10 Changes We Need To Make Before Spring Ball

[CatColumbia]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

 

[dinglefritz]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what when see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

Meh. 1. Frost needs to hold players accountable for their F ups. Get rid of the penalties and turnovers and we would have won a couple of more games this season. It's really that simple. I don't think most of the things you have listed are going to happen. I viewed them yanking Piper out of the game when he had that false start as a very good sign. IF you can't remember the snap count you get to watch for a while.

 

[phoenix4nu]

Meh. 1. Frost needs to hold players accountable for their F ups. Get rid of the penalties and turnovers and we would have won a couple of more games this season. It's really that simple. I don't think most of the things you have listed are going to happen. I viewed them yanking Piper out of the game when he had that false start as a very good sign. IF you can't remember the snap count you get to watch for a while.

Special teams need to improve somehow too.

 

[Redscarlet]

Meh. 1. Frost needs to hold players accountable for their F ups. Get rid of the penalties and turnovers and we would have won a couple of more games this season. It's really that simple. I don't think most of the things you have listed are going to happen. I viewed them yanking Piper out of the game when he had that false start as a very good sign. IF you can't remember the snap count you get to watch for a while.

Special teams is a big priority on kickoffs and punts is right behind finding a Turnover less QB..

 

[BrighteRed24_rivals190920]

Simple list to get us to 8 wins per year

1. Qb who can hit open receivers downfield
2. Special teams that can “break even” on field position / points
3. Clean up penalties

 

[CatColumbia]

Meh. 1. Frost needs to hold players accountable for their F ups. Get rid of the penalties and turnovers and we would have won a couple of more games this season. It's really that simple. I don't think most of the things you have listed are going to happen. I viewed them yanking Piper out of the game when he had that false start as a very good sign. IF you can't remember the snap count you get to watch for a while.

I disagree. Just correcting penalties will get us around a .500 team. There's a lot more than JUST that that needs to be fixed. Let's say we fix the penalties, are you OK with the play calling? Lack of identity? A QB that looks very uncomfortable and has brain farts on any given second? I do agree with you that most of the things I listed won't change, because they haven't in 3 years.

 

[TerranPetteway]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what when see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

1. Why does everyone act like there are tons of QB's in the transfer portal that are proven to be good enough to start for a power 5 teams? Like seriously, name one. And anyways why would they transfer to a school where they would have to compete with a returning 3 year starter?

4. Frost has already said anyone who wants to come back can come back. I'm guessing those who know they won't be starters will move on with their lives.

7. A 65/35 run/pass ratio is ridiculous and isn't the offense frost wants to run.

The rest of this I generally agree with, although I don't know how you fix some of these before spring ball

 

[CatColumbia]

1. Why does everyone act like there are tons of QB's in the transfer portal that are proven to be good enough to start for a power 5 teams? Like seriously, name one. And anyways why would they transfer to a school where they would have to compete with a returning 3 year starter?

4. Frost has already said anyone who wants to come back can come back. I'm guessing those who know they won't be starters will move on with their lives.

7. A 65/35 run/pass ratio is ridiculous and isn't the offense frost wants to run.

The rest of this I generally agree with, although I don't know how you fix some of these before spring ball

1) I'm not looking for Dan Marino's. There are a plenty that can do better than what we have. Just look at our other threads.

7) Why is it ridiculous? I do agree that Frost would rather be cute than playing basic football.

 

[King Kong]

I agree with most of this. Long term I think we need much closer to 50% ratio on run/pass. 65-35 wins you 8 or maybe 9 games not a conference championship. We take care of the passing problem by getting and developing good QBs/

 

[dinglefritz]

I disagree. Just correcting penalties will get us around a .500 team. There's a lot more than JUST that that needs to be fixed. Let's say we fix the penalties, are you OK with the play calling? Lack of identity? A QB that looks very uncomfortable and has brain farts on any given second? I do agree with you that most of the things I listed won't change, because they haven't in 3 years.

I said, penalties AND turnovers. Those 2 things SHOULD be easy to fix. We're not going to bring in a transfer portal QB who will beat out Adrian. Smothers has a much better chance of that than any guy who we might get here. What guy in his right mind would come here when we've got a 3 year returning starter?

I agree that the play calling might need some tweaking. I thought it was better at Rutgers. BELIEVE ME, Frost got the message when you had BOTH Sirles and Stai calling him out for the play calling against Minnesota on the radio broadcast. Frost already knew it before the postgame interview. That said, the best play calls are the ones that work. That means your O line and QB HAVE to execute. Our QB helped us win Friday. He helped us lose some games earlier this year. That HAS to get better.

