Dylan Raiola

[NorthWillRiseAgain]

You aren't wrong.

I still think there was more to it than that. I'm really too lazy to pull out reels and honestly I'm not sure how to do it on this site.

If it's fixed it's not worth rehashing but I think a competent OC giving proper direction to position coaches is paying dividends. Remember he's using the existing playbook so the plays themselves haven't changed.

Agree. I seen no Fidone out there after the inexcusable false starts. Seems accountability may be a big factor in the turn around also.

Just keep getting better.

 

[cubsker]

TE that can block and requiring your WR to block makes a huge difference

 

[shocksker]

Some thought he was overrated and some thought it was poor coaching. What is the board opinion now?

I openly said he may be over rated. Have to wait and see. His rating suggested 1st round pick. He played very well today. Future looks brighter today.

 

[salsa red]

Next week is going to be a tough game. Weather looks bad, we'll see what DH can cook up.

 

[HuskerHusaria]

Next week is going to be a tough game. Weather looks bad, we'll see what DH can cook up.

It's a Holiday week for us. Dana has stated that he has done 16 Hour days and then he sleeps and does another 16... Ad nauseum.

That is not sustainable.

Can Husker Nation convince him to take time off??? For heavens sakes!!!

 

[SomedayHusker]

The shorter decisive passing game is nearly the entire upgrade in this offense along with personnel tweaks. You saw the difference in the USC game but they caught a few bad breaks.

It did not take Dana long at all to implement exactly what this team needed. Could go down as an all-time great hire by Rhule. He demoted his friend. His commitment to winning should no longer be in question.

 

[Pennsyhusker]

THE big question now is whether we can keep DH in the fold. As with every year, there are going to be head coaching vacancies. And given the increased publicity he has gotten for engineering this turnaround at NU, his stock has probably gone up as a potential head coach again. We need to be very proactive and open the checkbook big time to ward off the small-fry programs. We will lose DH to any major P4 team who offers, but we will see.

 

[SomedayHusker]

THE big question now is whether we can keep DH in the fold. As with every year, there are going to be head coaching vacancies. And given the increased publicity he has gotten for engineering this turnaround at NU, his stock has probably gone up as a potential head coach again. We need to be very proactive and open the checkbook big time to ward off the small-fry programs. We will lose DH to any major P4 team who offers, but we will see.

I think he would need at least a year with us before being offered another head coaching gig at a P4 team. This end of the season will be a very small sample size.

If what @dinglefritz said is true and Dana was too “tired” at the beginning of the year, I don’t see him as a guy wanting to jump back to a head roll at this level anytime soon. He no doubt had multiple OC offers and only took a consultant position at TCU.

Possible he sees Dylan as a belt-notching type of project. I’m all for the marriage if we can get it! Dylan threw it 39+ times and we blew out what some claimed was a “tougher” Fickell team. Anyone who says that can’t work here is a moron. It is harder to do, yes but anything can work anywhere with the right coaches and players.

 

[dinglefritz]

I think he would need at least a year with us before being offered another head coaching gig at a P4 team. This end of the season will be a very small sample size.

If what @dinglefritz said is true and Dana was too “tired” at the beginning of the year, I don’t see him as a guy wanting to jump back to a head roll at this level anytime soon. He no doubt had multiple OC offers and only took a consultant position at TCU.

Possible he sees Dylan as a belt-notching type of project. I’m all for the marriage if we can get it! Dylan threw it 39+ times and we blew out what some claimed was a “tougher” Fickell team. Anyone who says that can’t work here is a moron. It is harder to do, yes but anything can work anywhere with the right coaches and players.

Those were Dana's exact words on Sports Nightly. He said he was too tired and wasn't ready to coach again right away. He worked 2 days per week breaking down film and working on game plans for TCU and then went and did other non-football stuff the rest of the week. He didn't even help on game days.

 

[comaxds]

No shit. How many TDs have they cost him this year?

At least 2 yesterday alone. Where the heck is Jalyon Lloyd???? We have some young studs at receiver these 15 practices will help them a lot.

 

[oldjar07]

I think he would need at least a year with us before being offered another head coaching gig at a P4 team. This end of the season will be a very small sample size.

If what @dinglefritz said is true and Dana was too “tired” at the beginning of the year, I don’t see him as a guy wanting to jump back to a head roll at this level anytime soon. He no doubt had multiple OC offers and only took a consultant position at TCU.

Possible he sees Dylan as a belt-notching type of project. I’m all for the marriage if we can get it! Dylan threw it 39+ times and we blew out what some claimed was a “tougher” Fickell team. Anyone who says that can’t work here is a moron. It is harder to do, yes but anything can work anywhere with the right coaches and players.

I mean there's no guarantee DH had a lot of OC offers last year. Most P4 teams either didn't have an opening or the HC may have had a closer relationship with other prospects. Hell we wouldn't even move on from Satterfield when we had DH right there. And I doubt DH had much interest dropping to a G5 team to be a coordinator.

 

[SomedayHusker]

I mean there's no guarantee DH had a lot of OC offers last year. Most P4 teams either didn't have an opening or the HC may have had a closer relationship with other prospects. Hell we wouldn't even move on from Satterfield when we had DH right there. And I doubt DH had much interest dropping to a G5 team to be a coordinator.

True enough. All we know right now is that Rhule needs to get him to stay

 

[oldjar07]

Those were Dana's exact words on Sports Nightly. He said he was too tired and wasn't ready to coach again right away. He worked 2 days per week breaking down film and working on game plans for TCU and then went and did other non-football stuff the rest of the week. He didn't even help on game days.

I mean it's understandable and maybe he really did need a break, but just because a coach says something to the media doesn't mean it's the complete truth. If Alabama or another Playoff contender came calling, it's amazing how fast one can find the motivation. I know what's not near as motivating is being an underling to Satterfield which is exactly what we offered last off-season.

 

[itseasyas1-2-3]

The shorter decisive passing game is nearly the entire upgrade in this offense along with personnel tweaks. You saw the difference in the USC game but they caught a few bad breaks.

It did not take Dana long at all to implement exactly what this team needed. Could go down as an all-time great hire by Rhule. He demoted his friend. His commitment to winning should no longer be in question.

IF Dana stays, the majority of the offensive staff needs to go. They've had 2 springs, 2 falls and 20 ballgames to prove their worth. They didn't all just magically start coaching better in the last 2 weeks. Its all because of the Dana influence on the entire unit.

If Dana leaves, this will be the same old sad sack of shit coaching staff as we've become accustomed to. And Rhule will be headed down the road in a couple of years.

 

[Truewooper]

It's a lot of things. One of them is giving Dylan a lot of quick reads on plays not always just 5 read progressions to diagnose. DR multiple times looked around quickly and checked down to EJ.