This may ruffle some feathers..

[hskr_bdgr]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

 

[RedApocolypse]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

Great post.. totally concur my friend.

 

[tpmcg_rivals137159]

im plenty patient, but this isnt just a ‘rah-rah, go team go!’ board, its a place to vent and share opinions. and you’ll find people have more than one of those, in spite of what youve heard...

and you lost me at, ‘were we better...’ when discussing multiple losing records. w-l records indicate exactly what they say.

 

[Dean Pope]

Excellent post. There is a lot wrong with the team right now. It's going to take time. We've got a true frosh QB running an offense that is transitioning from a pro style attack. We have veteran players on this team who are being asked to lead, but they've never really ever played well consistently.

And we've all seen the penalties. It's time to start teaching players that penalties and stupid mistakes are not OK. Telling people about it in the film room and letting those kids keep their starting positions does not work. That's been tried for several years here. The place to learn a lesson is on the bench.

 

[hskr_bdgr]

im plenty patient, but this isnt just a ‘rah-rah, go team go!’ board, its a place to vent and share opinions. and you’ll find people have more than one of those, in spite of what youve heard...

and you lost me at, ‘were we better...’ when discussing multiple losing records. w-l records indicate exactly what they say.

I understand that. But w-l records indicate a lot more than talent. Our w-l records as of late indicate a losing culture. Not losing talent. That’s what needs to be fixed. We need better talent and better depth. There’s no denying that. But if you tell me we didn’t have enough talent on the roster the past 4 years to win 7-8 games consistently then I would tell you you’re wrong. Northwestern is in pretty much every game they play..they don’t have better talent. They have a better culture and have been coached better in the past. We’re just now getting all the pieces in place.

 

[footnfan1]

People aND fans expect short term results. So do AD's and big money boosters. It's not fair, but that's the current reality I M O.

 

[tpmcg_rivals137159]

touche. all i can say is we didnt finish better than our records.

ill put some of it on coaching and some on the players, little if any on the message board.

we gotta get better in all phases and im a little shocked at some of the struggles.

but i aint leaving.

 

[keyser_soze_rivals84159]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

 

[Tarheelhusker]

Keyser, I feel so much better after reading your inspiring post. I'm going to walk off into the woods with my pistol, thanks again!

 

[Dadmaster]

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

who asked you? NO ONE....go back to sleep you idiot! It sure has taken you a long time to get the balls necessary to post something.

 

[F5Tornado]

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

Another dick fan from a crap town, how refreshing.

 

[Baxter48_rivals204143]

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.[/QUOTE
Dam you know your years. No the 90s aren't ever coming back in two years it will be 2020 you just never know we might start kicking *** and win 3 national championship in 5 years again you sures hell cant predict the future neither can I!!! So go back to your moms/sisters basement and go back to playing pong it fits your iq

 

[kaz36_rivals189319]

Keyser, I feel so much better after reading your inspiring post. I'm going to walk off into the woods with my pistol, thanks again!

who asked you? NO ONE....go back to sleep you idiot! It sure has taken you a long time to get the balls necessary to post something.

Another dick fan from a crap town, how refreshing.

He's a Missouri fan. What else would you expect from a trash fanbase? You know, the meth and porn crowd.

 

[run4fun11]

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

Being from South Bend, IN, I can guarantee you that no one wants to live there either.
Much like ND, Nebraska has everything in place to make it back to prominence.

Time will tell, but I think once the Huskers start to see some success, better recruits will make their way to Lincoln. Frost will also need to make some staff changes as Brian Kelly did.
I look forward to Nebraska being great again.

 

[redfanusa]

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

County scholarship reference...you never go full retard, son.

As for Lincoln, I guess people are entitled to their opinions. I've lived in Austin, Texas for 12 years. One of fastest growing cities in the country, with one of the hottest job markets. At one point 8,000 people a month were moving to Austin. My wife and I are praying Amazon chooses Austin for its HQ2 so we can get a bump on our housing value and GTFO ASAP. It has a lot of positives, but also some huge negatives. It's hot as hell six months out of the year, I spend two hours a day stuck in my car, it's overrun with nouveau riche tech hipster douchebags, and everything costs twice as much as it would in a city like Lincoln. The only thing Lincoln doesn't have going for it is the hot job market. But quality of life, I'd take it over here any day.

 

[RedSea_rivals91325]

You think not everyone on the board is a football expert??

