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problem is, we saw Satt had a problem last year.. and so did Rhule..

Rhule did bring in another OC guy to be QB coach..

However he sounds pretty defiant about 'what we are saying about Satt' and throws the players under the bus.

He's saying he's not doing any directing in the game.. (i don't know if true or not) but he sure doesn't seem to want to take any heat off Satt either.

It sort of seems like he is defending Satt overall, so I don't get any feeling that anything will change.

Satt will work extra hard and we will get another W, make our bowl game and the offense will come alive for another game or two, but eventually fall back down into Satt's normal comfort zone.. and nothing will change.

I hope to all heck, Satt just leaves at the end of the season.. otherwise there is zero indication that Rhule will make a change.
Soooo Rhule couldn’t see the problem supposedly yet he brought in Thomas as co/OC and QB coach. I haven’t seen Rhule throw a single player under the bus. He’s made it clear IMO opinion with what he’s done that he’s not happy with Satterfield’s job performance. He’s tried to help Satt but he may have no choice but to fire him.

Tom stated multiple times after he retired that he had kept underperforming assistants on staff and worked with them until he was sure they couldn’t cut it. Rhule I think has recognized now that Satt can’t cut it in the B1G. We’ll see what he does.

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Someone has to be the “fall guy” for players not performing to a standard. All fingers should point to Satt. And if Rhule is the lone guy pointing at the players, he should instead point the thumb back at himself, because he’s next in the chain of command.
Players need to take accountability now also, they're getting to may $$$ to not take on some blame for lack luster performance. Time to earn those dollars!

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It’s not going to happen. We’re pot committed. Nor would I want us to clean house. There are some good things he’s doing but he either needs to can Satt or take ownership of the offense. He said repeatedly that 18 points isn’t good enough. We need to give him a chance to fix it.
We all need to be hoping that Rhule fixes the offense. This "fire rule" nonsense is wasted energy. He's not going anywhere, zero chance, nada, etc. I still like Rhule, but let's see if he can show some backbone. Assuming he make an offseason change at OC, I would say it's a THE defining moment of whether he's successful here or the next failure.

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I’m not ready to say this is a bad staff top to bottom. There are obvious problems and having to can our DB coach late has really hurt us. The elephant in the room is Satterfield’s failure. IMO you start there and see what happens.
"Good" coaching staffs don't have teams shoot their wad the first half of the season against 4 out of 6 mostly pud teams, then go backwards the second half of the year for 2 straight years.

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I think this is pretty accurate. You get to a certain point and you either ARE a good coach or you are not. I know there is experience factors and learning the ropes but this is not rocket science. If you have not "figured it out" at a certain point, you are probably not all of a sudden going to become a great coach.
Satterfield is the obvious “not a great coordinator” coach. Rhule apparently had to “suggest” to White that we needed to go to 4 man fronts during a game this year but at least I see in game adjustments from him that I believe he’s initiating. The offense has put tremendous pressure on our defense.

I think most if not all of our defensive staff is pretty damned good. The biggest issues I’ve seen there have been individual players blowing assignments. On offense it’s play design at times and play calling. Raiola is shell shocked and looks like a freshman now. That’s Satterfield’s fault.

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Overall, top to bottom, this is just a bad coaching staff.

How hard do we think it would be to replace any, and I mean ANY, coach on this entire staff?

After 1 3/4 seasons, EVERY single coach has been exposed more than once.

The AD can motivate the shit out of the HC, the HC can motivate the shit out of the coordinators and position coaches.

At the end of the day----as a coach, you either have it or you don't.
I think this is pretty accurate. You get to a certain point and you either ARE a good coach or you are not. I know there is experience factors and learning the ropes but this is not rocket science. If you have not "figured it out" at a certain point, you are probably not all of a sudden going to become a great coach.

Welcome, "Outside Eyes"!

Overall, top to bottom, this is just a bad coaching staff.

