Red Five Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I get why they took the assistant coach media availability away. Not many programs have the assistant coaches speak to the media (and a lot don't even let coordinators talk during the season), so Nebraska was unique. I do think you normally get a lot more candor out of the assistants then you did from Frost (who guards everything within the program like the nuclear codes). Bottom line is win and no one cares at all about this. 2 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Red Five said: I get why they took the assistant coach media availability away. Not many programs have the assistant coaches speak to the media (and a lot don't even let coordinators talk during the season), so Nebraska was unique. I do think you normally get a lot more candor out of the assistants then you did from Frost (who guards everything within the program like the nuclear codes). Bottom line is win and no one cares at all about this. I'd rather hear Mickey Joseph speak any day of the week but it is what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment
84HuskerLaw Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 16 hours ago, 84HuskerLaw said: I find this troubling to say the least. Why not? Does Frost not trust his staff? Frost will really feel the heat if he ducks media and fans - his pressers have tended to be short and often a bit vague. Too many secrets > distrust > idle speculation and rumors. Often those will be erroneous too. He needs to address fans and media (fans) very often if he won’t let coaching staff address media. I didn’t catch the word ‘position’ coaches as opposed to ‘assistant’ coaches. Glad the coordinators Chin, Whip & Busch?) will do pressers and meet with media etc) to get into specifics. Fans want to know about their team and players. It keeps a team that’s struggling from losing more fan and media support/interest etc. That helps keep us in the CFB map and somewhat relevant. Wins are great medicine but understanding who, what, where and why is what makes Nebraska football special. We are not ‘casual’ Saturday fans, yet anyway. Transparency is usually beneficial, especially when things aren’t going quite as you hoped. Imo. Quote Link to comment
Lorewarn Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 6 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: What? Columbus = 889,079. Lincoln = 286,388. Where are you getting Columbus is 10x bigger than Lincoln? I always view city populations by their metro areas personally 1 Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 So do we know if Prochazka's knee is at 100% heading into camp? Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Lorewarn said: I always view city populations by their metro areas personally Even then, it's more like 6x. Not that it really matters much. 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 7/20/2022 at 4:57 PM, Undone said: So do we know if Prochazka's knee is at 100% heading into camp? Nothing definitive as of yet. 1 Quote Link to comment
Decked Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 1 hour ago, suh_fan93 said: Nothing definitive as of yet. That doesn’t sound very good. Losing Nouili & a not 100% or no Teddy is basically a sure fire way to win 3 games 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 25 minutes ago, Decked said: That doesn’t sound very good. Losing Nouili & a not 100% or no Teddy is basically a sure fire way to win 3 games It's hard to say what is what given Nebraska's always vague way of talking about injuries. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 A bit of an extrapolation but ... Raiola went through pretty much every scholarship guy (plus a few) and who was working at each position. Unless I missed it, no one else was listed as working at RT behind Benhart. It was the only position that didn't have at least two if not three guys listed as working there. Not that someone couldn't get moved there - or isn't getting some reps there already. But it really sounded like it's Benhart's job. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 12 hours ago, suh_fan93 said: Nothing definitive as of yet. I'm excited to see this "different style". For some reason, Nebraska O lines have struggled with the style they have been trying to play for a long time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 12 hours ago, Mavric said: A bit of an extrapolation but ... Raiola went through pretty much every scholarship guy (plus a few) and who was working at each position. Unless I missed it, no one else was listed as working at RT behind Benhart. It was the only position that didn't have at least two if not three guys listed as working there. Not that someone couldn't get moved there - or isn't getting some reps there already. But it really sounded like it's Benhart's job. Benhart had 'better' games at the end of the season I say that lightly but boy did he have some 'games' last year also where he flat out struggled. If he's our RT then I really hope that after 3 seasons of experience and Raiola he plays better this year. Sure would help us and CT or whomever is playing QB back there at the time also. 2 Quote Link to comment
Undone Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Banks is really another monster of a body. I would hope that the coaches could get him to a place where he's contributing because he's no doubt a strong kid that's built well. I'll sip a tiny bit of Kool-Aid and hope that Benhart is a new player under the new coaching and another offseason of weight training. I think I'm more concerned about the play at center. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 40 minutes ago, Undone said: I think I'm more concerned about the play at center. With Benhart at RT, that pretty much means that we have Corcoran, Hixson and Piper as the most likely candidates for center. Corcoran could also play LG along with whoever is not the RG among Bando, Lutovsky, Anthony and possibly Banks. I feel pretty good that we can find some solid play among that many options on the interior. 2 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 With Raiola being a gentleman and very soft spoken when he speaks to reporters, it makes me want to know more! But, I have a feeling that he will put out a good group, and possibly mix things up the first 3 games. We have some veterans, some older guys in the OL room and I really like that. Quote Link to comment
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