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1 minute ago, Mavric said:

 

Apparently I don't remember that part.

Jake Peetz with the LA Rams is who Rhule thought he was gonna be able to hire to be with QB Coach. Peetz decided to stay with the Rams. 

1 minute ago, Undone said:

 

 

Fru used the word "probably" in his original statement:

 

 

Here is a link to the definition of the word "probably" for you guys. Just trying to help you!

 

Definition of the word "probably"

Haha!!! Yes. I missed his “probably” in his original statement for which I said “my bad” (in Cher from Clueless voice). 

1 minute ago, Mavric said:

 

I'm not sure that was really the original plan but I agree with your first paragraph.

Given the fact that Rhule was trying to bring in a different QB coach before settling on Wager at TE coach with Satt as QB coach, I do think think Rhule had to move on from his original plan. 

3 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Fans expecting Satterfield to be fired after the dumpster fire we have had with the offensive roster were being unrealistic.  Yes, a big piece (Sims) of that dumpster fire was created by Rhule, but Satterfield has been asked to make chicken salad out of chicken poop. Rhule is going to give him at least one more season to improve the offense.

I do agree with those who think that a real QB coach should be brought in, so that allows Satterfield to coach TE’s and be more of a walk-around OC like the original plan was. 

10 minutes ago, Fru said:

That’s why I used the word “probably.”

My bad for reading too quickly 

2 minutes ago, hskrpwr13 said:

 

Agree 100%. its been overreaction theater with some of the fan base this season. 

 

Regardless of any in-game OC decision, this is a 1-loss season so far with simply average QB play (and that's despite the injury and o-line challenges). 

I disagree that it’s only a 1-loss season with average QB play. NU got smoked against CU and Michigan, and who knows how other games end up. Other teams may play more aggressively against NU’s defense if NU had a better offense. 

2 minutes ago, Fru said:

Agreed. It’s a wild thing to say at this point. Playing it simple there probably gets this programs first bowl appearance in 6 years. It was a breathtakingly stupid decision. 

I disagree that a win against Maryland was assured with a FG, but it puts NU in a much better position to win the game.

10 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Am I dreaming or did we play a game in Ames (maybe 2010???) when T-Mart was hurt and Cody Green got concussed during the game so we went wildcat with Burkhead for most of the game?

 

Maybe we review the film of that game and put in some new plays.

That would require NU to have a running back as talented as Rex Burkhead, along with another one as talented as Roy Helu to play RB along the “Wildcat QB”. 

Just now, Undone said:

 

I can argue that putting Grant in over Ervin in the middle of the 4th was a bad coaching decision. Obviously this board has discussed that ad nauseum. So yes, referring to Minnesota as the other one.

 

But the bigger point I was making is that keeping it simple sometimes is exactly what you need to win a game in the 4th quarter.

NU was keeping it simple against Minnesota when Grant fumbled, but I won’t beat that horse to death. Agree that Rhule should have played it conservatively against Maryland. I said immediately after the game that it was the first game that coaching cost NU the game. 

8 minutes ago, Undone said:

 

I think that second statement deserves some unpacking.

 

No, you're not going to win a national championship and you're not going to beat Michigan or Ohio State in a conference title game "keeping it simple" with the athletes we have right now. That's a true statement. But he's creating a false dichotomy there.

 

A critical late 4th quarter situation is not equal to a conversation about the bigger picture. The program has to stop screwing up late in the 4th quarter to even be in the conversation about winning at a high level. And he's had two games where this happened on his watch.

 

I know he said over and over that he took blame for not getting points on that last drive and I love that, but that second statement in the quote is a big deflection.

 

 

 

What was the other game besides Maryland?  I don’t count Minnesota as the INT at the goal line was before halftime and NU was trailing at the time. Going for a TD in that situation was the correct call. Plus, they didn’t know that Sims was going to be a turnover machine that he ended up being?

13 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

I do think it seems like he was throwing it to Coleman but Coleman was lazy out of his break - both with his feet and with his eyes.

But gosh darn it, the coaches were idiots for not playing Coleman more snaps early in the season, even when there were healthy more experienced WR’s. 

