JJ Husker

…and maybe gain some new better fans so some of these negative nancy’s may leave the island.

Welcome back from the coma. It is now late 2024 and there have been some drastic changes with CFB in the last few years. We’ll try to be patient while you get back up to speed.

What do you mean? Am I wrong to assume that if they refuse to play you can kick their a$$ out the door and stop/recover any scholarship and NIL deal?

Well there ya go. I for one do not see anybody celebrating this as some great achievement. Not sure why some are portraying it as the program or some fans acting like it’s something great. It’s slightly better than where we’ve been, try to enjoy it just a little bit. It could be worse and it has been.

Is it better than the last 7 years by even the slightest amount?

I think a couple posters need a reality check of exactly where this program has been for the last ten years. If you can’t find the slightest bit of joy at finally making a bowl game for the first time in 7 years, you’re kind of miserable and need to become interested in something that doesn’t only cause you to piss and moan.

My point was, it’s water under the bridge. Yeah I think Satt screwed the pooch and yeah I think EJ should have got more touches sooner. I just fail to see how Carriker relaying 3rd hand hearsay like it’s some big breaking story matters. Anybody that watched our offense can easily see why EJ would be thinking about the portal. Satt is out. Hopefully DH can change his mind but if not there will be others.

Yeah I agree, but I don’t see how they can practice with the team if they’re in the portal. And further, even if they could, I don’t see why the team/coach would allow them to. Why waste 1 more minute on a guy that may be gone. I don’t know the rules either but I picture the portal as a hallway between a bunch of rooms (teams). If you’re in the portal, you aren’t in the room (on the team).

It’s a recurring theme with all his “sources”.

That doesn’t move the needle much for me. Obviously EJ was not happy with Satt. I would guess most offense players who are not getting all the reps they want are unhappy with their position coach and/or the OC. And it’s also obvious that Holgorsen valued him higher since his usage increased the last few games. And we’re all aware that Satt is/was more of a liability than an asset. None of this is news and a 3rd/4th hand accounting of the situation via hearsay doesn’t really shed any additional light imo. He’ll either leave or DH will talk him into staying. This is the new standard in CFB. Players don’t have any team allegiance and we don’t owe them any. He’ll either stay, leave or return…next man up. And imo, pretty much anybody on a 6-6 team stands a better than average chance of being replaced by somebody better. He may have been the best RB we had but that isn’t saying a whole lot.

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All I know is that the team is under no obligation to let them remain or return once they’ve entered the portal. I suppose at that point it depends on what terms they left and if the coaches want them at that point. I agree that it would be difficult to welcome them back but I suppose there could be some exceptions. As far as practicing with the team, I’d guess they cannot and would not if they’re in the portal. Why waste coaching and reps with a guy who is out the door?

Well you may also feel he kicked a puppy and stole a baby’s sucker but that doesn’t make it valid or a point of discussion. Please try to reel it in to things that are known to have happened and stop with the wild groundless speculation.

If “We” were the commissioner, wouldn’t “We” be a committee instead? (just a thought to ponder)

Yeah figured he’d be caught by now. No way he doesn’t get caught soon with the good pics they got of him. Somebody that knows him will come forward.

So that’s the problem you have with it, because you’re not sure that was the reason?

Okay, if you’re opposed to including the thing that obviously pushed the shooter over the edge, I guess you can choose to not discuss it. Numerous different things push people over the edge everyday. Not sure why this is a special situation other than it was higher profile.

Two things can be true. Murdering a healthcare CEO is bad and should never be condoned. Healthcare costs and our system of healthcare is bad and not sustainable. One does not excuse the other.

I would guess the chances are extremely slim that a guy that can’t get one position group functioning would be effective with the whole unit or team. So yeah, it sort of works one way but not the other.

Apparently, based on one response, the answer is confused and clueless.

I appreciate the answer. The only sarcasm intended was the bioengineering part. I thought from your prior post you were against taking transfers from the portal because they were elite program’s scraps. But you have clarified that we need both recruiting and transfers which I agree with. I do think we could likely put more effort and resources into identifying talent, the caveat being that I’m not sure exactly how much we are currently doing in that area. I do think on field success will open more doors to better players. It doesn’t matter how much effort you put into it if the players don’t want to lose 50% of the games they’ll play so we also have to do more with less until we get the W-L looking better. Winning begets better players begets winning. Probably not the easiest cart before the horse to switch around. With 105 roster limits it should be easier but also more critical to identify the right players. Can’t afford to miss now.

Ahem….more like $25-$28 per hour. $15 is barely minimum wage in CO.

I would agree with that. But it’s faulty to think that somebody will be good/better just because they played the position.

Pertaining to getting players into our program, how do we catch the elite programs? Personally, I don’t think we can afford to not take some elite program scraps, especially this time around. You’ve got HS recruiting which is always a bit of a crapshoot and, like it or not, we are playing 2nd fiddle to the elite programs, and you’ve got the portal. Maybe the UNL Bioengineering Dept. can grow us some players?

Some people do, and some people teach. Being a former player does not necessarily translate to being a good coach/teacher. It’s pretty much completely different skill sets.