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I am a cook in a restaurant, the other day I opened a loaf of bread from one of our vendors and there was a bit of mold on the heal. The rest of it looked just fine, good texture, color, not stale at all. I tossed the whole loaf, felt a little guilty about it, there was probably some good pieces in there, pieces that could have contributed to nice club sandwich, or double stacked grilled cheese w/bacon. In the end however it was that speck of mold that forced my hand into thinking the whole loaf was contaminated and had to get thrown out. I wanted to put out a product I felt confident with. Opening a fresh loaf gave me that confidence.

The husker fans mindset, "everyone on the coaching staff was horrible except parella. Parella is a Nebraska boy and Nebraska boys are never bad." Sorry, but parella didn't improve the dline and he was just as bad as the rest of the coaching staff. Just because he's a Nebraska man doesn't mean he gets exempted from being an average to below average coach.

Yes, you're quite the pioneer.... That team caught fire for a month, and played above their heads. They were never as good as they looked that month, and the proof of that is what happened the following year. You think this team will fall off next year if Palmer, Copeland, Watson, Roby, and the rest of the underclassmen return? Highly unlikely, in my opinion.

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A willingness to dispose of trash will serve Frost well in handling the Big Ten West.

Yeah, supposedly Diaco gave hardly any time to position drills. And Parella and D. Williams wanted a much more aggressive style of play, but Diaco wouldn't have it.

Was supposed to fly to Cancun this morning. Woke up at 1am, puked on and off til 4am. Needless to say I was not getting on a 8am flight. Wife called Delta, explained the situation, and they changed us to tomorrow with no charge (didn’t think that was possible in this day and age). Woke up from a “nap” a bit ago feeling much better. Hoping tomorrow will be a go...

I don't doubt one bit that Mike Riley wanted to win and win at an elite level. He just showed that he couldn't surround himself with a staff that would allow him to do it. Or hold his players to a regimine that would allow them to do that. Or gameplan and make adjustments that would result in it. Or....

Not only that, but certain people here have a difficult time comprehending that under Riley/Diaco, the DLs primary job was to eat blocks so LBs could make plays. They did that by "squeezing" the pocket and keeping the QB contained within said pocket. If they got pressure as a by-product of sqeezing and containing, then bonus but "getting pressure' wasn't their job in Diaco's scheme.

In reality, with the brain trust that was Riley, Langs and Diaco, IMHO it is truly hard to accurately gauge the competencies of any of the position coaches. Throw in the rumors/comments about the level of conditioning and there is only so much an assistant can do with that.

People often talk about talent and development like they are mutually exclusive. The goal should be both. Stock pile top 15 talent, then develope them properly.

Agreed. Been saying the same for weeks. One loss in these last few games will wipe NU out of the “first or next four out” real fast. Keep playing good team ball and need to run the table. And Tuesday will be a battle more than some are thinking.

Nebraska 15-1 ATS in last 16 games. Only game they didn’t cover was Illinois, won by 1 line was -4.5

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By those in the know you mean Charlie

I think development and coaching are huge. Look at Wisconsin, they are beating teams they shouldn't because they develop the right way and coach some underrated guys up. Nebraska needs to develop players better and coach them up so they can succeed. Honestly, we have the talent on this roster, best in the west in my opinion and according to the recruiting rankings. So its about time we start holding our weight and winning football games. There are countless guys that I am waiting to see live up to their potential, and I think in year one we will see some big-time offensive and defensive line improvements. Another factor with development and I think this gets overlooked is belief. Nebraska needs to go into big games playing to win and buying into what Scott wants them to do. If the players are properly prepared and coached they will overcome the talent deficiency. See Auburn and them getting pushed around by UCF, Frosts team believed they could win and bought in and guess what they won. To answer that question on Georgia, no we can't beat them right now and yes they have better players that they recruited. Georgia has an unreal class that is better than OSU's which is also insane! It is a transition year and so things may take a little getting used to before we start seeing great results. Will it take 5 years? No, but we can and will get better talent here. With the superb coaching and development, that will make a top 15 class beat a top 3 class.

I was a terrible practice player...turns out I was also a terrible player in the games.

I don't think anyone is "exempting" him. With the stories that have come out about how Riley and Diaco tied the assistant's hands (Williams, Parella, etc) and wouldn't let them do any actual coaching or teaching...I'm willing to give Parella the benefit of the doubt. Just like I'm willing to give Deonte Williams (former DB coach) the benefit of the doubt.

