Steven M. Sipple: Spare me the 'It's just Northwestern' talk

[The Dude]

I just didn't expect Frost's offense to be so bad in year 2.   I don't think any of us did.

[BigRedBuster]

24 minutes ago, Nebfanatic said:

Fair enough but as someone else pointed out, they've played some tough defenses this year. I'm happy we held them about the same as those other solid D's and got the win against a team thats good at making it ugly. Our defense did what they needed to.

Yep. 
 

There are positives to take from this win when you dig deeper. 

[10_point_buck]

Funny how Sipple comes out now flaming Riley, easy to do when he is not the coach.  My question is, where is this tough stance when he was here coaching?  Sipple and all the rest of the media lobbed cupcakes at him.  

[CapoValley]

The fact that Sipple is still employed and well paid with his poor effort and checkered past in a town with a journalism school pumping out plenty of qualified people pretty much sums up the state of Nebraska’s sad media 

[PoloWearingBeaver]

2 minutes ago, CapoValley said:

The fact that Sipple is still employed and well laid with his poor effort and checkered past in a town with a journalism school pumping plenty of qualified people pretty much sums up the state of Nebraska’s sad media 

 

Not sure if hiding it under a towel at the club counts. 

[CapoValley]

2 minutes ago, PoloWearingBeaver said:

 

Not sure if hiding it under a towel at the club counts. 

A very Freudian, and now corrected, error. 

[macroboy]

I'm really tied of all the new people derailing threads.

 

This is about Sipple being in strip clubs, not Northwestern

[CapoValley]

50 minutes ago, 10_point_buck said:

Funny how Sipple comes out now flaming Riley, easy to do when he is not the coach.  My question is, where is this tough stance when he was here coaching?  Sipple and all the rest of the media lobbed cupcakes at him.  

(Tons of people questioning the progress of Adrian Martinez and Jurgens, two people hand picked by Scott Frost)

 

Sipple: “Ah, But you see, Mike Riley”

 

 

It’s just lazy, hack writing that leads to toxicity. 

[hskrpwr13]

I'm kind of in both camps. I doubt many wins this year will look impressive either by final score or opponent, but I'll gladly take said wins. Bowl game would be great.

[lo country]

22 minutes ago, hskrpwr13 said:

I'm kind of in both camps. I doubt many wins this year will look impressive either by final score or opponent, but I'll gladly take said wins. Bowl game would be great.

I'm with you. After the past "X" years, just win baby. I started the season believing the hype we'd look better. Never really thought winning the West.  We had back to back 4-8 seasons....  At this point, I want to go bowling.  I can see us going 7-5 or 8-4 overall. Really don't see us beating Wisky or Iowa at this point.  The remaining 4 are not gimmes either.....

[TheSker]

3 hours ago, CapoValley said:

(Tons of people questioning the progress of Adrian Martinez and Jurgens, two people hand picked by Scott Frost)

 

Sipple: “Ah, But you see, Mike Riley”

 

 

It’s just lazy, hack writing that leads to toxicity. 

And it couldn't be more accurate.

 

Mike Riley was a godawful recruiter, coach and leader of the Husker football program.

 

Godawful might be a lenient term.

[NebraskaHarry]

I know people want to criticize Martinez and some of it is warranted. But not all of it. Nebraska's offensive line play is pretty bad... just really poor... that really needs to be emphasized and a huge part of that is because of Mike Riley's mismanagement of recruiting and developing this position group. My hope is Frost emphasizes this group as a #1 priority. I think he has we the recruits he's brought in these last year and currently this year. But they're young obviously. 

I fully expect to see improvement in o-line play over the next couple years with progressively getting better each year. It will be a huge disappointment if I don't.  

[CapoValley]

1 hour ago, TheSker said:

And it couldn't be more accurate.

 

Mike Riley was a godawful recruiter, coach and leader of the Husker football program.

 

Godawful might be a lenient term.

Mike Riley was by no means a success here, but I guess I’d like you to tell me why he’s behind the two biggest problems on this team, Adrian Martinez, his regression and the errant snaps. 

[Jack Burton]

I tend to agree overall with Sip here, but is it too much to ask to sort out the center snapping issues 6 games into the season? And the dumb penalties.

[TheSker]

1 hour ago, CapoValley said:

Mike Riley was by no means a success here, but I guess I’d like you to tell me why he’s behind the two biggest problems on this team, Adrian Martinez and his regression and the errant snaps. 

Riley sucked.