 

[dinglefritz]

1) I'm not looking for Dan Marino's. There are a plenty that can do better than what we have. Just look at our other threads.

7) Why is it ridiculous? I do agree that Frost would rather be cute than playing basic football.

Martinez was 24/28 against Rutgers. He ran for about 150 and threw for 250. Not a bad night. He just has to play EVERY half of football like he did that second half Friday night. It's frustrating but don't think that somebody else's cast off is going to come in here, learn the offense, and do better. It isn't going to happen.

 

[BHeinDaHuskers]

I don't think Lubick showed anything this year, so I would get rid of him. As far as a new RB coach I would not do that as Held is the best recruiter on the staff, I also think he would be a good offensive coordinator as he was a great junior college football coach and I think he would do well in that spot.

Got to have a new Offensive line coach, quarterback coach, and offensive coordinator. If Lubick goes then you need a stud wide out coach.

 

[CatColumbia]

I said, penalties AND turnovers. Those 2 things SHOULD be easy to fix. We're not going to bring in a transfer portal QB who will beat out Adrian. Smothers has a much better chance of that than any guy who we might get here. What guy in his right mind would come here when we've got a 3 year returning starter?

I agree that the play calling might need some tweaking. I thought it was better at Rutgers. BELIEVE ME, Frost got the message when you had BOTH Sirles and Stai calling him out for the play calling against Minnesota on the radio broadcast. Frost already knew it before that in the postgame interview. That said, the best play calls are the ones that work. That means your O line and QB HAVE to execute. Our QB helped us win Friday. He helped us lose some games earlier this year. That HAS to get better.

Frost needs to do what is best for the program. Not bringing in a capable senior to challenge AMart would be irresponsible of him in my opinion. It's sounds as if Frost would rather have another losing season and perhaps lose his job because he doesn't want to hurt AMart's feelings. As for Smothers, no one knows. I've heard reports that he's a worse thrower than both AMart and Luke.. But who knows. Frost needs to sell to the transfer that it's an open competition and AMart has done nothing to show that he will even get us to .500 level (after 3 years). If I'm a stud transfer AMart is not someone I would be afraid of.

 

[redwine65]

1. run the backs
2. run martinez
3. pass only when it's there
4. work on fundamentals
5. run first then work on recruiting players, that can actually run frosts system, qb,wr
6. attack more on defense (need more turnovers)
7. let frost decide who's hired/fired, it's his ship

 

[TerranPetteway]

1) I'm not looking for Dan Marino's. There are a plenty that can do better than what we have. Just look at our other threads.

7) Why is it ridiculous? I do agree that Frost would rather be cute than playing basic football.

1. Show me someone in the transfer portal who is a clear improvement over Martinez.

7. Nobody runs the ball that much. Wisconsin, who runs the ball as much as anybody, only ran about 57% of the time this year. Iowa only ran it 54% of the time. We ran the ball 59% of the time this year, we are already run heavy. Throwing the ball isn't "being cute" it's running a modern offense.

 

[CatColumbia]

Martinez was 24/28 against Rutgers. He ran for about 150 and threw for 250. Not a bad night. He just has to play EVERY half of football like he did that second half Friday night. It's frustrating but don't think that somebody else's cast off is going to come in here, learn the offense, and do better. It isn't going to happen.

We had over 600 yards and we only beat Rutgers by 7. That's alarming. You're a smart guy, you know why we only won by 7. AMarts fumbles and his interception in the end zone with 3 guys covering our wide out is inexcusable and those things will happen next year. They will cost us games, mark my words.

 

[CatColumbia]

1. Show me someone in the transfer portal who is a clear improvement over Martinez.

7. Nobody runs the ball that much. Wisconsin, who runs the ball as much as anybody, only ran about 57% of the time this year. Iowa only ran it 54% of the time. Throwing the ball isn't "being cute" it's running a modern offense.

Jack Coan. And he's not even that great but he doesn't mess up. He can hit a deep ball better too.

 

[dinglefritz]

Frost needs to do what is best for the program. Not bringing in a capable senior to challenge AMart would be irresponsible of him in my opinion. It's sounds as if Frost would rather have another losing season and perhaps lose his job because he doesn't want to hurt AMart's feelings. As for Smothers, no one knows. I've heard reports that he's a worse thrower than both AMart and Luke.. But who knows. Frost needs to sell to the transfer that it's an open competition and AMart has done nothing to show that he will even get us to .500 level (after 3 years). If I'm a stud transfer AMart is not someone I would be afraid of.

We're not going to get a "stud transfer" QB. Why would we? Again. IMO, the best shot at somebody beating out Martinez are the 2 QBs already on the roster. The reports of Smothers' inaccuracy are not backed up by evidence. We'll get to see him this spring.

