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I worry about Casey's durability in an RPO offense. Having a much better O line would help tremendously I know. 

I have never understood the need to grant a nickname to coaches and players. Their mommas already gave them a name.

On 12/9/2022 at 8:41 AM, Mavric said:

Staffer Adam DiMichele was down to watch his game last Friday.  But no coaches have been to see him.

 

He says he's 85% on his commitment.  Still planning to sign this month.

Not contacting him at all seems like a chinsey way to treat a kid. I they want him let him know.....if they don't let him know so he can move on and not get caught in the lurch.

Purdue does a great job of selling any touch foul and the refs were buying it all day.

This was probably the best I have seen a Husker team play in a long time. Made a good percentage of threes, played team defense, pushed BC late in the shot clock more times than not. More assists than turnovers. It's great to have Derrick on the floor and Blaise is doing the little things that lead to success. Keisei was having a blast and feeding the crowd with his hustle. Huskers have a very challenging stretch coming up. 

Fred recruited a point guard but so far he hasn't seen the court. We have a 3 playing the 1 spot while one guy tries to find a screen and three guys stand around. Blaise is a decent rebounder but if he gets an offensive rebound he never just goes back up strong and dunks....he just puts up a weak little 4 footer that usually misses. I just checked and it seems Fred didn't recruit a point guard, just a shooting guard. Why not Fred. Did you not realize all your point guards either left or graduated?

14 minutes ago, Mavric said:

Brian Ferentz stopped by to recruit him. Apparently it didn't go well. Conversation played about 20 minutes before dad to him thanks but no thanks.

 

But apparently is really looking at Iowa State. New staff will really have work to do. And supposedly he and Joseph aren't that close.

We just can't have nice things!

Zane Flores is easily the best QB to come out of Nebraska in many years. The fact it took so long to see his talent just reeks of incompetence by our coaches.

If I never hear these two announcers again it will be too soon. Their ability to make it all about themselves should be against the law.

I hope he still enrolls and shows his best Doug Flutie imitation.

Are we to the point where the best we can do with all our Big Ten money, fantastic facilities and "the best most loyal fanbase" is a third rate coach with "Pelini, Riley, Frost" type assistant coaches? Heaven help us if this hire goes south. We could be staring at "We have become Kansas scenario."

1 hour ago, runningblind said:

I find it interesting reading all of these takes about how Trev is doing such a good job and "I trust Trev!".  He has yet to hire any coach, let's see what happens.  This is more of the "I love former Huskers at all costs" mentality I feel like.  Same with Mickey and the "we must keep him for recruiting!".  He recruits WR primarily, which will not help us at all if we don't have Big Ten quality lines.  Does he recruit OL and DL too? If not, then it doesn't matter folks. 

Just for fun let's go back to see how every coach since Bob Devaney was chosen. Ole Bob picked Tom O as his choice. Tom all by himself picked Frank to be his successor. Peterson screwed the pooch when he fired Frank without a clue what he was doing then hired Callahan as a last resort. Then Tom came back, put his finger in the air to test the wind and saved the day by hiring Bo. When Tom left the AD position our admins took the word of Barry Alvarez who was more than happy to recommend  Shawn Eichorst knowing full well he would be a puppet. When Bo kept stealing Eichorsts lunch money he made it unbearable for Bo who was happy to take his buy out. Eichorst then picked "Sprinkles Riley" to lead this program. The next choice for AD was "Wild Bill Moos"  who would have been hung in a grain bin if he had not hired our last coach who shall go unnamed.  Now we have Trev Alberts who has consulted with numerous other coaches around the country and used a top notch search firm to narrow down the list. For me it has nothing to do with Trev being a former Husker. He acts like a professional CEO which we haven't had for 47 years. I have met Trev and he was more than gracious to talk and joke with this nobody. I feel he is an honorable man.

35 minutes ago, huskerpower22 said:

 

Just my two cents, but the search firm Trev hired worked with Lincoln Riley. This article explains what happened on USC's side with tis firm and how the process worked. It can let you into the window of what has probably transpired in Lincoln as well. Now I do not believe for a minute that Lincoln Riley wasn't interested until the last 12 hours as I think that is BS and he knew. 

