Tough last stretch of games, but it is year one. Way too early to say Rhule won't get it done here. Obviously some offensive changes needs to occur. Hopefully he is hitting the portal for a better QB and this time not one that sucked at GT.
A few thoughts from a” whiner”
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I'd quote Penny and Husker.Wed, but that would take up too much space. Great posts by both guys. Like Penny, I really don't know what to think. NU had a significant QB deficit all season. That, coupled with an incredible number of injuries on the offensive side of the ball, makes it difficult draw a solid conclusion on that side of the ball.
Husker.Wed also hit a couple of great points - in particular the field position point. How many drives did we start a drive inside our own 10 - or worse? That's partly on the punt return team, BUT ALSO partly on the defense. As good as our defense was, they often had a hard time getting off the field on 3rd down, which did not necessarily lead to points, but sure let the opponent flip the field.
It begins and ends with the QB. NU's offense was awful at sustaining scoring drives. Just awful. If NU didn't hit a big play, NU generally didn't score. Our QB's were far to error prone to keep the chains moving.
In short - we need a QB.
Husker.Wed also hit a couple of great points - in particular the field position point. How many drives did we start a drive inside our own 10 - or worse? That's partly on the punt return team, BUT ALSO partly on the defense. As good as our defense was, they often had a hard time getting off the field on 3rd down, which did not necessarily lead to points, but sure let the opponent flip the field.
It begins and ends with the QB. NU's offense was awful at sustaining scoring drives. Just awful. If NU didn't hit a big play, NU generally didn't score. Our QB's were far to error prone to keep the chains moving.
In short - we need a QB.
Would that be kind of like the low rent iowa trailer park you live in?
Frost's first season was actually somewhat successful. The following months though were a sign of things to come starting with not recruiting a QB that can throw.
The schedule was ridiculously easy this year, and we still failed to make a bowl. This would have been an eight-win team under Callahan or Riley. Rhule needs to take a hard look at every facet of the team and decide where changes need to be made. Not much could have been done about the talent/injury issues that hurt the team, but there were far too many fixable things that weren't fixed.
Give me a break Riley‘s teams near the end were weaker than toilet paper and weren’t close to being physical..
Why bring these two coaches up in the first place?
Riley made bowl games each of his first two years. Beat a Michigan State team that finished #6 in the country his first year.
With Pelini left overs..What happened after that..
Rhule, Would have loved to have a had Tommy Armstrong the first seasons..
Fair assessment, Hawks. Congratulations on the the victory. Reality is that I respect your defense and edge you guys have earned. Happy Holidays.
I completely agree with all of this.
I sometimes wonder what game people are watching and if they are only seeing what they want to see. Someone asked yesterday why we got away from runs when we were getting 4-5 yards on first down. No, we were not. Iowa has always played the run well and especially against this Husker team. NW held their own against Iowa with the pass, it was their weakest area and we couldn't take full advantage of that.
I put some things in a similar post but Rhule has to seriously look at his staff both from a management and development point of view. There were times the staff let the players down and the other way around.
Dingle and I are on same page about needing more athletes. We are woefully short - some are on campus but not developed while we need to bring in more.
People can complain about refs, announcers and playing calling all day but if you can't see the bigger picture then there is no hope and you will forever be stuck in blaming something else.
Honestly I feel like if you guys had just a game manager at the QB position you'd have 8 wins. Not even a scrambler just someone to distribute the ball and not turn it over. I know my Hawks are terrible offensively but I think there is a lot of positives for you guys Defensively at least.
Mike Riley had a 17yr winning percentage as a head coach of .531, most of that at Oregon St. Only .500 at Nebraska.
Let's give Matt more than 1 season at Nebraska before comparing him to "hip hip hooray" - Mike Riley.
Leave it to Harry to troll... reminds me of Riley and his hip hip hoorays
Riley hired a terrible defensive coordinator. Rhule hired a terrible offensive coordinator. Rhule needs to learn from Riley's mistake, and go get an O.C. that great QBs will want to play for.
What great QB is going to look at Satterfield's career and say, yeah I want to play in his offense?
If DB is right, then that had to have been the case all year. Very doubtful we had guys running wide open every play against the 2nd best defense we played all year and not against everyone else.
Evidently defensive players are smarter than offensive guys. Tony White's defense was whole new alignments and schemes and that seemed to work out okay for this season.
If his offense was average, it would look better but this leaves out that context. Buschini was punting more often with a full field in front of him, than 90% of D1 punters. A 36 yard punt is outstanding if you pin them inside their own 5 and atrocious if it gets them to their own 45. Buschini had way too much of the latter, making him a very poor punter
