We'll, by your criteria Frost outcoached Fitz last year.
Is Frost going to get outcoached by some of these B1G coaches for a while? Probably
Whatever outcoached really means
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Is Frost going to get outcoached by some of these B1G coaches for a while? Probably
Whatever outcoached really means
Wistrom Disciple
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No, not by a mile. Last year we had to make a last second FG to beat a 3-9 Northwestern squad. Objectively the worst performing NW team in almost 20 years. They did not have more talent on the field than us last year and they also didn't have more talent on the field than us this year either.
Outcoach
Frost will get outcoached at some points sure, every team goes through that at some point or other. That said, this is his third year in the conference now and we've overhauled the roster. At some point, the offensive gurus need to start earning their hype and we cannot give into the idea that we have less talented players than middle of the road programs in our division.
dinglederry
Walk-on
Im pissed because I had to reorder the BIG 10 network.. but because he used to be time warner cable before it switched over the Spectrum we were grandfathered into some weird situation.. this resulted in a many hours long phone call.. then they gave us faster internet which caused my modem to explode and crash... had to get all new crap... and my internet didn't work for something like 3 days... all to watch the huskers get beat.....
damn......
damn......
Huskers93-97
All-American
Northwestern the last 10 years is the definition of middle of the road, nothing special but overachieves. Not sure why you fight that. To be honest much of the big ten is not very good. We have just been so bad our perspective has changed. Nebraska of old would be doing to the big ten what Ohio state is currently doing. Ask them if the big ten is solid.
I had to burn an email to get a free trial to Fubo TV. Same boat with Spectrm. They no longer have just the add on sports pass....
Xmas32
All-Conference
I'm super late to the party here so my apologies if this has all been hashed out ad nauseum already.
Luke Reimer--Absolute stud, barring injury it's his spot from now on.
Front 7 as a whole played pretty well.
1H secondary--Yeah they mucked up the Anderson long TD run but otherwise were quite solid.
2H secondary--Jeebus Williams and Taylor-Britt tackle like absolute poo. Watching Williams get juked out by the NW WR on a spin move that was so slow I heard the theme song from the 6 Million Dollar Man would've been hilarious if wasn't so sad.
I won't beat up on 2AM here. He's just not the guy for the job anymore. If he wants to stick around, great, if not, no worries and I wish him the best of luck at his next stop. Hopefully he'll find a place that runs a more traditional pro-style offense like at a Stanford as I think he'd do really well there.
I see that we're still rolling out a really solid intramural flag football squad at WR. Absolute fu$$%%^ joke. QUIT RUNNING JET SWEEPS WITH KADE FREAKING WARNER. NOBODY IS FOOLED.
HCSF--I totally get that he loves calling plays and it's a huge part of his identity. But shoot man, you can't be a HC and the OC. I get Ryan Day makes it work at tOSU but guess what Frosty? You ain't Ryan Day. I'm not sure if 2AM struggling is causing a crisis of confidence? This is probably one of the first times that Frost has actually struggled with failure and I wonder if seeing 2AM absolutely stink...the QB that was Frost's handpicked guy is screwing with his head at all?
Our offense is absolutely exhausting to watch. It feels like every play is a gigantic struggle. 6 yard gains feel like chunk plays and a simple false start is a death sentence. Watching NU/NW and then watching the Cocktail party followed by ND/Clemson made me think I was watching a bad HS game with NU/NW.
Luke Reimer--Absolute stud, barring injury it's his spot from now on.
Front 7 as a whole played pretty well.
1H secondary--Yeah they mucked up the Anderson long TD run but otherwise were quite solid.
2H secondary--Jeebus Williams and Taylor-Britt tackle like absolute poo. Watching Williams get juked out by the NW WR on a spin move that was so slow I heard the theme song from the 6 Million Dollar Man would've been hilarious if wasn't so sad.