 

[meanmachine]

Loved the press conference after the game yesterday. Coach is tired of players making bad decisions. Until the players understand that you can't hit somebody out of bounds when you can see clearly are, hitting the QB when the pass is gone, getting a face mask when you clearly away from the ball and thumbing you chest when you make a play then after that you get burnt or you have gotten burnt already. Your going to stop seeing the field. Just play football give your team mate a high five after a play don't be .thumping your chest or tell the crowd to shhhhh. Time you ar held accountable for you decisions and actions. Just play football.

 

[rrthusker]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

Agreed. When a poster a few years ago asked what a cover 2 was, he received about five answers. Only two were correct.

 

[liquarius_rivals46061]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

Purdue had a team in 2005 that drafted almost 10 guys into the NFL in 2006. This team lost 6 cons games. So I agree with your comments about team chemistry
However, the Huskers landed 30 four star recruits in last five years including nine in the current freshman class. Purdue had maybe one in that same time.
For sure you have plenty of talent so I don’t get the whole empty cupboard theory. Purdues roster in 2017 was comprised of 4 of the worst cons recruiting classes among P5 schools and Brohm and co. came in and had a decent season- I mean we weren’t world-beaters or anything but all our games were competitive and we won a bowl game against another P5 school.
The thing that was a difference maker what the did so well, is Brohm and Holt came in not necessarily married to any one scheme- they identified and implemented schemes that best fit their personelle

 

[dinglefritz]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

Its a lack of heart AND a whole bunch of stupid. And as that great philosopher Ron White says, "you can't fix stupid". It's going to take a wholesale flushing of some guys and that's really too bad for guys like Gifford. They deserved better than they have gotten from their teammates.

 

[hskr_bdgr]

Its a lack of heart AND a whole bunch of stupid. And as that great philosopher Ron White says, "you can't fix stupid". It's going to take a wholesale flushing of some guys and that's really too bad for guys like Gifford. They deserved better than they have gotten from their teammates.

I completely agree. But hopefully in a few years when we’re clicking on all cylinders they can look back and at least feel proud that they were the first step in rebuilding this program

 

[Bremser_rivals74172]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

Is there a jackass button? ...or a losers trolling other teams button?

 

[DPDWU]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

Great post! There are a lot of valid points here. The timing of firings of Solich and Pelini are what bothers me the most. Why wait until they both get the 9th win. They could have fired Frank after 7-7 in 2002 and Bo after the Melvin Gordon performance.

 

[Husker.Wed._rivals]

ill put some of it on coaching and some on the players, little if any on the message board.
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Disagree, all hands on deck, us posters need to try harder. One thing for sure, unlike some players, I doubt any of the posters here ever miss a meal.

 

[cecilB]

But I think we have a lot of people in this state and on this board that like football, maybe even love football, but have very little football knowledge. I understand that the majority of people on this board love Nebraska as much or more as I do (saying most because there’s obviously some trolls). I also understand that watching what’s been happening to us on and off for the past 14 years is hard. (I say 14 because I think firing Solich when we did was a mistake. F*** Steve Pedersen)

What I don’t understand is people blaming the coaches and saying our program is dead and that we shouldn’t even try to hire top coaches and should hire mediocrity. Shame on you and anyone that thinks like that and frankly, gtfo. Everyone wants us to get back to dominance but it’s a lot more than just on the field. Everything’s got to be stripped completely to the studs and built back up again. We finally have an admin in place that gives a crap. We have coaches on staff that from the top to the bottom genuinely care about the players and their well being. And they want to win! They didn’t come here to lose!

We have some talent on this team. Enough talent to win 8 or even 9 games on this schedule this year. But talent doesn’t mean anything when you don’t have heart. When you don’t hold yourself and your teammates accountable. When Dismuke picked the ball and it got called back, what happened right after? Lamar Jackson jawing at the Purdue sideline and dancing around..WHY?! You hear the term “have some dawg in you”..he has no “dawg” in him. That’s why. When you continually get beat on every deep route..which he has for 2 years..(correct me if I’m wrong) you’re a liability. He needs to put his head down and get to work instead of jawing off and dancing around. We have kids on this team that will fight but you also have some upperclassmen that are unhappy with the change. Why? Probably because they actually have to work hard for a change. That’s a cancer. But that’s the reality of our program at this point. It’s not the coaches. There’s isn’t a coaching staff in the country that came into a worse situation than ours. Sure, it sucks to be 0-4 but in all reality we should be 3-1. We’ve beat ourselves in 3 of the 4 games we’ve played. That’s on the players. We finally mixed it up this week and started weeding it out and I think that will continue to happen.

