Thank goodness we are not I treat people far better and do not call anyone stupid for having an opinion.
Raiola - no longer in the building
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We call people who create multiple usernames and pretend to be some kind of recruiting analyst stupid. Do you know anybody like that?
You don't have to be a football savant to see that all 5 starting offensive lineman were slow and unable to block anybody. Raiola will not be the o line coach in two months.
He also got absolutely planted on a PAT in the Iowa game.
I think the board analyst rankings are:
1. RecruitingAnalyst_Infinity_and_Beyond
2. RecruitingAnalyst_Universal
3. RecruitingAnalyst_Worldwide
4. (tie) RecruitingAnalyst_National
4. (tie) My 12 year old dog, Willy - to be fair, his eyesight at an advanced age is keeping him from a higher official ranking
1. RecruitingAnalyst_Infinity_and_Beyond
2. RecruitingAnalyst_Universal
3. RecruitingAnalyst_Worldwide
4. (tie) RecruitingAnalyst_National
4. (tie) My 12 year old dog, Willy - to be fair, his eyesight at an advanced age is keeping him from a higher official ranking
Honest question.
Lots of complaining about the S&C program under Duval as the reason for our poor OL play.
Can anyone point to EXACTLY what he was doing wrong to cause these problems or is it all just speculation?
Lots of complaining about the S&C program under Duval as the reason for our poor OL play.
Can anyone point to EXACTLY what he was doing wrong to cause these problems or is it all just speculation?
No. One former NFL Husker said that he wasn’t a big problem. He’s an easy scapegoat for not recruiting talented enough linemen
Doesn’t the S&C coach develop & run the program that the HC wants? They used to years ago.
Yes they do but he can only work with the bodies he’s given. I was just repeating what a Husker who played in the league said. Don’t remember who it was
I agree he can only work with what he’s given. My point was he was developing & running the program that HCSF wanted. He was given the menu AND the ingredients.
It's one thing for OL and DL to not get any faster speed-wise, or mobility-wise.
It's another thing when they've been here 2-3-4-5 years and are still getting pushed around.
That's why Duvall got a big raise to 300K a year when he got here, and now makes 425K a year, with lackluster results.
Compare this to OSU and Mich S & C coaches who make 801K and 700K.
I've said it 10 times on this forum, muscles are stupid, they do what you train them to do.
Nope, covering recruiting with action heating up
Just looked and Nebraska OL, despite having experienced players including two HS All-Americans, ranked in the 80’s-100’s range for most OL categories, with highest ranking in the 60’s.
To me there was almost zero chance Raiola would stay.
To me there was almost zero chance Raiola would stay.
Speculation and scapegoat I would say.
But on the speculation side was that he may have been focused on lifting more than footwork/footspeed and flexibility.
At the same time, I’m not sure the lifting side was showing that much in results either.
Epley used to go meet with T.O. to show him annual S&C changes he wanted to make. T.O. would say, do what you think is right, I don't know anything about it. Then when Solich was HC, he would at least listen and ask a few questions, more out of curiosity why Boyd wanted to make a certain change. But in the end he still wanted Epley to do what he thought was right.
If Raiola wasn't a very good O-line coach the Chicago Bears wouldn't have kept him as an assistant O-line coach for 4 years. I'd say the odds are very high that he isn't the problem, maybe the problem was the first out the door.
RE: the bolded.........the best teams were at the end of the season and yes, the Oline DID get better against that better competition. As I've said before, I'm neither endorsing or or condemning Raiola, just saying there are so many factors that complicate any assessment of Raiola's true capabilities.
Maybe are next DC is a little busy this weekend. I hear Atlanta is a good place to see this time of the year.
You and I are thinking the same thing fingers crossed.
This is simple. Find out what training Alabama and Georgia do and copy it to a t.
They start with a pile of 5 stars and 4 star backups, then they run practice. Rinse and repeat
I am pretty sure this is now my favorite poster here. Excellent insight. 😉
Duval was focused far too much on old school Olympic lifts. Remember all the videos of half squats with massive amounts of weight on the bar? They were so focused on making players bigger and stronger, they almost completely ignored agility, flexibility, etc. There was a poster on HuskerMax (SSO) that posted actual training videos, for young strength coaches, talking about how our program was outdated and got left behind.
This could have completely been at the direction of the head coach, wanting to completely sell out to make players as big and strong as possible, but it was very obvious players got bigger and bigger and slower and slower the longer they were in our S&C program.
I think it is very telling that the most explosive and athletic players we have are transfers in from other programs (Palmer, Washington, Grant, Mathis) or true freshmen (Hausmann, Allen, Hatzog). It’s also telling seeing how much more athletic Rodgers and Riley look at Oregon right now.
Thanks I am glad that you appreciate the times I can pull away from all of these coaches asking me my opinion and grace all of you will my bountiful knowledge.
He actually had input on recruits based on height, weight, etc.
Then he didn’t make them any better.
War Daddy out.
Correct this is what I have been hearing. Our players were too stiff to move correctly.
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You posers are fired - clean out your shared janitor’s closet and don’t show your faces around here again!
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You posers are fired - clean out your shared janitor’s closet and don’t show your faces around here again!
Yep. Our guys don’t even appear to be the same species as theirs. Up close and in person at Purdue game…our linemen were all baby fat.
If you watched the Wisconsin game it's so obvious how small our o lineman are. WU lineman are solid muscle, we are all fat.
Well, it doesn't answer my question which no one has, just more complaining with no basis. As for copying what others do as a simple thing to do, I am going to submit you are assuming the product you are starting with is exactly the same which it is not.
I honestly don’t know which is more wild on this board:
1. Going from Micky Joseph and the “he HAS to be the next HC” crowd to him just straight up strangling his wife
2. NikkiSix revealing his oppressive, old world views and is I guess living in Afghanistan with the Taliban, or that maybe he is the Taliban?
3. Huskerfan in wisc/big time booster/recruiting analyst/a dozen others constantly making and posting under new accounts without any awareness that they probably have some sort of mental illness and should probably take time off doing something more productive and fun with their time
1. Going from Micky Joseph and the “he HAS to be the next HC” crowd to him just straight up strangling his wife
2. NikkiSix revealing his oppressive, old world views and is I guess living in Afghanistan with the Taliban, or that maybe he is the Taliban?
3. Huskerfan in wisc/big time booster/recruiting analyst/a dozen others constantly making and posting under new accounts without any awareness that they probably have some sort of mental illness and should probably take time off doing something more productive and fun with their time
What kind of answer do you want?
NU's best Offensive line goes (6'10" 320) (6'6" 300) (6'4" 305) (6'6" 310) and (6'9" 315).
They average being here 3.8 YEARS at Nebraska, including 3 High School All-Americans.
And we can't run the ball for 2 yards when we need to?
What do you think the problem is?
