Offensive Line Coach

Husker in WI said:
Rhule mentioned every single OL on the team said they loved Raiola, even the guys leaving. Which if you think our entire OL is trash may not be comforting, but interesting for sure. Also said there are pretty much 3 core OL philosophies, and Rhule/Raiola know the same one which was a big deal.
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It's not that interesting imo, its just normal. Take it to the head coaching level, and Callahan had Zac Taylor and many other players writing open letters about their support and love for him as a coach. Pelini had the same thing with players openly talking about how much they loved him. It's great that that's there, but it's not correlated to the ability to do the job.

 
Right. We got several 6’6-6’’9 290-315lb 4* star recruits frost first 3 yrs of his tenure but never saw fruit. 
 

he got the beasts but never turned them into animals. Would be f’ing awesome to see some of our 4yr seniors pay off. Plus a couple new guys turn the corner and have a B- line instead of ‘wtf are we doing’ guys. The big10 demands animals . let’s go w a new try. I’m not giving up yet on the guys we have and the new blood brought in. Methinks we see a decent line comin up

 
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I am I said:
Right. We got several 6’6-6’’9 290-315lb 4* star recruits frost first 3 yrs of his tenure but never saw fruit. 
 

he got the beasts but never turned them into animals. Would be f’ing awesome to see some of our 4yr seniors pay off. Plus a couple new guys turn the corner and have a B- line instead of ‘wtf are we doing’ guys. The big10 demands animals . let’s go w a new try. I’m not giving up yet on the guys we have and the new blood brought in. Methinks we see a decent line comin up
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It's a lot about the feet & speed.  Several of our guys had concrete for feet.  Big winter & spring working agility & speed.

 
Pasadena Husker said:
the comments by Zatechka and the quote by Rhule seem to be at odds with each other.
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Rhule is going to be diplomatic and principled. He's not going to throw players (or a whole position group) under the bus. He knows that HE IS  going to pick who the 1s and 2s are this year and said that "everyone starts with a clean slate". How does it help him to say anything more than what he said?

(I think it will be interesting how much different the O-Line's new strength and conditioning coach can make with them this year. Also, we had a couple of losses this year that people forget about. Nouili and Prochazka were a force to run behind - when they were on the field at the same time in 2020. Prochaszka got a redshirt year from his knee injury in 2021 and I hope he comes back better than ever. Nouili took himself out for a year and hopefully he has grown up and learned something and will take the new staff as a fresh opportunity.

 
"I love him. When you come and you're taking a new job, there's all the weird situations with the coaches who are on the staff: 'Are they going to stay or are they going to be kept?' I met with him with every intention of not liking him. Because you're a new guy, you've got in your brain, 'Hey, I want to bring this guy, this guy, this guy,'" Satterfield said. "And I spent about 30 to 35 minutes with him and just fell in love with him. Just his teaching method, his mindset, his commitment to player development, his commitment to Nebraska, the passion he spoke about when he talked about Nebraska and how important it was with him."

When Satterfield was talking with Husker head coach Matt Rhule about the O-line hire, the question from Rhule came back: Is this what we want to do? Satterfield said his answer was "100 percent" a yes regarding Raiola.

"I stayed on Coach for two days, don't drag your feet, let's keep this guy. This is my guy. I want this guy," Satterfield said. "So excited to have him and he's going to help us do some really good things."
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Wonder who the staff moves inside - especially if any injuries occur. Turner and Anthony might have to see time inside now. Be nice if Teddy and Hood can be ready to go with Turner at RG.

 
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SouthLincoln Husker said:
And Teddy may still be rehabbing. 
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I thought I saw Teddy involved with the latest S&C drills, so I would think he's healthy (or close).  Teddy may have come back a little earlier than he should have, but it's been over a year since his original knee injury.  His injury in the fall was to his right arm, but I can't remember the exact details of what the injury was.

 
ColoradoHusk said:
I thought I saw Teddy involved with the latest S&C drills, so I would think he's healthy (or close).  Teddy may have come back a little earlier than he should have, but it's been over a year since his original knee injury.  His injury in the fall was to his right arm, but I can't remember the exact details of what the injury was.
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SouthLincoln Husker said:
And Teddy may still be rehabbing. 
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Teddy has played roughly 2-3 total games in college, and only graded well against the NW team we beat 56-7.  I know we are awful on the line so I get it, but it is funny to me how people remember him so fondly with such a tiny body of work.  He wasn't much better than the other tackles against good competition (Michigan before the injury).  

 
runningblind said:
Teddy has played roughly 2-3 total games in college, and only graded well against the NW team we beat 56-7.  I know we are awful on the line so I get it, but it is funny to me how people remember him so fondly with such a tiny body of work.  He wasn't much better than the other tackles against good competition (Michigan before the injury).  
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It was the Michigan game which helped him rise amongst fans mainly 

 
I sorta feel the same sentiments about Teddy, not that I want to.  Just hasn't been on the field enough to be locked in as solid starter that you can depend on.  A whole season would have been more helpful.  Injury bug.

Also not sold on NN (Nouili).  Had around 6 starts, played ok, then missed a year.  I don't feel like he gets penciled in as a starter.

Piper played pretty well last year, or we saw him progress with his opportunities.  

Ben Scott should be expected to be Center.  

Corcoran & Benhart were both inconsistent again (good moments and bad).

Lutovsky was up and down, but it was his first real action in the rotation.  I think he has more upside the Corc and Benhart as an offensive lineman.  

Having said that, I do think we should be deeper this year collectively.  I am hopeful that Rhule's specific line play will be carried out well by Coach Raiola, and will be different than the past 5 years (blocking technique/schemes/philosophy).  We are going to need it.

 
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