Tangent Thread - January 2017 Edition

[The Dude]

Did you not here him say his first year at UCONN they were a top 15 defense? I think his system is adaptable and effective just based on that. He will construct the system around the players we have.

Look who they played. They play in the American Athletic Conference.

And he was not the Defensive coach of that team... he was the head coach...

Of a team that went... 2-10... 6-7... 3-9... in his 3 years as head coach.

Aren't you just the cutest little hater? Skeptical is one thing but htf would you know? Present some credentials or stop.

Typical... you have nothing to say (no counterargument or rebuttal...nothing)... so you launch a personal attack against a fellow member.

We are all responding to comments made by Adam Carriker.

I suggest that if you don't like what he said... or if you know more than he does... you take it up with him.

Lol.Yes the American was soooo bad this year, that it had 5 of its coaches poached to become HC's at fairly big time P5 jobs. Get outta here troll boy.

Diaco's record at UConn in the American Athletic Conference was:

2014: 2-10

2015: 6-7

2016: 3-9... last place in American Athletic Conference 2016... fired after 3 years.

You may not like those facts... but those are the facts.

So being considered one of the nations top DCs and winning the top assistant award aren't facts? You're debating head coach vs DC. Are you trolling or actually that thick?

You're not paying attention.

I'm the one who correctly pointed out he was not the DC at UConn... so the original claim (comment #9 of this thread) was not relevant anyway. You need to direct your comment to that person.

You cant have it both ways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaLQgktZBus

 

[Husker Psycho]

"They were fantastic his first year, crazy better than the year before"... Wrong.

This is why you don't allow incorrect information to be splattered around.

In 2013... the year before Diaco was hired at UConn... UConn had the No.27 ranked Defense in the country... which is a higher ranking than at any time while Diaco was coaching at UConn.

Those in glass houses...

In 2013 UConn was the #85 scoring D and #65 total D.

So you're not even close. Care to explain how you're not trolling and misrepresenting the facts?

According to the link you provided...

In 2013... UConn was ranked 51st in Total D.

51=27???? Damn, that common core math really is a lot different.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/team/_/stat/total/position/defense/sort/totalYards/year/2013

 

[Husker Psycho]

"They were fantastic his first year, crazy better than the year before"... Wrong.

This is why you don't allow incorrect information to be splattered around.

In 2013... the year before Diaco was hired at UConn... UConn had the No.27 ranked Defense in the country... which is a higher ranking than at any time while Diaco was coaching at UConn.

Those in glass houses...

In 2013 UConn was the #85 scoring D and #51 total D.

So you're not even close. Care to explain how you're not trolling and misrepresenting the facts?

EDIT: Fixed the total D rank and strike out the rest as we have conflicting sources of information that disagree.

Your integrity is duly noted and much appreciated.

 

[huKSer]

Steve Pederson has been gone for nearly 10 years. He has nothing to do with this team's "grasping at straws".

I also believe firing the two most maligned coaches, who happen to be long-time friends, is not grasping at straws. It's doing what it takes to field a championship caliber team. Time will tell if it works.

I think the questions most people are asking is:

Why did he hire those people in the first place if they weren't championship caliber coaches ?

Did we throw the last 2 years away because he hired his friends ?

I suspect that he thought Mark Banker deserved a chance with better resources, better players, etc. because Mike knows that Mark is a good coach. It is possible that Mike Riley realized that Nebraska needs a great coach or simply a change to the 3-4 because we aren't recruiting DL that seem to be everywhere in the SEC. While watching those DL during the National Championship game I thought to myself that we don't have guys anywhere near the athletic ability and talent of those DL. I also thought how the hell can we get those guys. I think the answer is that you don't bank on getting those guys and move to a defense like the 3-4 and give your players every chance to be successful due to the uncertainty that it creates in the offensive blocking schemes and the QB. I suspect that Wisconsin runs the 3-4 for that exact reason. Not a lot of Simeon Rice like DE running around in WI and none in NE either. I'm sure that Mark Banker's defense would have been amazing with the Grant W., Adam C., Suh, etc. Was there any DC available in 15 that could have been hired to run the 3-4. I don't know but I trust that Mike Riley will get the job done here in Nebraska. GBR

FLHuskerGBR posting style reminds me of 84HuskerLaw's

 

[Husker Psycho]

"They were fantastic his first year, crazy better than the year before"... Wrong.

This is why you don't allow incorrect information to be splattered around.

In 2013... the year before Diaco was hired at UConn... UConn had the No.27 ranked Defense in the country... which is a higher ranking than at any time while Diaco was coaching at UConn.

Those in glass houses...

In 2013 UConn was the #85 scoring D and #65 total D.

So you're not even close. Care to explain how you're not trolling and misrepresenting the facts?

According to the link you provided...

In 2013... UConn was ranked 51st in Total D.

Correct. I edited that post.

Well, one thing is for certain. Not all stats, metrics and rankings are created equal.

Did you take a look at last years rankings for Total Defense? Both the NCAA and the other source scored it the same. Boston College had the best defense in the country last year... No 1.

Only problem... Boston College record last year was 3-9. But in Total Defense they were ranked ahead of every other team in the country.

What was their Scoring Defense? 4th... That's right, 1st in Total Defense and 4th in Scoring Defense. Their record... 3-9.

But there's more. What was their Total Offense rank ? 125th... dead last. LOL !

Those rankings put out by the two sources are totally meaningless... including the Scoring Defense rankings.

 

[RedDenver]

"They were fantastic his first year, crazy better than the year before"... Wrong.

