Offense favored by Riley?

[ABQ Husker]

I think he likes to adapt and play to his players strengths. When he has good skill like the Rogers brothers he likes to run the ball and get players in space and play. If he has a good power back at RB he likes to run the ball. He throws the ball a lot lately because that is an easy way to move the ball and that is what he has to work with. Sometimes It is easy to find a guy that can sling the ball around.

I am more concerned about his defense. I hope he has a tough stop the run style to implement. That is simple to run. To me the one fault in BPs defense is that he wanted to do to many things. if it was hitting and everyone was in the right place it was great, but when it wasn't it didn't work because he didn't allow enough room for error. There was too many things he wanted his players to worry about. Trust that you have good athletes on defense, give them about 3 things to worry about and let them play.

Yep. On defense, simplicity is often the best way to go. Get lots of speed and run to the ball.

 

[SouthLincoln Husker]

I think he likes to adapt and play to his players strengths. When he has good skill like the Rogers brothers he likes to run the ball and get players in space and play. If he has a good power back at RB he likes to run the ball. He throws the ball a lot lately because that is an easy way to move the ball and that is what he has to work with. Sometimes It is easy to find a guy that can sling the ball around.

I am more concerned about his defense. I hope he has a tough stop the run style to implement. That is simple to run. To me the one fault in BPs defense is that he wanted to do to many things. if it was hitting and everyone was in the right place it was great, but when it wasn't it didn't work because he didn't allow enough room for error. There was too many things he wanted his players to worry about. Trust that you have good athletes on defense, give them about 3 things to worry about and let them play.

He will have more funds to works when hiring coordinators. You get what you pay for.

 

[gtsum2]

hopefully the clapping is gone for good (never could understand why we did that...makes it way too easy for the D line to get off the ball quickly). Seems like Riley adapts to his personell...a novel concept for sure

 

[Karsaire]

The quarterback question will certainly be interesting to watch.

That's one of the thoughts I had earlier. I was curiously pondering whether Fyfe might be a better fit than TA (not trying to stir the pot)

 

[stargazer]

I was kind of looking forward to a Bielema/Shaw offensive line... does this all mean we won't be playing smash mouth football in November? Can we win with a pro-style offense in the B1G?

 

[Landlord]

I was kind of looking forward to a Bielema/Shaw offensive line... does this all mean we won't be playing smash mouth football in November? Can we win with a pro-style offense in the B1G?

Ohio State did it pretty well under Tressel.

 

[minnHusker6]

The last few years he would be nuts not to pass the ball first with Matt Moore and Sean Mannion. Both NFL QBs. I think he is smart enough to do what his team gives him. Run when it's your strength, pass when needed.

Getting crap from my Badger friends saying "who??" "nice hire". Me forgetting that Gary Anderson is on the Mount Rushmore of all time coaching.

 

[tailspin]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

 

[jschmidt]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

great insight.... thanks!

but from "tailspin" ???

 

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

Nice post. Stick around. Don't be a stranger

 

[C N Red]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

The problem with Bo wasnt that he didnt know how to adjust the D, its the egomaniacal idiocy that he just wouldnt. Im stubborn but not to the point that if its broke that i wont change to fix it. Winning is more important to me, and i think it was more important to Bo to try and prove his way could work.

 

[tailspin]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

great insight.... thanks!

but from "tailspin" ???

yes, part of it is my last name Tail/Tayl and seemed more classy than using tailhook, if you remember that scandal.

 

[jschmidt]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

great insight.... thanks!

but from "tailspin" ???

yes, part of it is my last name Tail/Tayl and seemed more classy than using tailhook, if you remember that scandal.

yeah I would say so. welcome to the board.

 

[tailspin]

I forgot to add that Eichorst intercepted a pass or two of mine in college when he played at UW-Whitewater. I wish Riley well but Shawn can kiss my arse

 

[Hujan]

First time poster (and a Badger fan). I think this is a great hire, any time you get a respected coach who runs a program the right way, its the only place to start. 2nd task is to get a product on the field and Nebraska can certainly do that without too many problems.

To give a little background on Riley, he is the mentor to former UW OC Paul Chryst - one of the most respected offensive minds in the game. There is a lot of power running, heavy use of FB's and TE's and a very creative downfield passing game. At UW the OL does it all, a lot of pulling, some zone, a 2nd tight end plays H-Back and motions or pulls into the holes to give additional power at the point of attack. The run game is powerful and creative and gets defenses leaning...with the right QB this offense can be dynamite. Nebraska will need to find a QB that can get it downfield but even a serviceable QB is good enough to win games, mobility a huge plus. The OL should be excited as hell about this hire, RB's should be knocking down the door to get their share of carries at a storied program like Nebraska. Its not an overly sexy hire and demanding championships is a bit unfair, even though I think winning the West will happen for your program very soon (not as certain about a B1G championship in 3 years or whatever I'm reading on this board). My fear as a badger fan is that things don't work out for Paul Chryst at Pittsburg and he ends up at Nebraska under Riley as offensive coordinator. That would suck for Badger fans.

Riley can flat out coach if he gets the players. Nebraska is far better than Oregon State in terms of prestige, they should get no worse players than WI and that type of player is plenty good enough to win games. I'm 46 so I'm neither real old nor real young but I respected the way Nebraska ran a football program in the Osborne years - not so much the winning as the class. I think that is fully restored under Riley. Its a huge upgrade for your University if he wins 9+ games a year, winning is important but its about more than that at places like WI and NE. He's the type of coach that restores pride among former players, boosters, students, alumni, etc.

I do think a big key will be who gets hired as defensive coordinator, its critical that he gets it right. From my cheap seats you guys just didn't adjust on the field - that's on the coaches. I'm sure Pelini knew how to scheme an opponent but he sure as hell didn't know how to adjust to that opponent once the game got underway. I'm in the camp that the B1G can be a beast of a league if Nebraska returns to its glory, if Michigan returns to it glory, if Iowa can regain some swagger and teams like Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland continue to improve.

Congrats on the hire, I hope works out for the University, the state of Nebraska and the Conference as a whole.

Good post. Welcome to the board. Hope you stick around and aren't just passing through. My good buddy out here whose a Badger fan said a lot of the same things as you. He was adamant it was a good hire.