Actually I thought he did call a good game minus about four calls. Problem with feeding Mills more is that we were falling behind. If he gives it to Mills 35 times, guy goes for 200+ but we lose by 13 you all are saying he needs to throw more. On the 1st and goal, yes it should have been Mills×4. Other than that, SF called a pretty solid game.
Mills had 4 second half carries.
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Mills played great. Honestly that was the most positive development of the entire season imo. We thought he'd be a good player but yesterday he really broke out. Bodes well for next season.
That being said, I understand the frustration for him not getting the ball more and the backup getting time. I may be wrong but I do wonder how much having a piss poor kicking game impacts everything from play calling to substitution patterns. Gave up 7 from the kick return, had 1 missed FG and then were forced to go for it 2 other times.
With a competent kicking game, Nebraska at a minimum is down 7. But because it was so poor (as it has been all season), it turned into a 16 point swing. Wisconsin won by 16.
That being said, I understand the frustration for him not getting the ball more and the backup getting time. I may be wrong but I do wonder how much having a piss poor kicking game impacts everything from play calling to substitution patterns. Gave up 7 from the kick return, had 1 missed FG and then were forced to go for it 2 other times.
With a competent kicking game, Nebraska at a minimum is down 7. But because it was so poor (as it has been all season), it turned into a 16 point swing. Wisconsin won by 16.
There’s a difference between playing slowly and not getting the play called in. See ten posts ago from me on this topic
The INT was his fault because he held the ball too long. He could've easily rushed for the 1st down. Instead he tries to be Peyton Manning and forces a **** throw that the guy probably wouldn't have been able to catch even if it wasn't tipped.
The sack was one of the most boneheaded plays I've seen in CFB this year. Inexcusably bad and shredded our momentum.
You effin idiots do understand that Frost called the 17 rushes that lead to the 190 yards? Frost is responsible for the play calls that lead to the success. Mills didn't magically coach up the line, the qb, and himself, and then run to the sideline to call the play, and then run back out and get 11 yards per carry. This has been a work in progress from game 1 when Mills couldn't hold onto the ball, couldn't see a hole, and couldn't keep his feet. That is coaching. Frost called a 3rd and 7 run, that lead to 11 yards...a genius call, but overlooked. Dopy fans are stupid. Our poor special teams, somewhat Frost's fault, lead us to being down by 2 scores at half...Wisky nearly controlled the ball the entire 2nd half...with multiple 5+ minute drives. We only had 60 plays...and more than half were run plays...you can't do anymore than that...down by two scores you can't run, especially against a ball control offense. I just wish "fans" who don't understand the sport would go away.
A number of bad passes and was hesitant to run when he couldn't find an open receiver
I recall him missing two throws. One early and then one deep to JD that he overthrew. Every qb misses some throws.
Some of our best plays are when he decides not to run, both of the completions to Noa being prime examples.
He had a pretty good, not great, game against a top defense. Definitely something to build on.
I can’t believe a fan touting his own football knowledge calls special teams “somewhat” the responsibility of the HC.
WTF is he supposed to do mid-season when they are already splitting responsibilities. He could fire the guy but they then have to absorb all of his responsibilities. Plus the guy responsible had/has cancer. So even if he wanted to make a change, we then find out we fired a guy with cancer. It isn't as easy as sitting in a recliner and spilling cheetos on your fat belly so I am not sure most freeboard members can understand. The best coaches have to make good hires and then trust their assistants. They then have to make tough decisions. Frost is not a special teams expert, he pays a guy a half a million to recruit and train those guys up. He'll have to make a change this off-season but it is what it is at this point.
He doesn’t have to fire a guy to take some of his responsibilities. But then again, that goes into being the HC of the entire team, and not just the offense.
Down 13 points with 11 minutes left in the 3rd Q, of course you can run the dam ball. Especially considering we were driving. Whose the dam idiot. Know the dam play that we are criticizing first and the point of the game . And of course Frost is calling beautiful plays week in week out. He’s not accountable for his 8-14 record. He’s not accountable for 1-5 for his last 6 games. He’s not accountable for 21 points on almost 500 total yards. He’s not accountable for a defensive cord whose aloud 30+ points in 7 games this year Let’s king the dude the GOAT already cause it seems like he’s not accountable for anything no matter what the outcomes are.
if your such a beautiful mind at football you should know when your down at the 24 yard line in the 3rd Q down 13, you have to come away with points. Even making the game a 10 point game changes every dAm thing there. That’s just simple math something you totally seem to be bad at
how is he not accountable? it's his record, he owns it and stands in front of the media every day answering questions about it. says ad nauseam they're not good enough, have to get better as a staff and team.
how does accountability work in your world?
