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[True2tRA]

I don't understand how people think there are not Husker fans predicting under 9 wins while at the same time telling everyone what a huge upgrade this staff is and how a bag of poop could coach the Huskers to 9 wins.

I think this staff is a considerabnle upgrade at early every position, don't you?

I think where you and a few others are getting confused is that many of us expect that upgrade to pay off, it just may or may not happen in year one. Its tough to really know what to "expect" but anything is "possible".

Heck ALL we heard last year was how a bag of poop could coach the team to 9 wins. Why are people pretending like that is not the case?

People aren't pretending. I think you're pretending that someone said that. Its an over exaggeration. Many weren't impressed with the last staff. Many think Bo Pelini is a sack of sh#t. Maybe that's where you got confused.

 

[teachercd]

I don't understand how people think there are not Husker fans predicting under 9 wins while at the same time telling everyone what a huge upgrade this staff is and how a bag of poop could coach the Huskers to 9 wins.

I think this staff is a considerabnle upgrade at early every position, don't you?

I think where you and a few others are getting confused is that many of us expect that upgrade to pay off, it just may or may not happen in year one. Its tough to really know what to "expect" but anything is "possible".

Heck ALL we heard last year was how a bag of poop could coach the team to 9 wins. Why are people pretending like that is not the case?

People aren't pretending. I think you're pretending that someone said that. Its an over exaggeration. Many weren't impressed with the last staff. Many think Bo Pelini is a sack of sh#t. Maybe that's where you got confused.

This is getting crazy...

Did you or did you not think the last staff kind of sucked?

Do you think this staff is better and probably WAAAAAY better?

My answer to both is yes...100%

So if your answer to both is yes, the expectations should be high(er), even in year one. Riley himself has said that he is going to play to the players strengths...which means he has told them and the fans that he is not going to try and make this OSU-East.

There is zero reason to think that things should be worse in his first year. Maybe I am just being super positive, I don't know.

 

[Landlord]

Given that we've won 9 for the last seven years in a row and now most can't stop gushing about how basically every aspect of the program is improved, I don't get all the talk about how we might struggle this year and already making all the excuses for why we might not win as much. Especially when we have almost an identical schedule as last year.

I don't get how you don't get that. It seems very simple to me, and I talked about it earlier but you didn't have any comment towards it. Boils down to two things - the first is that there are tons of variables that go into a football season, many of which are completely out of our/the coaching staff's control, and the second is that even if it is all improvement across the board, that doesn't always equate to improvement in results, because these coaches aren't improving upon the same things that already exist. They are actually breaking them down, changing them, and building them back up as something different.

Like. If we ran Georgia Tech's triple wing option offense and won 9 games, and then Chip Kelly became our head coach, a huge and obvious improvement, would you guarantee that we'd win more in year 1? Or if we had an air raid passing attack, and then in his prime Tom Osborne became our head coach? I wouldn't. Because they would get rid of the things we did and do their own things, which might take more time.

 

[teachercd]

Given that we've won 9 for the last seven years in a row and now most can't stop gushing about how basically every aspect of the program is improved, I don't get all the talk about how we might struggle this year and already making all the excuses for why we might not win as much. Especially when we have almost an identical schedule as last year.

I don't get how you don't get that. It seems very simple to me, and I talked about it earlier but you didn't have any comment towards it. Boils down to two things - the first is that there are tons of variables that go into a football season, many of which are completely out of our/the coaching staff's control, and the second is that even if it is all improvement across the board, that doesn't always equate to improvement in results, because these coaches aren't improving upon the same things that already exist. They are actually breaking them down, changing them, and building them back up as something different.

Like. If we ran Georgia Tech's triple wing option offense and won 9 games, and then Chip Kelly became our head coach, a huge and obvious improvement, would you guarantee that we'd win more in year 1? Or if we had an air raid passing attack, and then in his prime Tom Osborne became our head coach? I wouldn't. Because they would get rid of the things we did and do their own things, which might take more time.

I agree...but Riley said he is not doing that...he said he is not going to change everything and make this OSU-East.

 

[Landlord]

I agree...but Riley said he is not doing that...he said he is not going to change everything and make this OSU-East.

Sure, and I believe him, but I also have no idea what that actually means practically speaking, and neither do any of us, so the best we can do is uneducated guess work as to whether or not it will go off without a hitch, or if it does have a hitch how significant of one it will be.