5 minutes ago, chamrocck said:

The bigger question is Texas A&M the most delusional team in CFB. You have never won anything, are worried TX and OU are going to steal your SEC cred, just won yesterday 51-10 so you fire your coach and give him a record buy-out. Facts: you’ll get another hire who will play .500 in the SEC. 

Texas A&M is full of grads with way too much $ who think they need to be on par with Oklahoma and/or Texas. You are correct in that they have never won anything of substance, but don’t tell that to an Aggie. 

1 minute ago, desertshox said:

 

And why do they have Yellowstone if it's paramount?

Peacock bought the rights to show Yellowstone on their streaming service. Might have been due to lack of content during the writers and actors strikes. 

If Jimbo is doing anything next year but spending his $76 million buyout, I would be disappointed in him. 

20 minutes ago, Mavric said:

If you keep your Peacock subscription for another week, you can watch Husker basketball vs Oregon State on Saturday...

I will probably keep it around for another few months because there will be multiple NU basketball games on Peacock this season. I’m sure I spend $6 a month on stupider stuff. 

39 minutes ago, lo country said:

Definitely tainted by my initial reaction, but not a fan of his 10 games it at NU.   Hated the Riley hire top to bottom...Like you said, all good.  Appreciate the discussions.

I have been indifferent to Satterfield’s play calling and his offense as a whole given the roster he has, and the injuries that has hit the offense this year. Until yesterday, I don’t think there is a game where his “play calling” cost NU the game. I think it must be very challenging to call plays given the lack of talent and experience.  I don’t like everything he has done this year, and agree that he should have done the final 3 plays of the game yesterday differently. Running 3 relatively conservative plays to assure at least a FG and burning more time off the clock is what should have been done.
 

Despite that, the players did him no service by their lack of execution on the final 3 offensive plays.  You seem to put lack of execution on the coaches, I put that on the players. It’s another difference of opinion, which is fine.

7 minutes ago, lo country said:

Sadly enough blame to go around with the whole team. But end of the day coaches gotta know better.  

I do truly see your view point. You didn’t like the Satterfield hire and your opinions are based on that. I was the same way with Riley and his coaching staff. It’s all good. 

6 minutes ago, lo country said:

Hence I qualified my statement regarding the talent level of both, but again we are not UM, but Maryland is not PSU. 

 

How many of those plays from the 3 to the 6 were passed….. IIRC 1. Satt put the game in the hands of a 3rd string QB who probably hasn’t truly practiced in months. And the play he called put two receivers in the same area. Kemp rounded out his route allowing his guy to jump the route of Coleman. Appears Coleman was pressed at the LOS by the DB. He was delayed, Purdy threw to a spot (inexperience) and got the int. Getting paid 1.4 million, the OC needs to do better. The salary demands he do better. He’s the qb coach as well. Did he not see our two previous qb’s implode?  And still wanted to pass. Again, imho horrible play call and horrible execution by the qb.  Receivers also need a lot of coaching up as well. 

Yes, Satterfield needs to be better. I agree with that.  He’s the adult and should be setting the players up for succes. I am trying to be more of a middle ground approach, and put blame on coaches and players. If you only want to blame coaches, so be it.

8 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I’m trying to figure out what the heck Coleman was doing on the play. It looks like he thought he was supposed to be blocking the DB instead of running a hard slant to clear the area. 

Good question. It’s clear that Coleman may not know what he is supposed to be doing on that play. Of course, Coleman should have been starting in September regardless of how he does in practice or if he knows what he’s supposed to do on every play. 

8 minutes ago, Archy1221 said:

I’m looking at that trying to go as slow as possible, does the WR let that ball basically go right past his face?  

The pass is a good yard or two in front of Coleman, but he shouldn’t even be near that area. Coleman is supposed to run a hard slant inside and clear take that CB with him.  I think Kemp is also supposed to take that route deeper, so there is more space to deliver the pass. 

Of course, fans wanted Coleman to be playing because of his physical talents, but then they aren’t happy with the results when he messes up on a play. 

