable!
Finally, to continue to blame losing on "culture", "talent", etc is failing to recognize the need to improve himself and his staff, which means 2021 will be the same movie I saw the last there years and I didnt like it
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Well said HWM. I am all for another year of SF and desperately hope he figures this thing out. I do get tired of hearing how much better SF is than Riley based on zero tangible evidence except a season at Central Florida. In my opinion and opinion only we have some serious concerns and they are not just with talent. The talk of culture/chemistry whatever you want to call it, seriously quieted this year but when you have back to back seasons and you potentially lose your best weapon I don't think you can say those issues have gone away. When you have 30 something transfers I begin to wonder if the issue isn't so much those transferring as leadership. If I lose a couple of very talented employees it may be for better compensation, perks, etc but at some point if the problem persists the home office is going to look at me. For some, especially those that fit the bolded if you point out those issues your football knowledge and allegiance is immediately questioned. We seem to think alike on alot of the goings on right now and I suspect you as well as I know that you remove Nebraska legend from the coaching resume and those apologists become the ones with the pitch forks. I'm ok with it though as it's been this way since Solich and there is no change in fans setting up camp with their guy.
I think the old phrase “you’ve made your bed, now you have to lay in it” is an appropriate summary of the Nebraska football situation. This program has been gutted with poor decisions since our NC runs. Now we are in a situation where a total rebuild is necessary. For whatever reason, this is taking longer than people would like. And what makes it worse is the people we see as instrumental to the rebuild seem to drop from the program like flies.
One key question for me is why this offense is still so unproductive after year 3 with little light showing at the end of the tunnel. There is no part of our offense that we can look at as a strength. We liked to tell ourselves we were deep at QB, but I think that assertion is questionable. Hopefully, we will be learning some new names as players emerge as leaders and play makers in 2021 and beyond.
But there is some logic to having more patience with a Frost than a Riley. If Riley had been moderately successful, it would have been just in time to retire. With Frost, if he turns this program around, there is a hope that he will be around for a long time. But I do understand why people are looking at the product on the field and wondering if this staff is capable of success.
If you can link any coach to Osborne, he's automatically going to get a lot more "patience" from the fan base than an "outsider" coach would. The linked coach and the outsider coach could have the exact same game-by-game results -- even in losing -- and the linked coach will get far more free passes.
Even Bo had a link, having served as Solich's defensive coordinator for a season (and performed quite well). Heck, I'll confess -- I actually was more excited about the Bo hire than any hire post-Osborne.
Reality is, Nebraska fans still very much live in the 90s. And if you can give them something to remind them of the glory days -- even a losing coach -- that's like a drug to a lot of Husker fans -- a hallucinogen.
Truth is, the single greatest hire in the history of Nebraska football was an outsider. Bob Devaney.
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Great question. I'm not sure HCSF has the answer. Or will readily admit it. IMO, we are just so dang reliant on the quarterback. We have kinda/sorta seen that this past season. You have to be able to:
1. Stretch the field east/west - deliver swing passes on time and on target
2. Stretch the field North South - deliver passes accurately from the line of scrimmage to 10 yds and then be a next level passer with some verticality.
3. Run the zone read, QB Power - count defenders in the box and make the correct decision pulling or keeping the ball.
AM + LM were pretty good running and swinging and passes less than 10 yds.. Without stretching the ball N/S with accuracy it put more pressure on the entire offense. It had a negative effect on power runs without the QB.
You know your offense is broken when 3 of the top 4 rushers are not Running backs. With two being quarterbacks I think that shows how dependent we are on that position to be successful.
I think it's like basketball too. If you have one or two studs you still need to spread the court out and move the ball. Kobe and MJ weren't great until they had the triangle offense because that system created space and movement.
We, last season, played too many guys the defense didn't have to account for which led to no space, 7/8 in the box and we really couldn't get things going until Rutgers.
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If you can link any coach to Osborne, he's automatically going to get a lot more "patience" from the fan base than an "outsider" coach would. The linked coach and the outsider coach could have the exact same game-by-game results -- even in losing -- and the linked coach will get far more free passes.
Even Bo had a link, having served as Solich's defensive coordinator for a season (and performed quite well). Heck, I'll confess -- I actually was more excited about the Bo hire than any hire post-Osborne.