 

[Husker4real_rivals373787]

#10 is #1. #8 is #2. If we have special teams that are at least neutral, instead of a back-breaking disaster, every other aspect of the team will improve - noticeably.

But your #10 is the most urgent need. Nebraska had the talent to be 7-1 this year, but continually made things far too easy for opponents with catastrophic, almost comical mistakes. Other than Ohio State - what opponent made you think NU was out of their league, talent-wise? None of them.
The Iowa game was the only one where Nebraska played solid for more than 2 quarters. They spotted Iowa 10 points in the first quarter, before waking up. But even that game featured catastrophic mistakes that prevented Nebraska from winning. We played a great first half against PSU, but then disappeared for most of the 2nd half. The games against Purdue and Rutgers featured a comedy of errors that turned sure blow-out wins into tight contests. The Illinois and Minnesota losses are all but inexcusable.

We did not play 4 quarters of sound football in any single game. I know that is hard to do, but it is not as hard as Nebraska made it look. I don't know what it takes to get a team to reduce the suicidal mistakes - other than better coaching. Maybe I should say I don't know what it takes to improve the coaching abilities of the current staff.

I do know that there are surely more capable coaches than many of those we are currently paying.

 

[CatColumbia]

I'm getting the "There isn't anyone better in the transfer" responses. Guys, look at the ones that have done well (Joe Burrow, Peyton Ramsey, etc.) . There are guys out there. It's not like we have a top notch guy we're trying to replace. The complacency here is worrisome to me.

 

[dinglefritz]

We had over 600 yards and we only beat Rutgers by 7. That's alarming. You're a smart guy, you know why we only won by 7. AMarts fumbles and his interception in the end zone with 3 guys covering our wide out is inexcusable and those things will happen next year. They will cost us games, mark my words.

Martinez single handedly with his turnovers tried to lose the game. That said, he was outstanding in the run game and made us see what he CAN be in the passing game at times. He threw some outstanding balls Friday night. He CAN do it. IT's between his ears though. He has to get better. The last 3 out of 4 games he's done things that make me think maybe he's starting to "get it".

 

[ldiet_rivals313918]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

Good but one more thought, adopt a little Tom Osbourn game plan, like defer to the second half. Why put a
defense in a hole early in the first quarter with an inept offense, and maybe inept play calling as well. Penalties
and fumbles shortly after the coin flip results in disastrous seasons.

 

[Redscarlet]

Frost needs to do what is best for the program. Not bringing in a capable senior to challenge AMart would be irresponsible of him in my opinion. It's sounds as if Frost would rather have another losing season and perhaps lose his job because he doesn't want to hurt AMart's feelings. As for Smothers, no one knows. I've heard reports that he's a worse thrower than both AMart and Luke.. But who knows. Frost needs to sell to the transfer that it's an open competition and AMart has done nothing to show that he will even get us to .500 level (after 3 years). If I'm a stud transfer AMart is not someone I would be afraid of.

Until I see Smothers in action I’m not believing he is worse thrower than Adrian or Luke..Who ever the source is he had to have been at a lot of practices......

 

[CatColumbia]

Until I see Smothers in action I’m not believing he is worse thrower than Adrian or Luke..Who ever the source is he had to have been at a lot of practices......

I agree. All these reports are just myths. I'm still waiting to see the Dave Remington come out, the BEAST NFL receiver, etc.

 

[dinglefritz]

#10 is #1. #8 is #2. If we have special teams that are at least neutral, instead of a back-breaking disaster, every other aspect of the team will improve - noticeably.

But your #10 is the most urgent need. Nebraska had the talent to be 7-1 this year, but continually made things far too easy for opponents with catastrophic, almost comical mistakes. Other than Ohio State - what opponent made you think NU was out of their league, talent-wise? None of them.
The Iowa game was the only one where Nebraska played solid for more than 2 quarters. They spotted Iowa 10 points in the first quarter, before waking up. But even that game featured catastrophic mistakes that prevented Nebraska from winning. We played a great first half against PSU, but then disappeared for most of the 2nd half. The games against Purdue and Rutgers featured a comedy of errors that turned sure blow-out wins into tight contests. The Illinois and Minnesota losses are all but inexcusable.

We did not play 4 quarters of sound football in any single game. I know that is hard to do, but it is not as hard as Nebraska made it look. I don't know what it takes to get a team to reduce the suicidal mistakes - other than better coaching. Maybe I should say I don't know what it takes to improve the coaching abilities of the current staff.

I do know that there are surely more capable coaches than many of those we are currently paying.

