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You called into question his evaluation of the team's talent level. Now you're attacking his credibility and suggesting a New Jersey housewife could offer up just as valuable an opinion on the current state of Nebraska football talent. You went from a garden shovel to trackhoe in two posts. Can't wait to see what you start digging with next.

If you listen to all of what Eply said, he said MR has a good plan in place, talent level has improved over the last 3 years, depth still need to be brought up, team strength is improving, and finally said we should let MR have the time to fit the right talent for his system. I hold Eply's opinion and first hand knowledge in high regard. Do you have a good reason why we shouldn't take him at his word?

So far it would appear those not pulling their weight in recruiting have been replaced with better recruiters. Something that should be noted, how applicable it is to Lee remains TBD. Matt Moore transferred from UCLA to OSU as a jr. and won the starting job that year(2005). He threw 19 INT's that season. The following season he led the Beavers to 10 wins, including undefeated #2 USC who had won 29 straight conference games, and a come from behind final drive(5 of 7 on that drive) victory over Chase Daniels and Missouri in the Sun Bowl. Moore only threw 7 INT's in 2006, 12 fewer than 2005. Hopefully with improved line play, some help from the receivers, and Lee learning to take what's there, he will show similar vast improvement and do it sooner than later. If that happens this season some exciting and unexpected things just might happen. Let's all hope it does.

Excellent advice. Another thing to consider, rebutting is not always about changing the other posters mind. Sometimes a counter response is, but a friendly reminder blatantly false, inaccurate, or exaggerated points won't go unchallenged. Falsehoods stated often enough and left unchallenged, eventually become believed by some.

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False argument. There are no objective stats that are comparable. Different schedules, players, opponents, injuries, ejections, officiating, etc..... We can objectively say Riley inherited a team in much need of talent and depth to compete for a conference title. We can objectively say implementing a new system almost always brings mixed results in the implementation stage. We can objectively say starting a new QB brings mixed results no matter the coach. We can objectively say implementing a new defense under a new DC requires transition time to reach peak performance. We can objectively say Ferentz and Dantonio had much worse starts their first 3 years as Iowa and MSU respectively compared to MR's first three years at Nebraska. They both wen on to have tremendous championship seasons over their next 3 years. But I"m sure you saw that coming at the time right? We can objectively say, Iowa and MSU were rewarded greatly for enduing the building stage and seeing the process through. It remains to be seen if, we have the resolve to do the same.

Same to you. GBR!!!

1-0 in conference and getting there minus 8 or 9 starters, maybe more I've lost count. Defense going in right direction. Improved recruiting. Players giving great effort which is always the best sign of good coaching. Experience, learning, and corrections take time, so when you see players giving great effort it's obvious the improvements will come. Take a deep breath, sit back, and enjoy the ride. This team is getting better each week and lot's of backups are getting game experience in the process.

I love how you bring up the importance of recruiting and then just a breath later make statements you do not know to be true and that directly undermine recruiting efforts. If that's how someone "who cares" about the program acts, who needs enemies.

I find it hard to believe you care about the Husker Program yet spend a great deal of time attempting to undermine it. You can offer up all the rationalizations you want, but when you undermine the coach, you undermine the team who plays hard for him.

Based on my conversations, it would appear the vast majority of Husker fans are close to your very level headed view with how they feel. It really baffles why a select few are so intent on waging a campain to convince others "he's not the guy". If he doesn't get things going in the right direction he'll be let go. If he does, I have a feeling these people spending so much time talking down the Huskers will continue to do so even after wins. Why? Is it because it's more important to them to defend a line in the sand they drew than to support the coach and team succeed at the expense of possibly being proven wrong?

Your first sentence was factual.

You might be onto something with the slow start. He wouldn't be the first player to report to fall camp out of shape or lacking a burning desire to earn playing time thinking it's already locked up. I don't know that's the case. What I do know is Tre certainly showed he was more than capable of the starting job and nothing I saw today, as good as it was, suggests DO should have started over Tre.

