Do the coaches actually learn anything?

[C-4]

I keep seeing people say, "I'm happy we faced a good opponent so that our coaches see our faults and will address them," and, "I'm glad that end-of-game clock mismanagement didn't bite us in the butt, the coaches can learn from this near disaster." 

 

But, do coaches every learn anything new? And do they consequently adapt to it?

Maybe it is because they are stubborn. Maybe it is because they aren't smart enough to adapt. Maybe it is because, in some instances, adapting would hurt more than help (i.e. if Diaco decided to have the cbs press instead of play off, possibly resulting in getting burnt deep). Whatever it is, coaches never actually seem to learn/adapt. Mike Riley is the second(?) most experienced coach in college football, yet routinely mismanages the clock and hasn't learned how to close out opponents. Diaco apparently never learned throughout his ND/UConn years to bring his cb's closer. So should we go into next week, and every week from here on out, expecting to see these same mistakes? Or do we believe something changes?

[In the Deed the Glory]

[ColoradoHusk]

Riley isn't going to change who he is.  He's a 63 year old coach, who has been running his own team for over 2 decades.  The clock management issues, the penalties, the baffling play calling, the inability to put inferior teams away, the aloofness on the sidelines are trademarks of Riley.  

[krc1995]

1 minute ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Riley isn't going to change who he is.  He's a 63 year old coach, who has been running his own team for over 2 decades.  The clock management issues, the penalties, the baffling play calling, the inability to put inferior teams away, the aloofness on the sidelines are trademarks of Riley.  

he almost chocked himself out.  How is that aloof?

[ColoradoHusk]

6 minutes ago, krc1995 said:

he almost chocked himself out.  How is that aloof?

Aside from that one moment on the sideline, he always just looks aloof on the sidelines to me.  Yes, it's my own opinion, but that's just how I observe him.

[84HuskerLaw]

You like to think that with age and experience comes wisdom.   IDK but it seems that after enough times, one would learn at any age.   There are just those head scratching times during the course of games when you simply have to wonder what was he thinking when he made the decision to do 'X' as opposed to Y?    For many, it is obvious that basic football strategy is to run the ball when and if you can, and pass the ball when and if you have to.    With Langs and Riley, play calling seems almost random and as such is unpredictable.  Now being hard to predict in and of itself is not a bad thing but on the other hand, there are times and circumstances in which you need and should and almost must do the logical thing.    If you are running the ball fairly well (and we were doing fairly well more often than not), you run the ball until the defense forces you to pass especially when you are in a dominant or stronger position.  We had a 15 point lead with about half a quarter of play left and we threw the ball way too much.   

 

It is clear, to me, that Langs has absolutely no belief in running the ball as a matter of principle.  He and Riley are both committed to throwing, all game long, no matter what.  It is apparent that they have a chart or some prescripted list of plays they have decided to run during the course of the game.  It doesn't seem they vary from the script no matter what is actually happening and or working in the game.    

[ColoradoHusk]

46 minutes ago, BlitzFirst said:

 

 

I thought OC Langsdorf called the plays but i see nobody asking for his head on a platter.

Langsdorf is an extension of Riley.  They basically share a brain.

[Moiraine]

They didn't even let the playclock run down past 10 on the last 2 drives that I recall. That really annoyed me.

[krc1995]

1 hour ago, ColoradoHusk said:

Aside from that one moment on the sideline, he always just looks aloof on the sidelines to me.  Yes, it's my own opinion, but that's just how I observe him.

and the fist pump.  Did you see the fist pump?

[Wander Mands]

The Huskers have a 12pt lead.  7 minutes to go - 2nd and 5.  Just put the ball in #18 belly and run down hill and kill clock.  Langsdorf thinks otherwise.  Momentum changes and Husker nation is clinging by fingernails as the clock expires.  Folks could be a lonnnnng  season

[ColoradoHusk]

Just now, Wander Mands said:

The Huskers have a 12pt lead.  7 minutes to go - 2nd and 5.  Just put the ball in #18 belly and run down hill and kill clock.  Langsdorf thinks otherwise.  Momentum changes and Husker nation is clinging by fingernails as the clock expires.  Folks could be a lonnnnng  season

One would think that NU should be able to run the ball twice and gain 5 yards.  Even if they don't they run at least another minute off the clock.  It's game management like this that is on Riley.

[Mavric]

36 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said:

One would think that NU should be able to run the ball twice and gain 5 yards.  Even if they don't they run at least another minute off the clock.  It's game management like this that is on Riley.

 

Final series of downs for each possession starting with our last possession of the third quarter - we led 34-26 at that point, and had a running back averaging over 6 yards per carry for the game.

 

Run for 2 yards - Incomplete pass - Incomplete pass - Punt

Touchdown

Run for 5 yards - Incomplete pass - Incomplete pass - Punt

Run for 2 yards - Run for 4 yards - Incomplete pass - Punt

 

Had we even down the simple - and smart - thing even 40% of the time (on just these plays, let alone others), Arkansas State wouldn't have had enough time to even get their last TD, let alone have a chance to tie it at the end.  And that's even assuming we still DON'T get a first down running the ball, to say nothing of had we been able to extend the drive.

 

[hskrpwr13]

Agree with last few posts. It was the same mentality that cost us the 2015 Illinois game (regardless of who's fault it may have been).

 

So to answer the OP's question, no, I don't think they "learn" anything, at least in terms of game management.