1 minute ago, lo country said:

The O is a complete crap show for sure.  Injuries at every position, no real QB, young receivers, etc....Then you look at play calling and ask how can you call plays effectively as an OC with all of that.  But at the end of the day, Satt is OC/QB coach.  It's his job to prepare guys mentally and physically for the game in addition to play calling.  Imho, he has shown lacking in all of those.  Did he coach Purdy to ad lib on plays?  Does he allow QB's to do this?  And then seeing Michigan, with Heisman hopeful McCarthy, not throw one pass in the entire 2nd half to eat the clock, run the ball and win the game against PSU says a lot.....Their OC gets "it".  I realize we do not have the talent of UM, but we didn't face the talent of PSU either.....I wasn't a fan of the hire to begin with (a lot of Gamecock family/friends are fans who were delighted he left) and have gotten more so as the season has progressed.  His pressers do not instill me as a guy players would run through a wall for.  But again, that's just me....

You cannot honestly compare NU to Michigan. They have future NFL guys all over their o-line.  It’s easy to line up and run the ball 30 straight times with that line. They were also up 2 scores for most of that Penn State game, where their defense was dominating. It’s easy to be conservative when being in that type of game.  Most OC’s aren’t the “rough and tumble” coaches you seem to want.

I agree that Satt could do a better job coaching and preparing the players and play calling during the game, but at some point the onus goes on the players.  Satterfield’s play calling was good enough to go from NU’s 3 to Maryland’s 6 yard line, but then we know what happened from there. 

2 minutes ago, lo country said:

And all of this points directly back to WHY CALL A PASS PLAY.  Satterfield should know this better than anyone.  Kemp had the issue of running flat on an earlier route when he tried to set the football like a volleyball.  

 

Then the call a pass play that puts an inexperienced young receiver in the same area of a not 100% receiver who had some issues earlier on with running a route to have a QB who probably got slightly more practice at QB this week than a DB just throwing the ball before starting practice.....

 

That's all on SATT.  He's the OC/QB coach/idiot that thought that play or an RPO or anything other than simply running the ball was a cute/tricky/look how smart I am decision.  

I don’t disagree with you. Satt shouldn’t have called that play. It’s not all on Satt though. Maybe it’s a play that they have repped well in practice.  I like slot corner routes when run well.  This was run very poorly. 

Satt called 2 runs to the RB on first and second down. The QB decided on his own to run a different play on first day and the run was stuffed on 2nd down. I do agree that on 3rd down, they should have ran again to get a chip shot FG attempt.  NU had to get a lead, and force Maryland to get a TD to win in regulation.

I don’t know how to fully judge Satt this year. I understand if some fans are out on him though.  I do get frustrated with his situational play calling, but it has to be difficult to call plays for players who aren’t executing what you call. 

9 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I believe it was to Colman on a slant route that he doesn’t really run.  

In the post-game, Rhule said the pass was a corner route which was read by the defender on Coleman who came off him picked off the pass.  Slot corner passes can work great, by design, but the execution on this is poor.

1) Kemp doesn’t get enough depth in his route which would put him in a 1 on 1 matchup with his defender.

2) Coleman runs a poor route and doesn’t run a hard slant inside his defender and doesn’t clear enough space for the slot-corner route to work.

3) Purdy throws a flat pass at the goal line putting it deep in the corner giving Kemp a chance to run under and try for a catch.

This play sums up a lot of what is wrong with the offense.

1) Kemp hasn’t been healthy to practice much, but they want to throw him into games.  His timing and route-running isn’t as crisp as it should be to be effective.

2) Fans say “throw in the young WR’s like Coleman so they can get experience” but this route by Coleman shows why he wasn’t getting many reps ahead of more-experienced WR’s earlier in the season. Yeah, Coleman can look great running free in open space against NW, but he dropped a well-thrown ball by Haarberg in the first half, and he ran a poor route on this play. Having to count on young guys will get them experience, but it may also cost NU wins for this year. So fans have to understand both sides.

3) Fans have been calling for Purdy to get a series in games, what can hurt? Well, he’s not getting many reps in practice. So, yes, he can look good in a few plays, but look confused and not run the offense as called/designed on others. He was confused coming out of the huddle and burned a timeout earlier in the drive. He kept the ball on first and goal, when he was told to handoff. He then throws a poor pass into traffic on 3rd and goal.  With every possession being important, coaches can’t just throw in a guy for a series because they can’t trust to run the offense. 

Now, I actually agree that Purdy is the healthier than Haarberg right now, so he should get the first-team reps this week. Sims makes too many mistakes to ever see the field in a meaningful snap.