Lack of talent

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Huskers44

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I’m going to say this, my opinion is Nebraska lacks talent. Their best player last season couldn’t make an NFL practice squad. Who on this team is an elite difference maker that you can rely on? We have no one. Look at years past we had Abdullah, David, Amukamara, Dennard, Compton, Helu, Suh, heck even Martinez. This team lacks talent so much. Maybe our young guys might be a great player, but right now I think we are far from coaching. (Even though I think this staff isn’t great by any means) could Coach Bo win with these players?

Lastly, is Nebraska getting worse, or is the rest of the conference just getting better? Or both? I think the conference is definitely getting better. 

 
Saunders said:
How many times are we going to bring up this narrative?

We are getting more raw talent than anyone else in our division. We aren't developing and coaching it, and that's why we're losing.

The end.
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I am thinking this is the new "toxins" right?

I guess this means that there are not many excuses left, right?  If Riley wasn't nice and friendly and personable these excuses would all be gone by now.  We have used up the...

New offense

Wait for the statue qb

New defense

Toxins

Texts from former coaches (or was that under toxins)

Now it is recruiting rankings

By my count...that is all of them!

Could it be that a guy who has coached like 150 games and is around .500 is just that...

 
We have the talent. We do not have the staff to maximize said talent.......Recruiting service are not perfect, but when one looks at the totality of the composites, NU is higher than any team in the West and generally would be considered the 4th best in the East......That's coaching.  Look at the play calling by Langs, the defensive fronts of Diaco....That's poor coaching.  Look at the improvements on OL due to replacements because of injuries...That's coaching.

Do people really think a coach who can't even manage the clock after 40 years of coaching is really going to be able to maximize talent.....Remember when people said he would be able to do so much more with more talent, facilities, etc.......Well the proof is currently in the pudding that he hasn't and isn't going to get NU where it wants to be.  That's coaching....

 
lo country said:
We have the talent. We do not have the staff to maximize said talent.......Recruiting service are not perfect, but when one looks at the totality of the composites, NU is higher than any team in the West and generally would be considered the 4th best in the East......That's coaching.  Look at the play calling by Langs, the defensive fronts of Diaco....That's poor coaching.  Look at the improvements on OL due to replacements because of injuries...That's coaching.

Do people really think a coach who can't even manage the clock after 40 years of coaching is really going to be able to maximize talent.....Remember when people said he would be able to do so much more with more talent, facilities, etc.......Well the proof is currently in the pudding that he hasn't and isn't going to get NU where it wants to be.  That's coaching....
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Agreed!

It is not a slam to call a coach average.  They keep records and it is easy to see who is average and that is what Riley is.  The real issue is not that Riley is average as a coach it is that for the longest time "experts" wanted to jock him up as this coach that was average due to his environment but that really wasn't the case.  People also liked to pretend that the 45 pound plates in Corvallis were not 45 pounds...and that they only had one squat rack...Riley isn't a bad coach he is just average.  

 
I have never seen this board as a whole, in such a wreck.  Every thread, a disaster, every post a speculation.  As mere fans of football, the sensible among us must admit, that we know little about how to right this ship.  We are amateurs after all.    Nor do we know when or if it will be righted.  

All we know is that we live to fight another day.  And though the outcome is in doubt, fight we must!

 
I don't think it's hard to get a class that is #25-#30. It takes like four 4 :star  players is all. We aren't on the same planet as the top three consistent teams the past 5 years, but we are better than teams in the West - this is why we need to be competing for the West every single year. 

I do think the lack of 'next level' players has been an issue though in the recent past. Next level meaning athleticism/measurables mixed with a little bit of IT factor coming out of HS. I thought that the 17' class had 3 NL with 3 others who have high potential to be good college players. DT looks to be the breakout 3* at this point, but it's early. 

NL

Guy Thomas

Damion Daniels 

Tyjon Lindsey 

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Jaevon McQuitty 

Tristan Gebbia 

Avery Roberts

As much as I liked our 17' class, let's take a look at the top 5 B10 teams in terms of recent year's W/L's....Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State have a large advantage going forward while Wisconsin and Michigan State continue to out kick their recruiting. 

2017

Ohio State: (6) 5 :star  (11) 4 :star

Michigan (3) 5 :star  (16) 4 :star

Penn State (1) 5 :star  (10) 4 :star

Wisconsin (5) 4 :star

Michigan State (4) 4 :star

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Nebraska (7) 4 :star

This shows me that we aren't coaching these kids up, or aren't recruiting to fit the scheme and needs of the team, but just trying to get talent and hoping they pan out. ---Three positions I think we lack soooo bad at are LB, TE, and OT. You need good LB play if you want to ever beat Wisconsin. 

 
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