BigWillie

The one thing I'm always surprised that people have failed to mention over the past 4 years -- Martinez's inability to run the tempo offense that Frost had at UCF.

I'm sure some may think it's Frost just changing philosophies over the years, but that would be a huge overhaul to one of the things that made his offense so prolific at UCF. Even more, if you remember back to last year with McCaffrey at the helm, we were running tempo more in just that small sample size than we ever had with Martinez under center.

It's another in a long line of things that makes Frost unwillingness to go get another QB inexcusable, if for nothing else just push Martinez at job.

Frost hitched his wagon to a QB who showed no improvement for 4 years. Refused to bring in any real competition either during the entire period.

No one but himself to blame for the results.

Technically we are 4-1 if we count moral victories. 

This is something people may not like to hear, but Martinez is the best QB by a country mile on this roster.

And that should tell you alot about the talent in that QB room.

I'm not a drinker.

But this mess is depressing.

We are at that point where Frost has to decide what is more important -- doing this job with his friends, or doing this job with the best people possible.

In coming here, he earned the right to choose his staff. Nearly 3 years in, it simply isn't working. If progress was being shown, it would be something to discuss. But in no way can anyone make the argument that the program today is in better shape than it was 3 years ago.

So Frost is at a crossroads. He's preached loyalty and friendship to this staff since the beginning. But there is simply dead weight here where coaches aren't that active in recruiting, and the play of their positional talent on the field doesn't cover their lack of recruiting chops. Does he make the necessary adjustments to this staff, or does he want to continue with it in it's current state?

A true leader would make the tough decisions, and real friends would understand that it is nothing personal. So we'll see where Frost is at after this season in regards to how he wants to hadnle this staff.

It's a Nebraska thing. Head coaches who hire their best friend to be a DC, and they are absolutely awful at their job.

Callahan - Cosgrove

Riley - Banker

Frost - Chinander

1 minute ago, Vince R. said:

He was never offered that job or title. This one reeked of BS from the get go. LSU PR stunt. 

Because the reigning national champions need Nebraska to gain some PR advantage right now ..

Time for Frost to do a little inward looking.

He isn't a savior. He doesn't walk on water. He can make incorrect decisions, and has shown a terrible habit of pointing the finger rather than accepting the blame.

He's got some tough roster decisions to make in the offseason. And even more, he's got some tough coaching decisions to make. If he decides his friendships are worth more than his job, then as much as he will want to point the finger of his demise elsewhere, it's all gonna be of his own doing.

I think of this sorta like 2010 Clemson. Dabo finally figured out he wasn't the hot shot know-it-all he thought he was. He hired some top tier assistants like Chad Morris, and went on to hire Brent Venables.

Tough decisions suck, and it's even worse when it may hurt a friendship. But is that friendship worth your job, hurting 85 scholarship kids, and an entire fan base just so you can have a hunting buddy or two?

If Chinander is employed at the beginning of next season, it's because Frost has determined his friendship is more important than his future.

Giving up 10 yards a play, to Wisconsin.

Frost is about to get in that Callahan situation. Is your best friend worth risking any hint of job security? Callahan decided it was with Cosgrove. Will Frost do the same with Chinander?

No fear of failure.

At least we don't have to worry about our kickers tonight.

1 hour ago, HUSKERBROW1 said:

Chunk plays ARE NOT A WINNING  RECIPE FOR SUCCESS . That's FROST'S PROBLEM

 

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/feioff/2018

You can search other years as well from this link. But these advanced offensive statistics are pretty telling about explosive plays relative to team success.

We as fans have to be honest -- that was absolutely horrific playcalling in the 2nd half.

As much as it is easy to blame the defense for falling apart, the playcalling on offense just continued to put them in horrid positions series after series.

It's one thing if people want to say this a 'learning process', and we are 'growing'. But Frost was billed as the coach who was an offensive wizard who would put the team in the best position to succeed. Today was anything but that.

Are we a "no fear of failure" team, or are we the turtle shell team?

Against Colorado, we refused to run the clock down after run plays late and with the lead. Then with our starting QB out late, we are having Bunch throw the ball as well with the lead.

Today, late with the lead, we go into a shell. Play aggressively the entire 2nd half until we get a 2 score lead, then crawl up into a shell with basic run concepts. 

Even worse -- that 4th and inches call to punt after we were gashing NW with run after run. It's bad enough that it showed no faith in our offense that was whipping NW's a$$ -- but it showed faith in a defense that to this point in the year deserves no faith being placed in it.

But when hiring buddies, instead of the absolute best, you get the results you ask for.

UCF team defense rankings under Chinander ..

2017 - 92nd

2016 - 43rd

And this year ..

97th

We got what we paid for.

It's way past time to let the youngins play.

Yes, the youngsters will make mistakes. But I'd rather them gain the experience and make the mistakes than see seniors like Farmer, Foster, Reed, Young, Lamar, A. Davis, Newell, etc., making the same mistakes week after week.

Can take an ass beating.

Cannot take it when a team quits. And that's what we are doing right now.

I'm happy that Dedrick is the smartest LB we have in the film room. Coaches will remind us of that over and over.

Doesn't mean he should be playing so many snaps with athleticism that doesn't allow him to get to the spot. 4 years in, and the same problems over and over with him.

Chinander gonna be man enough to stand up and take some questions after these last three performances? Or is he just gonna point the finger elsewhere as he did all this week?

We still going with a few bad apples on our roster are causing this or .. ?