and what we think we know to gauge the winds of change.
Damon Benning has not been above question coaching decisions, but has preached time and player buy in, recruiting, etc. Damon has been explicit in the past that "you are what you are" and despite what fan expectations are week to week, nothing was probably radically going to change for NU in the course of the season. His latest tweet is about making practices more physical.
Frazier went out and basically went to bat for Riley on the radio the other day preaching time, player buy in, and generally, more onus on the players to both execute and get fired up for games. He was pretty explicit that the fan base is irrational in that this will change overnight. He also explicitly stated that this season isn't about W's and L's, its about changing a culture and developing trust. His latest tweet on the matter seems to continue this thought, his unhappiness with player fire at Purdue.
The Jet did much as Frazier did.
Zatechka has indicated he'd like to see more run identity and physicality, but generally preaching time, player buy in, recruiting, and generally more onus on the players to make plays. He also directly addressed the "burn the whole thing down, take West O money and put Alberts and Frost in charge" as laughable if not ill advised message board crap.
Milt Tenopir had the famous piece in the past 10 days or so, where he liked what the staff was doing, and so forth but the game has changed and NU isn't going to be like the old days. Things take time, etc.
Vedral today on the Big Red Over Reaction, not above questioning coaching decisions, but generally held that "this will take time" "change is coming" and some of the older players "need to be given parting gifts and a thanks for playing". He is presumably not happy with the outcome of the games, but his tenor was bright and even, and he ponied up with Sharp that on Nov 1, NU needs to become Riley's program.
A common theme here, that I'm able to discern, is that anyone who is remotely prominent in the Husker program and who probably has the ear of the AD from time to time, has *not once* called for Eichorst to burn this thing down and starting spending money until 11 wins shows up.
I think a common disconnect between the message boards and former players and coaches is that things that message board types feel are "excuses" such as injuries, building a culture, buy in, putting onus on the players to excecute etc are seen as small if not trivial excuses to us, and most people who have played or coached at that level, seem to indicate these are not small things to deal with and will take some number of seasons to turn around.
One thing I can appreciate about the celebrity take is that its measured and reasoned, and not prone to week to week swings. Like they have an actual direction to be rowing. So much of fan discourse is, oh the coaches suck, fire them now! and then next week, oh we see a little improvement, I can get behind this for the time being!
Damon Benning has not been above question coaching decisions, but has preached time and player buy in, recruiting, etc. Damon has been explicit in the past that "you are what you are" and despite what fan expectations are week to week, nothing was probably radically going to change for NU in the course of the season. His latest tweet is about making practices more physical.
Frazier went out and basically went to bat for Riley on the radio the other day preaching time, player buy in, and generally, more onus on the players to both execute and get fired up for games. He was pretty explicit that the fan base is irrational in that this will change overnight. He also explicitly stated that this season isn't about W's and L's, its about changing a culture and developing trust. His latest tweet on the matter seems to continue this thought, his unhappiness with player fire at Purdue.
The Jet did much as Frazier did.
Zatechka has indicated he'd like to see more run identity and physicality, but generally preaching time, player buy in, recruiting, and generally more onus on the players to make plays. He also directly addressed the "burn the whole thing down, take West O money and put Alberts and Frost in charge" as laughable if not ill advised message board crap.
Milt Tenopir had the famous piece in the past 10 days or so, where he liked what the staff was doing, and so forth but the game has changed and NU isn't going to be like the old days. Things take time, etc.
Vedral today on the Big Red Over Reaction, not above questioning coaching decisions, but generally held that "this will take time" "change is coming" and some of the older players "need to be given parting gifts and a thanks for playing". He is presumably not happy with the outcome of the games, but his tenor was bright and even, and he ponied up with Sharp that on Nov 1, NU needs to become Riley's program.
A common theme here, that I'm able to discern, is that anyone who is remotely prominent in the Husker program and who probably has the ear of the AD from time to time, has *not once* called for Eichorst to burn this thing down and starting spending money until 11 wins shows up.
I think a common disconnect between the message boards and former players and coaches is that things that message board types feel are "excuses" such as injuries, building a culture, buy in, putting onus on the players to excecute etc are seen as small if not trivial excuses to us, and most people who have played or coached at that level, seem to indicate these are not small things to deal with and will take some number of seasons to turn around.
One thing I can appreciate about the celebrity take is that its measured and reasoned, and not prone to week to week swings. Like they have an actual direction to be rowing. So much of fan discourse is, oh the coaches suck, fire them now! and then next week, oh we see a little improvement, I can get behind this for the time being!
