Hayseed Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 I learned that our defense is short the kind of players it takes to compete in this league and I doubt more effort will fix that. I was blaming the offense for putting them in a bad spot, but I'm realizing that everywhere is a bad spot. I don't know if a light will turn on and suddenly we'll have a couple more Mo Barry's on the other side or if a DT will turn into Suh, if not then it's wait until next year. I know Bootle is fighting out there and one of the bright spots on D, but there were a couple times I thought he could've turned around and intercepted the ball......it'll take game changing stuff like that. I think they'll have to take more chances and not let the qb have all day to look around. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 4 hours ago, TheSker said: The second half was quite magical for Jackson to experience his Teachable Moment. His replacement gave a quote about where accountability has to come from. The light bulb is coming in for some of the players. And Frost is getting a better idea of who it's not going to come on for, which will have to be addressed on the recruiting trail efforts. Every week the average fan sees a team wide lack of discipline and fire even against beatable teams. But the savvy fan sees Scott Frost standing astride Memorial Stadium like a demigod, about to banish the Minions of Riley to an unholy netherworld. Magic indeed! 3 1 Quote Link to comment
krc1995 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Since the defense with their number one players can’t stop anyone anyway, maybe the number one unit should play ST as their primary and leave the defense to the number 2’s and 3’s. Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Every week the average fan sees a team wide lack of discipline and fire even against beatable teams. But the savvy fan sees Scott Frost standing astride Memorial Stadium like a demigod, about to banish the Minions of Riley to an unholy netherworld. Magic indeed! True. Quote Link to comment
NebraskaShellback Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 22 hours ago, MichiganDad3 said: Missed calls only in one direction I thought the refs had 7 eyes each they way saw those phantom calls against Nebraska It kind of reminded me of the game against Texas A &M before we left the Big Texass legue. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nebfanatic Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 36 minutes ago, Mavric said: How many times did we get stuck in 3rd and long due to penalty or negative play after a good first down? Quote Link to comment
bhunt7 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 #1. I learned that when we take shots deep from time to time, this offense can work really well. #2. I learned that we still are not fortunate enough to be extremely conservative on offense and score points. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 And he wasn't even thrown at in one game at all, iirc (Troy I think) Quote Link to comment
MountainMan Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 4 hours ago, TheSker said: True. If I didn’t know any better. It would be like some people would be ok with any results as long as a Certified Nebraska Man was up there spouting platitudes and harkening back to days of yore. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 9 minutes ago, MountainMan said: If I didn’t know any better. It would be like some people would be ok with any results as long as a Certified Nebraska Man was up there spouting platitudes and harkening back to days of yore. What's the alternative? Quote Link to comment
Ratt Mhule Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, TheSker said: What's the alternative? These posts of yours are so ironic because these folks you are responding to are doing the same thing you did with Riley after one game and now its bugging you. Everything always comes full circle. 7 Quote Link to comment
LaunchCode Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 14 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said: Most top athletes want to be pushed and held accountable. When Riley let the kids do whatever they wanted, it created a terrible atmosphere. So when Frost tries to turn around that culture, push the kids and hold them accountable, some kids will respond positivitely, some kids will respond negatively. That’s the schism we seem to be experiencing right now. 18-23 year olds are no longer "kids" they're young men. Don't confuse a coach allowing young men the freedom to start acting like grown men as letting them "do whatever they want". At some point you stop baby sitting boys and micro managing them. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think that should happen long before 18 and they reach college. 1 Quote Link to comment
LaunchCode Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Reading the board after the Purdue loss I learned losses this year are due to our subpar talent whereas last year losses were due to all the great talent on our roster not being developed by the coaches. I also learned with the "right" coach on the sideline, losing to Purdue at home creates less uproar than beating them in dramatic fashion on the road. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
MyBloodIsRed16 Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 58 minutes ago, LaunchCode said: 18-23 year olds are no longer "kids" they're young men. Don't confuse a coach allowing young men the freedom to start acting like grown men as letting them "do whatever they want". At some point you stop baby sitting boys and micro managing them. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I think that should happen long before 18 and they reach college. Something I did when I coached (At a HS that reminds me of the state this team is in now) would ask the players how many of them thought they were men. Just about all of them would raise their hands except maybe a few freshman. I would then tell them they are going to be treated like men. I then explained most of them would probably take their last snap of football in HS and then enter the workforce. In the workforce there are consequences for being late or not performing. Playing time is "pay". If you are late to practice or meetings i dock your pay. If you aren't performing you will be docked or given a performance improvement plan. If you do too many of any one thing you will be fired. I had kids that were late to practice because they couldn't stop talking long enough in the locker room to get their pads on in a timely manner. When they sat out a quarter for however many times they were late they stopped being late. Nobody likes to work and not get paid. Minor things can turn people around real quick 3 Quote Link to comment
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