I am one of those odd people that doesnt care about year 1 at all. I have zero expectations of anything. Installing a new offense and defense. Our entire offense was not recruited to run this scheme at all, minus the guys Frost brought in.
There is a difference between a "toxic" culture which people tried to say when Riley inherited, and a "losing" culture which I think most Husker fans would say that Frost inherited.
Well yeah, but didn't you expect some of that from a walkon starting his first game?
I'm odd too. Especially considering the tough schedule , I don't care about wins and losses this year.....although I thought we'd have more of them and it would help with recruiting.
Wins and losses will help with recruiting beyond this season. The coaches can sell recruits on an exciting brand of football, the goal of turning over the roster, and the hope of quick playing time. The wins need to occur in years 2, 3, and beyond to reload the roster with better recruits.
To be fair though, ive seen alot of first string freshman quarterbacks rise above and beyond expectations. That doesnt mean for a second we excuse it.
Exactly. Dabo and Saban both had 6 win seasons year 1 and recruiting was fine. As long as we can land a top 25ish class we are right on track and we are looking good to do that.
I never said that a losing culture isn't toxic, but it's completely different. A losing culture is worse than the perceived toxic culture which was under Bo. The "toxic" culture which Riley was trying to change was still a culture which won a lot of games. The culture that Frost inherited was a losing culture. A team that goes 4-8 and loses it's final 4 games of the season has a losing culture. That losing culture has carried over to this year. I don't know what to tell you if you can't notice the difference.
If Terry Pettit perceived there was a toxic culture problem under Bo, it’s his opinion, and I would respect it. He knows a lot about building a championship culture. I still think a losing culture is harder to change than whatever culture Riley inherited in 2015.
I don’t think our opinions on things are too far apart. I have seen first hand how hard it is to get teams do the “little things” that turn losses into wins. My son’s competitive baseball team has struggled for much of the past 3 years. Many times, they find ways to lose rather than finding ways to win. Honestly, I blame the coach for not emphasizing things to be done “the right way”’ in practice, so things don’t get done “the right way” in games and mistakes happen, and losses happen.Terry Pettit! I have no idea why but I forget his name every damn time. Ask me in 5 minutes and see!(Growing up one of the neighbor families had the surname Pettit so you'd think I'd remember this guys name.)
I might agree with the bolded part. It can be hard to get people to believe they can do something when they are so used to not doing it. If that's what we are witnessing now, then look out when the lights come on for these guys.
