Toe Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said: So gang, where do we stand on the talent issue? Most of the talent is fine, IMO. This year's WR group was a much needed upgrade (aside from guys being injured at times). I think we've recruited reasonably well at RB, but they're still kinda under-performing. Some of that is the O-line, but I'm not certain how much. The situation with kickers has been some bizarre bad luck, Frost made a good choice in grabbing Culp as a transfer, only to see him get the yips in his second year. But as of now, the O-line is where we most desperately need an upgrade in talent - and experience. Experience matters on the O-line probably more than anywhere else on the field. You need experienced starters, and you need a pipeline ready to replace them when they leave or get injured, and to date we've developed neither. 4 Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 I think Nebraska has talent enough to hang with the elite caliber players, but do they have the depth? Did anyone have a bingo card for the hyphenated WR to go off for 200+? I still believe AM *could* win a game against those caliber of teams, but I wouldn’t put money on it. I see Duvall’s name getting thrown out to be replaced as S&C coach, I don’t have an opinion on his overall quality of work. However, this team is in a much better place both physically and conditioning to where they can play all four quarters with anyone, which wasn’t the case in 2017, nor in 2018 after a whooping like Michigan. I’m sure there are some areas that could be tweaked. Either way, it’s time to knock a team off that’s “better” than them and it’s time to beat the Purdue, Minny, Illinois level of teams each year. 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskerNation1 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Not sure if this was posted yet, but here are some names being tossed around. Many I am not crazy about but a couple seem like a good fit. Quote Link to comment
thexyz Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 8 hours ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said: think that's what I said. Okay Quote Link to comment
captain_sasquatch Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, HuskerNation1 said: Not sure if this was posted yet, but here are some names being tossed around. Many I am not crazy about but a couple seem like a good fit. Man I'm not excited about really any of these. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNation1 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, captain_sasquatch said: Man I'm not excited about really any of these. Jeff Nixon would be the one name on there that stands out to me. Quote Link to comment
HuskerNation1 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Anybody with thoughts on Mike Thiessen (Offensive coordinator and QB coach at Air Force)? He has led an offense that finished in the top 4 in rushing the past SIX years. https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-thiessen/970 1 Quote Link to comment
Cdog923 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 3 hours ago, ColoradoHusk said: Thanks, man. I didn't want to come across as a bigger a-hole than I generally do come across. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Just now, HuskerNation1 said: Anybody with thoughts on Mike Thiessen (Offensive coordinator and QB coach at Air Force)? He has led an offense that finished in the top 4 in rushing the past SIX years. https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-thiessen/970 I honestly don't know the answer to this. These military academies are so often at the top of the list in rushing and their coaches so often are listed by fans as someone who we need to hire because of it. So.....who has been successful rushing the ball at these academies and has left to a P5 program and replicated that success into being a dominant winning program? 2 1 Quote Link to comment
White Flash Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I honestly don't know the answer to this. These military academies are so often at the top of the list in rushing and their coaches so often are listed by fans as someone who we need to hire because of it. So.....who has been successful rushing the ball at these academies and has left to a P5 program and replicated that success into being a dominant winning program? paul johnson did a great job at gtech. 3 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 hour ago, White Flash said: paul johnson had a few good years at gtech. FIFY 4 Quote Link to comment
White Flash Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 10 minutes ago, ColoradoHusk said: FIFY w/e. for gtech he did outstanding. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
brophog Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 It's less important what you do than how you do it. There are loads of examples over the decades in college football of offenses, from extreme rushing to extreme passing, that take a fairly small number of concepts and practice those to a high level of mastery. The Husker offense these last several years has two huge problems that has put us in this position: redzone scoring and finishing halves. Those scenarios create constraints on an offense and without a high level of mastery in something it's hard to have confidence when you absolutely must convert. There are a lot of things we've seen Frost try, but I wouldn't say his Husker offense has ever mastered anything. The offense has done a pretty decent job every year moving the ball, and more consistently against better competition, but it's done a rather poor job converting yards to points. The challenge for the new staff will be in installing an offense that can get to a high level of mastery very quickly. Their job is to provide enough of a foundation that proves it is a better investment going forward that just wiping the whole slate clean. 1 Quote Link to comment
thexyz Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 11 hours ago, Xmas32 said: Andy Ludwig at Utah is an interesting name. If you haven't watched Utah, they are pretty fun. Uber physical and just beat the pi$$ out of you. You bet. Experience in the Big 10, good recruiting history. Quote Link to comment
thexyz Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Sean Snyder seems would be a solid special teams coach. Should be available too. Quote Link to comment
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