The first thing I would do IF I were Frost is to fire the special team consultant. With all of the coaches we have, I find it hard to believe that we can't find time for some of our defensive assistants to handle those duties and do them well. Mind boggling.

 

[dinglefritz]

Until I see Smothers in action I’m not believing he is worse thrower than Adrian or Luke..Who ever the source is he had to have been at a lot of practices......

I'm sure Scott is sitting in his office right now monitoring this board carefully so he's sure to have a handle on how to approach this next 8 months before the 2021 season.

 

[oldjar07]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

1. Verduzco
2. Austin
3. Chinander
4. Lubbick
5. Dawson
6. Tuioti
7. Duval
8. The offense
9. The defense
10. If the 9 above aren't changed, then Frost.

 

[ChattyCathy]

Until I see Smothers in action I’m not believing he is worse thrower than Adrian or Luke..Who ever the source is he had to have been at a lot of practices......

Without looking I thought Frost said Smothers gets rid of the ball quickly. I believe that is the first step in getting this offense to work.

 

[B1G RED RULES]

Martinez was 24/28 against Rutgers. He ran for about 150 and threw for 250. Not a bad night. He just has to play EVERY half of football like he did that second half Friday night. It's frustrating but don't think that somebody else's cast off is going to come in here, learn the offense, and do better. It isn't going to happen.

You are correct - assuming all of next year’s defenses Nebraska plays are not any better than the 2020 Rutgers squad.

 

[bshirt73]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

Your #2 is 100% on the money sir on my opinion & should be first priority (even though our pathetic special teams are awfully damn close to #1).

 

[Wyldcard]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

Like the post, but we aren't gonna bring in a transfer portal QB and that's a 1000% fact. By the way Austin isn't going anywhere either as he is the man for the job. You expect instant success with this OL. The Pipeline was another chore the coaches had to take on when they got here as that as well had to be rebuilt from the ground up. Go read my post on what I said about the OL.

 

[Baxter48_rivals204143]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

So you want to get rid of one of the best recruiters in held? we desperately need a special teams coach. We need a qb coach I’m not sold on Mario. I hear people wanting Austin Gone, not me not when he has a very good nucleus with benhardt Corcoran piper and cam. Stop the turnovers penalties. I’m wavering on Adrian what You see is what you get, need to take a good look at smothers. Also needs to change nutrition program along with Strength and conditioning, i like duvall but our running backs and receivers need to get bigger without losing speed along with staying healthy. I’m not a fan of chinander but the defense did improve I read some stats that we really improved especially on third downs

 

[dinglefritz]

So you want to get rid of one of the best recruiters in held? we desperately need a special teams coach. We need a qb coach I’m not sold on Mario. I hear people wanting Austin Gone, not me not when he has a very good nucleus with benhardt Corcoran piper and cam. Stop the turnovers penalties. I’m wavering on Adrian what You see is what you get, need to take a good look at smothers. Also needs to change nutrition program along with Strength and conditioning, i like duvall but our running backs and receivers need to get bigger without losing speed along with staying healthy. I’m not a fan of chinander but the defense did improve I read some stats that we really improved especially on third downs

Held has been our best recruiter and it isn't even close. The RB room is not the problem. The problem in that room has been injuries. That isn't Held's fault. Scott is going to be a STUD!. One national recruiting analyst I was listening to this last week when asked what guy could have an immediate impact NU said the RB we signed.

 

[CatColumbia]

So you want to get rid of one of the best recruiters in held? we desperately need a special teams coach. We need a qb coach I’m not sold on Mario. I hear people wanting Austin Gone, not me not when he has a very good nucleus with benhardt Corcoran piper and cam. Stop the turnovers penalties. I’m wavering on Adrian what You see is what you get, need to take a good look at smothers. Also needs to change nutrition program along with Strength and conditioning, i like duvall but our running backs and receivers need to get bigger without losing speed along with staying healthy. I’m not a fan of chinander but the defense did improve I read some stats that we really improved especially on third downs

Held is a good recruiter but I'm looking at things from an "on the field" perspective. Our running backs have been underwhelming except for Ozigbo and he was self-made. Remember, this staff had Greg Bell ahead of him before he took his trajectory into his own hands and made it happen. Not giving held credit for his development. Mills was underused and injured throughout his time here. I can blame Held/Frost/Oline for that.

I think War Daddy has been one of the bright spots. We have gotten stronger and do look more like a B10 team in the trenches. It's not a physical thing why we are getting beat, it's a mental thing now.

Chins also showed improvement although it drives me nuts why we play zone coverage on average teams.

