Banker quote....sheeesh

[Chief Wiggum]

NU DC Mark Banker on Iowa's physicality: "I bet their practices are like a bloodbath, because both sides of the ball kind of emulate that."

He seems in awe. Our D sure doesnt play like we practice hard. We seem surprised when the other team plays physical instead of patty cake, like we do.

 

[rrthusker]

What a wuss.

 

[GBRhuskers]

No different since Frank left. Callahan didn't have knuckle dragging practices, Pelini didn't and Riley hasn't so far in two years.

As far as Banker's comment, he's giving praise to Iowa for physicality. As he should, they thumped us up and down the field for 53-55 minutes.

 

[huskerfan1414]

Amazed at the amount of non contact practices the past 9 years (the years I've actually been able to witness).

 

[otismotis08]

Like the marshmallows on top of the sweet potatoes...

 

[Chief Wiggum]

theirs are bloodbaths, ours are bubblebaths...sigh

 

[barney44]

Is anyone surprised?

 

[Chief Wiggum]

Its quotes like these that give me very little faith in our current set of coaches.

 

[cubsker]

maybe once we have a full roster, we'll actually have physical practices....yeah, probably not.

 

[az1husker]

I am a simple high school football coach. Our gap integrity against the run was garbage. I watched the complete game on NVR. it was embarrassing. No integrity and I never thought our db's would get smoked by their receivers. The whole thing was embarrassing. Our db's eyes betrayed them.

 

[planored]

Some if not all has to do with depth in the first place, we have zero depth so can't being losing players on the line. I expect this depth to improve on the lines if not we will suck for many more years.

 

[barney44]

Games are won in practice. Make practice harder than the games and the games become easy street..

 

[little a]

What a wuss.

Thought the same thing.... gimme a break- (or go back to the west coast facing paddy cake offenses).

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

I actually doubt their practices are that much more physical than Nebraska's. I know their OL and DL coaches are much better though, and know how to get physical play out of their players.

 

[planored]

Which of our OL or DL guys would start for Iowa

 

[cubsker]

mentally and physically soft team, same story for 15 years with a 2 year gap when we had suh. suh was a complete badass who kicked ass and took names. other than lavonte david, i havent seen any of that kind of defensive attitude since he left.

 

[TheRealHerky]

Bullies of the Big Ten.

 

[jehresm]

NU DC Mark Banker on Iowa's physicality: "I bet their practices are like a bloodbath, because both sides of the ball kind of emulate that."

 

[PeliniTheCrutch]

Bullies of the Big Ten.

Yep. Just stay the heck out of the Missouri Valley Conference!

 

[HuskerO]

Which of our OL or DL guys would start for Iowa

Good question. Gates and maybe Foster or Farmers? I doubt anyone on the dline.

 

[MITCH492]

maybe once we have a full roster, we'll actually have physical practices....yeah, probably not.

Yea, sure, what ever you say. YEP! Probably not for sure.

 

[JohnRossEwing]

Yea, sure, what ever you say. YEP! Probably not for sure.

Exactly… Just wait until Nebraska has a roster that is similar to Iowa… Then they will start dominating

 

[dinglefritz]

What a wuss.

And exactly how in the hell do you hammer each other in practice when you don't have 5 healthy first string linemen? Or at least average defensive ends? People can bitch and moan all they want about coaching but nothing is going to change until we get MORE AND BETTER TALENT. And BTW Iowa struggled early in the year largely because they HAD SO MANY INJURIES IN PRACTICE.

 

[Dean Pope]

I actually doubt their practices are that much more physical than Nebraska's. I know their OL and DL coaches are much better though, and know how to get physical play out of their players.

Not impressed with Cav. Unimpressive performance or effort by his players. What does it take to lose a starting position other than injury?

 

[rrthusker]

And exactly how in the hell do you hammer each other in practice when you don't have 5 healthy first string linemen? Or at least average defensive ends? People can bitch and moan all they want about coaching but nothing is going to change until we get MORE AND BETTER TALENT. And BTW Iowa struggled early in the year largely because they HAD SO MANY INJURIES IN PRACTICE.

You aren`t going to get tough when you practice like it is flag football. Yes we need much more depth.

 

[vs540husker]

Which of our OL or DL guys would start for Iowa

Maybe all of them. Maybe none of them.
All I can say is that none of our players are coached by Iowa coaches or participate in Iowa practices.

For all we know some of our guys would start for Alabama if they received the same tutelage, S&C, high level of competition during practice, offensive/defensive schemes, etc. as Bama players. Until that happens though, there is no way to know.

 

[Snickerdoodle70]

Its quotes like these that give me very little faith in our current set of coaches.

