Hondo Carpenter (MSU Media) goes on "rational rant" on 1620Zone

I understand that this is Riley's first year as a head coach, and he should be given some time to adjust. That doesn't mean the fans and media have to accept what's going on and pretend all is well.

I don't understand why some guy would go on the radio and try to defend the coaching that has taken place here this year. Coaching alone has lost this team at least 3 games. The decisions on third and short, which for some reason is almost always a passing down, is mind boggling. I also don't know about the part where Mike Riley was universally thought of as a good coach. Maybe at one point in time this was true. It's certainly not true now. Just go ask some Beaver fans.

 
Tommy Armstrong is a totally different QB? A better one? Haha, go look at the stats. This Hondo guy doesn't know what he's talking about. He's the same passer, but runs less. Which has hurt this team and it's not Tommy's fault. The coaches have failed all year long to put him in a position to be successful. Do you think Tom Osborne would have forced Tommie Frazier to throw 35-40 times a game. NO. There has been no reason what so ever why this coaching staff hasn't been able to implement an offense around the best players on this team. Yet, they think they can bring their west coast offense wisdom to Lincoln and plug it in first year and win games. It's crazy.

AD Peterson fires 9 win coach, hires a WC offensive coach. He fails. AD Eichorst fires 9 win coach, hires a WC offensive coach. He's failing!

What am I missing here?

Twice, the reigns of this program have been given to an AD who doesn't understand what it takes to win games at Nebraska. In the cold, windy Big Ten.

History is repeating itself ladies and gentlemen. Buckle up. It's gonna get bumpy.

 
Hondo is correct. But I am still upset at the defense having such a poor pass defense record for the year. I just can't believe the talent is that bad. They lack experience and I doubt the coaching has been as good as it needs to be for them. Phillp Dillard called in to a talk show and stated that Banker's defenses are not disguised and anyone can read them. That may not be Riley but Banker is on the iine for that.

 
DomiNUs said:
I understand that this is Riley's first year as a head coach, and he should be given some time to adjust. That doesn't mean the fans and media have to accept what's going on and pretend all is well.

I don't understand why some guy would go on the radio and try to defend the coaching that has taken place here this year. Coaching alone has lost this team at least 3 games. The decisions on third and short, which for some reason is almost always a passing down, is mind boggling. I also don't know about the part where Mike Riley was universally thought of as a good coach. Maybe at one point in time this was true. It's certainly not true now. Just go ask some Beaver fans.
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He literally did not say most of what you just posted. Listen to it again. He says 2 or 3 times that husker fans have a right to be upset at the results, just not to go overboard and act like hate-spewing idiots.
 
I thought he was spot on. The Zone did a poll today and the afternoon show today. Wanting people rank the 4 items in percentages as to what they thought was the reason for the record this year.

Talent

Mental

Coaching

Uncontrollable things

I think they forgot one very important factor, the fans.

I would rank it this way:

Mental - 40%

Uncontrollable things (injuries) - 20%

Coaching - 15%

Fans - 15%

Talent - 10%

Until the fan base stops calling for a 1st year coaches job, they will be a factor in the play of team.

 
IA State Husker said:
DomiNUs said:
I understand that this is Riley's first year as a head coach, and he should be given some time to adjust. That doesn't mean the fans and media have to accept what's going on and pretend all is well.

I don't understand why some guy would go on the radio and try to defend the coaching that has taken place here this year. Coaching alone has lost this team at least 3 games. The decisions on third and short, which for some reason is almost always a passing down, is mind boggling. I also don't know about the part where Mike Riley was universally thought of as a good coach. Maybe at one point in time this was true. It's certainly not true now. Just go ask some Beaver fans.
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He literally did not say most of what you just posted. Listen to it again. He says 2 or 3 times that husker fans have a right to be upset at the results, just not to go overboard and act like hate-spewing idiots.
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He does go on a rant about the negativity coming from the message boards and then turns around and says we have a right to be upset. Which makes no sense.

He spends time defending Riley's coaching, and says we should be impressed by what he did at OSU.

He does say that Mike Riley was "Universally" thought of as a good coach.

I was commenting on the above. He literally did not say what I posted, because it is my commentary. But hey, let's all take advice from the MSU radio guy. He's obviously got our best interests in mind when he speaks.

 
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