UniversalMartin

On 10/12/2022 at 1:56 PM, B1GRED said:

HaHaHa, I read that as "Former Greats pooping on the the late 90s"

Gotta get my eyes checked.,

 

20 minutes ago, macroboy said:

I read this whole thread up to here. Do I get a ribbon?

Reading is your reward

3 hours ago, M.A. said:

 

I wouldn’t depend on much of what’s said on the internet. 

Well, I don't know.....Abraham Lincoln was a big supporter of the internet being a library of truth.

I think we have 60% chance to win home games...50% at Purdue, 10% at Michigan and 40% at Iowa

2 minutes ago, Hilltop said:

The guy was a very highly rated lineman.   Top 150 by some recruiting services.  It is baffling why he is so bad.   Maybe it's lack of development but to me it seems like his heart isn't in it 100%.  

That happens...dudes excel in HS, get high ratings and then get to college and life starts happening 

Did not realize we have 500 TE's

10 hours ago, huskerfan74 said:

Don’t get me wrong. I do not expect us to win championships in year 1 or 2 but my initial point was about Matt Campbell and whether he is a good fit for Nebraska. If anyone evaluates what he has done in 7 years at Iowa State, they will see that it is not as impressive as what other coaches have done in much less time. Arguably, the work that Bret Bielema has done at Illinois with a team that was bottom of the pack is impressive at this point. It is still too early to tell but Illinois looks really solid in year 2 of his tenure. Look at what Lincoln Riley is doing in year 1 of his tenure with USC. Look at chip Kelly. My point is that we really need to find a good fit for Nebraska because the fans do not deserve another bad experiment. What we endured in 4.5 years with Frost and Chin took a lot of belief and hope that we can become relevant. We deserve a coach that can turn things around quickly with some early successes, even if it is an 8-5 first season (counting bowl game). In my opinion, if we can’t land the coach we want, we might as well give Mickey a chance. No reason to settle for third or fourth choice. I personally do not care if the best choice to bring us back to relevance comes with some baggage. No one is a saint anymore and everyone deserves a second chance. 

Solid post. Nothing I personally disagree with. I think a University and fan base can take a little baggage with a coach provided the person is not a complete embarrassment nationally. 

34 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said:

I am just saying that husker fans have endured two decades of a rollercoaster ride that has been anything but fun. If Michigan can be a top 5 team, why can’t Nebraska strive for that? We were the team of the decade in the 90s, it is not much to ask for us to be a top 10 team. If we are going to get a coach, we might as well get a coach who can get us back to relevance. I am tired of settling and I am sure many fans my age are also tired of settling for 7-5 and 6-6 seasons if even that thanks to the dark Frost era.

I agree with your historical point of being a Husker fan.. but fact of the matter is that we wont , and no school for general purposes, go from middle of the road to playoff team in 1 year after a HC change...there is generally a 8-4 that follows a 5-7/6-6 campaign and possibly a 9-3/8-4 in the 2nd year after that...so a fan needs to understand progression towards satisfaction...not "we should win cause of Tom Osborne!!!." Basically, we should all embrace the process. Nebraska fans should (not talking about anyone on this forum, just a general point) appreciate hard work and focus over immediate gratification.

19 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said:

We had that with Frank Solich and Bo Pelini and we fired both…great to see we are now happy to settle. How the mighty have fallen. With this attitude we might as well keep Mickey Joseph and save the state money.

Time and place...you don't think the guy who replaces Saban and if they were to go 9-3, 8-4 for the next couple years would not be on the "hot seat" in Alabama?

And Bo...he obviously did not replace a "Saban"...but dude was off hinges and would have eventually done some increasingly negative s#!t

One thing I would like to see offensively is more RB screens to start off the game...we know our OL sucks, but you don't need to know right away

1 hour ago, krc1995 said:

So is whip hoping that the o-line pass pro is not as horrible as they are?  I don’t think they’re going to get any better either. 

He started doing quick options (shallow drags) with level routes to combo that...you don't stop running plays (know your not remotely saying that, little hyperbole on my part) if your OL sucks. 

If a team knows you won't run routes deeper than 5 yards and a 3 step drop, your screwed (run and pass)

7 hours ago, Lorewarn said:

 

Whipple is not an interim OC.

The moment Frost was fired every coach on staff became "interim".

1 hour ago, admo said:

I know what you're saying, agreed.  

 

I liked how Mickey responded to the Nebraska media about the play calling.  He basically said "Whip been around a long time, knew he would work through it, I'm not going to jump in and tell him what to do"

Hadn't seen that quote. It's perfect. That's the true sign of "let him do what he was hired for" culture...and more importantly a HC that is not trying to make this opportunity about him specifically, although he wants to make his mark for sure, but more about us (coaches) and trusting them to "work through it". That's a coach.

