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I see we are currently in the “defend the indefensible” phase of Rhules tenure. That was fast. We reached unanimous agreement on banker, cosgrove and Shawn Watson pretty quick. 

Unpopular, probably, but I learned that Purdue’s qb is the best in the b1g west and the best we’ve played this year. And he will probably play on Sundays.

1 hour ago, HuskerX said:

Both teams played rough and a little dirty at times. It was a great game to watch.

All the more reason why the refs didn’t need to tip the scales in any direction. 

1 hour ago, HuskerX said:

 

I'd say CU's comeback last night and then winning in double OT after losing their best player to a cheap shot was the definition of responding to adversity.

I suppose you never saw the cheap shots and multiple uncalled penalties on Colorado. It’s not hard to respond to “adversity” when the refs are wearing your jerseys.

On 9/12/2023 at 11:51 AM, unl7fan said:

I am a Husker fan and I am only here to say enough is enough. We had a rare opportunity to get a package that included a popular Coach, a great staff, and Heisman level QB and WR/DB combo. WE DIDN'T EVEN TRY FOR THIS. Not to mention we have already missed on a Generational legacy QB in Raiola. When we miss out on top level tackles in Baker and Brix, you might finally get what has happened. We are at the bottom of CFB with some of the nicest facilities and a great place to live (Lincoln, according to USNEWS rankings). I do not think Matt Rhule was a bad hire, but he brought a terrible OC and QB with him. It was not the hire we needed to turn the program around before we all have grey hairs or no hair at all from pulling it out. 

Lol Scott frost is that you?

i just don't get this fascination or insistence on the idea that sims is the "best" we have. he's the most athletic and maybe with the best arm talent, sure. but there's just no way he's the best we have when he has 7 turnovers in two games with snap infractions, procedural penalties, and poor decision making.

11 hours ago, nupowr said:

It is not that I get tired of being right or being able to see the obvious.  It is just that there are so many damn koolaid drinking people with real short memories. Collin calls them mouth breathers.  So, how do you like your crow?  Breasted and fried with some Lawry's and Lemon pepper?  

Maybe it bears repeating.   There is a way to win in Lincoln and it will work in the Big 18 conference.  But you have to follow the formula that was laid out by Bob Devaney and TO.   You have to have the right coach, not just any big name available on the market.  Nebraska can supply the big strong boys that you can turn into bigger, stronger men.  But you have to go out and get the speed.  SUB 4.4 guys you can coach into blanket corners and lightning fast slot receiver/ flankers.  

You have to go get the 4.6 6'2" 200 lb kids and turn them into 4.4 230 lb outside linebackers so you can handle the Michigans, Wisconsins, and the Ohio States.   And you need them four deep. 

Hire a random big name, with some random coordinator friends from South Carolina, keep a line coach on staff because of who his nephew is, and then go out to the broader market and recruit for the same QBs and WRs that Alabama and Georgia are after, and see what happens.   Not going to work in Lincoln NE.  

you may end up being right, but this is waay too soon. plus, they did do what you are talking about. they brought in "4.6, 6'2, 200lb kids" all over the place, especially on defense. they just lost 3 or 4 of those types at critical spots not because they didn't bring them in.

if they had gotten a game manager as opposed to the athlete we have at qb right now, we would be 2-0. sometimes on offense, the intangibles are more important than the measurables.

2 minutes ago, gobiggergoredder said:

Settle down brother.  It’s a message board.  We clearly have different realities.

 

They absolutely are not in the Minny game without his legs.  He also played a huge role in losing the game.

 

You listed everything he does wrong.  You’re delusional if you ignore that he’s physically gifted.

 

I think Sims is the reason we are 0-2.  They’d also be 0-2 without him because there’s no one else.

And what exactly have “physically gifted” quarterbacks gotten us in the past 8 years? Meanwhile Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois keep destroying Nebraska with their unathletic, inaccurate game managers

again, it’s not about athletic ability. It’s about procedural and crunch time reliability. 

2 hours ago, gobiggergoredder said:

I just don’t think you can. The guy provides you with your best chance to win and lose.

 

They put any of the other guys in there it’s over.  Other teams load the box and go to man.  It’s done folks.

 

In two games you’ve seen how 2023 is going to go.  We will beat some sorry teams.  Beat a couple marginal teams and Sims pulls together a mistake free game for us to win one game we shouldn’t.

