A collection of rather horrifying post-game tweets

True to the Red.......Always said:
It sucks because it comes off as blaming Taylor, but it's not the kids fault. Yea, he struggles out there clearly. But what happened to him being 100% before we put him out there? The coaches literally screwed him by playing him and probably set him back even more now. Beck constantly makes Taylor look bad. Abandoning the run, and trying to make Talor look like Peyton manning is doing no service to Taylor. These coaches are simply mind boggling. I can't make sense of any of it. We got pushed around and man handled by Minnesota? Kids aren't bringing their A game after a bye week? Bo quoted as saying Minnesota was doing things we haven't seen before? What? You mean running power formation between the tackles? We haven't seen that? Or what, the speed option type plays Wisconcsin ran straight up our a$$ for sixty minutes last year? You mean we still have no answer for that? Ugh.....it's disgusting this staffs excuses. And like a true leader, we've resorted to blaming the kids......
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You know I am the biggest optimist out there but this post is exactly what I have been thinking. It makes it is hard to be optimistic when the actions are even boggling my mind. Even during the game the run game was working. The option was tearing up their defense yet Beck decides to go Peyton Manning with his play calling. I don't care if Martinez is out there, Kellog, or Armstrong. Beck was better when HE limited his OWN play calling. I don't think it has as much to do with the QB as it does with that.

 
Epic-Nemesis said:
True to the Red.......Always said:
It sucks because it comes off as blaming Taylor, but it's not the kids fault. Yea, he struggles out there clearly. But what happened to him being 100% before we put him out there? The coaches literally screwed him by playing him and probably set him back even more now. Beck constantly makes Taylor look bad. Abandoning the run, and trying to make Talor look like Peyton manning is doing no service to Taylor. These coaches are simply mind boggling. I can't make sense of any of it. We got pushed around and man handled by Minnesota? Kids aren't bringing their A game after a bye week? Bo quoted as saying Minnesota was doing things we haven't seen before? What? You mean running power formation between the tackles? We haven't seen that? Or what, the speed option type plays Wisconcsin ran straight up our a$$ for sixty minutes last year? You mean we still have no answer for that? Ugh.....it's disgusting this staffs excuses. And like a true leader, we've resorted to blaming the kids......
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You know I am the biggest optimist out there but this post is exactly what I have been thinking. It makes it is hard to be optimistic when the actions are even boggling my mind. Even during the game the run game was working. The option was tearing up their defense yet Beck decides to go Peyton Manning with his play calling. I don't care if Martinez is out there, Kellog, or Armstrong. Beck was better when HE limited his OWN play calling. I don't think it has as much to do with the QB as it does with that.
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I think you are right.

 
Pelini was adamant that you can't hang this loss on Martinez. "Taylor was the least of our problems," Bo said. #Huskers

Really Bo the "least of your problems". Granted he was not the single reason we lost, but he's more then "the least of your problems".

Im starting to think T mart dad has gotten to Bo somehow

 
Have to give the Blackshirts credit. With plenty of time left, down 27 - 20, they got 2 really important stops in a row. Given 2 opportunities, our Reincarnation-of-1983-Offense could only muster a field goal when the game was on the line against one of the worst defenses in the conference and nation. The second 'drive' was absolutely pathetic, especially after Martinez taunted the gopher crowd - then was promptly sacked on 3rd and long. But hey, yeah - Go Big Red...

 
TheSker said:
Husker_x said:
Mr. Accountability said:
jeebus frickin kriest

@swmckewonOWH

Quincy Enunwa said Nebraska's offense had a bad week of practice and Beck pulled him aside this week to address it

What the hell is going on. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the players knowing we're trotting out a damn mash unit for quarterback. Sit Taylor. For his sake and the team's Bo. My god. My faith in Bo as a football coach may be completely gone for sure now if it wasnt already.
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I've had a problem with Pelini since last year's Ohio State game. I've long believed this team has systemic issues. Pelini has been here too long for excuses. He does not deserve time, trust, or second chances. He's in year six getting whipped by a Minnesota assistant.

It's over. Pelini has no defense and no defenders. The program is an embarrassment and there is no one left to blame.
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Good points. Who will be the next coach in line for 6 years then fired?
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Maybe NU will hire an experienced and qualified coach this time and the person will have the skills to last out and, in fact, prosper long beyond 6 years. When you make a bad hire, you expect a short stay... it is only natural. Bo was a bad hire (inexperienced, demonstrable immaturity & poor people skills). So was Callahan (experienced but highly unsuccessful, poor people skills). So was Solich (inexperienced hired at a time that NU had market position to get a rock star as a coach.. settled for an internal guy w/o skills or experience). Three bad hires in a row. That is why NU is where it is --- no longer a major football program of note. But...

hold out hope... NU may make a good hire this next time and things will turn around quickly.

Of course, another bad hire would doom the program and sink it further. This next one is very, very important.

 
Here's hoping we bench the unhealthy Taylor and move forward with the quarterback position. If nothing else, it might finally turn the focus from Martinez to the defense, which is the real problem.

Quick count, not counting the tweets in the OP, Taylor is mentioned 36 times in this thread. The defense is mentioned 8 times. As much as we talk about the coaches having the wrong focus....

 
knapplc said:
Here's hoping we bench the unhealthy Taylor and move forward with the quarterback position. If nothing else, it might finally turn the focus from Martinez to the defense, which is the real problem.

Quick count, not counting the tweets in the OP, Taylor is mentioned 36 times in this thread. The defense is mentioned 8 times. As much as we talk about the coaches having the wrong focus....
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Honestly, save for Thad Randle being pushed to the secondary every single play...I feel the defense didn't play nearly as bad as the offense, all things considered.