26 minutes ago, Hayseed said:

Maybe we're trying to encourage him to not be s#!tty anymore. We're trying like crazy but it doesn't seem to be working. This first half goose egg should've been an eye opener for fans, not bring out apologists. Raiola's brother is getting a pass too. Can we get Stai out of that office and down to the field?

Not being an apologist...just saying that with all the s#!t we have been through, an interim OC for the last 3 games, who is actually making some adjustments in game, and ultimately helps the team win games should not be a "let's find faults NOW!!!" focus. If he is gone next year, which is more likely than not, than great...but the team is winning (for now) at a pace that is unheard of relative to the past couple years.And I for one am just playing with house money right now as a fan.

Honestly, not understanding the overall negativity towards Whipple...yeah, definetly some play calls that you wonder about....but at end of the day an offense with a s#!tty OL is going to have these days and we made enough adjustments to make it work. Not saying the guy is it for our OC, but it wasn't like he was head in the sand and didn't try to adjust...shallow routes was a great example of him saying, "ok, let's take that for now"

29 minutes ago, Scofrosghost said:

 

You obviously didn’t huff enough then

1 hour ago, Scofrosghost said:

...The last time we won back to back games against B1G opponents was in 2018… 

Holy s#!t!!!!!

18 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

So your previous post was basically a bunch of assumptions because you assume that it's not really true.

 

That seems odd.

I assumed a moose is a friendly animal..horses are cool, amirite?

34 minutes ago, gobiggergoredder said:

I don’t know much about the guy at UNK except he’s turned them around in 3-4 years.  I believe he had similar results at a D2 school in New Mexico.

 

This guy needs to get to FCS.

Reading his bio....yup

1 minute ago, Husker03 said:

Sure. It’s a crapshoot no matter where you pluck them from. 

Yeah, so expand your pool of people with "HC experience: required."

12 minutes ago, krc1995 said:

Hire Chryst as an analyst right now!

Yup 100%....that dude is likely soooo pissed that he would jump at a chance to do some conference damage to Wisky...specifically, inter conference. Although I would assume on his buy out there is a clause against that 

Bonus for him: He likely doesn't have to change 50% of his wardrobe colors.

7 minutes ago, Husker03 said:

No I don’t but I don’t follow FCS one bit. I just assume that most successful FCS coaches get a shot at moving up a tier or two to coach. Seems like the natural progression.  125 coaches there and this tweet focuses on 3 with FCS experience somewhere on their resume and declares it the hidden gem guarantee. I’m guessing for every “hit” there are 20 misses.  But no. I don’t know that for sure. 

I mean, you could say that about any "FBS experience:required" HC hires

1 hour ago, Loebarth said:

If Busch's defense continues to show improvement and gets better as the year/season goes on why would we replace him? I might be wrong here but... the fewer coaching changes that occur the quicker the team moves on. Change, even in a limited version is difficult so if MJ is retained as HC why not give the current staff the off season and 2023 to prove their metal? Honestly, what role coaches aren't getting it done? The defensive group as a whole seems to be excited with the more aggressive game plan. The halftime adjustments happened. In game adjustments as well and the 4th quarter showed it. Continuity is always the best path, yes?

Agree with this. I have never understood the "hey, you have exceeded our expectations for this interim role, thank you and I hope things work out for you somewhere else" mentality.

1 hour ago, Savage Husker said:

@UniversalMartin would probably have more insight on this but Paul Wulff is a reason to hedge this idea. 

I think "winning programs" (hard to put nebraska there, but historically they are) have a mental block on the level of coach they would consider. Whereas teams mentioned don't necessarily have that, so getting an elite FCS coach does not necessarily create the same angst amongst boosters. With that said, you find an elite FCS coach who is winning with players who are 3* and below, any program should consider them because simply, they win. All your doing is giving them higher level talent and resources. Paul Wulff, lol, was not an elite FCS coach...he had a couple good years with better than his peers talent...and....the guy, personality wise is not a HC.

Upper level FBS programs don't want to have a press conference to announce their new HC and half the fan base does a collective "who?"...it's a bulls#!t way to make a choice, but that be the world we live in. 

1 hour ago, Stone Cold said:

This seems extremely out of the loop.  Honest question, do you think the B1G new money deal is causing universities to have the ability to not be as patient as they were before.  I just dont remember a university like Wisconson being that unpatient after a bad year.  And right now there 2 and 2, theres still more games to be had.

100% that schools have the cash to avoid "speed bumps" on a tarmac.

If I was Chryst, I would publicly state..WTF!!?