 

https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2021-11-28/usc-trojans-hire-lincoln-riley

I trust Trev A has done his due diligence in finding our new coach. It has been a minute since we have had an AD who doesn't appear to be a figurehead with his strings pulled like a puppet by the chancellor or so close to retirement he wouldn't put in the work necessary. It pains me to say it but the Huskers have been bottom feeders for too long. There are two or three coaches in the pool that I could live with. Hoping Trev and his choice can lead us out of this wilderness. 

6 hours ago, Husker816 said:

What's that mean?

Maybe all the recruits visiting were from Florida or the deep south and the administration didn't want them to get frostbite in the bitter cold? 

"Nebraska is no longer hosting official visitors for this weekend's game. Recruits were told very recently. Take that FWIW." Parker

13 hours ago, Stone Cold said:

Ok but  honestly, the season is over.  There is 0 reward for working hard, seriously better to same themselves from injury and plan for next season.  What is there possibly to play for.

One or more of the networks has already penciled in those games and advertisers have committed their money. The Big Ten, Iowa and Wisconsin would file suit. We could get voted out of the Big Ten conference. Trev would be fired. 

These are games the Huskers have to win and get the game time reps for a lot of players. Much is made of our three point shooting deficiencies. I think it stems from practicing in a smaller gym where the back wall is 12' away from the backboard and white but when they go into PBA or any arena it's like playing in outer space. Odd because some high school kids seem to shoot well there during the state tournament.

23 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

At this point, I'm of the opinion we need to just go with Smothers and go with a heavy run game including the QB.  I didn't see anything from Smothers or Purdy that gives me confidence they can run a passing attack.....of any kind.

Between Smothers and Purdy I think I would take Smothers as well. If I think outside the box I'm going to give a shot to Matt Masker. The problem is I doubt he has thrown more than a half dozen passes in practice to any of our better receivers. Another kid who might step up is walk-on Jarret Synec. He can both run and throw.

Put Matt Masker in.

This team plays scared and tight against the top teams. Nebraska is not a top five team by any means. The look on John Cooks face before the first match showed he knew this was going to be a long night.

On 9/17/2022 at 12:09 PM, TiredHuskerFanMWI said:

I just...I have to say it and face the backlash...I think I'm realizing winning at football is not a goal of the admin anymore.  And hasn't been for at least 2 decades and going.  prove me wrong, Trev.  Please prove me to be an idiot.  I want to be one in this case.

To be fair the leadership from the AD on down has been less than stellar the last 10 years. Moos and Eichorst were dumpster fires. One stuck his finger in the air to see what the popular opinions were and the other chose to hire a coach who was just the opposite of the coach who stole his lunch money. I'm still pi$$ed at the high recommendation Barry Alvarez gave for Eich. He knew exactly what he would do to the Husker programs. Like you I do hope Trev can break the cycle of hiring underwhelming head coaches.

4 hours ago, Micheal said:

With Matt Rhule now being available after being fired from the Carolina Panthers, does he seem like a good fit? Was able to twice get teams to good records at Temple and Baylor. 

 

His NFL record was not good but that can be said for many other college power 5 coaches. 

I was a little excited when I saw he had been released by the Panthers. As I looked up his numbers , his 3 recruiting classes at Baylor were #39 - #29 - #40. He was able to attract a lot of Texas kids which would be much more difficult from Lincoln Nebraska. Plus the dude will make $864,000 a month from Carolina for 4 1/2 years if he doesn't take a job somewhere. Is he motivated to jump in with both feet and rebuild this program or does he need a year to recharge his batteries raking in money hand over fist. Now if he would agree to work for a dollar a year and let Carolina pick up the tab and allow him to get two great well paid coordinators then we might be able to make something work. Another plus would be NIL which he didn't have at Baylor or Temple. NIL has brought in some good skill people this spring and summer but both O and D line still need help.

I hope we can keep this young man.

Maybe Wisconsin will now be torched in the future for getting rid of formerly 9 wins or better coaches. They can sit on the throne occupied by Nebraska for what seems like ages.  

I'm not sure what NIL money he was offered but it looks like he is a strong Notre Dame lean.