Buttttt we are keeping our OL coach whose job is to prepare the guys to KNOW who there are suppose to block. It is one thing to have them prepared physically (S&C) and another on the knowledge side. So, my concern is - will they improve knowledge wise wt the current OL coach. Hopefullly (there is that word again) Rhule will be able to help Riola to coach up the OL.
I've thought about that. And, the only thing I can hope for is that the way practices were ran, didn't give linemen a chance to know what they were supposed to do.
This has got to be the reason he was retained. Of course Raiola only had one year with Frost and coming from the NFL he may have seen huge deficiencies in the program. Judging by Frost's total lack of attention and particularly lack of attention to details, I could see this being the issue. Kind of hard being the new guy and insisting on wide scale changes in the S&C program and how the line blocks. Also- some of that could be on Whip as well. If someone could write a book about the behind the curtain aspects of the Frost era, it would probably be an interesting read.
Do you think the scheme was too difficult - too complex?? I know there have been discussions about zone block verses what - man to man?? Is zone blocking all about blocking someone who enters your zone of responsibility?? I don't fully understand the concept. If I understand it correctly, in the days of our Pipeline glory, we were all about putting a helmet on another and aggressively getting pancakes. While zone has less of an emphasis in aggressiveness but on protecting your area of influence.
Is it just me, or did our offense with pulling linemen basically disappear this year?
For sure. And by the way, what is a screen?? I don't recall much in the way of screen plays either.
I think they were pulling to get out of the way of the rushing D lineman who were chancing CT around the field. :bang
I still think this is a bigger problem than S&C or coaching. We all heard the practices lacked physicality. But all we really heard about was defense.
Did you watch out tackles? They were slowwwwwww. That's doing the right drills & strength training to make them quicker & more agile. Also getting recruits who already have good footwork and want to be at Nebraska.