Parella had a complete dline scheme change on him...to say that he didn’t improve the line is utterly unfair. As for your other comment.... im fairly certain that the fans wanted the williamssssss to stay as well. The general mindset was that diaco, cav, and Riley were the problem. Wow how quickly people make blanket statements.

We have people in this thread that think Gebbia will start next year over 2 players that ran this offense in high school and another person claiming our only Heisman winning QB wasn't the best QB on his own team...

LJS

I can fully understand wanting to chase your dreams, but some people need their frontal lobes to develop more.

I’m not gonna say one squad is better yet, but the similarities between the teams is pretty close. Both close with a strong home favored schedule against weaker conference teams. Needing to win out to get to the dance. The bigger deal may be the former squad closed out with a huge win vs Wisconsin and had the MSU win, so their resume was stronger and the one and done conference tourney didn’t kill their chances. Still can’t say that with this years squad. The biggest thing about next year is how the traditional strong programs rebound from poor years(Maryland, Indiana, Iowa Wisky And Illinois) as well as how the schedule plays out against playing teams once vs twice. An overall better team may be on the floor, but the record could be worse

Anyone waiting on avatars, the delay is on me. I've barely been home the past month. They are coming. My apologies for the delay.

He's going to win a lot of Mom's (and recruiting battles) by helping take out the trash. Frost's willingness to pitch in won over Felicia Tannor What a down to Earth guy, love it.

Our best unit all year on D was Dline imo. They broke down at times late in games when our offense was putting them on the field 30 seconds after they got off the field. Thought guys like Stille and Stolenberg stood out as consistently solid. Couldn't get alot of pressure but I wouldn't put all of that on the front 3

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Ya, from everything i heard from those in the know, Diaco basically did all the coaching and basically dint allow position coaches to really do anything. Did alot of full team defense work with Diaco being the only voice. Iheard there was hardly any separate group work which will definitely take its toll on development. There was quite a bit of dysfunction.

Ideally Ohio State gets the 1, Michigan gets the 5... I like out chances against those two way more than Penn State/Michigan State/Purdue

Have I mentioned lately how happy I am with this group?

Many people have defended both William's and Bray as well. Hard to say which position coaches are good or bad when both coordinators did such a poor job. On defense in particular the info about Diaco really makes it impossible to determine anything about the position coaches.

I just want us to win 1 tournament game. Although, when we win 1 tournament game I'm gonna expect a national championship I STILL remember having my heart broken when we lost to Penn.

I would say so. If they get in the tournament, nobody would want to play them. This team is deeper than Petteway's team was.

First, this Nazi guy is a colossal d-bag. That said, I think the University is doing it right so far by just speaking out against it. This is still freedom of speech. The last thing I want is Nebraska expelling him, them getting sued, and a giant rally of Nazi's/d-bags showing up in Lincoln to voice their rights.

This is morally repugnant. The whole ICE decision making process is disgusting. It's why I don't buy a word any official says on immigration "priorities" or the like... their actions don't match their words.

In Frost's national signing day press conference, go to about the 19:00 mark and he flat out says wgen he and his staff got here that the OL has talent, but are fat, weak, and out of shape. Talked about changing their bodies. I don't know for certain what players did or did not do in the weight room while Riley was here... However: 1) given how weak our OL performed last season, 2) combined with Frost's statement, 3) with reports cited by another that the same thing occurred while Riley was at Oregon State... Under Riley, players lifting was optional at best. And people wonder why most of his teams absolutely sucked. Now we know. The sad part is, we had to suffer through his incompetent suckage. Thanks for nothing .500.

I tend to think we all ought to focus mostly on the future. The past is the past (good, bad and the ugly). The Riley/Pelini era players on this team next fall get a fresh start. They can all get in that weight room and run those steps and work their butts off (or on as the need may be). While two or three years is typically needed to really transform a body from average to those of the Frost era Huskers. These guys surely have done some of it and are not starting with high school physiques. 8 months is enough time to get from a decent football shape into excellent if the will and determination and guts are there.

In all fairness, the last staff did the same thing. It's easy to offer guys. The trick is getting them interested and then on campus. I'm confident they'll pull in their share, but offering the guy proves very little.

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And not the type of blow outs that were are used to

This is all in pretty well in line with the Oregon model chip Kelly built. Don't expect many if any shutouts. But if everything goes to plant expect plenty of blow outs.