Can we be satisfied?

The idea that Michigan fans are dissatisfied with what Jim Harbaugh has done is ridiculous. The 2 coaches before him were complete dumpster fires, and expecting more than what JH has accomplished there each and every year is utterly unreasonable. He hasn't beaten Ohio State yet, but very few teams have...

I'm with a few others here. Scott Frost is the guy. He's an exciting young coach, the last QB to win a national title here, and has proven his upside both on the field and in recruiting. If he can't bring this program to 9+ win seasons and compete for conference championships, i don't know if anyone can here anymore... 

 
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I can be satisfied  because, like a previous poster said, it’s entertainment. I simply cannot watch the NFL anymore besides a playoff game or damn good matchup because the  product is just not entertaining. (Timeouts, cost, replays, free agency, millionaires, flags, sit-outs..etc) 

I care more about Nebraska and willfully engage in all aspects because it entertains me. A bunch of 18-22 yr old players gonna affect my week anymore like when I was 7-30 yrs old?? Hell no. 

I want us to win so bad and I want the glory to return to the STATE and to it’s people. The stadium will always be there, the colors will always be Scarlett and Cream, the band will always play Hail Varsity; and hopefully we all will always cheer. But I’m done with the negativity and gut wrenching. 

I will be satisfied when we are just competitive and have a chance to win most of the games. Let the Deed be the Glory, truly. The nuance is just entertaining and removes me from daily grind. Talking to my dad and brothers about the Cornhuskers like we do the weather, taking my son to a game or two. Tailgating and talking smack to my buddies. 

All the championships and trophies will be icing. I can be satisfied again because I have perspective and believe Frost can bring some icing. In the meantime, I’ll just be entertained. 

And I’ll add...I’m all in.   I never sit down, I yell like hell, I have Husker gear, I say GBR to any hat I see anywhere, I follow these threads and recruiting...I love Nebraska and that’s enough satisfaction for me. 
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Thanks for stating my own feelings...Only much better.

I usually only watch part of an NFL game if I find out there's a Husker on the team...I try to watch the local team a little since the QB is playing like I hoped 2AM would this year...Plus Larry Fitzgerald is just fun to watch.

Our last 20 seasons have honed? me to the point of not letting the first Husker loss of the season ruin my year and hopefully, get some sort of a life.

 
ActualCornHusker said:
The idea that Michigan fans are dissatisfied with what Jim Harbaugh has done is ridiculous. The 2 coaches before him were complete dumpster fires, and expecting more than what JH has accomplished there each and every year is utterly unreasonable. He hasn't beaten Ohio State yet, but very few teams have...

I'm with a few others here. Scott Frost is the guy. He's an exciting young coach, the last QB to win a national title here, and has proven his upside both on the field and in recruiting. If he can't bring this program to 9+ win seasons and compete for conference championships, i don't know if anyone can here anymore... 
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How do you feel about Verduzco?

I keep wondering if he's been in each QB's ear about Running being a last resort...Body preservation 

 
HUSKER 37 said:
How do you feel about Verduzco?

I keep wondering if he's been in each QB's ear about Running being a last resort...Body preservation 
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I don't know enough about the coaches, how they operate day to day, what they're asking the players to do, etc to answer that. If you're going off pure on field performance, the biggest positions that worry me would be LB & OL.

OL is young with some square pegs, so i think that will get better but will just take time. The LB play deeply concerns me, and if we're seeing the same things in 2 years, Frost will have to make a move on his defensive staff. 

 
ActualCornHusker said:
I don't know enough about the coaches, how they operate day to day, what they're asking the players to do, etc to answer that. If you're going off pure on field performance, the biggest positions that worry me would be LB & OL.

OL is young with some square pegs, so i think that will get better but will just take time. The LB play deeply concerns me, and if we're seeing the same things in 2 years, Frost will have to make a move on his defensive staff. 
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As a lifelong linebacker, it pains me to see the position likely being eliminated soon...Even now, our roster has less than half of our number of LBs as our rosters back when I was wanting to walk on.

How are any of our O-Linemen square pegs?  I sorta remember Run Blocking being much easier than pass blocking, but don't we usually do both?

 
I don't think we can consistently recruit the kind of talent to Nebraska to continuously run the SF offense however, there's this little part of me that believes he could turn this place into a football factory like Bama/Clemson. He's just gonna need a little more breathing room to do it though, IMO.

The real question is whether or not this fan base has the patience for that.

 
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WyoHusker56 said:
We out recruited UCLA last year and we're on Pace to again this year. The spread offense can and does work in the B1G. NU is not the only team to use it. I don't know enough about the defense, but Wisconsin makes a 3-4 work really well. 
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Ya, Ohio State has dominated the con running a spread O.  Being that our D-line is superior to our LB-corps I'd like to see more 4-man front this year but I'm OK with a 3-4 base long-term,  either scheme works or doesn't depending on how well you recruit to it and execute.

