Popular Post chamrocck Posted November 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2019 Wow this was a tough season. Never thought we'd struggle so much. Colorado, Purdue, Indiana, and Iowa. All winnable games and if we had just split them the season would have a very different outlook but instead we went 0-4. This was really more of a 7-5 team but there is plenty of blame to go around and there is so much to fix so it's gut check time...are you in this for the long haul or not? Better find out quick. We are riding the Frost train for a long time. And I think that is the right move considering we have to keep younger players and recruits. As for this game vs Iowa: Play calling was poor. The swing passes and bubble screens were terrible. We don't have the blocking to make these plays work. More athletic defenders blow up this play regularly. Mills was having a strong game and then we go away from him? Why? Run the hot hand. McCaffrey comes in and shows immediate impact on the game and then really is not considered again, despite AM struggles to move the ball. Clock management was awful as we all know. Taylor-Britt made a nice pick six but seems like he is always in slow pursuit mode on big plays and it happened today again. He needs to gain speed. The defense has no pass rush. Man, this has been a problem for going on a decade that I have harped on every season. Why we don't recruit pass rush specialists is a major blind spot. Special Teams is not very good as we know. Future outlook: What the heck do we do with so many things to fix? Get healthy. Wandale was missing big today. I think we need to use him much smarter next season. Warner and Pickering were missing due to injuries this year too and it hurt us big time. I think the OL recruiting is going in the right direction. This has to happen for Frost's vision on offense to work. I'll wait and see on how the recruiting finalizes but if we don't finish in the Top 15 then I won't be impressed. This is now Priority #1 until signing day. I think McCaffery is the starter next year. I think Frost wants the Mariota / Milton prototype. AM is too big, indecisive, and plodding for this. To me he actually looks like he needs to drop weight and get back to more lean athleticism. Vedral fits it more but is a poor man's version of it. McCaffrey is somewhere in between it seems but his pure athleticism needs to be on the field. He is a dangerous runner much more so than the others and seems to have the best play action abilities. MoWa...we could have used him for sure. Will he be back? What the hell are we doing with the TE's? Seems like we have a lot of them on the roster and none are making a difference. We need at least one who excels as a blocker and another as a receiver threat (Hickman?). Gosh this position seems so underutilized. WR's...we are thin. Williams, Noa, and Woodyard are senior departures and none of them did anything this year. We are in need of serious upgrade at WR. Defense...yikes? Some bad asses need to emerge from this heap of ashes. Defensive player development is crucial. If I am a stud defender recruit we need to land these recruits because you could be a serious legendary Blackshirt. There is a ton of playing time to be had. So, no more buying into the hype: First year...it was almost impossible not to be optimistic with Frost's hiring (like how could that not be worth 2-3 more wins just for that?). Didn't happen. Second year...OK we now have that cruddy transition season over, we have our QB, and the schedule is easy...easy 8-9 win season. Really didn't happen. Third year...wow, we are not where we need to be after 2 crappy seasons. I'm calling 6-6 next season. Tell me why I am wrong. I'm in with Frost because he is our long term coach but I think this is a long term fix. GBR. 7 4 Quote Link to comment
huskerfan74 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I learned that Scott Frost has a very long way to go and his ego can cost us as many games as the poor defense. I also learned that we do not have a talent issue but a serious coaching issue. We have had much higher ranking classes of recruits over the past decade in comparison to Iowa yet we have failed to beat them in six of our last seven matches. That tells me that it is not the lack of talent that costs us games but the inability of coaches to get the talent we have ready to play. Nebraska opened up its check book in hopes that we get the right coaches. The way this season ended sure leaves a very sour taste in every husker fan. 3 4 Quote Link to comment
Popular Post Igetbored216 Posted November 30, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2019 We need to throw more swing passes. Especially when Adrian is QB. He's really good at those passes 5 10 1 Quote Link to comment
Jason Sitoke Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 24 minutes ago, chamrocck said: I'll wait and see on how the recruiting finalizes but if we don't finish in the Top 15 then I won't be impressed. They won’t be top 15, and it’s unfair to expect that after this season. I’m hoping for top 25 with little attrition. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
