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Russia did not hack the election. Stop saying that. Tge spin on this is hilarious. They hacked and publiciEd some emails. Disclosing some-what i say is-pretty valuable info that may or may not have influenced some voters. Hillary is a despicable f'ing bitch. So is michelle obama in her ridiculous arrogance. This country will not miss these apologetic pussies we have in the whote house right now. Obamas been a little bitch for 8 years. Bending us and himself over the barrel without the lube to the world. But now. NOW he wants to flex his muscle. Starta war with someone cuz the real people spoke and decided they didnt want another super liberal globalist bitch runnin the show again. The right guy won this election. The world is craving a strong and prosperpus America. Trump willdo that. Atsome point some of you butthurt bitches will have no choice but jump on board. Turn them Obama phones off and cash em in for alarm clocks America. Happy times are here again.

Rant over. Count out. Again.

I dont think weve ever truly reset as a program. I think itd be good for us to endure like 6 straight 3-9 seasons here. Something to completey drain the swamp, kill the sellout streak, and force a true restti g of the program. You cant climb very high when you start in the middle. The largest gains come from the bottom. Then we can appreciate progress. Cuz any progress will be clear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It means nothing...

Sadly...so does the current hire

Yet he's one win away from having a better season than Bo did in 7 years....even with two blowout losses.

See how easy that was?

Bo had a 10 win season. Are we just going to ignore his success to prop up a coach that hasn't done any better to win an internet argument?

Mike Riley has been here 2 seasons. If you're going to be "fair" about comparing the two, then Riley would need to be given 5 more years.

I'm just gonna stop you there.

Riley lost 7 games, Bo never lost more than 4. This line of argument holds zero water. If Mike had lost only 4 games I'd be right beside you saying give him time. I said that of Bo too.

But you guys with your Pellllini and #9wins bullsh#t don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to comparing records. At least not yet.

Riley needs to compete for championships, and that needs to start next year or his seat is gonna get pretty warm.

In 4 years in the Big Ten Bo played for exactly 1 conference title, that gives Riley 2 more years to equal Bo's 1 division title, granted Bo did it in his 2nd year in the league.

 

And more cherry picking here, but in 2 tries Riley has at least made us look like we can compete with Wisconsin.

 

An issue under Riley is the gap between us and the top of the west is getting wider, not narrowing. Pelini couldn't get past COMPETE WITH Wisconsin OR GET BY NORTHWESTERN OR MINNESOTA.. Now Riley can't get past Wisconsin or Iowa (you know, that program Eichorst "evaluated"......).

 

I fixed your comment.

Lol.

"It means nothing". Says the guy starting a thread about it and multiple comments about it on the home page. Lol. Nothing. Nice try. Beaten wife syndrome. Keep crawling back. Thinkin about opening that door again. Im still glad hes gone.

Alright. Lets look at this from another perspective. Whos seat in the big ten is hotter?

There was a glaring and obvious body lango and swagger shift precisely at the point when Nebraska stopped a run and got it to 24-23 in the 3rd set. A spark where Nebraska exhaled and penn st said "sh#t, it's alive". The match really wasnt that close after that point to say the least. 4 in a row to steal the 3rd and dominated 4th and 5th.

in first two sets Nebraska looked like a team not quite ready for a street fight. Looked like a team that had been too good all year. it's every coaches nightmare. Penn st was dominating and playing with a high level of emotion. But champions die hard and Nebraska showed they were the tougher team, mentally and physically.

The talent level on this team is light years. like a lot of light years ahead of what it ever was under Sadler. it's actually farther ahead than what it was in Mile's second year. It's actually pretty glaring if you take a look at our players ability now and compare it to then.

And that's why Miles ability is coming into question. Yes. He has seriously upgraded the talent. But the results are still not proportionate.