 
Satisfaction is a loaded term.  At this point in NU football I would be satisfied with seeming improvement.  I think we led the nation in TO's under Bo with TM, Riley with Lee and now under Frost with AM we sit at 124....I'd be satisfied with no blow out losses.  Stomping "inferior" opponents. Less penalties....IMHO, this would translate to wins.....BUT just seeing us look like  a competent football team regardless of W-L would be improvement.

Another concern I have is that Solich couldn't recruit.....Cally was Callly, Bo was too mean and only had success with Cally's recruits 9 wins was smoke and mirrors, Riley just sucked and Frost inherited a mess.....We are going on roughly 18 years of continued turmoil in NU football.  Blaming the former coaches, players etc....We have yet to right the ship.  Can Frost do it?  I hope so.  If he can't, I am unsure who can.

I do not think that Frost's offense as he ran at UCF will be successful in the B1G.  The B1G top to bottom is more physical, better athletes, more speed, colder weather and just a better conference top to bottom than the AAC.  Will elements work?  Of course, BUT I am still waiting for the HUSKER POWER part to show up.  Unsure about the staff as a whole. They are young, inexperienced in some spots and this is a brand new league.  

I'm not satisfied now.  Too much regression IMHO.  Too much talk of lack of buy in, culture issues, selfishness from the players. Lack of physicality, identity etc..in year 2.

Go back to looking like NU and I'll be satisfied.  Until we are not playing in the conference championship and then not winning and then not making it into the playoffs, and not winning.........  One step at a time.  Satisfaction is continually evolving based upon our level of success....

As to being patient, that's the only choice we have.  And as many issues as this team appears to have.  Patience will be needed.

Poor man want to be rich
Rich man want to be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything-

The Boss

 
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lo country said:
Satisfaction is a loaded term.  At this point in NU football I would be satisfied with seeming improvement.  I think we led the nation in TO's under Bo with TM, Riley with Lee and now under Frost with AM we sit at 124....I'd be satisfied with no blow out losses.  Stomping "inferior" opponents. Less penalties....IMHO, this would translate to wins.....BUT just seeing us look like  a competent football team regardless of W-L would be improvement.

Another concern I have is that Solich couldn't recruit.....Cally was Callly, Bo was too mean and only had success with Cally's recruits 9 wins was smoke and mirrors, Riley just sucked and Frost inherited a mess.....We are going on roughly 18 years of continued turmoil in NU football.  Blaming the former coaches, players etc....We have yet to right the ship.  Can Frost do it?  I hope so.  If he can't, I am unsure who can.

I do not think that Frost's offense as he ran at UCF will be successful in the B1G.  The B1G top to bottom is more physical, better athletes, more speed, colder weather and just a better conference top to bottom than the AAC.  Will elements work?  Of course, BUT I am still waiting for the HUSKER POWER part to show up.  Unsure about the staff as a whole. They are young, inexperienced in some spots and this is a brand new league.  

I'm not satisfied now.  Too much regression IMHO.  Too much talk of lack of buy in, culture issues, selfishness from the players. Lack of physicality, identity etc..in year 2.

Go back to looking like NU and I'll be satisfied.  Until we are not playing in the conference championship and then not winning and then not making it into the playoffs, and not winning.........  One step at a time.  Satisfaction is continually evolving based upon our level of success....

As to being patient, that's the only choice we have.  And as many issues as this team appears to have.  Patience will be needed.
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Word.   :bonez

 
Luckily for Frost there is nobody above him on the list of candidates Husker Nation wants.  Unless we could clone a young Tom Osborne, even then we know it would take two more decades to win the big one, and the fanbase these days can't wait that long for a payoff.

 
There is a difference between being content and being satisfied. We may never be truly satisfied without championships, which means we might never be satisfied again. But perhaps we can be content with being respectable, which is where we need to first get to anyway.

As for Harbaugh? He's an asshat. If he was more like, say, Scott Frost, maybe Michigan fans would be more content (I don't know, I'm not a Michigan fan, maybe those d!(ks love that kind of guy). But if Scott Frost had Pelini's record, we might be more content, just never actually satisfied. Problem was, Pelini was an asshat too. If he had the demeanor of a Scott Frost, Pelini would probably still be here.

 
He's been here 1.5 years and we act like the sky is falling. Sad we are also just throwing away the season when we can improve on wins and get to a bowl game. 

 
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I've gotten beyond having the Husker Football team success or lack of success determine my mood and attitude.  I get riled up during games still, of course.  But at the end of the game (or earlier if it's going badly), I'm off to the garage to tinker or such.  I guess you could just say I'm happy.  

And here is where I'd insert the Pharrell "Happy" video if I were more motivated.

 
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FTW said:
I don't think we can consistently recruit the kind of talent to Nebraska to continuously run the SF offense however, there's this little part of me that believes he could turn this place into a football factory like Bama/Clemson. He's just gonna need a little more breathing room to do it though, IMO.

The real question is whether or not this fan base has the patience for that.
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SF OFFENSE DOESN'T TAKE ELITE TALENT. We would be rolling up historic numbers now if it wasn't for an inexperienced OL. Once Frost gets the guys he has been recruiting up front up to speed this offense will take off. Wouldn't be surprised if we hit a groove after this bye week.

 
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