Another big reason that plenty of people are saying it is possible we might take a step back in year 1 is, frankly, we have almost nothing to look at and compare ourselves to. The data pool of well-resourced schools with a new respected but relatively unproven because of less than ideal circumstances at their job head coach, following a fired a 9 win coach, is practically zero. So how the hell should we know?

 

[teachercd]

I agree...but Riley said he is not doing that...he said he is not going to change everything and make this OSU-East.

Sure, and I believe him, but I also have no idea what that actually means practically speaking, and neither do any of us, so the best we can do is uneducated guess work as to whether or not it will go off without a hitch, or if it does have a hitch how significant of one it will be.

Another big reason that plenty of people are saying it is possible we might take a step back in year 1 is, frankly, we have almost nothing to look at and compare ourselves to. The data pool of well-resourced schools with a new respected but relatively unproven because of less than ideal circumstances at their job head coach, following a fired a 9 win coach, is practically zero. So how the hell should we know?

True...

I just think NU has upgraded in every possible way...and they have a HC that said he is not going to dump everything to install his system. I guess I don't see negatives.

 

[Mavric]

I'm talking about the "expectations" of the people on this board. And I'm surprised at how many posters consider 7 a very real possibility - especially with the amount of praise being heaped on the new staff and how many like to put all of the blame for "only" winning 9 games every year on the old staff.

I feel like I remind you and a few others of this quite often:

It wasn't the nine wins that was the issue, the problem was the 4 losses and the way the team tended to lose them.

I don't disagree.

What does that have to do with winning those same 9 games this year?

My issue is that you've made it sound as if its so simple.
The way you've said the old coaches managed to win nine, and these guys are better coaches, so that should equal "the same nine wins" as if it's just a given.

I don't think its that simple. I don't think its the "same" at all. Its all really truly different entirely. Like I said.

I'm making it sound so simple in the same way that may laughed at - even mocked - bringing up winning nine games over the previous few seasons.

Edit: Also, I don't think the coaching staff can actually be that much of an improvement if they can't win as many games against the same schedule as the previous staff. If we still had the previous staff, I can see the argument that "we've been about as lucky as possible to keep winning nine, it's bound to catch up to us" - though that definitely doesn't apply to the 2014 season. If the previous staff could actually IMPROVE by several wins (over a much worse previous season) and get to the nine win mark against a noticeably tougher schedule than we have this year - I don't see why some sort of adjustment year is a concern at all.

 

[True2tRA]

I don't understand how people think there are not Husker fans predicting under 9 wins while at the same time telling everyone what a huge upgrade this staff is and how a bag of poop could coach the Huskers to 9 wins.

I think this staff is a considerabnle upgrade at early every position, don't you?I think where you and a few others are getting confused is that many of us expect that upgrade to pay off, it just may or may not happen in year one. Its tough to really know what to "expect" but anything is "possible".

Heck ALL we heard last year was how a bag of poop could coach the team to 9 wins. Why are people pretending like that is not the case?

People aren't pretending. I think you're pretending that someone said that. Its an over exaggeration. Many weren't impressed with the last staff. Many think Bo Pelini is a sack of sh#t. Maybe that's where you got confused.

This is getting crazy...

Did you or did you not think the last staff kind of sucked?

Do you think this staff is better and probably WAAAAAY better?

My answer to both is yes...100%

So if your answer to both is yes, the expectations should be high(er), even in year one. Riley himself has said that he is going to play to the players strengths...which means he has told them and the fans that he is not going to try and make this OSU-East.

There is zero reason to think that things should(could) be worse in his first year. Maybe I am just being super positive, I don't know.

(Could be worse)And you claim to be a coach?

There's a long list of reasons especially following a guy like Bo and the type of culture he fostered here.

Still, we might be a better football team, it doesn't have to be worse. It still may not amount to more wins.

AGAIN: THE OTHER TEAMS ON THE SCHEDULE HAVE SPENT ANOTHER OFF-SEASON TRYING TO IMPROVE AS WELL.

 

[True2tRA]

I'm talking about the "expectations" of the people on this board. And I'm surprised at how many posters consider 7 a very real possibility - especially with the amount of praise being heaped on the new staff and how many like to put all of the blame for "only" winning 9 games every year on the old staff.

