Is it fixable next season?
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Long response - if we find the right coaches, right players in the portal, and our players find a clutch gene, then yes.
Short response - If Frost is here, No
Short response - If Frost is here, No
Two schools of thought
1: Luck changes. NU is 5-6 plays/calls away from being undefeated
2: Coaching is what it is
You pick.
1: Luck changes. NU is 5-6 plays/calls away from being undefeated
2: Coaching is what it is
You pick.
Sadly, this is the new NU.
The Big Ten creates this idea that 8 wins is amazing.
Yes.
But we chose not to try. If 3 wins is acceptable in year 4, I don’t want to know what it will take to get fired.
But we chose not to try. If 3 wins is acceptable in year 4, I don’t want to know what it will take to get fired.
Must go spend whatever it takes to bring in a high level ST coach. Believe they had the chance to get Sean Sutton, but didn't because they only wanted to make him an analyst. Huge mistake.
It’s clear we don’t give a damn about special teams and we don’t practice it. The same head coach is coming back who doesn’t believe in ST, so nothing will change. Same undisciplined football with the same inadequate leader. Ceiling next year is 3 wins.
Why are you guys thinking about special teams? No one cares about that boring crap, and yoked bros like Frost know they aren't real football players anyway.
Agree. I think with a few tweaks to the schemes we could see significant improvement.
Fix the blocking, you open up the run, and you give the QB time to read. Fix the QB coaching to learn how to read quicker. Modify play structure to lean towards the talent.
Get a few upgrades at a few spots in the portal, and you could see a much different team. HAVE to get a QB and an OT or 2.
Fixable means the following to me for the 2022 season. Possible yes, likely don’t know
1-special teams coordinator, can be a position coach as well(say OLB) if needed. No more analysts for this or spread out over different coaches.
2-OL coach with strength coach gets the line more explosive in power and the offense is more power run based.
3-defense gets a more nasty streak that hopefully gets more sacks and tackles for loss. Have to get off the field on third down better as well.
1-special teams coordinator, can be a position coach as well(say OLB) if needed. No more analysts for this or spread out over different coaches.
2-OL coach with strength coach gets the line more explosive in power and the offense is more power run based.
3-defense gets a more nasty streak that hopefully gets more sacks and tackles for loss. Have to get off the field on third down better as well.
So, we have exactly what you describe on #1 today. Our OLB is our STC.
Wont argue #2
#3 they did ok most of the year. With Jojo going down, it really made them change how they operated. We still need to figure out how to get a rush from the 3-5 upfront guys.
Frost is the guy who has administered the mess we have today and he is still the man in charge. So if you believe that a group of assistants can come in, overrule Scottie on his ideas, run with their own ideas and get the buy-in of the players - yeah, maybe.
I’ll ask as I always do - has there been a program in history where a unified group of assistants have overruled a head coach to implement a winning system? I don’t know if any - but I Nebraska could be a first.
No. In the aggregate, it’s obvious that we don’t do any real serious work on special teams. We can’t make field goals. We don’t return punts or even attempt block them. Kickoffs are meh, we gave up a TD and field position time and time again. Our punt return game is atrocious, we had a safety on a punt return and then one today as a result of a blunder on a punt return. In Frost’s tenure we’ve seen some totally inexplicable blunders on STs, and the only thing that explains them is not taking it seriously.
Another fun thought, we had the SF special, a delay of game coming out of a possession change. I watch a lot of football, volume in CFB and NFL and we are the only team that does that about once a game. It’s comical
Our STC has to be there primary not secondary focus.
Jojo getting hurt really changed the defense as well as other injuries. Our DL has to get nastier and more explosive. Size and power without speed doesn’t get it done.
Get some NFL guys back to teach over the summer during workouts. No coaches just former Huskers reinstalling things lost.
It’s gonna depend on who Scott gets to replace the abundance of players that will be transferring out.
I think the goal for Trev next year is to keep developing the younger players and hopefully not see a lot of them opt for the transfer portal. If he can keep them at Nebraska until Frost is replaced a year from now, our new coaching staff has something to build on.
In Trev we trust. Just have to endure one more year of Frost before he can clean house and reboot the program.