And constant 3 and outs by the offense really doesn't help a defense--quite the opposite. That our D was actually stopping Minnesota at the end, in spite of the offense laying an egg, which suggests to me they've improved from week one. But our inability to stop motion suggests but the coaching isn't there to take the Defense to the next level.

To your point, Knapplc, people should have the same righteous indignation about Thad Randle playing as they did Martinez--in both instances, we had capable backups that didn't see the field...though to be fair, Martinez's backups have proven to be more capable than Randle's backups to date.

 
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knapp, I think it's just that the quarterback is always the focal point of discussion, being football's glamor position, and also that nobody disagrees about the defense. We all think it was a bad show. I can't think of the last time someone pointed to a defensive problem and everyone jumped in saying, "There are worse things going on."

OK, just as I type this there comes a post saying the defense did better than the offense
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Well, I don't know about that, but anyway, I can't think of a time at least where someone mentioned Thad Randle and anybody disagreed.

 
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Jeremy said:
Have to give the Blackshirts credit. With plenty of time left, down 27 - 20, they got 2 really important stops in a row. Given 2 opportunities, our Reincarnation-of-1983-Offense could only muster a field goal when the game was on the line against one of the worst defenses in the conference and nation. The second 'drive' was absolutely pathetic, especially after Martinez taunted the gopher crowd - then was promptly sacked on 3rd and long. But hey, yeah - Go Big Red...
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This. First of all we should never have been in a position to need a comeback, and I venture to guess had we not started TM we would have been comfortably in the lead. Second of all, TM seems to fold at the worst times.

I know people love to blame Beck for TM's failings, but I just don't buy that.

 
zoogies said:
knapp, I think it's just that the quarterback is always the focal point of discussion, being football's glamor position, and also that nobody disagrees about the defense. We all think it was a bad show. I can't think of the last time someone pointed to a defensive problem and everyone jumped in saying, "There are worse things going on."

OK, just as I type this there comes a post saying the defense did better than the offense
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Well, I don't know about that, but anyway, I can't think of a time at least where someone mentioned Thad Randle and anybody disagreed.
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I completely agree, almost all of us recognize and acknowledge how bad the D is. I don't know ANYONE who says the D is one of our strong suits or is even AVERAGE.

 
robsker said:
TheSker said:
Husker_x said:
Mr. Accountability said:
jeebus frickin kriest @swmckewonOWH Quincy Enunwa said Nebraska's offense had a bad week of practice and Beck pulled him aside this week to address it What the hell is going on. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the players knowing we're trotting out a damn mash unit for quarterback. Sit Taylor. For his sake and the team's Bo. My god. My faith in Bo as a football coach may be completely gone for sure now if it wasnt already.
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I've had a problem with Pelini since last year's Ohio State game. I've long believed this team has systemic issues. Pelini has been here too long for excuses. He does not deserve time, trust, or second chances. He's in year six getting whipped by a Minnesota assistant. It's over. Pelini has no defense and no defenders. The program is an embarrassment and there is no one left to blame.
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Good points. Who will be the next coach in line for 6 years then fired?
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Maybe NU will hire an experienced and qualified coach this time and the person will have the skills to last out and, in fact, prosper long beyond 6 years. When you make a bad hire, you expect a short stay... it is only natural. Bo was a bad hire (inexperienced, demonstrable immaturity & poor people skills). So was Callahan (experienced but highly unsuccessful, poor people skills). So was Solich (inexperienced hired at a time that NU had market position to get a rock star as a coach.. settled for an internal guy w/o skills or experience). Three bad hires in a row. That is why NU is where it is --- no longer a major football program of note. But... hold out hope... NU may make a good hire this next time and things will turn around quickly. Of course, another bad hire would doom the program and sink it further. This next one is very, very important.
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I'd have to agree. 6 years and it was very obvious that an assistant coach schooled Bo, Beck and JP. They had no answers. At half time, Bo tells the TV sports person, that we just meed to makes some adjustments - we'll be fine. Well, we've heard that line at many half time interviews and it appears only the other locker room made any adjustments. And then, like normal, after the game it is all about 'execution' and motivation and fundamentals. This all ends up on Bo's lap - tired of pointing the finger at the players - it is Bo's job to get them ready to play. Nu had a clear path ahead of them for the div title and all the reason in the world to be motivated even against Minn. Unfortunately, after this very poor performance by all but AA and our place kicker, I see at least 2 more losses. This season schedule was given to us on a silver platter and even more so wt Mich & NW being less then originally thought. This felt like 2002-3 all over again - losing to teams that haven't beat us in decades. The D seams like 2007 all over again and we know how that turned out. I don't care how much good young talent we have on D - what happened to the seasoned talent that should have been on this year's team? Time to accept reality: Bo will not get us back to prime time. I was all for Bo's hiring since we were in need of a D guy. (after my 1st choice at the time (Ron Johnson - now at GT but was at Navy appeared to be a non-choice since we were looking for a D genius) .

IMHO, I think it is time for a change. (that opinion and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks).

 
QE said we had a bad week of practice....during a 2 week bye?......this team could have reinvented the wheel, given 2 weeks.

this is the outrageous sh#t that has become normal at Nebraska.....this is all on the coaches. these kids are living and working in the environment created by these coaches....the coaches are responsible for keeping the team focused and prepared...I guess I don't remember when our kids have mentioned lack of focus, quitting, all the other sh#t we have heard about this season...and then we play a crippled QB......
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