There are differences. Our guys check those guys, their bone size of their frames, how much weight they put on and no change in speed or flexibility can happen etc.
In Charles Jackson's defense, he was injured more than he wasn't when he was here. It wasn't because he didn't have the talent, and he was the hardest hitter on that entire defense and could cover extremely well and could come down hill and take your head off in Run D.
Qb play by default looks better with OLine play, so he’s right by default if nothing else. QBs also probably stay healthier with better oline play.
Agree 100%. The excuse that we have the least talented team in the conference is now gone. We have the best talent of the west and are in the top 25 of the entire conference. The Iowa and Wisconsin teams we face next year and beyond will be the same teams that have recruited 3 to 5 four-star players while we have been hauling in 10 of them in each of the past couple years. Now it is simply coaching and development.
Compare those last 3 years of recruiting to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa - and we blow them out of the water. We have the talent advantage - no argument at all. No reason we should lose to any of these teams in 2020. Time will tell.
I don’t expect this class to make the difference, but the previous two should.
No, but can you admit that 3 losing seasons with this talent would be beyond disappointing? The acceptance of losing seasons here is mind boggling.
Congratulations. What you have is called coaching and development. We will see where we stand in that department very soon.
Disagree.
Okay, four more years then...will that be enough for this “special” group?
No,two hundred, that ok with you?
Absolutely love this post... “They need to show improvement today.” Someone else says, “Give it a little more time... mostly just redshirt freshmen.” Then you respond, “Four more years then?”
I'd love a ucf type of turnaround, was hoping for one, but seeing the depletion to start with of talent, then the exodus of players through coaching transitions and system changes and needs, to me, it became very apparent it wasn't going to happen, that what might have been simply became a couldnt have been.
Yes, I’m exaggerating, but honestly, how often do we keep moving this target? When should we expect to put a competitive team on the field? Year 3 seems reasonable, after three top 25 recruiting classes, then somebody says - “well we had a transition recruiting class, so that doesn’t count”. Every other head coach has a transition class too - but somehow it’s a different with Nebraska? Let’s look at some nearby programs, not blue blood programs.
Name one entire staff that coached in a new years game, got hired late, and had great first year recruiting class?
Excellent points, and the only response I can give is, unless we’re ready to run Frost off, we need more time. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t see improvement... we absolutely should. But if Frost is going to be the man that turns this around, it’s gonna take longer than any of us thought.
Look, I could care less if those other teams are chuckling at us.
I would add Greene to the list possibly. The only reason is, he has to gain alot of weight to reach that game changer class, and the sites didn't gamble on him.
I agree. None of my examples had great first year recruiting classes. In fact, most have had no good recruiting classes. Yet their results remain.
I agree. Frost is our man and I hope for the best. It’s going at a pace much slower than I expected, but believe he will get there.
I do still believe in Frost, but he has underachieved mine - and many others - expectations at the close of year two. We will know soon enough if he was the only high profile coach to inherit a unique combination of bad circumstances. As I said earlier, four more years and we should know. Everyone should agree that is enough time.
But, here's a positive, this staff has run off most the slackers from that first year, not sure if those other teams were as bad,or had as many leave. They all had more time after all, than our coaches had.
That tends to happen when all five guys start every game and stay relatively healthy. More than any other position group, the "whole" OL can be greater than the sum of its parts when the guys stay healthy and play together.
Frost's teams at the start of the season play like they are not prepared. They get better as the season progresses, but that's too late. They need to be ready from the get go.
The point is, I'm not going to want to fire Frost NEXT year if they have a losing season. There are WAY too many variables to "draw lines in the sand" for a W/L total. IF you lose your top 2 starting QBs to injury or have to play them with significant injury that's a stumbling block to winning games. We don't have the developed depth YET to overcome major injuries IMO. We're getting there with these last 2 classes but we'll see how these next 2 years go.
That happens when you're playing freshmen and sophomores who've never played let alone started a game. It takes a while and Frost hasn't been here long enough to develop that line depth like we want. We DID have some backup O linemen get some snaps this season in mop up duty and that IMO will help us down the road. Benhart got some PT and he will play this next year as a redshirt Freshman. IMO, we are in so much better shape now with young guys coming up who will be in their second year in the offense and weight room. It's going to pay dividends going forward IMO. Brendan Stai is VERY high on the Corcoran kid coming in as well.
Dominic Raiola just did an interview with Sipp. Loves Frost. Said we just need more bad asses on both lines. Said it takes more than 2 years to flip the culture. GBR https://journalstar.com/sports/husk...cle_befecffd-eeef-5316-8c25-ddce844370cb.html
WHat do people think when SF is on record saying we look too small,or,he wants to add Husker power to his offense?