How hard do we think it would be to replace any, and I mean ANY, coach on this entire staff?

After 1 3/4 seasons, EVERY single coach has been exposed more than once.

The AD can motivate the shit out of the HC, the HC can motivate the shit out of the coordinators and position coaches.

At the end of the day----as a coach, you either have it or you don't.
I’m not ready to say this is a bad staff top to bottom. There are obvious problems and having to can our DB coach late has really hurt us. The elephant in the room is Satterfield’s failure. IMO you start there and see what happens.
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Cignetti next stop

IF they make the playoff, IU will pay him with an extension.
I will not be one bit surprised to see Indiana beat OSU in Columbus in a couple weeks. This week the Buckeyes have Purdue, next week Northwestern, then Indiana at home.

Indiana, if they get past Michigan at home Saturday, then has a bye week heading into the road game at OSU. It's pretty obvious, Cignetti and his staff will have 3-4-5 things ready to go on offense that game they haven't showed this year.

I do look forward to that IND-OSU game cause its gonna be a real "class check" for Indiana and CIgnetti.

(It sucks when I have to look forward to other college games since NU continues to suck).

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Sounds like the time Frost brought in outside consultants to teach tackling because we didn't have anyone on the roster that could wrap up a ball carrier.

The problem isn't every player on the roster.

The problem is, Rhule hired a SHIT coach to run his offense.

That can be fixed. Whether or not Rhule has the nads to do it remains to be seen.
I think you are talking about smilin Mike and the rugby tackling deal.

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Rhule said they were evaluating everything. That said, the offense is the most obvious problem. It gets pretty damned tough for your defense when your offense keeps stacking 3 and outs.
Overall, top to bottom, this is just a bad coaching staff.

How hard do we think it would be to replace any, and I mean ANY, coach on this entire staff?

After 1 3/4 seasons, EVERY single coach has been exposed more than once.

The AD can motivate the shit out of the HC, the HC can motivate the shit out of the coordinators and position coaches.

At the end of the day----as a coach, you either have it or you don't.
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I have no idea what a Clarkeye is.

That's awesome you were able to experience those glory days 30+ years ago.

I'm 32 years old - Nebraska's best season was when Nebraska lost to Texas in the Big 12 Championship game. Let me repeat that, Nebraska's best season is when they lost the conference championship.

My daughter is a 7th grader, Nebraska hasn't had a winning season since she has been in school.

Since joining the Big Ten - Nebraska is 4-9 against Iowa, which included 7 straight losses.

Nebraska is 1-3 against Colorado and currently, Colorado is the better football program, is bowl eligible and is competing for a conference championship appearance.

Other programs that have hired a new coach and have had success within 2 seasons: Indiana, let's add in UCLA, Duke, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Washington State, Illinois, Washington and Northwestern to just name a few.

As I mentioned earlier, the success Nebraska had 20+ years ago is irrelevant and does not matter. Nebraska's historic traditions of winning, national championships, pointless sellout steak do not matter anymore when the current era Nebraska teams don't follow the tradition.

In the what have you done lately category- Nebraska is at the very bottom. I can't think of a team that has done worse than Nebraska over the past decade.

You can talk smack about Colorado and Iowa all you want but you're just living in the 90s while they're living in the NOW.
Clarkeyes, always picking the years that work best for them. Why are you trying to hitch your wagon to Colorado? We did beat them!

Here's the funny thing, that 7 year old daughter will grow old watching the same lack luster Iowa team you did.

Funny how Iowa poster sit on there board calling us arrogant, but here they are on our board knocking arrogant out of the ball park!

Cignetti next stop

Right?
Unless the money is just that big of a difference, why go?

Look, in 120 years of IU football this is the first time they have been 9-0. He can finish 9-4 and he is a god. He can go 6-6 the next 5 years and be

39-34 and STILL go down as one of their best coaches in history.

Also, feel free to check my math because I suck at it.
IF they make the playoff, IU will pay him with an extension.
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