It's not so much that Taylor is not vocal enough. There are different style of leaders. Regardless of style, I think the jury is out there on Taylor's leadership.
I see what epocSon is say, but I think the main reason the team will fall short of expectations is that they were far too high to begin with. We are in Year 3 of the Pelini regime, and we are still building a program. After the CCG last year, everyone figured we had arrived, or something. I think last year was a year where we were bolstered by one of the most outstanding defensive players in history. As a whole, our program still has a ways to go, but is on the up and up. We spent most of last year unranked, didn't we? We're going to spend most of this year ranked. Hopefully all of it. That's a step up.
Nebraska is building itself into a consistent contender and Top 25 team. That's good progress in my eyes.