I want to see who MJ wants as OC
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Cool. Maybe the new head coach can ask for Mickeys thoughts if he is retained as a WR coach and recruiter.
The Illinois OC understands misdirection... works pretty darn well
we have the 2nd best offense in our division while playing 3 vs 11 every week
Whips scheme doesn’t mesh well with our fan base. It works. He’s not bad. But Nebraska doesn’t want to be pass happy. And now the CT is out, whips scheme is dead in the water
We have no choice but to be pass happy when we can't run the ball.
Hey Whip... between the effin tackles does not work and rarely works with your O line. Pull your head out of you a$$
Mickey is not going to have a chance to make that choice at Nebraska. IMO this was a game he needed to win to have any chance of becoming the permanent head coach. Maybe he'll have a chance to stay on as WR coach once a new head coach is picked.
He is terrible. who else can call plays? Send him packing. Why is smothers not playing in the 2nd half? Purdy needs to go out the door with Whipple. I think Mickey may have just ended his candidacy
He should have been replaced in the bye week. EXTREMELY PREDICTABLE very easy to defend and ZERO IMAGINATION.
Purdy is terrible. With our luck, he'll transfer to Illinois and beat us next time we play them.
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Mickey is he really wants to job needs to let him go. Who on the staff can call plays? Cassano? Maybe Mickey will have to do it.
No way. He isn't good enough to start for Hastings College
There is no “answer” when you have multiple glaring issues
If the question is "Who can run an effective offense with this O-line and Brock Purdy and Logan Smothers at QB?", there is no answer.
Tennessee's OC couldn't call plays to make this offense look good. It's like bringing one of those plastic butterknives from chipotle to a gun fight.
The stench of crotch rot, nutsinhischin and weekend at Bernie's, will haunt this program for a very long time.
After today, I don't think MJ is the answer. This team won't win another game this year. It's time for a complete teardown.
When Mickey gets named HC he should keep Whip, talent or lack of talent and speed is what's hurting this team.
We're not going to get some world beater either, the jobs just not attractive.
Guys on tv seem to disagree with you newbie
I'm more interested in who Dave Aranda, Mark Stoops, etc. want as OC. The sooner Husker fans drop the MJ fantasy the better.
I would be happy if we got a Bo Pelini level coach who can win consistently and maybe play for a conference championship once every 4-5 years.
Ok, I still like the leadership the Mickey displays. He is strong and energetic and honest. You can build on that. However, Nebraska is not a team built for 50 pass attempts a game. And Mickey didn’t have a choice in that decision before entering his interim role. My feeling is that Mickey won’t be head coach. However, I feel that he will be here in some offensive role.
But as far as OC, you’re not going to get a guy who has worked with Big Ben and numerous NfL qbs to change at the end of his career. if Mickey wanted to be HC, he should’ve sat down with Whip and said, ok we’re committing to the run game and you don’t want to do that, you can go too.
With a below average to bad OLine, the only thing to do is slow the game down and attempt to control the clock. We do none of that which is why we lose lots of close games like Purdue for instance when we only have the ball for 17 minutes and change.
I’d like to see someone come in with a smash mouth type mentality and not be afraid to run the ball at people. It’s 3rd and 1 and we’re going 5 wide in the Gun. Even Tom Brady runs sneaks in those situations in the damn NFL. Not Whip tho.
So give me someone who wants to commit to the run and slow the game down and give our defense a chance to create turnovers and be fresh every series, not spent by the 4th qtr. You can still throw off play action and have 4 or 5 wide sets. But it cannot be your base set at Nebraska.
Nebraska was once Running Back U. If we put an emphasis on that again, the Ws will come back as well. I’d rather watch a physical 24-20 game of physical smash mouth fb rather than a 35-31 game of 7 on 7 any day.
The I formation, the pro set, the single back look with qb under center, are all non existent now here and that’s a tragedy. Got move on from Whip. Last week was apparent that we haven’t developed anything but a headache after CT went out.
We have the Backs to rotate enough and keep ‘em fresh. We need to give em the rock. Come on Whip. Get on board. You’re either in…. Or you’re in the way!!! Go Big Red!