huskerfan74 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I learned that three star recruit Nate Stanley is a much better QB than four star Adrian Martinez. Nate delivered when his team needed him. Adrian showed how little he understands his position when he stopped the clock by going out of bounds allowing Iowa enough time to get into field position. Let us face it, he did that because he was afraid to take a hit and not because of the flimsy excuse that he and Frost gave. I said it during the game thread, put in Luke and we win, leave Martinez and we lose. What is there more to learn. We already know where Martinez will take us...definitely not bowling. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Caliborn72 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 - Moral victories get frustrating but I was proud of how we competed. I really love watching our successful run plays more than anything. - Our DBs still make some mistakes but they’re so much better under this staff. - Our LBs looked slow and flat footed for a lot of the year but they’ve really come on strong last couple games and are blowing plays up. That’s usually a sign that they were overthinking stuff. - We talk a lot of trash and toe the line of unnecessary penalties a lot. We didn’t get called for them today but I think this is where the “no fear of failure” mantra really comes in since UCF also had a problem with penalties under Frost. I like seeing players amped up but have to stay in control. - Excited for spring camp. Should be some competition at several spots. 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 We learned some Husker fans are entitled whiny children who lash out when they don't get what they want. Wait... we already knew that. Nevermind. 5 3 1 Quote Link to comment
huskerfan74 Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Jason Sitoke said: They won’t be top 15, and it’s unfair to expect that after this season. I’m hoping for top 25 with little attrition. You can have the fastest car on the pitch, if you don’t know how to drive it, you will lose. What is the point of having a top 15 recruiting class if the coaches can’t get them ready for a game. I am sorry but if anyone here thinks that Alabama is where they are simply because of their recruiting classes, and not because Saban knows how to coach them, then what is the point of good coaches. We have some of the best players in the country. Spielman, wandale, McCaffrey and what have we done with them? Why didn’t we get the ball to spielman!? In any other team, spielman would already have more than 1000 yards receiving. We have failed him and continue to fail our talented players. Quote Link to comment
HS_Coach_C Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 4 minutes ago, knapplc said: We learned some Husker fans are entitled whiny children who lash out when they don't get what they want. Wait... we already knew that. Nevermind. And Scott Frost wouldn't even be in the top 50 coaches on Huskerboard. 1 Quote Link to comment
Waldo Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, knapplc said: We learned some Husker fans are entitled whiny children who lash out when they don't get what they want. Wait... we already knew that. Nevermind. Yea three years, 13 wins. Super entitled. 3 minutes ago, HS_Coach_C said: And Scott Frost wouldn't even be in the top 50 coaches on Huskerboard. He isn’t in the top half of the BIG 10 right now. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
HS_Coach_C Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Waldo said: Yea three years, 13 wins. Super entitled. He isn’t in the top half in the BIG 10 right now. That has nothing to do with what I said, so... Quote Link to comment
Waldo Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Just now, HS_Coach_C said: That has nothing to do with what I said, so... No crap. You were being dramatic so I made it realistic 1 Quote Link to comment
chamrocck Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 Just now, huskerfan74 said: You can have the fastest car on the pitch, if you don’t know how to drive it, you will lose. What is the point of having a top 15 recruiting class if the coaches can’t get them ready for a game. I am sorry but if anyone here thinks that Alabama is where they are simply because of their recruiting classes, and not because Saban knows how to coach them, then what is the point of good coaches. We have some of the best players in the country. Spielman, wandale, McCaffrey and what have we done with them? Why didn’t we get the ball to spielman!? In any other team, spielman would already have more than 1000 yards receiving. We have failed him and continue to fail our talented players. I think we have some talented players but those top classes get you great players and depth year after year...that is how you build a powerhouse. I love Wandale but it was easy to see (and predicted by many) he was going to wear down. If there were other top players around him he'd be that much better. We need more weapons everywhere. We have put too much stock in one or two skill players that are supposed to make us a championship team. Doesn't work that way...I want to see top OL and DL recruits to start. Quote Link to comment
KCBuc Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Don’t catch the kick on the one yard line. (AUGHHH) 1 Quote Link to comment
HS_Coach_C Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Just now, KCBuc said: Don’t catch the kick on the one yard line. (AUGHHH) Not a great idea, but they would have downed it at the 1. Quote Link to comment
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