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Scott's place, at this level, is not head coach right now. But that's just a symptom. The thing that made him a great player is now turning out to be his B1G coaching downfall. Ego. Player Scott - "You think Michigan can beat us, vote for them. But...we're better" attitude. Coach Scott - B1G will need to adapt to us, I can't generate points, or wins, so make sure I throw the new staff under the bus, twice in Week 0 and keep to my narcissistic patterns. If Scott were a humble leader, he'd look at Whipple and apologize deeply. He'd go to Busch and say he trusts him...great job on getting that unit ready to play. He'd go to the transfers and ask them what made the cultures and coaches special...maybe adopt some patterns or parallels. He'd go to the Captains and demand different than what they've delivered, but in a way that removes encumbrances and not adds pressure to kids whose frontal lobes aren't developed for another few years. They're still kids to be shaped and molded. It's on him. Pure and simple. And his ego continues to bite.

Riley was a different kind of bad. Scott is near narcissist who takes no accountability and is a poor leader. Riley is cream puff who is thrilled to be mediocre. Scott can't get out of his own way. His fire and passion can be built upon. It's his ego and inability to lead anyone that will be his downfall.

Just watching the game, we could not run off the left side. We did better off right, yet the gameplan clearly favored the left as that's what we continually tried to do early on. This means the Staff favors that side. We finally wised up and went right...on occasion, with more success.

That play is telling. Five Black Shirts. FIVE: - Nelson. Captain. Sets zero edge and ends up completely out of the play on the RIGHT side of the field as our LEFT Edge rusher - Henrich. Simply clueless. This was basically a microcosm of his whole day. Awful. - Feist. Early double team then has ZERO feel for football afterwards. After NW right guard starts ignoring him, he still stays on the block vs moving to close the gap. Terrible lack of feel. - Reimer. Sees a brief hole thinking that's where the back could go. Runs in and gets caught in the mess. No factor here. - Ty. Makes a nice cameo at the start of the video then can't be seen until the end. Can't think of a scenario he makes any play, no matter their call, given how bad he was moved. Black Shirts? More like Black Eyes.

I liked the timeouts. It shows and gives confidence to players on both sides of the ball. Take some measured chances. Then there's idiocy. The onside kick showed lack of confidence in your best friend's unit being able to get a stop. It showed lack of confidence in your new ST coach as he didn't even know the kick was called. The calling out of Whipple for not being creative showed a lack of leadership and class. The timeouts? No issues. Multiple moments after epitomized this last five years.

Another notable point from the clip. they showed the NW sideline on the kick recovery...it was absolutely invigorating for them. Some weren't even watching the kick, turned and were pumped. The QB the most excited. Scott stepped over his new ST coach, called a kick, it failed, breathed new life into NW...then loses and calls out his new Offensive crew. It seems to be time.

No, Scott told Franke to kick it onside, no one told Busch who finds out, after we fail, and starts barking at the kicker as he ran off the field. Not sure when Busch joined the "in the know" club. It certainly wasn't going into that kick.

Kid cares about this team, and program, as much as any we've had in a long time. I wish someone would lighten his emotional load while keeping his fire.

Busch's reaction to the kicker Franke. Franke runs off with his head hung, Busch comes into frame with a look of WTH. Franke runs past his right (viewer's left), says multiple things ending with "what are you doing?" Scott managed to call his new offensive coordinator out "need to be more creative in this league" and shock his new ST coach with an onside kick in the same day.

I don't have the video from Youtube but have watched it multiple times on replay on Youtube TV. Busch seemed shocked. I slowed it to .25x speed and he was confounded in every frame for about four seconds the camera was on them. At the end he says "what are you doing?"

It's telling how they got stops. Fitz played conservatively, save for an early 4th down play in his own side of the field, the whole game. Conservative = take the guaranteed play with no risk, very little reward, allowing Nebraska to do what they do. Blow it. And we acquiesced.

Not following Trev being a dork and its relevancy? Dork = passionate for NU culture fit? Dork = Urban won't call a dude like that "boss?"

I posted this elsewhere, but I'm curious what Stephon Wynn is thinking,. He came from 'Mama; their culture, coaches, standards of excellence. Where would he see parallels and divergence? We have our suspicions, but we're not getting it straight from the coaches (year two Frost was giggling in early pressers how great the team was vs year one)...how about a player who has seen the very best at every angle? Directly to your point for Scott, I do wish him the best.

I'd be curious on Wynn's takes with this team. He came from the premier program in the country. Culture, chemistry, talent of the position coaches. I'd buy him a very nice meal to pick his mind on the dichotomy he sees between the two programs on those fronts.

Well, this comment is looking to age like milk. I'll take an upgrade to Franzia after week 4.

I don't see them as the better team. We beat them by 49 last year. We did this with a bad coach. Sure, multiple players are different, but the talent gap then vs. now is the same - we're more talented. We still have that bad coach. An anemic offensive mind who just threw his 1st year Offensive staff under the bus for lack of creativity. Bad coach, poor leader, one who can't scheme, adjust, be held or hold others accountable...or be okay helping that "uncreative" crew by kicking the ball away and letting his best friend try and stifle Northwestern for a chance to go up three scores.

Agree. Last year we had better down lineman allowing Nelson to make some plays. We're worse at every level of the defense this year, and now Nelson is keyed on given he's the leader and one of the longest tenured players. Not good players don't get better with weaker help.

Heinrich was really bad. I don't care about his 9 tackles. Bad.

Frost is likely done, in Trev's mind, at this point. Watch for this: Trev will hold Scott accountable for fissures/fractures in the locker room or coaches' offices. This is a clear shot a Whipple from a man, for all intents and purposes, is gone. Then you have his best friend who runs the whole defense. I get the $ value to hold when the buyout cuts, but this could get really ugly fast. Trev may very well pull Scott in, tell him to keep the peace, say nothing, but that he's done on X date. If he cannot do this as Trev needs, there will be further ramifications. The comment mirrored the game - terrible. And for both Scott is accountable.

Morale > Morals I'm kidding. Maybe.

Interesting how Frost views "let it rip." Up 11 for the 2nd time in the game...onside kick. Zero confidence in the D keeping a good field and giving the O a chance to go up 18. We have a new rip now. Frost's job. R.I.P.

Maybe the whole team is bad and each side, after playing against bad for 6 months, and finding some success, might hype you up to thinking there's something special coming... Last year, we had multiple scenarios the D, our relative strength that year, had to get a stop. They just couldn't. And the times they did (MSU) the offense and ST thanked them by laying eggs. Frost has had enough time, and with different talent, to show us all we need to know. Chin is a leopard who can't change his spots. He also just isn't great at this level. You're going to have difficulty changing my mind.

That 2017 UCF season looks more and more anomalous each year.

I can understand the kid's situation. Today, Frost is the kid beating other players and breaks the controller...because...huh?