Husker Q

Les or Venables... for HC!

You can still have a run-centric and powerful offense out of different formations (like shotgun vs I). Auburn is a good example of that. Bottom line, Nebraska should not have the 90th ranked offense no matter who is at QB.

You may want to follow another team for a couple years then. Or increase your alcohol consumption. A lot. HAHA , hence my profile pic! I'm guessing a poor year next year then hopefully we can get rid of Eichorst, Riley & co and get back towards being Nebraska. Rooting for us to lose huh? Nope, said "guessing" a poor year. Yes, rooting for a new AD, scheme, and some coaches.

You may want to follow another team for a couple years then. Or increase your alcohol consumption. A lot. HAHA , hence my profile pic! I'm guessing a poor year next year then hopefully we can get rid of Eichorst, Riley & co and get back towards being Nebraska.

I blame the coaches for not using Tommy's strengths. He is a great option QB which totally went to waste and he's good at bullet passes with few reads. So, of course, they have him make a bunch of reads or throw touch passes. Biggest waste of talent I can remember at DONU.

Kudos Riley for some change. Most of us seem to be happy that Banker is gone but what about the coaches of the offense which ranked 90th in total O and 73rd in scoring O? I guarantee you Nebraska does not have the 90th offensive talent in the country! IMO Langsdorf and Cavanaugh really need to go but offense is Riley's baby and he won't change it. Subjectively, I can't ever get excited about his dinky-dunk west coast scheme (and Langsdorf's love for screen and swing passes) which is the total opposite of the Husker Power identity I know and love.

Diaco's stats as a DC (Scoring D and Total D): 2009 Cincy 44/67 2010 ND 23/50 2011 ND 24/30 2012 ND 2/7 2013 ND 27/31 So there ya go. Considering ND's recruiting rankings, I'm not sure these are great. The sacks and tackles for loss were generally in the bottom half of all teams so don't expect a lot of disruption.

I'd take Butch over Riley simply because he has more upside. Riley is in the twilight of his career and you know you have a consistently mediocre coach and nothing else. Butch at least has a future to learn more. But if I were hiring, it wouldn't be either one. Bohl didn't have success as a DC but has been a good HC and gotten Wyoming on the right track this year. I'd consider him for HC. JMHO

Did anyone not see the play calling, the lack of QB improvement? Please go and take the rest of the staff.

You Should email this to the administration. Very well written. Thanks, I did

Why are we so hung up on so-called traditional Nebraska football? The reason why it didn't work with Callahan was that Cosgrove's defense held us back. The mentality that Nebraska football has to be 3 yards and a cloud of dust every play no matter what does nothing but hold us back, both in recruiting and in performance. There's no reason why we can't run a pro style offense with pro style players. He had one 11-1 season then went right back to the same (if not worse) records as Riley was putting up. That 11-1 season was an anomaly. As for the NFL, I know of another head coach who had a short, lackluster coaching tenure in the NFL. Guy by the name of Nick Saban. I'm not trying to say Riley is gonna be the guy to take Nebraska to the promised land, but it really wasn't the terrible hire that everyone in the "I told you so" crowd is coming out of the woodwork to proclaim now. Unproven, sure, but we missed several opportunities to hire proven coaches by not getting rid of Pelini sooner. Nick Saban is 64. Would you turn him down due to his age if we got a chance to hire him here? Osborne retired because he knew he was at the top of his game and he felt that Solich was ready to take over, not because he was too old. There was a ton of excitement when Bo Pelini was hired. He was that "guy with Nebraska ties" that so many people (myself included) wanted. How'd that turn out for us? I can honestly say I was more apathetic about Husker football before Pelini got fired than I am now. I genuinely didn't care if we beat Iowa or not last year, because it just felt like more of the same crap again. I'm obviously frustrated with how this season went overall, but at least there's some hope for improvement. RB Tre Bryant is from St. Louis, MO.OG John Raridon is from Des Moines, IA. WR J.D. Spielman is from Eden Prairie, MN. OG Boe Wilson is from Lees Summit, MO. OG Bryan Brokop is from New Lenox, IL. DE Ben Stille is from Ashland, NE. We also still have a fighting chance at getting OT Matt Farniok from Sioux Falls, SD. That's just Midwestern guys, just to make a point about recruiting here. Yes, we missed on a few people from the Midwest and from Texas, but it's not like we didn't make any effort to recruit there. Meanwhile, his ties to California recruiting have brought in Patrick O'Brien (go on, tell me we don't desperately need a good QB to take over either next year or when Armstrong graduates), Marquel Dismuke, and Derrion Grim, as well as gotten guys like Keyshawn Jr., Tristan Gebbia, and Darnay Holmes interested in coming to Nebraska. Without Riley, none of the recruits in Keyshawn Johnson's camp are even interested in coming to Nebraska. Sure, maybe we could've recruited a little better had we brought in Ed Orgeron instead of Banker or another of Riley's defensive assistants, but I'd say for a first-year coach at a school that's one season removed from firing a 9-3 coach, he's doing just fine on the recruiting front. Again, back to having to have a coach with Nebraska ties. The only thing that will unite this fanbase is winning. If Scott Frost were hired and didn't come in here and right the ship immediately, he'd be run out on the same rail that people want to run Riley out on. If you have zero hope for this team after one bad season, then that's not on Riley as a coach, that's on you as a fan. 1. Would you agree that the identity of Nebraska is tough, hard-nosed football and a good portion of the fans enjoy that style? 2. Are you really comparing Mike Riley to Nick Saban, seriously? 3. I don't understand why you would have hope based on his decades of coaching history, but lucky you. 4. I guess we'll see what the recruiting rankings are. 5. I lost hope the minute Rile was hired. Exactly the same as the minute Callahan was hired.