3 years ago that 18-4 start to a game turns into a 30-40 point routed (cuz it actually did http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400504490 ) the fact we over came that against a team who is just as good as they were then, shows our upgraded talent. We played right with UCLA for 35 minutes. We went right to the last second against a good Clemson team on the road. We have been competitive in situations that we never woulda dreamed of 5 years ago. hell, even last year maybe.

Watson, Roby, Tscumanga are legit talents. But why it hasnt come together is concerning. Basketball is not like football in that physical and mental development is not as crucial. Basketball talent is not as reliant on physical maturity in relation to your competition as football is. That's why basketball can provide a quick turnaround in a much more reasonable fashion. it's the norm in basketball.

it'd be a good move. Would definitely jack up the pub nationwide. but it's not fap worthy in my opinion. I just dont see it. But what do i know? I just think he's oversold as a coach. for the talent he had at his disposal, how is he not? it was the style of play that LSU presented. That they were a disorganized, detail lacking, offensively bland "my guys are better than your guys", erratic style of football. I frankly became tired of that over the past 7 years. It's just my opinion that there are better options out there from a straight football standpoint.

Yeah, little league baseball is serious stuff man. Screw that guy volunteering his time to help the kids. Also, you can't really "fire" a volunteer.

Yes. you can. Ive had to do it. I have had to ask a guy to step away from coaching kids. You can do it for a number of reasons. Ours was that his bevavior was ridiculous at times,. But you can also do it if theyre teaching the kids wrong stuff. In the case of little league baseball, if the guy dont know baseball and is hampering the kids success and develpment becuase of false teaching, there's nothing wrong with asking the guy to step aside. "he such a nice guy" is the pu&&y way of life we live in. "dude. This is tough cuz youre a nice guy, but you dont know sh#t about baseball, and the kids arent learning the correct things. So in the interest of the kids, I'm gonna have to ask you to step aside a bit.". It's not that big of deal. Ive done it.

obligatory "pick apart each word the AD says to paint the big picture" thread. December edition. Thanks for joining us.

why in god's good name is this thread still active?

because some have this delusional idea that

1) Les Miles would become an assistant at Nebraska

and/or

2) Les Miles would be the greatest thing to ever happen to Nebraska

 

 

 

one of the main reasons i like being at games is because, as a youth coach of multiple sports, it gives me a better perspective of things i just dont see all off on TV. i went to the Minnesota football game and sat up high in the south. I saw so much that i dont notice much on tv and so many things make sense now. last night i was 20 rows off the floor. I cannot fathom what is being taught offensively. Lots of standing around. Movement without the ball is basically just a baseline runner, who happens to be jogging. I know basketball offense has taken on a more simple approach last decade or so. Lot's of pass and cut, get ball in hands of scorers, when all else fails, go pick and roll. But still. you have to have some movement to make it hard for the defense to play. Make THEM move around a little. I dont get it

I honestly do not understand offensive philosophy in basketball anymore. And, that's at pretty much all levels.

 

My son plays in HS now and for the life of me, I can not tell you what he is supposed to be doing. I spent my HS career sitting on the bench beside a hall of fame coach. I sucked at playing simply because of no athletic ability and we had a pretty good team. But, he and I would have great discussions about the game and I learned a lot.

 

Absolutely ZERO of the ideas he had about offense are practiced today.

 

It's frustrating because I firmly believe if a coach would go back to those ideas and philosophy and was good at teaching them, I think he would win multiple championships.

 

i think what happened-and this could be said for any level, any demographic, region, etc-was that somewhere, someone had a superstar and lived of the "get the ball in the playmakers hands". one man show. it becomes a fad. So then things change. Like i said. the pace and need to score. Also, i think with technology, the ability to scout and the focus put on defense really made it hard on set offenses. Which also cause the simplifying of the game on the offensive end. Shot clock has play a role over the decades i think too. looking back a few years, look at the adjustments the rules had to make to allow for more scoring.

