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Yes! Adrian isn't responsible for or the cause for all of our issues! I don't think the development has been there or has the offensive line play helped his cause. I think that injuries has affected his mechanics some. And not having enough options. Plus, it seems to me the plays where he's in motion plays to his strengths. Better mechanics. There's a reason he's a starter. Not to suggest that he doesn't have weaknesses or areas legitimately needing improvement. He's just not the awful player he's sometimes made out to be. The degree that he's depended on and expected to carry the load is revealing. We haven't had nearly enough strong running game. The offensive line play hasn't been all that good. These sort of weaknesses play a role in exposing his vulnerabilities.

For sure. He's young but I'll bet he'll be a solid coach for them. Defensive guy with a lot of experiences.

They ran over them sure but Wagner looks pretty underwhelming. Viewing the performance I'm feeling more confidence for us. Thanks for sharing.

We have differing perspectives. And that's alright! A number of critical errors were made. I'll maintain that we didn't play near our potential.

I like it! I'd heard that we were going to run two back sets and I've yet to see it. Step or Yanti with one of the others.

We didn't play up to our potential in my opinion. The team that played better won.

Believed Illinois strong competition. A fairly strong opponent anyway. Now I'm not so sure. Oklahoma, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Iowa is what I was meaning. Some of those are going to be brutal. We'd better be loaded for those. You'd have thought though that at least some of them would've been playing against Illinois.

Is it possible that these things are part of a plan...They think that they can/could get by using some players and that they will/would be used in upcoming games. For the purpose of development and to avoid injuries reserving them for stronger competition...Sometimes these decisions are a mystery to me as well. I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as many of you are. Maybe that's their reasoning? I wonder too if they're in the process of building Manning's confidence with respect to him.

32-20 NU

We'll get demolished with stronger competition. They're learning. Let's hope they improve quite a bit soon.

Both mentally and physically quick. Slippery as a greased pig and pure determination!

Reminded me of this for anyone interested. https://rileykolstefootball.com/2018/06/26/the-chip-kelly-mark-helfrich-scott-frost-pin-pull-sweep/

Stepp hit's quicker while the others it takes longer for their runs to develop it seems which is affected by the line play. Plus the others timing should improve with experience.

Roadrunners beat Bret 37-30

The guy was INCREDIBLE. Played relentlessly and no quit in him at all.

Was thinking something similar the other day listening to preseason commentaries from coaches pouring Kool-Aid and pumping sunshine about their prospective teams. You could have some hilarious monologues for sure! Personally, I find nothing wrong with the comment. Sounds like a reasonable thing for a coach to say.

The more I learn about Mike Elko and listen to him, the more I like him. I lost track of him after he left Notre Dame. The key would be what kind of offense he'd want put into play.

It's like a bad relationship. It has to be reasonably enjoyable. There has to be indications of moving in the right direction given time except it isn't. No compelling evidence yet of being able to turn a corner. People are becoming reluctant to making an emotional investment. It becomes less a risk making a change instead of where one is at.

Your point is well taken. I'm intrigued with Mike Elko. Stop the run specialist and seems quite an intelligent guy. Thoughts?

It sure indicates what he's expecting and would be looking for. If there's reluctance to make changes, I'd say Scott Frost's last days are closing in.

The only thing I'd add, is that assembling a more competent staff might have it's challenges. Riley and other head coaches here did (to some extent) attempt to fill positions with alternates. Better alternates seemingly weren't available or didn't want to join the staffs. That said, one could argue that attracting the most qualified position coaches and coordinators might be less challenging than acquiring the most sought after head coaching candidates. What might work is getting a head coach with superior managing skills at a lower cost then assemble a staff with those having high competencies with a budget that can compensate them well.

I don't think so. I think he's deflated with the lack of success and all the things going on around him. Consequently that likely affects the team to some degree. I've never found how he conducts himself on game days objectionable.

To me (it's seeming) that Scott doesn't have a strong enough supporting cast. At least in some areas. And, that he isn't managing it well enough. There needs to be stronger delegation backed up with more competencies. It doesn't make these people bad people. It's possibly that they don't have enough experiences collectively at this level to function well enough despite their intentions however earnest. Is that unreasonable to consider? It operates in a disjointed way out of sync not firing smoothly. What is so frustrating is that it's fairly close yet so far away at the same time. The guy is overwhelmed attempting to control so many things at once then there's sort of a grasping that occurs. That affects the team's play as well from a mental standpoint. Scott is no dummy. One of his strengths is his creativity. Except, that he has to be the director of creativity through his staff. Highly competent professionals he can trust and then does. More delegating and more "lead managing". It might require permitting his scheme to evolve too. Can it function as is in the Big 10? Is it too sophisticated? Or does it not fit the players he can acquire? Enough of them? How well can he adjust and adapt and how quickly can it happen? I don't know that he can do it fast enough or how willing he is to do it. It's sometimes less complicated looking from a different perspective. I don't know how accurate this is. It's just sort of an impression I'm getting. A good read here on what caused Tom Osborne's staff to successfully work from Trev Albert's perspective. Sorry, I'm new here so if not permitted moderators feel free to omit this or I'll edit it out. https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/football/trev-alberts-why-tom-osbornes-staff-worked-through-these-gates

No injuries, practice.

Start with establishing a running game that is a legitimate threat. Have a running back you're committed to. Lessen the amount of rotations. There's rarely rhythm or flow with this offense. The timing and consistency isn't there.