The season is far from over to determine it's a "losing" season already. Going forwards we have two backup QB's getting reps and learning the system so when they get tapped to go in they should be further along. We are also building up the talent and depth level across the board . That's important, just look at Michigan's spotty QB play this year and how they can overcome it. That will happen at N if we stay the course. If we make another change we're that much further away. People want results. People don't want to do what it takes to get those results. That's America anymore. Give me, give me, give me. Nope gotta earn it and that takes time + hard work.

This is year one of a new starting QB, and new DC. Message board hyperbole aside, we are literally a few picks away from 3-0.

I brought up Strong because Texas fans made the exact same claims and offered up plenty of "meat" too. They were wrong.

We are on the verge of that or more with Riley. Looking at his best season's, they have almost all had one key ingredient, a veteran QB. MR's first year QB's turn the ball over before things start to click. Once they do click the entire offensive performance makes a night day transformation in a good way. Honest question. If this was Lee's second season as a starter aren't we 3-0 right now? He has more INT's than TD's, that will change and I hope starting this weekend. When it does, we win.

Charlie Strong coached 3 losing seasons in a row at Texas. According to your speculation, it's because he doesn't know how to put players in a position to succeed. How do you reconcile that with the fact he went 11-2 and 12-1 the two seasons prior to Texas and is now 4-0 post Texas? Your point is a great message board one liner but lacks any meat or reality. Systems do matter, putting the right pieces in place for a given system matters, and then giving those pieces the time/experience to master the system matters most of all.

To go along with the Ferentz example above. Mark Dantonio's first three seasons at MSU 22-17 (13-11). Year three 6-7 Year four 11-2 (7-1) Conference title Year five 11-3 (7-1) Division title Year six 7-6 Year Seven 13-1 (8-0) Conference title, Rose Bowl win

It would be a lot more than "just one" recruiting class that would be disrupted. 2015 was a makeshift class. If a coaching change was made this season that would be two makeshift classes in 4 years. MR recruited guys to fit his system in 16 and 17', no guarantee they'd fit a new coaches system nearly as well so really you're looking at 3 to 4 classes. One only need look at Iowa to see the importance of continuity and patience paying off. Ferentz went 11-24 his first three seasons. He then went 31-7 and won two conference titles in the next three years. Year four 11-2 (8-0) Conference title Year five 10-3 Year six 10-2 (7-1) Conference title Recruiting is more than just talent, it's how that talent fits the system, and it's also about building depth in that system. Then comes the development aspect of the players in a system which happens over the 4-5 years they play in it. Each year there is improvement, growth, and mastery. Changing systems wipes that all away and starts us back at scratch. You don't plant corn and expect to harvest it a week later. Sure you can demand it ripen faster, fire the farmer for it not ripening faster, and replace him with a new farmer, but the corn isn't going to ripen any faster. The young guys who are playing are playing right now are bright spots: Lamar Jackson, Tre Bryant, Tyjon Lindsey, Raridon, Farniok, Spielman, Ferguson, Bootle, Thomas, and the Davis boys. Along with the redshirt freshman and this years class, we will be rewarded in the near future if we can remain patient and allow the growing process to take place.

If he's his own man he'll want to be a leader and not try to follow in predecessor's footsteps. Build a winner at UCF, win some conference championships, big bowl games, and he's their programs coaching legend and the measure all future coaches would be held up against. Or, come here and constantly be measured against coaches from a different era under different circumstances and play a much tougher schedule.

Would like to call attention to the top video and Morgan's block on the outside backer. I can watch that over and over again.

Your assessment that the play given on the sideline was not necessarily the one called in the huddle is how I figured it most likely went down as well.

Love TA, but ya.

Cute for cute's sake is making an extra handoff in that situation you don't need to make. Bootleg equals one less exchange for something to go wrong and puts the ball in the best playmaker's hands to seal the win.