John Garrison???
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I want to trust Ruhle, but many of the staff decisions so far are baffling to say the least. Part of me is expecting him to announce Bob Diaco is coming back as Defensive Coordinator.
I’ve been telling this board it was a possibility since day one. IMO Raiola was dealt a very bad hand and yet his guys slowly got better. Rhule has coached the O line. Unlike most of us he’s qualified to judge a young coach.
Riola is young and energetic though. Just as Rhule said he wants in his staff.
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Yeah, it’s kind of like getting excited for your birthday and finding out that not only aren’t you getting any presents, you were never even born.
Yeah, it’s kind of like getting excited for your birthday and finding out that not only aren’t you getting any presents, you were never even born.
Raiola fits what Rhule wants. Young energetic guy with an NFL resume. His name doesn’t hurt either
So the only assistant coach (at the most important position grp. on the field) from the prior regime that gets retained is also the worst performing assistant from last season? Makes perfect sense.
Matt Rhule extending Raiola is no different than Bill Moos giving Scott Frost a contract extension after clearly being a crappy coach to everyone in the world.
Its not like Raiola has been there for 4 years. He hasnt been there 12 months yet. What did you expect? Nobody was doing much with that line in that short of a time frame.
I have to add, although the offensive line was really bad last year, I was running through the roster and didn’t realize how young that offensive line was.
Benhart- Soph (29 career starts)
Piper- Soph (20 career starts)
Lutovsky- Fr (2 career starts)
Nouili- Jr (14 career starts)
Prochazka- So (7 career starts)
Corcoran- So (24 career starts)
That’s 96 combined starts. It just has to get better.
That is a lot of youth combined with a lot of experience. Rhule may have wanted some continuity here.
Benhart- Soph (29 career starts)
Piper- Soph (20 career starts)
Lutovsky- Fr (2 career starts)
Nouili- Jr (14 career starts)
Prochazka- So (7 career starts)
Corcoran- So (24 career starts)
That’s 96 combined starts. It just has to get better.
That is a lot of youth combined with a lot of experience. Rhule may have wanted some continuity here.
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You’re right. I’m going to grit my teeth and trust Rhule on this one. He’s got to have a staff where everyone is on the same page if he’s going to build this thing from the ground up, and this isn’t his first rodeo.
Having said that, this is…unexpected. Yeah, that’s probably the word I’m looking for.
Injuries, a suspension, and a lack of talent at OT were the problems . I really think Raiola’s hands were tied . I also don’t think Whips offense put our O line in a great spot either.
I guess I didn't really see the improvement in the O-Line that some of you saw. In 4 of the last 5 games, we had fewer than 75 rushing yards. How is that any improvement from the offensive line in 2021?
For comparison, we had over 100 yards rushing against Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio State in 2021. The lowest number of rushing yards we had in a game in 2021 was 95 against Oklahoma.
Ask Whip that question. Those rushing yards in those games last year were padded by QB runs. Teams were daring us to try to pass protect and throw the ball this year. When you do that you end up with man on some of your WRs and you get some of those explosive passes that you saw
Whip had no option other than to YOLO up to Palmer, because our OL could not run block worth a lick.
I think that’s because this year we had an OC that was nuts and decided to throw it constantly with some padded unoriginal and basic 101 run plays. The dude literally only knows throwing while the running game wasn’t important. So basically you have Raiola who seemingly is a downhill OL coach paired with a OC left alone to his own madness because there was no HC to tell him to stop or anything.
I don’t care much for Raiola but with actual direction and a focus, I’ll give him 1 year in the new regime at the max
It was all related. We had a walk on center who isn’t quick and OTs that had trouble pass blocking. Teams sold out to stop our run after they saw Grant in a couple of those gam s and dared us to try to protect the QB. Add to it the lack of deception, misdirection and creativity in Whip’s run game and it makes it pretty damned tough to run the ball.
You sure ***** a lot about the staff hires. I’m still waiting for you to break down the staff hires you would make, you have $7 million now go. Who would you hire and how much would you pay each one?
Frost‘s *** was on the line and he just threw together a bunch of mixed parts (coaches) that could never get the offense to run smooth. Raiola was stuck in a hole from the start. Literally given a plastic knife going into a gun fight.
Message Board Idiots:
“Mickey was dealt a bad hand, there wasn’t enough time for him to turn things around. He needs to be given the job and time to get his guys.”
Those same Message Board Idiots when told that Raiola got a crap deal and yet his OL showed progress:
“Nah that dude sucks, he doesn’t deserve a spot on the new staff.”
He played for CSU in 2020 and started 7 games.
He played for Nebraska in 2021 and started 7 games.
Read your own post #31. You said LAST YEAR and Nouili didn't play last year.
FYI last year was 2022.
*Edited to read your own post #20.*
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I didn’t say last year. I tabulated the number of starts for all returning linemen on our roster. I put the number of career starts for each lineman next to their name. I added them up to 96.
You responded that there are only 82, because Nouili didn’t play last year. I responded that Nouili started 7 at CSU and 7 at NU (which is true).
Are you fúcking stupid? The NCAA rush defense rankings for the last 5 teams we faced are as follows…
Michigan #3
Illinois #8
Wisconsin #12
Iowa #13
Minnesota #15
Now here’s where I have to really question if you had the umbilical cord wrapped around your neck in the womb. Casey Thompson went out with injury in the first half of the Illinois game, and didn’t play in the Michigan game or the Minnesota game. Did you see anything from our backup QB’s that would have scared the Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota defenses from loading the box?