I won't beat up on 2AM here. He's just not the guy for the job anymore. If he wants to stick around, great, if not, no worries and I wish him the best of luck at his next stop. Hopefully he'll find a place that runs a more traditional pro-style offense like at a Stanford as I think he'd do really well there.
I see that we're still rolling out a really solid intramural flag football squad at WR. Absolute fu$$%%^ joke. QUIT RUNNING JET SWEEPS WITH KADE FREAKING WARNER. NOBODY IS FOOLED.
HCSF--I totally get that he loves calling plays and it's a huge part of his identity. But shoot man, you can't be a HC and the OC. I get Ryan Day makes it work at tOSU but guess what Frosty? You ain't Ryan Day. I'm not sure if 2AM struggling is causing a crisis of confidence? This is probably one of the first times that Frost has actually struggled with failure and I wonder if seeing 2AM absolutely stink...the QB that was Frost's handpicked guy is screwing with his head at all?
Our offense is absolutely exhausting to watch. It feels like every play is a gigantic struggle. 6 yard gains feel like chunk plays and a simple false start is a death sentence. Watching NU/NW and then watching the Cocktail party followed by ND/Clemson made me think I was watching a bad HS game with NU/NW.
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Xmas32
All-Conference
WyoHusker56
Starter
This is and many of the other points about how the Huskers outplayed NW is what makes that game so freaking frustrating. Outside of the scoreboard, which is the only thing that matters, NU crushed NW. If they just finished drives that game would have never been close.
RedDenver
Heisman Trophy Winner
What should the coaches do if a player is talented but isn't physically or mentally ready yet? Just play him anyway, even though another player is better right now?
IMO NW had slightly more talent on defense than we had on offense, and we had slightly more talent on defense than NW had on offense. And the score reflected that as it was a fairly low scoring game. And we lost by one score with a chance to tie things up in the final seconds. I actually think we out-coached them with the fatal exception of in the redzone.
We'll just have to agree to disagree.
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Huskers93-97
All-American
It depends. But that evaluation is what coaches get paid the big bucks for. Determining who will give you the best chance to win.
Say you have a senior is a 6 out of 10 in raw ability. But he has been in the program so he knows where he is supposed to be on his assignments.
Then you have a freshman who is a 9 out of 10 in raw ability. He does not have the mental side down so he may have some busts- but he may make plays the senior is not capable of making due to his talent restrictions. The raw talent might make a play and win you the game.
So if I was the coach it would come down to how often do the mental mistakes happen in practice. Weigh risk reward. If that senior knows where he is supposed to be but he cant make plays because he is too slow that is as much a liability as the freshman in my mind.
When you are talking Alabama and Clemson it might be easier to play that freshman who makes more mistakes. The reason I say that is because they have 10 other guys on the field who are badass. They are erasers. What I mean by that is, if you remember Lavonte David. He was an eraser. He was so good he could erase and make up for other players bad play or he was fast enough to get back where he was supposed to be because he made a bad read. So Clemson and Bama can play a risky freshman because they have 10 other erasers on the field with him. We dont have that luxury. If 1 guy misses an assignment we are typically f#&%ed.
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Wistrom Disciple
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It is the coaches job to put the best players (talent) in place to win regardless of graduation year or recruiting stars.
Yes, we will as saying we have less talented players than most of the league is wildly inaccurate.
RedDenver
Heisman Trophy Winner
I agree with your post.
Now imagine instead of it being a single position that the coach has to make that decision on, what if it's half or a third of the team? That's the situation I think we're in. Most of the talent on the team is from the last two recruiting classes, so either true freshman or second year players. Having a bunch of raw players making mental mistakes is totally different than a single player surrounded by more experienced players.
I think we're getting there talent-wise, but still need time for those players to be ready physically and mentally. While we have talent, it's not yet getting on the field because the coaches don't want to throw them all out there at once. So we don't have more talent on the field than most of the B1G, which is the point I've been trying to make.