Reality is, Nebraska fans still very much live in the 90s. And if you can give them something to remind them of the glory days -- even a losing coach -- that's like a drug to a lot of Husker fans -- a hallucinogen.
Truth is, the single greatest hire in the history of Nebraska football was an outsider. Bob Devaney.
True to a certain extent. One could argue (I would) to name Oz OC was just about as important. He was from, ahem, Nebraska. Just sayin...
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I think we are all forgetting about another angle. How sophisticated these high talent players have become over the years.
Wan Dale may be simply gaming the system here to get promises about certain things. Number of touches...NOT to be a runner on short yardage situations. Limited time as a tail back....etc. etc.
He has some leverage here and just may be exercising it a bit. Putting him in the backfield to try to pound out yardage may have scared him a bit. While he was getting “touches”...... he was also taking a real pounding.
Since he has not officially made any statements since this was announced as a possibility, I think there is some intense negotiations going on right now between him, his parents (Who are definitely being advised by an agent), Frost and Lubeck.
it seems crazy for this to take place in college football but I absolutely think this is happening almost everywhere with these highly skilled players.
Wan Dale may be simply gaming the system here to get promises about certain things. Number of touches...NOT to be a runner on short yardage situations. Limited time as a tail back....etc. etc.
He has some leverage here and just may be exercising it a bit. Putting him in the backfield to try to pound out yardage may have scared him a bit. While he was getting “touches”...... he was also taking a real pounding.
Since he has not officially made any statements since this was announced as a possibility, I think there is some intense negotiations going on right now between him, his parents (Who are definitely being advised by an agent), Frost and Lubeck.
it seems crazy for this to take place in college football but I absolutely think this is happening almost everywhere with these highly skilled players.
You simply don’t fire coaches who have just finished 9-3 seasons. I believe Frost will get it done at Nebraska but the expectations are so very high the complaining will continue until he has a winning season. As for the attrition ,it’s a much different culture today and he’s going to have to do a better job of vetting his recruits. As Husker fans ( especially us old guys) we’ve been spoiled with the incredible success over a 30 year stretch. I believe Frost will get this program turned around but it’s not going to be nearly as easy as I thought. Go Big Red!
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Actually...when you think about it...we were spoiled for over half a Century...
more like 50 straight years of winning seasons and bowls
remarkable...
but we came to take it for granted then got caught up in a coaching carousel.
Had Frank Solich stayed head coach...we’d of have had the same 21 years that Ferentz has now...with consistency.
water under the bridge....
But a lesson we should not forget
I recall Bo being fired and I thought it was exactly the thing to do. He was a total embarrassment to an institution of higher learning. I don't care what his record was.
Looking just at football, however, his teams won a lot of games. I have no idea why since he has not had a sterling career since then. I do not think he simply did it with other's recruits, though.
I can understand why they chose Riley - he was a good guy. And he won 6, 9,and 4 games in his three years. Don't we wish Frost had done as well, or even nearly as well? But reading what has been said about him on the board, we generally have concluded that Riley was a terrible coach for us.
Yet we pussy foot around Frost and his record (4, 5, and 3(all be it 3 out of only 8 games). Oh give him some more time! It's hard to point to evidence leading you to believe that the record will improve much, if at all, during the next few years.
But Moos will keep him around. Since he is retiring soon, I suspect that Moos wants to not be bothered with a search at this university for a new football coach in his last couple of years.
I don't feel optimistic about our short term prospects.
Can you imagine - we will feel pretty good if we get to a .500 record next year! that will make many of us feel good.
Looking just at football, however, his teams won a lot of games. I have no idea why since he has not had a sterling career since then. I do not think he simply did it with other's recruits, though.
I can understand why they chose Riley - he was a good guy. And he won 6, 9,and 4 games in his three years. Don't we wish Frost had done as well, or even nearly as well? But reading what has been said about him on the board, we generally have concluded that Riley was a terrible coach for us.
Yet we pussy foot around Frost and his record (4, 5, and 3(all be it 3 out of only 8 games). Oh give him some more time! It's hard to point to evidence leading you to believe that the record will improve much, if at all, during the next few years.
But Moos will keep him around. Since he is retiring soon, I suspect that Moos wants to not be bothered with a search at this university for a new football coach in his last couple of years.
I don't feel optimistic about our short term prospects.
Can you imagine - we will feel pretty good if we get to a .500 record next year! that will make many of us feel good.