 

Buckle up because all we know is there’s going to be ? every week.  We need to find the best QB available in the portal and there can be no doubts around him.

The idea that he gives you the best chance to win is not based in reality. It’s baseless. There is absolutely no evidence to show that. All the evidence points to is the fact that he’s the most athletic player in the qb room. That’s it. He gives you the best chance to torpedo your team’s confidence and momentum, based on evidence. 
yea teams may load the box against HH, but all they have to do against sims is be in base defense and wait for him to throw a pick or drop the ball. Here’s a list of things sims has shown he cannot do:

- throw accurately beyond 15 yards

- handle a snap in crunch time , critical moments

- go through progressions

- look off a safety 

- improvise under pressure 

- handle motions and snap counts together

anyone with these qualities should not be handling snaps at a p5 program in the big ten. 

21 minutes ago, Decked said:

There is 0 way if this process repeats like this for the entire season that Satterfield comes back. Rhule isn’t stupid. But either or…Jeff Sims is gone after this year. I agree though. The dude costs more points than he does score them. You’re literally better off statistically punting the ball at the moment than playing offense. 

with anyone else, i would agree. but this is a head coach who really prides himself on developing and coaching 0 star recruits and coaches. i mean, he refused to fire a badly performing O-line coach on his way in, hired a high school coach to be a position coach and a 24 year old as a WR coach. then he released the returning starting QB and brought in a turnover prone QB. he obviously believes he has a midas touch.

that being said, i still think he'll be successful here. he just needs to decide if he wants to slow the process down or fast track it. the possible mistake i think he's making right now is thinking he has 3 years to work with in this transfer portal era.

4 minutes ago, Decked said:

We are stuck this year. There isn’t one good QB on this roster. Sims will be gone next year and potentially satterfield. 

unfortunately this ain't happening. Rhule isn't firing his guy in satterfield. osborne and trev will not be telling him to either. 

if Rhule is to be a serious coach in the Big ten, you can't insist on putting Jeff sims out there. A game manager is good enough to get you to at least .500, maybe a division win in the big ten west. we've seen iowa, wisconsin and northwestern do that year after year while we trot out mistake prone "game changing", 4.5-40 athletes who will never be able to handle the physicality of the big ten.  

1 hour ago, TGHusker said:

Agreed.  Needs time to rebuild with his players 

"time" isn't what is required to fix the stubbornness it takes to stick with a quarterback that can't protect the ball or run the offense in crunch time.

On 9/1/2023 at 10:20 AM, hskrpwr13 said:

I guess I'll be the dissenter in this thread too.

 

Based on simply the play calls, I thought it was fine.

• Before the fire drill at the end of first half, that was a TD.
• On the FG drive, the play called dead on the false start, from about the 5 yard line, looked good to score or at least get them down to the 1.
• Then that early fourth quarter sequence,, I've seen some complain about, was there. Somehow the big strong QB limp wristed the pass. Next play, receiver wide open in the middle and pass gets tipped.

Now depending on if Satterfield was responsible for the following, his GPA drops for me.

• The end of half fire drill was completely unnecessary. 30 seconds left, inside the 1, 1 timeout. Couldn't understand why the TO wasn't used there. Settle everyone down. Run the Jalen Hurts QB sneak for 6. Leave 20 seconds on the clock for UMs inept offense. If by some miracle Sims gets stopped, next play was already called during timeout (run it again or spike to stop clock).
• Understanding the capabilities of the personnel. If there was indicators of Sim's passing being that bad, then yes, needed to call better situation plays (I doubt he/staff thought Sims would be THAT poor). Then of course the idea of having a known fumbler in a crucial part of the game was a major miss. 

All in all, I thought player mistakes at crucial times were more the culprit on offense than the play calling. 

 

Agree. To your second point, it really looks like almost all the issues the offense had was really about the fundamental misunderstanding or misevaluation of the capabilities of qb1. There’s no excuse for that., and definitely not in the 4th quarter, after he’s shown you what it is for 3 quarters. The playcalls were fine, and would have resulted in a win with even 5% better execution. 

On 9/1/2023 at 1:27 PM, Dr. Strangelove said:

The coaching staff had to make the choice they made. Scott Frost also figured out that with the line quality and his inability to recruit and develop receivers, the only way to move the ball was to run the QB.

 

Our staff is smart - they quickly realized this. With very little talent at receiver and a running back room that is mostly average, they got the best dual-threat they could get from the portal and they're going to try and win with his skillset.