Husker Nation didn't hire Riley, Slimy Shawn the non-Husker did.

Amen!

Reasons why Mike Riley should be let go. Identity Fit: Nebraska people and Nebraska football pride themselves in the identity of being honest, tough, hardworking people with a hard nosed football team. Mike Riley’s teams have continuously been considered soft, finesse, and undisciplined. It just doesn’t fit. An A.D. who knows Nebraska would not hire Riley on fit alone. Play Style: Nebraska football is synonymous with smash-mouth, running game, tough Blackshirt defense. Even when announcers see a good power run they say “that’s Nebraska football”. Mike Riley runs a pass-first, dinky-dunk, west coast/pro style offense which is finesse, soft, and quite the opposite of what many Nebraskans love. Mark Banker has never been known to have tough or good defenses. He may not even be in football if his buddy wasn’t a head coach. Countless Husker fans find MR’s offensive style to be uninspiring and not entertaining (hence the big cheers for a fullback trap). Tom Osborne started with a passing offense and realized that it is difficult with the unpredictable midwest weather (like this years Illinois game) so he changed to a running game which can be more consistent regardless of weather. NE tried it once and it didn’t work with Callahan, why would trying it again produce different results. An A.D. who knew Nebraska would not have hired Riley on his play stye alone. Coaching Acumen: Mike Riley has had decades to prove his coaching ability. In the NCAA, he has never even won his division! Riley’s BEST season in the NCAA is 4 losses. Another coach (Dennis Erikson) took Riley’s players and coached them to the best season OSU has ever had. Riley has the worst record in San Diego Charger franchise HISTORY. Every team in the NFL has the same salary cap so “lack of resources” is not an excuse. It seems that excuses for poor performance are the only thing you hear from the Riley camp. Only a very poor coach could take a 9 win Nebraska team with 17 returning starters and lose to BYU, Northwestern, Illinios, and Purdue. His job was under fire at Oregon State. In case you don’t believe me, here is what outside sources ranked the coaching staff before this season (posted before): Phil Steele - 11/14 in the BIG Sporting News - 7 in the BIG, 46 nationally Athlon - 40th Fox Sports - not in top 25 CBSports - 48/66 in just the "power 5" An A.D. who has watched college football over the last 20 years would not have hired Riley on this alone. Future-Longevity-Stability: Mike Riley is 62 years old. Tom Osborne RETIRED at a younger age. Even if MR was a good coach (which many would argue he isn’t), he does not provide a long-term solution. How many years do you really think he would coach? There are no decent assistants on the staff that anyone wants as a head coach. Regardless of performance, we are likely looking at hiring a new coach in a few years anyway. When he does leave, we will have a non-mobile QB which is not what fits Nebraska’s identity and style. He offers no future for Nebraska. An A.D. who wants a promising future for Nebraska would not hire a 62 yr old coach. Lack of fan backing/excitement: I don’t know of anyone besides mark banker who said “Yes! Nebraska hired Mike Riley as head coach!” Most people didn’t even know who he was. Fans who watch all of college football seemed to be like “WTF, why would Nebraska hire him?”