Football is more than just the x’s and o’s. We’ve seen what the x’s and o’s of this scheme can do when it works and when the right things are in place. Anyone who didn’t think this was going to be a painful year is naive. We’re we better than 5-7 in ‘15? Yes. Were we better than 4-8 last year? Yes. And we’ll be better than whatever record we end up with this year. Our team learned to quit under Riley. We learned how to lose and how to accept it. We’re learning how to fight again. The wins will come. We just have to be all in as a fan base and supportive.

Why do people annually think we have more talent? Is the number of all conference and pros the program has been producing. Since there aren’t many, that’s not it. Perhaps we’ve forgotten what good players look like

 

[chicolby]

You know what I get tired of? Posts that are trying to talk crazy people down - people I guess who are saying Frost isn’t the right hire or that the team is done forever. Except I don’t hear those fans. It’s like we’ve made them up in our minds so we can post about why people need to chill. But I think surprisingly people are chill. This bunch of fans is actually very intelligent - more than most fan bases because for the most part a HUGE majority are all preaching patience.

 

[dinglefritz]

Great post! There are a lot of valid points here. The timing of firings of Solich and Pelini are what bothers me the most. Why wait until they both get the 9th win. They could have fired Frank after 7-7 in 2002 and Bo after the Melvin Gordon performance.

There is just so much that goes in to firing a coach and most of it has to do with boosters. If something looks like it makes no sense, follow the money. In both cases there was initial resistance by some boosters to canning either of those coaches and then there was a tipping point which didn't coincide immediately with one public event.

 

[DPDWU]

There is just so much that goes in to firing a coach and most of it has to do with boosters. If something looks like it makes no sense, follow the money.

I understand that too but the rumors I heard at least from the Pelini regime is that boosters were done after Wisconsin and Minnesota. I also know it’s hard to pull the Pat Hayden like the way he fired Kiffin. Another thing from the last post I forgot to mention is we fire those guys and seem like we didn’t have our guy to step in and take the reigns.

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

I understand that too but the rumors I heard at least from the Pelini regime is that boosters were done after Wisconsin and Minnesota. I also know it’s hard to pull the Pat Hayden like the way he fired Kiffin. Another thing from the last post I forgot to mention is we fire those guys and seem like we didn’t have our guy to step in and take the reigns.

I’m pretty sure they fired Riley and had the guy they wanted to step in and take the reigns. Working out similarly to when they didn’t have the guy, at least in the short term.

 

[Blue_note]

It'll be tough to find the required patience at times, but I think you have the right coach to build a strong program.

Not familiar with the staff, but I'd trust Frost to assess and make appropriate changes if/when necessary.

Never been to Lincoln, but have always heard good things about the fans there.

Better talent on the way, questionable character on the way out.

Won't happen overnight, but much better days ahead for Husker football...MUCH better, IMO.

All the best.

 

[DPDWU]

I’m pretty sure they fired Riley and had the guy they wanted to step in and take the reigns. Working out similarly to when they didn’t have the guy, at least in the short term.

Was referring to the firing of Solich and Bo

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

Was referring to the firing of Solich and Bo

I know what you meant. But when they fired Riley they knew exactly who they wanted, got him and the results have not been great. So what difference does it make?

 

[DPDWU]

I know what you meant. But when they fired Riley they knew exactly who they wanted, got him and the results have not been great. So what difference does it make?

The difference is the whole administration seems to have a plan from top down. It seems like everyone is on the same page. Every booster, the board of regents, the chancellor, fans and the ad are on the same page with this one. Will it work who knows but there is a hell of a lot better chance it does over time with everyone bought in from the start.

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

The difference is the whole administration seems to have a plan from top down. It seems like everyone is on the same page. Every booster, the board of regents, the chancellor, fans and the ad are on the same page with this one. Will it work who knows but there is a hell of a lot better chance it does over time with everyone bought in from the start.

Huh. So why couldn’t the boosters, regents and admin just support the people they hired, to do the job they were hired to do, rather than spend all their time and influence trying to undermine and sabotage? Of course a plan isn’t going to work when half of the power brokers have their personal interests in front of the program’s.

Sounds an awful lot like the things some on here ***** about when it comes to players and their motives.

 

[Hoosker Du]

LOL. the 90’s are never coming back. You will never be what you once were. No more unlimited scholarships with the walk-on program. No more partial qualifiers. And nobody wants to live in Lincoln on purpose. Sorry.

How about you do some reading before you try to pull this erroneous info. out of your ***?!! Scholarship limits were implemented in '72, so just like EVERY OTHER PROGRAM in the nation, we were limited to 105 scholarships from '72 until '78, when the NCAA reduced the scholarship numbers for EVERY PROGRAM in the nation to 95. In '92 the NCAA started reducing scholarships each year until '94, when the number arrived at 85, which is where it has stayed.