But as far as OC, you’re not going to get a guy who has worked with Big Ben and numerous NfL qbs to change at the end of his career. if Mickey wanted to be HC, he should’ve sat down with Whip and said, ok we’re committing to the run game and you don’t want to do that, you can go too.
With a below average to bad OLine, the only thing to do is slow the game down and attempt to control the clock. We do none of that which is why we lose lots of close games like Purdue for instance when we only have the ball for 17 minutes and change.
I’d like to see someone come in with a smash mouth type mentality and not be afraid to run the ball at people. It’s 3rd and 1 and we’re going 5 wide in the Gun. Even Tom Brady runs sneaks in those situations in the damn NFL. Not Whip tho.
So give me someone who wants to commit to the run and slow the game down and give our defense a chance to create turnovers and be fresh every series, not spent by the 4th qtr. You can still throw off play action and have 4 or 5 wide sets. But it cannot be your base set at Nebraska.
Nebraska was once Running Back U. If we put an emphasis on that again, the Ws will come back as well. I’d rather watch a physical 24-20 game of physical smash mouth fb rather than a 35-31 game of 7 on 7 any day.
The I formation, the pro set, the single back look with qb under center, are all non existent now here and that’s a tragedy. Got move on from Whip. Last week was apparent that we haven’t developed anything but a headache after CT went out.
We have the Backs to rotate enough and keep ‘em fresh. We need to give em the rock. Come on Whip. Get on board. You’re either in…. Or you’re in the way!!! Go Big Red!
Whip is actually really good when he's got a good offensive line and QB...neither of which he has this yr. Only the QB position is his fault. His QB was a Heisman finalist last season and his WR won the Belitnikoff award. Those accomplishments don't align with a poor OC. It makes a least just a bit of time for Whip to turn this around...and a OLine coach of his choosing.
One thing that REALLY helped that Pitt offense last season was exceptional Oline play, which will never happen while Donovan Raiola is the Oline coach.
Every coach in America looks good when they have good players... Good coaches take what they have and make them better and schemes to reduce their weakness... There lies the problem.
This next week we will see what kind of gameplan is put together. This is a good test of MJ's leadership. He has to be able to give direction to his OC and have that guy come up with a viable plan.
I think Whip is a bit inflexible.. but he better pull something out of his hat to get the offense working for the rest of the season.
I think Whip is a bit inflexible.. but he better pull something out of his hat to get the offense working for the rest of the season.
I was REALLY shocked at how poor Purdy played Saturday. I was under the assumption that the QB whisperer was working with him. High school JV play at best went out on the field Saturday. I can not believe that Whip says Purdy preps weekly as if he is the starter. If that is preparing for playing for game time, the program is in a shit load of hurt.
I can not remember if Purdy was Whip's choice, but that was the worst play performance by any QB I have ever seen. There was fear and panic in his play, he was totally out of his element. It was an embarrassment to Whip, MJ, TA, and the entire athletic department. I find it impossible to believe that he has participated in any practices or watched any game film. If Purdy shits down his leg again on Saturday, the team will not win any more games this year.
I think MJ needs to pull the QB room in a private meeting, do a serious reaming, have them do some serious soul-searching, and then determine who wants or can play QB. Time to poop or get off the pot with this entire QB room.
I agree.. I did not see this coming with Purdy. Others have noted a weak arm, but what is showing up, is a kid who is afraid. Just about every time they have put him in he has disintegrated.
I hate to say it, but it looks to me like that dog doesn't hunt, and you're going to have a heck of a time changing that, if that's the case.
If Logan is available, he's a much better option. You just need someone with some confidence to hand the ball off and throw an occasional pass if we are keeping things simple.
That coach wouldn’t be inheriting the talent Bo did. You might also remember that Bo kept Callahans OC.
MJ was set up for failure on day 1. I hope he can get a job as a recruiter at a winning P5 program. He has a skill set that some program will want
put a dammmmed fb in and commit to logans run
Purdy was trying to play with an injury and supposedly the reason Smothers didn’t come back for the second half was he was injured. People need to cool their jets on bashing some of our players. We don’t know everything going on behind the scenes.
I’ll add that we did come out and try to use the QB run game with Smothers and Purdy. I think Smothers and Purdy could be effective with a more QB RPO based offense than Whip likes to run.