 

I agree with OP - the staff wants to develop a certain pro-style foundation which I understand. However it's evident that this just isn't Jeff Sims skillset. They probably need to limit the receiver route trees, simplify the RPO reads, and roll the pocket a bit more. I know this might run counter to the developmental process for the physical, pro-style offense they want to run. But it's pretty obvious that Sims doesn't see the field (and the OL doesn't protect) well enough to be a pocket passer. We're simply going to have to Iowa our way to 6 wins - grind out games, punt, let the defense keep us in games. Try to be risk averse on offense and see what happens.

While I don’t support calling a player garbage, there’s simply no excuse for having zero quarterbacks on the roster. There’s no excuses for not having someone who can read a defense and look a safety away, the line play notwithstanding. 

24 minutes ago, hskrpwr13 said:

 

I'll be the first to look like the donkey and say I expected improvement in the areas Rhule specifically called out as areas of focus: redzone offense and critical penalties/turnovers. Not only were things not better, but appeared to be even worse. 

 

After 1 game, i'm not indicting Rhule or the rest of the staff, nor has my faith been shaken long term. But last night was a bad look for those areas. 

the question for Rhule is, what is he planning to do differently in the QB room? The idea that jeff sims will win games for us as a QB is probably fools gold at this point, especially in the B1G. 

We learnt that we don't have a Quarterback.

looking at all the evidence, it appears Matt Rhule has a LOT of belief in his ability to coach spots out of leopard skin.

I’m not sold on this hire, tbh. I just don’t see him having the ability to develop players to compete in the B1G. 

I really think deboer would be great in this role. 

18 hours ago, commando said:

what does USA want from this?   coaches with poor records get fired all the time.    what's the point of the request?  unless they are trying to do a hit piece?

Parker Gabriel, who used to work for the LJS, took a job with them. side commentary: He's always been a bit of a weird reporter to me. if you've read or followed his tweets since 2020, this type of action being spearheaded or instigated by him isn't too suprising (if he actually did).

1 hour ago, talaricohusker said:

His dad isn’t too happy with MJ 

really weird from him, how he's going back and forth with people on twitter. so IGC didn't have "enough" targets and so he bails? i think IGC was clearly the #2 guy after Trey Palmer if he could stop dropping balls, but sounds like he felt he didn't have to continue to prove it. really unfair and a bit short sighted from IGC imo.

6 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said:

Her voice is not a radio voice but she is quite capable.  She is an expert as a Athletics Dept spokeswoman.   But it comes off very canned and scripted.  I suppose most broadcasting is scripted but in the case of sports, maybe a little more spontaneity would be good.  It’s OK to cheerlead but being serious, Frank and honest is important.  
 

Im afraid Benning will come off in these broadcasts as he has in those spring games.  He often presents brash know it all assertions that usually are not close to correct.  It’s fine to complement or criticize a player but be correct, not biased personally.    He’s so opinionated and particularly high on himself.   I will give it a listen but I’m afraid this dreadful

season just got more dreadful.  It’ll be especially tough for him if the losses get bigger now .   Imo.  

what's going on here?

Who's "She"?

why would the color commentary in the radio booth affect how the season plays out?

52 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

Here's the thing.  Mickey is in a no lose situation.  He wants the job.  So, if he's successful over the next 9 games, he has a chance of getting it.  If he's not, he's still one of the top WR coaches in the country and will get a job at that or higher (OC or HC) somewhere.  

 

He can go into this loose and with the energy to keep the team loose and playing hard.  He loves Nebraska and wants it to succeed.  So, he's going to have that passion behind him.  

 

Win, and he's Nebraska's hero.  Lose, and we still appreciate that he was here and tried in a very difficult situation.

If you look at some of Mickeys backstory, I would not be surprised if he wins 6 games. Life has a way of rewarding people for their heart and their charity work sometimes. 

47 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Do you guys know how sources work?  Media guys are told stuff things all the time, but can't make it public because things are "off the record".  Shoot, I bet media would tough base with Trev the past year and ask him "is Scott still coming in late on a regular basis?'

Did you read my posts?

11 minutes ago, knapplc said:

 

This is true, but it doesn't mean that Severe is right. 

oh of course. Mike'l had 4 years to spill the beans but he chose not to.

Now, I don't necessarily blame him. plus, he's one of the few media members who have been critical of frost since the 2nd year. lol even in this thread, people think he has an axe to grind or something. he just doesn't care as much as others.