This is why you don't allow incorrect information to be splattered around.

In 2013... the year before Diaco was hired at UConn... UConn had the No.27 ranked Defense in the country... which is a higher ranking than at any time while Diaco was coaching at UConn.

Those in glass houses...

In 2013 UConn was the #85 scoring D and #65 total D.

So you're not even close. Care to explain how you're not trolling and misrepresenting the facts?

According to the link you provided...

In 2013... UConn was ranked 51st in Total D.

Correct. I edited that post.

Well, one thing is for certain. Not all stats, metrics and rankings are created equal.

Did you take a look at last years rankings for Total Defense. Both the NCAA and the other source scored it the same. Boston College had the best defense in the country last year... No 1.

Only problem... Boston College record last year was 3-9. But in total defense they were ranked ahead of every other team in the country.

What was their scoring defense ? 4th... That's right 1st in Total Defense and 4th in scoring defense. Their record... 3-9.

But there's more. What was their Total Offense rank ? 125th... dead last. LOL !

Those rankings put out by the two sources are totally meaningless... including the scoring defense rankings.

I don't think BC having a great defense but a bad team means the stats don't matter. Especially since the current discussion is about Diaco's defense, the conclusion you could draw is that the team's record isn't necessarily a good indication of how well the defense played.

 

[Husker Psycho]

"They were fantastic his first year, crazy better than the year before"... Wrong.

This is why you don't allow incorrect information to be splattered around.

In 2013... the year before Diaco was hired at UConn... UConn had the No.27 ranked Defense in the country... which is a higher ranking than at any time while Diaco was coaching at UConn.

Those in glass houses...

In 2013 UConn was the #85 scoring D and #65 total D.

So you're not even close. Care to explain how you're not trolling and misrepresenting the facts?

According to the link you provided...

In 2013... UConn was ranked 51st in Total D.

Correct. I edited that post.

Well, one thing is for certain. Not all stats, metrics and rankings are created equal.

Did you take a look at last years rankings for Total Defense. Both the NCAA and the other source scored it the same. Boston College had the best defense in the country last year... No 1.

Only problem... Boston College record last year was 3-9. But in total defense they were ranked ahead of every other team in the country.

What was their scoring defense ? 4th... That's right 1st in Total Defense and 4th in scoring defense. Their record... 3-9.

But there's more. What was their Total Offense rank ? 125th... dead last. LOL !

Those rankings put out by the two sources are totally meaningless... including the scoring defense rankings.

I don't think BC having a great defense but a bad team means the stats don't matter. Especially since the current discussion is about Diaco's defense, the conclusion you could draw is that the team's record isn't necessarily a good indication of how well the defense played.

You're telling me Boston College had a better defense than Alabama last year?

 

[huKSer]

Holy crap!

An entire page of tangents from one day?

 

[The Dude]

Everything Husker Psycho says is a goddamn non sequitur.

 

[RedDenver]

"They were fantastic his first year, crazy better than the year before"... Wrong.

This is why you don't allow incorrect information to be splattered around.

In 2013... the year before Diaco was hired at UConn... UConn had the No.27 ranked Defense in the country... which is a higher ranking than at any time while Diaco was coaching at UConn.

Those in glass houses...

In 2013 UConn was the #85 scoring D and #65 total D.

So you're not even close. Care to explain how you're not trolling and misrepresenting the facts?

According to the link you provided...

In 2013... UConn was ranked 51st in Total D.

Correct. I edited that post.

Well, one thing is for certain. Not all stats, metrics and rankings are created equal.

Did you take a look at last years rankings for Total Defense. Both the NCAA and the other source scored it the same. Boston College had the best defense in the country last year... No 1.

Only problem... Boston College record last year was 3-9. But in total defense they were ranked ahead of every other team in the country.

What was their scoring defense ? 4th... That's right 1st in Total Defense and 4th in scoring defense. Their record... 3-9.

But there's more. What was their Total Offense rank ? 125th... dead last. LOL !

Those rankings put out by the two sources are totally meaningless... including the scoring defense rankings.

I don't think BC having a great defense but a bad team means the stats don't matter. Especially since the current discussion is about Diaco's defense, the conclusion you could draw is that the team's record isn't necessarily a good indication of how well the defense played.

You're telling me Boston College had a better defense than Alabama last year?

Can you find where I said that?

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Fans look to stats because hey, what else can you do?

But the coaching community often comes to different conclusions based on knowing a whole lot more about coaching and coaches.

 

[Husker Psycho]

This whole thing is BS !

The majority of comments here are coming from PAID (money) commenters who's only purpose it to STOP HONEST discussion...

In order to protect the million dollar salaries of the scoundrels who have taken over our football program... and run it into the ground.

 

[In the Deed the Glory]

This whole thing is BS !

The majority of comments here are coming from PAID (money) commenters who's only purpose it to STOP HONEST discussion...

In order to protect the million dollar salaries of the scoundrels who have taken over our football program... and run it into the ground.

 

[BigRedBuster]

This whole thing is BS !

The majority of comments here are coming from PAID (money) commenters who's only purpose it to STOP HONEST discussion...

In order to protect the million dollar salaries of the scoundrels who have taken over our football program... and run it into the ground.

WTF????

 

[Nebfanatic]

I for one am on this board because I really really really love husker football...but that's just what a secret paid poster would say....hmmmmm....I know Husker Psycho is right and I am here to shed light on our secret society of paid posters whose only goal is to suppress the wise and knowledgeable posters who know the only way to win championships again is to fire our staff and hire Bill Belichick