Banker comes back next season, and I have officially given up on Riley being a positive hire for Nebraska.

 

[jawbreakingsafetyplay]

For all we know some of our guys would start for Alabama if they received the same tutelage, S&C, high level of competition during practice, offensive/defensive schemes, etc. as Bama players. Until that happens though, there is no way to know.

When you come back down from planet delusional we can tell, until then I hope you aren't overpaying for your wifi on that planet because you aren't putting it to good use.

Alabama's defensive line has been straight up nasty. If you can't tell the difference in the size and filthy speed that Saban deploys on his front then you should not be allowed a drivers license and are a danger to your and all your passengers on account of your obvious blindness. That is like saying you don't know the difference between Rudy and say AJ Green. We simply don't have difference makers along the line on defense

 

[barney44]

Maybe all of them. Maybe none of them.
All I can say is that none of our players are coached by Iowa coaches or participate in Iowa practices.

For all we know some of our guys would start for Alabama if they received the same tutelage, S&C, high level of competition during practice, offensive/defensive schemes, etc. as Bama players. Until that happens though, there is no way to know.

That is the problem with the assumption that some guy on your team wont be good on another team just because he doesn't produce for yours. It's the same as assuming that a player wont make it in the NFL because he was some scrub in college. You can never say for sure that someone wont cut it anywhere else or even that they'll do as well somewhere else. Aaron Green looked pretty damn good playing for TCU but up here he didn't look all that special. I wont go so far as to say our guys could be starting for Alabama but I do think Iowa could get some results..

 

[planored]

Maybe all of them. Maybe none of them.
All I can say is that none of our players are coached by Iowa coaches or participate in Iowa practices.

For all we know some of our guys would start for Alabama if they received the same tutelage, S&C, high level of competition during practice, offensive/defensive schemes, etc. as Bama players. Until that happens though, there is no way to know.

Seriously wth are you watching, Bama these guys couldn't walk on there, not one of our current lineman could have played for TO, maybe Gates in another year or two.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

I am a simple high school football coach. Our gap integrity against the run was garbage. I watched the complete game on NVR. it was embarrassing. No integrity and I never thought our db's would get smoked by their receivers. The whole thing was embarrassing. Our db's eyes betrayed them.

Don't be pointing out the obvious here, how the d-line has gone backwards the last 6 weeks.

 

[dinglefritz]

Not impressed with Cav. Unimpressive performance or effort by his players. What does it take to lose a starting position other than injury?

You need to get beat out and right now the only guys that had enough talent to do that are freshman and probably not physically ready to play a whole game of B1G football. Like it or not, Riley was left a black hole in the trenches on both sides of the ball.

 

[dinglefritz]

Don't be pointing out the obvious here, how the d-line has gone backwards the last 6 weeks.

Ummmmm I don't know what D line you've been watching all year, but I've said all year that our D ends are not good. Stoltenberg has played hurt but he's not very athletic. Maurice is pretty good but he draws double teams. Hell half the time I don't know if they even have to block Freedom. Very poor performance and I don't think it's the coaching. We just don't have the athleticism to make a play.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

Ummmmm I don't know what D line you've been watching all year, but I've said all year that our D ends are not good. Stoltenberg has played hurt but he's not very athletic. Maurice is pretty good but he draws double teams. Hell half the time I don't know if they even have to block Freedom. Very poor performance and I don't think it's the coaching. We just don't have the athleticism to make a play.

No excuses.

 

[dinglefritz]

No excuses.

You're right. None. Several reasons but no excuses. You can't put MAC talent on the field and expect to beat many B1G teams.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

You're right. None. Several reasons but no excuses. You can't put MAC talent on the field and expect to beat many B1G teams.

Hey... facts are facts... but you can't give a coach a pass above others because he played here. 2 years in a row we have started Rudy at D-end instead of using him in throw away time at the end of the year.

 

[sparky62]

You aren`t going to get tough when you practice like it is flag football. Yes we need much more depth.

The weird part is that Parrella was a bad ass. That guy oozed toughness.

 

[rrthusker]

The weird part is that Parrella was a bad ass. That guy oozed toughness.

He has very little to work with. We were better up front but we need some studs.

 

[phoenix4nu]

Banker comes back next season, and I have officially given up on Riley being a positive hire for Nebraska.

The chances of Riley firing Banker after a 9-3 regular season are probably about the same as Eichorst firing Riley. I'd put both of them at zero.

 

[dinglefritz]

The weird part is that Parrella was a bad ass. That guy oozed toughness.

It has nothing to do with being a badass. Parella had TALENT and athleticism evidenced by his lengthy NFL career. We don't have that athleticism on our D line other than Maurice. Period. End of discussion.