I'm not blaming coaches on this..

[oldjar07]

Obviously he told him to run those plays. I stand corrected.

To be clear, I think DH did call the reverse. It's just whatever Rhule told him just before that clearly affected the decision-making and cadence of Dana's playcalling which was rolling along prior to that point. And it was completely unnecessary on Rhule's part to say anything at that point when we hadn't yet gotten past midfield.

 

[Laner2]

Blah blah blah. It’s never the coaches fault, right? Yeah, we have some crap players, but our coaches clearly lost this game.

Did the staff steal your Beanie Baby collection? Even a broken clock is right twice a day but you can't even get that right.

 

[Laner2]

Yep, comes down to coaching (or lack thereof)

KKK diddles farm animals.

 

[Laner2]

I’ll say it again, the success or failure of a football team is a direct reflection of their leadership. Rhule is NOT the answer, but if people need to endure a few more years of failure before a change is made then so be it.

 

[Husker4real]

That shows facts. I didn't pile on coach because players have to make plays. Iowa's best payer made a play. Their kicker made his kicks.

Yep - a few of those 10 losses were going to be tough finishes; UCLA, USC, and OSU this year…NU needed long TD drives in those games.

But the others were cases where NU just needed to be fundamentally sound and avoid catastrophic, worst-case scenario blunders. Players weren’t asked to make spectacular, Hail Mary type catches. Instead, they just needed to avoid doing the worst thing imaginable in those situations. How NU manages to routinely walk right into worst thing imaginable defies all logic and reason.

 

[MissoulaHusker]

I hear ya and to an extent I can agree. A lot of these guys are been here 5 or 6 years. Coach out 4 or 5 years in a year and a half?

Maybe...but let's not act like it's easy or that these coaches haven't put them in positions to make "the" play. At some point they have to make "the" play.


Holla

I understand that and am not saying it’s easy, but I’m adjusting my expectations of these coaches’ ceiling at this point based on what my eyes are telling me. That they can’t turn losers into winners is showing us they’re not special or even great. Still hoping for good/solid in the long run. Maybe James Franklin at PSU level, if we’re lucky.

 

[GaRed]

Yep - a few of those 10 losses were going to be tough finishes; UCLA, USC, and OSU this year…NU needed long TD drives in those games.

But the others were cases where NU just needed to be fundamentally sound and avoid catastrophic, worst-case scenario blunders. Players weren’t asked to make spectacular, Hail Mary type catches. Instead, they just needed to avoid doing the worst thing imaginable in those situations. How NU manages to routinely walk right into worst thing imaginable defies all logic and reason.

As I have stated , it's a losing program. I won't buy into anything next year. Show me.

 

[dinglefritz]

As I have stated , it's a losing program. I won't buy into anything next year. Show me.

I have a buddy whose family has been million plus NU Foundation boosters for years and he has said he’s done. No more money for players, buildings or buyouts.

 

[RedMyMind]

I understand that and am not saying it’s easy, but I’m adjusting my expectations of these coaches’ ceiling at this point based on what my eyes are telling me. That they can’t turn losers into winners is showing us they’re not special or even great. Still hoping for good/solid in the long run. Maybe James Franklin at PSU level, if we’re lucky.

at this point, it's like Bill Snyder trying to right K-State in the late 80s. At least Nebraska is getting decent recruits to hopefully speed it up.

 

[oldjar07]

I have a buddy whose family has been million plus NU Foundation boosters for years and he has said he’s done. No more money for players, buildings or buyouts.

The stupid stadium project needs to be abandoned. All financial focus needs to be on bringing upgrades for coaches and players.

 

[Walleye79]

The stupid stadium project needs to be abandoned. All financial focus needs to be on bringing upgrades for coaches and players.

I may be mistaken. But I thought Rhule had a bigger budget for assistant coaches and didn’t use it. And we wound up with coaches like Foley and a kid as a WR coach. That right there shows me Rhules arrogance about winning.

 

[oldjar07]

I may be mistaken. But I thought Rhule had a bigger budget for assistant coaches and didn’t use it. And we wound up with coaches like Foley and a kid as a WR coach. That right there shows me Rhules arrogance about winning.

Just terrible judgment on those two. The rest of the staff, you could at least make a case for hiring. But when guys don't work out, you need to be willing to move on regardless.

 

[Spinner45]

Which of these things happened that you believed the coaches "coaches" them to do?

Is Bullock coached to miss that tackle on the Johnson long run?

Snapper coaches to make a bad snap right there?

Neyor coached to drop a pass that might've been a TD and hit him in the hands?

IGC coached to not fair catch that punt WITHOUT alerting everyone to get out of the way?

We think OL coach Raiola coaches Benhardt to give up the edge allow that strip sack?


Again like I said blame Dylan if you want because he DOES need to protect the ball but does it happen if Benhardt makes the block?

Shavers touching the ball first is debatable..BUT if IGC fair catches the damn thing does that even happen?

Again that's PLAYERS NOT MAKING CRUCIAL PLAYS IN times where they are needed.

But like I said blame the coaches if you want to ..




Holla

With this logic absolutely no coach in the world is bad. Zero. None. JVHS coach teaches these things so any coach will do.

kakdawg I’ve always liked you. You’re an old timer but you are wrong here. There are differnces in good and bad leaders. There are winners and there are losers. Players not preforming is on coaching cause they haven’t recognized that certain players aren’t good enough to preform and haven’t developed depth to replace them. Yes McGuire recruited everyone of his starters. Everyone one of them

 

[GaRed]

I have a buddy whose family has been million plus NU Foundation boosters for years and he has said he’s done. No more money for players, buildings or buyouts.

I haven't went to a game for years. I got family in Nashville and wouldn't waste my time if that's where we go.