Should we fire Satterfield??

[BigRedBuster]

2 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

  

Seems at the beginning of the year he was making those throws - no hesitation.  Something has gotten into his head.  

Exactly.  Something has gotten into his head and it's not where it needs to be.  There are lots of plays where the guys are there...he just needs to make the throw.  For some reason, he's not.

 

Again, that falls back on Satterfield and Thomas.  But, to rant about how horrible the play calling is, I believe is missing the bigger point.

[Crusader Husker]

i would take Brian Ferentz over Satt.

[Micheal]

11 minutes ago, Crusader Husker said:

i would take Brian Ferentz over Satt.

I never really watched the Brian Ferentz experience at Iowa other than them playing the Huskers. What was his go to play? Bubble screens? Draws?

[BigRedBuster]

8 minutes ago, Micheal said:

I never really watched the Brian Ferentz experience at Iowa other than them playing the Huskers. What was his go to play? Bubble screens? Draws?

punts.

[Crusader Husker]

22 minutes ago, Micheal said:

I never really watched the Brian Ferentz experience at Iowa other than them playing the Huskers. What was his go to play? Bubble screens? Draws?

I am only partially jocking.  Run the ball, play action pass, great D and a great punter.

[Kayvan]

Well, it’s almost 10 AM in Nebraska on Monday. At this point, I can assume he is not getting fired. That’s unfortunate.

[runningblind]

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

I'm perfectly fine if Satterfield is fired or whatever changes can be made on the offensive side of the ball.

 

However, if the QB is not seeing wide open receivers or, for some reason, is choosing not to throw them the ball, is that really a play calling or play design issue?  I don't think so, unless by play design, we are including where the QB is supposed to be looking through progressions and that's why he's not seeing them...which is valid.  Still, the issues are his (and Thomas's) to fix.  But, I have a hard time just saying, the play calling sucks, when an experienced good QB would be making throws that make the offense move the ball....but ours isn't.

I am wondering this as well, and the coaches might be thinking this way also.   Another reason I don't think anyone is going to get fired.   I am beginning to think (heresy!) that we might be better off if Raiola transfers after this year.  I was so wrong about the QB situation this year. 

 

1 hour ago, TGHusker said:

Seems at the beginning of the year he was making those throws - no hesitation.  Something has gotten into his head.  

Yes, playing at Nebraska has a way of wrecking players mentally. 

[BigRedBuster]

11 minutes ago, runningblind said:

I am wondering this as well, and the coaches might be thinking this way also.   Another reason I don't think anyone is going to get fired.   I am beginning to think (heresy!) that we might be better off if Raiola transfers after this year.  I was so wrong about the QB situation this year. 

I hope he stays.

 

But, clearly something has to change.  I'm hoping that he can take this, with some good coaching, and turn it into a positive learning year.  Now he knows what big time college football is like.  It's not as easy as HS.  He has to have his head in the game, make the correct reads and make the easy passes the defense gives you.  Also, if you are getting pressure, the best thing is to get the ball out quick and know exactly where that needs to go.  That's not the time to wait patiently for the long ball to develop.

[Micheal]

Day is young. Still alot of time for firing. 

[Crusader Husker]

Odds of him firing him now is probably remote.  I hope I am wrong.

[YetiJR]

God, I pray that Thomas takes over and we reach out to Nixon to be CO-OC and RB coach.

The 2 seasons they did that together it was the 63rd and 28th offense.

Not sure Satt has ever been close to that. 

 

[Blackshirt83]

I doubt even if Rhule is fired that it happens for a while. He very well could be waiting to see how the Ryan Day situation shakes out at Ohio State. He tried to hire Chip Kelly to be his coordinator in Carolina, he might try to do it again.

[Fru]

 

Inspiring! Championship mindset! 

[Undone]

3 hours ago, BigRedBuster said:

I'm perfectly fine if Satterfield is fired or whatever changes can be made on the offensive side of the ball.

 

However, if the QB is not seeing wide open receivers or, for some reason, is choosing not to throw them the ball, is that really a play calling or play design issue?  I don't think so, unless by play design, we are including where the QB is supposed to be looking through progressions and that's why he's not seeing them...which is valid.  Still, the issues are his (and Thomas's) to fix.  But, I have a hard time just saying, the play calling sucks, when an experienced good QB would be making throws that make the offense move the ball....but ours isn't.

 

Raiola deserves a decent amount of the blame for the UCLA loss in its own isolated discussion. We maybe win the game if the pick six doesn't happen.

 

But if everything else had been the same except for that play and then maybe us kicking a field goal to win 24-21, Satterfield would still be stacking up this season to look like pretty bad.

 

So it can be both. I think the coaches deserve a ton of blame for:

• Not recognizing when he's "off" earlier in a game and mixing in something different.
• Not trying to use a little more variation & creativity early in games to setup better lead blocking for our backs in the run game so that we can be more successful on 1st & 2nd downs to setup 3rd & short's instead of having the game plan be to be in the shotgun airing it out - when it's clear Raiola is off.
•  

There's absolutely some evidence at least that when we use counters or stretch plays or use a lead blockers in the run game that we get more out of it than the swing passes & bubble screens (because we aren't executing those short passes well), and we also seem to get more out of it than the generic inside zone runs out of the shotgun.

 

I have enough self-awareness that I don't want to be the idiot on the internet claiming I know more than a professional football coach and that I know what would have worked better by using hindsight analysis. But I think the conversation is about doing something different earlier in the game when things aren't going well with your original game plan.

[ranch boy]

12 minutes ago, Fru said:

 

Inspiring! Championship mindset! 

I would love someone to follow-up why he thought it would be better and why it isn't.