Why Nebraska Continues To Fail
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that's why every "next year" is the year, because usually just one season of close losses is parlayed to future success. This must mean once we break the trend, to the moon.
Since recruits don't pop out of the womb headhunting for the ball from day one, I'd say at least part of it can be coached. No one on the team seems to have a real knack for the ball. That's why the ball keeps bouncing out of our guy's hands or off their face mask and lands directly in the other team's lap. Coaches at this level seem to skip this concept all the time, but it's fundamental. Your players should know where the ball is at all times.
About three coaches ago, several on here said if we didn’t get the next coach right, Nebraska would fade into irrelevancy. My friends, we have been living that for several years and will continue to live it. We now know what it was like to be a fan of Iowa State, Kansas, Illinois, and Purdue - amongst other bottom feeders.
If they cared about their team in the same way, which I doubt most do. That is what makes Nebraska's pain much worse.
It would be the equivalent of KU only winning 10 regular season games and not making the NCAA tournament for 8 years. How many in Lawrence would off themselves in that time frame?
As a gameday coach, what exactly does Rhule do well? He has been horrible at managing a game. Even Mickey Joseph was better in that regard, and he had no previous head coaching experience.
He's good at making weird faces. Other than that, he's awful.
God knows I extremely bored tonight, lol. So yeah anyways here it goes:
Total NFL Draft Picks by Big 10 Team from 2017-2024:
Michigan - 63
Ohio State - 59
Penn State - 46
Washington - 38
USC - 34
Iowa - 30
Oregon - 30
Wisconsin - 29
UCLA - 28
Maryland - 18
Minnesota - 17
Purdue - 16
Illinois - 15
Michigan State - 15
Nebraska - 11
Northwestern - 11
Rutgers - 8
Indiana - 7
Apologies in advance for any errors.
To rub a little more salt in the wound - Michigan had 13 players drafted this year alone. Perhaps not entirely unexpected for a national championship winning team. But it does illustrate the gap between them and us. In addition none of the 11 Nebraska players drafted in the examined time frame were first rounders.
About as bad as I anticipated. Horrendous. Thanks for doing what I was too lazy to do, 😁
Yep, very little development going on the last 8 years or so.
Yeah... well when Fox shows a replay of Raiola looking at a wide open Banks at the 2 for at least a couple seconds and then chose to hit the safety net on the opposite side of the field. That makes me wonder if our talent is really that bad?
I think our players do not have great decision making skills. I mean the first catch Fidone made in the 4th. If he just run straight with the flow of the catch he gets the 1st easily. Instead he acts like he has good footwork and tries to cut to the side and leaves us 4 yards short. Someone needs to tell him he isn't Barry Sanders!
I am just so tired of seeing our player make bad choices. While I agree our talent isn't up to par with USC and Ohio State. I promise you it is up to par with Indiana and Illinois. The play calling and decision making of our team falls on the coaching staff and their prep work. Rhule's clock management is also a HUGE problem.
No worries - statistics and football are two things I immensely enjoy. Add them together along with my boredom and well... it's no chore at all lol.
The numbers aren't all too surprising. But I must admit they are rather depressing