With Frost, we will continue increasing our walkon program in numbers, until we get to 150 total players in the program. Now...if you're going to continue to try to pull BS info out of your ***, go to a different board. We're not buying.

 

[RedApocolypse]

County scholarship reference...you never go full retard, son.

As for Lincoln, I guess people are entitled to their opinions. I've lived in Austin, Texas for 12 years. One of fastest growing cities in the country, with one of the hottest job markets. At one point 8,000 people a month were moving to Austin. My wife and I are praying Amazon chooses Austin for its HQ2 so we can get a bump on our housing value and GTFO ASAP. It has a lot of positives, but also some huge negatives. It's hot as hell six months out of the year, I spend two hours a day stuck in my car, it's overrun with nouveau riche tech hipster douchebags, and everything costs twice as much as it would in a city like Lincoln. The only thing Lincoln doesn't have going for it is the hot job market. But quality of life, I'd take it over here any day.

I lived in Austin for 14 years, and couldn't have said it better..

 

[Mack In Motion]

Huh. So why couldn’t the boosters, regents and admin just support the people they hired, to do the job they were hired to do, rather than spend all their time and influence trying to undermine and sabotage? Of course a plan isn’t going to work when half of the power brokers have their personal interests in front of the program’s.

Sounds an awful lot like the things some on here ***** about when it comes to players and their motives.

I think the above was set into motion after the 2010 TAMU game. I think a lot of people were highly embarrassed about what went on that night which confirmed some prior "rumblings" about Pelini.

Nope can't prove it. And not saying it was right. But I think Pelini came out of the gate with an overall high level of support from the fan base and boosters which took a hit that night that never recovered.

 

[jlb321_rivals110621]

you can't be willing to throw fists anytime someone suggests we are no longer a blue blood program and then tell fans to relax and be patient while staring down the barrel of a 0-4 win season.

Some of the fan outrage, while fanatical, is exactly what would be taking place at any other blue blood program. Can you imagine the reaction at Ohio State if they were looking at a potentially 1-2 win season.

If you view yourself as a big time football program a certain percentage of the fanbase is going to go off the rails when the product on the field is what we are currently seeing. There is a certain degree of overlap in patience and simply not caring.

The fan bases of programs like Kansas and Rutgers don't get too riled up when the football team is pathetic.

I am thankful that there are multi page pissing matches after we get taken behind the woodshed by a one win Purdue team at home. The day after a loss like that in the midst of a winless season where the majority of fans simply hug each other and preach patience is the day this program dies.

 

[DPDWU]

Huh. So why couldn’t the boosters, regents and admin just support the people they hired, to do the job they were hired to do, rather than spend all their time and influence trying to undermine and sabotage? Of course a plan isn’t going to work when half of the power brokers have their personal interests in front of the program’s.

Sounds an awful lot like the things some on here ***** about when it comes to players and their motives.

When Mike Riley was hired how many people

Huh. So why couldn’t the boosters, regents and admin just support the people they hired, to do the job they were hired to do, rather than spend all their time and influence trying to undermine and sabotage? Of course a plan isn’t going to work when half of the power brokers have their personal interests in front of the program’s.

Sounds an awful lot like the things some on here ***** about when it comes to players and their motives.

I agree with you in your last paragraph. I am not saying that I didn't support whoever I am stating that it seemed that way with Riley and Callahan. Some of the dissension with the Riley hire is our own beloved Eichorsst tells us 9 or 10 wins aren't good enough so he goes out and hires a .500 coach to lead to championships. It was hard for a lot of people to accept and most people said we fire Bo and this is who we get?

 

[dinglefritz]

Was referring to the firing of Solich and Bo

There most definitely was a plan in place and the guy was lined up before they fired Frank. Or so they thought. Unfortunately for SP Wannstedt backed out after Miami unexpectedly offered him a contract extension. You can agree in principle to hire a guy but you can't sign him until you fire the first guy. I also think that Eichorst had a plan when he canned Bo and that is why he waited so long to do it. He was sure he could get Riley and he didn't want an interim coach coming in, having success then have the fan base clamoring for the interim tag to just be removed. Man what a mess this whole deal has been for the past 20 years. It's like a clinic in how not to run a football program. IMO, that's been fixed and it's just a matter of letting Frost re-build the program. The only wild card is what happens when Moos decides to retire if it's soon for some reason. The only good news is that Green and Bounds have their heads on straight and are going to stay the course come hell or high water.