I feel like I remind you and a few others of this quite often:

It wasn't the nine wins that was the issue, the problem was the 4 losses and the way the team tended to lose them.

I don't disagree.

What does that have to do with winning those same 9 games this year?

My issue is that you've made it sound as if its so simple.The way you've said the old coaches managed to win nine, and these guys are better coaches, so that should equal "the same nine wins" as if it's just a given.

I don't think its that simple. I don't think its the "same" at all. Its all really truly different entirely. Like I said.

I'm making it sound so simple in the same way that may laughed at - even mocked - bringing up winning nine games over the previous few seasons.

Edit: Also, I don't think the coaching staff can actually be that much of an improvement if they can't win as many games against the same schedule as the previous staff. If we still had the previous staff, I can see the argument that "we've been about as lucky as possible to keep winning nine, it's bound to catch up to us" - though that definitely doesn't apply to the 2014 season. If the previous staff could actually IMPROVE by several wins (over a much worse previous season) and get to the nine win mark against a noticeably tougher schedule than we have this year - I don't see why some sort of adjustment year is a concern at all.

What?

 

[JJ Husker]

We really need the season to start. People are arguing just for the sake of arguing.....well, I guess that happens all the time anyway.

It is not contradictory for someone to make these 3 claims 1) Riley and this staff is a big upgrade over what we had with Bo and co. 2) Most any coach worth at least a bag of poop could have coached the Huskers to 9 wins just like Bo did. 3) Riley may not get to 9 wins this season.

The short bus explanation is that there are many factors involved in the W-L record that are not entirely dependent on the HC or the coaching staff in general. Our schedule and a pretty much entirely new system come to mind as 2 big factors that have nothing to do with Bo or MR. Hopefully those of you who are claiming this can see that there is more to consider when it comes to the win loss record.

BTW, I expect 10 wins and also think it is possible. *gasp*

 

[teachercd]

I don't understand how people think there are not Husker fans predicting under 9 wins while at the same time telling everyone what a huge upgrade this staff is and how a bag of poop could coach the Huskers to 9 wins.

I think this staff is a considerabnle upgrade at early every position, don't you?I think where you and a few others are getting confused is that many of us expect that upgrade to pay off, it just may or may not happen in year one. Its tough to really know what to "expect" but anything is "possible".

Heck ALL we heard last year was how a bag of poop could coach the team to 9 wins. Why are people pretending like that is not the case?

People aren't pretending. I think you're pretending that someone said that. Its an over exaggeration. Many weren't impressed with the last staff. Many think Bo Pelini is a sack of sh#t. Maybe that's where you got confused.

This is getting crazy...

Did you or did you not think the last staff kind of sucked?

Do you think this staff is better and probably WAAAAAY better?

My answer to both is yes...100%

So if your answer to both is yes, the expectations should be high(er), even in year one. Riley himself has said that he is going to play to the players strengths...which means he has told them and the fans that he is not going to try and make this OSU-East.

There is zero reason to think that things should(could) be worse in his first year. Maybe I am just being super positive, I don't know.

(Could be worse)And you claim to be a coach?

There's a long list of reasons especially following a guy like Bo and the type of culture he fostered here.

Still, we might be a better football team, it doesn't have to be worse. It still may not amount to more wins.

AGAIN: THE OTHER TEAMS ON THE SCHEDULE HAVE SPENT ANOTHER OFF-SEASON TRYING TO IMPROVE AS WELL.

Okay, you win...NU will struggle to win 7 games this year but Riley is the best coach. I guess I am just more positive about it...and I claim to be a really bad coach, like, really really bad.

 

[JJ Husker]

True- Part of the problem is that there are many fans who don't differentiate how we play from our record. Some think our record is the entire indication of how well we played and how good we are. For many, 9 wins is the same as how good we played. Many of those people are the ones who are upset we got rid of a 9 win coach and they are some of the same ones who think it is mandatory for Riley to win at least 9 games in year one. Personally I don't get that whole line of thought but I've seen enough of it on this board to know it exists.

 

[True2tRA]

True- Part of the problem is that there are many fans who don't differentiate how we play from our record. Some think our record is the entire indication of how well we played and how good we are. For many, 9 wins is the same as how good we played. Many of those people are the ones who are upset we got rid of a 9 win coach and they are some of the same ones who think it is mandatory for Riley to win at least 9 games in year one. Personally I don't get that whole line of thought but I've seen enough of it on this board to know it exists.