Oh I 100% know Scott holds himself accountable. I know dam well that Scott probably even puts more on himself then he probably should. It’s idiots on here that make a million excuses for him. Scott’s got a lot to learn to coach in the B1G, a conference that IMO has the best coaches. A conference full of teams that make up on lack of talent with great coaching. He’s just out classed right now.
I would like to know the answer to your question too. He took himself out of the game several times. When he got to the sideline, his helmet would come off. He was either very “gassed” from things or he was sick.
I was also wondering why he wasn't on the field for a couple of crucial series in the second half. Thought maybe he was dinged or something. hard to understand.
I think people feel he isn't being held accountable because of the extension. I actually agree with the extension. You need to kill negative recruiting and if he is sitting at no bowl appearance by year 4 it's not like we don't have the money to pay him out anyway. We aren't nor shouldn't fire him yet so throw another 10 million on there so the coaches can tell recruits we got an extension you'll be playing for us and hope they get their **** together collectively.
Frost is going to get his years. I'm not sure why you think what people say on a message board has an effect on that.
According to Frost he was gassed. Mills took himself out of the game several times. He was in a lot more plays than the ones he got carries on and he took some pretty big hits. I don't know if Wisconsin did something to take him out of the game in their adjustments at half time or not BUT IF they had half a brain they would have tried to do something. We're not at the point where we can line up and run it at em regardless of what the D is doing.
Subpar athletes? You have had top recruiting classes for years. AM, Mills, and JD are subpar athletes? The red zone playcalling and execution was subpar last weekend. Too many points left out on the field. That’s where being a Gameday coach counts. So.., you think that Scott Frost is or has been a good Gameday coach?
Frost also said Mills got banged up in the first half. So it was more than being gassed. The dude was a hurting unit. Frost was protecting the health of one of his student athletes.
Anyone on here who thinks Frost just suddenly forgot to repeat what was working in the first half is an idiot.
Indeed. I cannot believe the Frost hatred by a handful of posters on here. The guy was handed a dumpster fire when he got here. The list of currently successful coaches who struggled early is not insignificant. Sometimes turnarounds happen fast, but often they don’t. Frost’s critics point to examples of fast turn arounds and use that to blast Frost for not doing the same. But it is supremely foolish. If we had had difference makers on defense this year we would be 8-2 right now without a doubt. We need to be patient and let Frost put all of the pieces together. The coaching carousel ends with Frost, and rightfully so.
I am old enough to remember Osborne’s first four seasons (73-77). And even though he won at least nine games each of those years, it must be remembered that our schedule back then was much easier and there was much less parity between the haves and the have nots. And Osborne’s teams in those years were just “ok”... losing every year to OU (with blowout losses in 75 and 77) and lost several times to Missouri and Iowa State. There was A LOT of grumbling and discontent directed at Osborne. Many people wanted him fired. Thank God Devaney had his back. Can you imagine how different our history would have been if Devaney had succumbed to that pressure and hired a mid tier hack like Warren Powers instead? Ugh.
I am very happy Frost got another two years extended to his contract. Moos gets it. Many on this board don’t.
As great as Mills was...we only had 10 points at half...so the "running" strategy wasn't getting it done. Who cares if we average 12 yards a rush if we can't get it in the endzone. We need 35+ points to win...that was obvious to everyone...throwing didn't get it done either but there is zero evidence that running Mills would have led to more points. Once we were down by 16+ you couldn't run the ball...and it wasn't scoring. Stop being a petulant little boy and crying when you do not get your way. We played a superior team. We had to play perfect, we played better and weren't completely dominated like against the other good teams on our schedule but we were far from winning that game. Frosts plan was to shorten the game because we were overmatched and he found himself in a game on accident, then in a span of a few minutes they put 20 on the board and it was out of hand. There are a lot of issues with the team...play calling was fine...when it works it is genius, and when it doesn't it is dumb.
That was what Frost said. Again, 17 carries does NOT mean 17 plays. There were plays where he was in a pass route or was faked to and blocked. I thought it odd too BUT that's the word he used and Mills in fact did take himself out of the game at times. I'm not sure how to figure out how many total plays he played.
He ripped off some long runs and blocked his *** off. I could see how he was gassed at times, the problem with taking yourself out is we run so much no huddle, you might not get back in the whole series.
Yes he did. That was thing with his runs, most weren't just straight forward runs where he was tackled quickly with minimal contact. He was taking shots, breaking tackles and expending a lot of energy.