 

That doesn't make sense to me on set offenses. Even as late as the 90s when the Bulls were winning championships they had an offense that they ran.

 

Now days, it's like the kids are just supposed to move around and figure out where you are supposed to go with no organization. OK....how do you teach that? It's basically a situation where either a kid has great basketball instincts or he is left out in the cold.

 

With set offenses, you can design plays and situations where almost all players are involved and can score. Defenses can't just key on one or two players that they know is going to take the shot.

 

Also, a well designed and well ran offense will wear an opposing team out to the point that it creates shots.

 

yeah. i dont know. i'm just throwing sh#t at a wall, and not trying to sound like i got it figured out.

 

one of the main reasons i like being at games is because, as a youth coach of multiple sports, it gives me a better perspective of things i just dont see all off on TV. i went to the Minnesota football game and sat up high in the south. I saw so much that i dont notice much on tv and so many things make sense now. last night i was 20 rows off the floor. I cannot fathom what is being taught offensively. Lots of standing around. Movement without the ball is basically just a baseline runner, who happens to be jogging. I know basketball offense has taken on a more simple approach last decade or so. Lot's of pass and cut, get ball in hands of scorers, when all else fails, go pick and roll. But still. you have to have some movement to make it hard for the defense to play. Make THEM move around a little. I dont get it

I honestly do not understand offensive philosophy in basketball anymore. And, that's at pretty much all levels.

 

My son plays in HS now and for the life of me, I can not tell you what he is supposed to be doing. I spent my HS career sitting on the bench beside a hall of fame coach. I sucked at playing simply because of no athletic ability and we had a pretty good team. But, he and I would have great discussions about the game and I learned a lot.

 

Absolutely ZERO of the ideas he had about offense are practiced today.

 

It's frustrating because I firmly believe if a coach would go back to those ideas and philosophy and was good at teaching them, I think he would win multiple championships.

 

i think what happened-and this could be said for any level, any demographic, region, etc-was that somewhere, someone had a superstar and lived of the "get the ball in the playmakers hands". one man show. it becomes a fad. So then things change. Like i said. the pace and need to score. Also, i think with technology, the ability to scout and the focus put on defense really made it hard on set offenses. Which also cause the simplifying of the game on the offensive end. Shot clock has play a role over the decades i think too. looking back a few years, look at the adjustments the rules had to make to allow for more scoring.

 

one of the main reasons i like being at games is because, as a youth coach of multiple sports, it gives me a better perspective of things i just dont see all off on TV. i went to the Minnesota football game and sat up high in the south. I saw so much that i dont notice much on tv and so many things make sense now. last night i was 20 rows off the floor. I cannot fathom what is being taught offensively. Lots of standing around. Movement without the ball is basically just a baseline runner, who happens to be jogging. I know basketball offense has taken on a more simple approach last decade or so. Lot's of pass and cut, get ball in hands of scorers, when all else fails, go pick and roll. But still. you have to have some movement to make it hard for the defense to play. Make THEM move around a little. I dont get it

 

I was watching the game on our iPad last night. There were times when we had the ball that there was so little movement, I thought the stream was lagging or frozen.

 

I've seen better movement out of the 50 and over rec leagues at the YMCA

 

our 3rd graders have one set, and one motion. They move better without the ball better than anything i saw last night. This is not a joke. now i know there are plans for clearout sets and things that are determined by matchups and such. But what happened was, how many times were they able to just straight up double a guy? if youre not moving that double becomes infinitely more effective.

And of course the other thing is shooting. for all this focus on defense, basketball was invented on the premise of putting the ball in the hole. Until we recognize this, esp in this new era of non-physical defense, and the 30 sec shot clock. Until we recognize the need for straight up scorers and putting more attn on the offensive end and letting the defensive end just be a "go play" phase, i think we'll continue to struggle. now. I dont think last nights HORRIBLE shooting is a direct reflection of the teams ability. Sure you wind up with a lot of hard challenged shots, but still, most nights, more go down than what did last night.

god. Solich and the walkons. Option and the pipeline. God. I just wish the sun would burn up tommorrow.