. Probably most fans were in a wait-and-hope approach to the season. Some had little-no hope that he could do what he was hired to do (win >9 games and championships). This season has not helped fan excitement for NU football. Most I know have gotten to the point where didn’t even care if they watched the game live. Their Saturdays used to revolve around the game. Recruting: Riley nor his assistants are known as great recruiters. He is familiar with California but doesn’t know important Nebraska recruiting areas such as the midwest and Texas. An A.D. who knows college football recruiting would not have hired Riley for this reason alone. Husker nation divided: Husker nation had become divided with Pelini. It seems that hiring a replacement who would unite Nebraskans would be important. So what would reunite Husker nation. - A coach who Nebraskans know, with Nebraska ties. Scott Frost would fit this bill. There would be uncertainties in never being a head coach but he feels like family and everyone would be 100% behind him. - A coach who is a proven winner. Good coaches win, period. Getting a coach who has won wherever he goes would have Huskers backing and excitement. (Harbaugh, Gary Patterson...) - A coach who provides hope for the future. Young, up and coming coaches who are a good fit would unite Nebraska. Frost, Tom Herman, Pat Narduzzi, Troy Calhoun would at least feel like a good fit, have good reputations, and provide hope for a future. I see Husker nation as divided (or as hopeless) as ever. Actually maybe many more on the little-hope, bad coaches side. An A.D. who knows Nebraska and football would not have hired a coach with a poor resume, no Nebraska ties, knows or cares nothing about Nebraska, and offers no future. When you make a mistake, the best thing to do is rectify it as soon as possible. Don’t leave the mistake to linger. Keeping this A.D. and coaching staff will just make it more difficult and longer for Nebraska to recover. Bring in a good coach, who is appropriate for Nebraska, and he will have a lot to work with (such as a Sr. QB who runs the option very well) to turn it back around next year. A good coach would be happy to take over this team who has only won 5 games but have the talent to win many more. And they don’t have to follow a 9 win coach. It’s a perfect time to correct the mistake that is Eichorst/Riley!

Seems he was hired to improve the team and win >9 games. Fail.

I'd say Bray is about the only decent coach on the staff. I would give Langsdorf an F. The play calling was horrendous at times and cost us games.He especially did not play to the players strengths. Armstrong is good at the option and bullet passes, poor at heavy reads and touch passes. So he calls screens like crazy, heavy read plays, few options. As the QB coach, he did not improve TA's technique (throwing off back foot) or reading of defenses. Actually, taking the team from 9 wins to 5 wins the entire staff gets an F. The only coach I think is decent is Bray.

New A.D. New head coach and staff. We won't be good until Riley and staff are gone.

Yes.

Amen OP

Anyone who says we have less talent than byu, northwestern, Illinois, and Purdue needs to check themself into drug rehab

IMHO. White on RED. Can't stand the all white, doesn't get more boring.

Only with a new staff.

Signs or a mass of empty seats are how fans can show their voice on national TV. for example rilEy Shawn Perlman Need to go

Sure hope you're right. Slimy Shawn needs to go too. He's already proven an epic failure on his only coaching hire. Funny, when Riley was hired I had zero hope and figured on 2-3 years of despair. Now, he has been so bad that I actually have hope that it will only be 1 year of despair.

I call BS. A coach would feel it's much more reasonable to come in and improve an underachieving 3-5 win team than to follow a consistent 9+ win coach. Everyone knows this has been an epic coaching fail. It's the perfect scenario to cut the cord