Yea, it kind of ruins the point of the game IMO. If all you care about is wins and losses then why not just check the scores scrolling at the bottom of the page on ESPN? Sure, winning is important but I'd like to see how these guys play ball. I'm looking forward to the new style.

 

[True2tRA]

I don't understand how people think there are not Husker fans predicting under 9 wins while at the same time telling everyone what a huge upgrade this staff is and how a bag of poop could coach the Huskers to 9 wins.

I think this staff is a considerabnle upgrade at early every position, don't you?I think where you and a few others are getting confused is that many of us expect that upgrade to pay off, it just may or may not happen in year one. Its tough to really know what to "expect" but anything is "possible".

Heck ALL we heard last year was how a bag of poop could coach the team to 9 wins. Why are people pretending like that is not the case?

People aren't pretending. I think you're pretending that someone said that. Its an over exaggeration. Many weren't impressed with the last staff. Many think Bo Pelini is a sack of sh#t. Maybe that's where you got confused.

This is getting crazy...

Did you or did you not think the last staff kind of sucked?

Do you think this staff is better and probably WAAAAAY better?

My answer to both is yes...100%

So if your answer to both is yes, the expectations should be high(er), even in year one. Riley himself has said that he is going to play to the players strengths...which means he has told them and the fans that he is not going to try and make this OSU-East.

There is zero reason to think that things should(could) be worse in his first year. Maybe I am just being super positive, I don't know.

(Could be worse)And you claim to be a coach?

There's a long list of reasons especially following a guy like Bo and the type of culture he fostered here.

Still, we might be a better football team, it doesn't have to be worse. It still may not amount to more wins.

AGAIN: THE OTHER TEAMS ON THE SCHEDULE HAVE SPENT ANOTHER OFF-SEASON TRYING TO IMPROVE AS WELL.

Okay, you win...NU will struggle to win 7 games this year but Riley is the best coach. I guess I am just more positive about it...and I claim to be a really bad coach, like, really really bad.

I win? I never said NU will struggle to win 7. I also never said Riley is the best coach. He's a good coach and he's the Huskers coach, so I'm rooting for him. If NU struggles to win 7 that will suck! I can hear all the Bo-lievers now....they're in the weeds waiting.....

 

[teachercd]

I don't understand how people think there are not Husker fans predicting under 9 wins while at the same time telling everyone what a huge upgrade this staff is and how a bag of poop could coach the Huskers to 9 wins.

I think this staff is a considerabnle upgrade at early every position, don't you?I think where you and a few others are getting confused is that many of us expect that upgrade to pay off, it just may or may not happen in year one. Its tough to really know what to "expect" but anything is "possible".

Heck ALL we heard last year was how a bag of poop could coach the team to 9 wins. Why are people pretending like that is not the case?

People aren't pretending. I think you're pretending that someone said that. Its an over exaggeration. Many weren't impressed with the last staff. Many think Bo Pelini is a sack of sh#t. Maybe that's where you got confused.

This is getting crazy...

Did you or did you not think the last staff kind of sucked?

Do you think this staff is better and probably WAAAAAY better?

My answer to both is yes...100%

So if your answer to both is yes, the expectations should be high(er), even in year one. Riley himself has said that he is going to play to the players strengths...which means he has told them and the fans that he is not going to try and make this OSU-East.

There is zero reason to think that things should(could) be worse in his first year. Maybe I am just being super positive, I don't know.

(Could be worse)And you claim to be a coach?

There's a long list of reasons especially following a guy like Bo and the type of culture he fostered here.

Still, we might be a better football team, it doesn't have to be worse. It still may not amount to more wins.

AGAIN: THE OTHER TEAMS ON THE SCHEDULE HAVE SPENT ANOTHER OFF-SEASON TRYING TO IMPROVE AS WELL.

Okay, you win...NU will struggle to win 7 games this year but Riley is the best coach. I guess I am just more positive about it...and I claim to be a really bad coach, like, really really bad.

I win? I never said NU will struggle to win 7. I also never said Riley is the best coach. He's a good coach and he's the Huskers coach, so I'm rooting for him. If NU struggles to win 7 that will suck! I can hear all the Bo-lievers now....they're in the weeds waiting.....

They will EXPLODE at the first chance that they get!