TGHusker Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, Red Five said: His biggest recruiting job this offseason is getting Ajay Allen to return. Quote Link to comment
TGHusker Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 13 hours ago, sho said: Emmett Johnson, RB. I believe he was Mr Football in MN. And has been buried on the depth chart here. Sounds like he thinks he shouldn't have been so low. I had wondered why he didn't get much of a shot - esp after Allan went down with the injury. The RB room just seemed in consistent this year - Grant started out great but faded, sometimes we would see Gabe, then RJ occasionally (until the Iowa game), the others were ghosts. Quote Link to comment
SouthLincoln Husker Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, TGHusker said: I had wondered why he didn't get much of a shot - esp after Allan went down with the injury. The RB room just seemed in consistent this year - Grant started out great but faded, sometimes we would see Gabe, then RJ occasionally (until the Iowa game), the others were ghosts. Our line had a lot to do with the lacking of running yards. Later in the year, we were playing better run defenses 1 Quote Link to comment
Xmas32 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Barthel did a really nice job this year at UConn as they were hit really, really hard with injuries at RB. I watched more UConn football this year than I care to admit and every game it seemed like they were rolling a new guy out at RB. Despite all the injuries, each guy that played seemed to run hard, know his role and was ready to play which deserves a tip of the cap to the coach. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
TGHusker Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I like the improvement we are seeing on the staff. Some guys who really respect Nebraska and its history and have some experience under their belts. 1 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 I liked Applewhite, but never understood his RB substitutions and who he gave opportunities to. Or that he couldn't teach Grant to block in the passing game. I think Gabe Irvin is a better all-around back, bigger, stronger and could have put up the same numbers early in the year as Grant did against easier defenses. And helped with pass-pro better. Now that's just my gut opinion. And, Yant shouldn't have been in the mix. Having said all that, I feel it's good to have a different coach in charge of RBs with a different vision and knows Rhule. 2 Quote Link to comment
Husker in WI Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, admo said: I liked Applewhite, but never understood his RB substitutions and who he gave opportunities to. Or that he couldn't teach Grant to block in the passing game. I think Gabe Irvin is a better all-around back, bigger, stronger and could have put up the same numbers early in the year as Grant did against easier defenses. And helped with pass-pro better. Now that's just my gut opinion. And, Yant shouldn't have been in the mix. Having said all that, I feel it's good to have a different coach in charge of RBs with a different vision and knows Rhule. I was actually impressed by a few Grant blocks in the Iowa game, but yeah for the most part it was bad. And not being able to make him understand the times he needed to get upfield and when he could dance. And agreed on Ervin, plus I would say Rahmir showed against Iowa that he really could be effective as well. He had the highlight reel stuff early, but as an armchair coach forcing the lead back role to Grant hurt us later in the year. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Is the Pound the Rock rock making a comeback? Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, jsneb83 said: Is the Pound the Rock rock making a comeback? 1 4 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yeah for the most part his (Grant) blocking skills were markedly bad all season. Hopefully we get some new blood in there next year not just in our new RB coach but personnel wise. Nebraska sorely needs it. Quote Link to comment
jager Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 The last good RB coach was Ron Brown. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 12:25 PM, GSG said: Run the damn ball guy approves of the "The original RBU"! Quote Link to comment
Dogs In A Pile Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Going to have to fix the OL before there is any chance of successfully running the ball. We tried it in the 2nd half last Friday and ended up with 20 rushes for 18 net yards. It almost cost us the game. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Wistrom Disciple Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 25 minutes ago, Dogs In A Pile said: Going to have to fix the OL before there is any chance of successfully running the ball. We tried it in the 2nd half last Friday and ended up with 20 rushes for 18 net yards. It almost cost us the game. In part, that was also due to our runningbacks failing to run North-South and instead trying to bounce outside where they weren't fast enough to outrun defenders. Best games were when the backs were willing to run forward and accept 3-4 yard gains when available. Habit of trying to bounce outside was a recipe for failure too often. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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