 

 

 

Mike Riley always makes sure his wife orgasms before he does when they make love.

What a gentleman. We could all learn a thing or two from Coach Riley.

 

desire and capability are two mutually exclusive qualities.

 

 

no they arent. you can desire something and be capable of it as well.

 

my bad.

*can be*

 

Mike Riley always makes sure his wife orgasms before he does when they make love.

What a gentleman. We could all learn a thing or two from Coach Riley.

 

desire and capability are two mutually exclusive qualities.

one of the main reasons i like being at games is because, as a youth coach of multiple sports, it gives me a better perspective of things i just dont see all off on TV. i went to the Minnesota football game and sat up high in the south. I saw so much that i dont notice much on tv and so many things make sense now. last night i was 20 rows off the floor. I cannot fathom what is being taught offensively. Lots of standing around. Movement without the ball is basically just a baseline runner, who happens to be jogging. I know basketball offense has taken on a more simple approach last decade or so. Lot's of pass and cut, get ball in hands of scorers, when all else fails, go pick and roll. But still. you have to have some movement to make it hard for the defense to play. Make THEM move around a little. I dont get it

He wasn't Oregon's first choice, and I don't think he was Oregon's 2nd or 3rd choice. I think the Ducks settled with him, but they will tell their fans he was their only choice.

hey. kinda like what happened here a couple years ago.

 

gotta admit. he's very resiliant

Resilient is spelled with an "e."

 

Willie is spelled with an ie

gotta admit. he's very resiliant

Are there more good teams but fewer great teams in college football right now?

 

Discuss.

yes. But i think it's weird in how we label it. If Alabama is great-or the playoff teams are great-and other teams in the top 20 or whatever it is, are good, then yes.

Obviously this in regards to a very high level of parity. I think the talent-both player and coaching- being so spread out due to the across-the-board investment in the sport by pretty much everyone, on top of the insane levels of expectation and urgency, has actually watered down the sport some. I think if you really wanna look at it, it's actually a few great teams and the rest are average. i dont think there is an in between anymore. When you have Michigan beating Penn ST by 30, Penn st beating Ohio St, but losing to Pitt, who also beat Clemson, and Wisconsin losing to Ohio St by one score, beating Nebraska by one score in the same scenario, yet Ohio St lays 60 on Nebraska, well, it's so even across the board. I know transitive property is bogus, but only in a sense of trying to predict what may happen in a particular game. Transitive property is an accurate depiction of the evenness of the sport. It supports the case of parity. and I dont think it's cuz so many others have raised their game. it's that the greats have been brought down some. It really is as unpredictable as pro sports now. Anyone can beat anyone. Literally. And even this year, as great and unbeatable as Bama is, 5-7 Ole miss almost beat em, and were up and down the field on this defense. So Bama needs to win these last two before being annointed.

lol

I like your name. What i like more is your sig glorifying some irrelevant hit, from 4 years ago, in a game we were trailing 49-10

60-3, and 4 national title game appearances, winning 3 is a tough stretch to overcome. Cmon. Bama lost as many games in one off year (2010) as Nebraska did in an entire 5 year stretch. Nebraska never backdoored their way back into national title games after overcoming HOME losses in November as Bama has done, TWICE. Winning 5 of 8 is very impressive. An overall stretch that, based on championships alone, is yeah, unprecedented. But an overall stretch as a whole? Nothing will ever come close to matching that 5 year run. Like a lot of sports, championships-while being an ultimate goal obviously-often overshadow true narratives. Bama winning title after title often covers up some of the blips of the era when comparing to other eras/dynasties. Like Oklahoma in the 50's. Winning 47 straight. i dont care what kind of different era of football it was. Why isnt that ever mentioned? That's never gonna be touched.