 

[dinglefritz]

I don't think Lubick showed anything this year, so I would get rid of him. As far as a new RB coach I would not do that as Held is the best recruiter on the staff, I also think he would be a good offensive coordinator as he was a great junior college football coach and I think he would do well in that spot.

Got to have a new Offensive line coach, quarterback coach, and offensive coordinator. If Lubick goes then you need a stud wide out coach.

I think our WR recruiting has been better and IMO we got better production out of some new guys. Martin looked very good. Betts is going to be a stud. Brown is healthy now and got some plays Friday. I think the future of our WR corp looks pretty good. Lots of young guys with a lot of speed.

 

[HuskerLove]

I would be absolutely shocked if Frost brought in a stud transfer QB - I just don’t see it happening.

 

[dinglefritz]

Held is a good recruiter but I'm looking at things from an "on the field" perspective. Our running backs have been underwhelming except for Ozigbo and he was self-made. Remember, this staff had Greg Bell ahead of him before he took his trajectory into his own hands and made it happen. Not giving held credit for his development. Mills was underused and injured throughout his time here. I can blame Held/Frost/Oline for that.

I think War Daddy has been one of the bright spots. We have gotten stronger and do look more like a B10 team in the trenches. It's not a physical thing why we are getting beat, it's a mental thing now.

Chins also showed improvement although it drives me nuts why we play zone coverage on average teams.

Why in hell would you say that Devine was "self made". Held gets no credit? Give it rest man. You're off base on Held. Overall he may be our best assistant and one that we might have trouble hanging on to.

 

[WestCoastCornhusker2]

Since our season is officially over, I took a few minutes to reflect on this past season and where the program is in general and came up with a list of 10 changes that we need to make to flip this thing around. I am not happy with the way things have gone and our schedule is brutal next year. Having said that, if things remain status quo, Frost is going to experience his 4th straight losing season and in my opinion will be let go. Here's my list:

1) Hit the transfer portal and bring in a QB that is a good game manager and can hit the deep throws. Going with AMart is not going to work. We have given him 3 years and what we get is lots of turnovers, bad decisions, injuries and overthrown deep balls.

2) Establish our identity offensively. It's ridiculous that we're entering year 4 and we still don't know who we are offensively. My recommendation, stick to the running game (between tackles). 2nd half of Rutgers was a beauty. We have lots of running backs to rotate in and out but not sure why that room stays injured throughout the season. We also have young/strong lineman, no excuses to get this done.

3) Make necessary coaching changes. I'd say our QB, OL, RB coaches have shown nothing in 3 years. One more year with these guys might cost Frost his job.

4) Decide which seniors want to come back. I'd say we only take 6-7, no more. My wishlist is in this order: Stille, Culp, Mills, JoJo, Honas, Dismuke, Falk.

5) Finish this recruiting class strong. Bring in Savea, Wynden and flip Dickerson.

6) Make headway with 2022 instate recruits. As of now Woods or Johnson aren't even talking about us, these two need to be a priority! There's also Helms and Riley, we need to get a least one of those two. Seems like every year we allow a top guy from the state to go elsewhere.

7) Frost to give up the reigns as OC and be a Head Coach. Let Lubick take over and implement a 65-35% run/pass ratio offense.

8) Fix our atrocious special teams. Pretty pathetic how we haven't found anyone who can kick the ball in the back of the end zone.

9) Identify new guys that will contribute (Buddha, Morrison, Manning?????)

10) Need to be more disciplined. I wouldn't know because I'm not at practices but I imagine that our team loves to practice tempo so the coaches don't correct the issues in the moment. They let it slide and continue with the next play because of tempo. There is a huge disconnect between what Frost says "We had a good week of practice" to what we see on gamedays. Why do we break so easily and why are we so undisciplined? Enough of the holding penalties and targeting issues.

Thoughts?

Wow, the top Football players in the state of Nebraska now don't even consider Nebraska! Just sad.

 

[cubsker_rivals142943]

Meh. 1. Frost needs to hold players accountable for their F ups. Get rid of the penalties and turnovers and we would have won a couple of more games this season. It's really that simple. I don't think most of the things you have listed are going to happen. I viewed them yanking Piper out of the game when he had that false start as a very good sign. IF you can't remember the snap count you get to watch for a while.

"I've always had an *** to the brain theory - when a player's *** gets put on the bench, a message goes straight to the brain saying 'get me off of here'.

-Bob Knight

 

[CatColumbia]

Why in hell would you say that Devine was "self made". Held gets no credit? Give it rest man. You're off base on Held. Overall he may be our best assistant and one that we might have trouble hanging on to.

So you're happy with our running back room in the past 3 years? And I never said fire Held, just saying that the results from his group of guys are not up to standard,