Portal Transfer Targets

All Hail Herbie said:
Why it is you dear Watson that provides my inside information on the program.  You and the other wonderful posters on this Board (genuine compliment).  Trying to appease the "content moderators" today.  To clarify, the reference to Watson was complimentary and not defamatory in any way as "Dr. Watson" as he is known is an intelligent sidekick to the eccentric Sherlock Holmes.  

With that preamble now complete, my assessment of the state of the program.  Our esteemed coach is quite convinced that his system is successful.  His one undefeated season at UCF and time at Oregon as an assistant have assured him that the system is without flaw.  Overwhelm the opposition with points, including two point conversions, and you render the need for special teams and defense moot.  Therefore, any assistant hires made may have ability to tinker with some of the sets, but will not alter the strategy; the emphasis on points and more points.  We now have 4 years of results at NU, and one 0.500 season at UCF to back this up.  The undefeated season is the outlier and not the norm.

He is back for a 5th season so let's wish him well on his farewell tour and prepare for transition in November, 2022.  Watching both USC and LSU aggressively pursue top flight coaches in the last week convinces me more than ever that we need to go all in next year on "the guy".  Who that is remains to be seen.
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An undefeated season is an outlier for any coach, so Frost isn't unique there 

He's more unique that he's actually had an undefeated season.

I wouldn't mind if we scored more points.  Frost didn't just learn that from Chip.  It seems Osborne liked putting points on the board.

 
ActualCornHusker said:
It's possible to be both objective and optimistic/negative. I don't see the 2 as being mutually exclusive. For example, in 2017, as soon as Riley lost vs NIU, I said it was time for him to go, but I still watched every game with the hope and belief that they could win. By contrast, you can watch this year and objectively observe that physically this team is beginning to look really good while acknowledging that a combination of coaching deficiencies, youth at key positions, and complete lack of the ability (belief) mentally to win games has really derailed this team's potential. There are lots of things that Frost has to figure out, and I hope he does.
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I hope he does too.

 
Hedley Lamarr said:
What do you have against Fruit Cake? 

It is a top 25 gig. 
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I agree and I hope I’m wrong about any national perception to the contrary.  But when was the last time we had a top coach interested in NU during one of our many vacancies?   The best TO himself could do was get Bo.  

 
Decoy73 said:
I agree and I hope I’m wrong about any national perception to the contrary.  But when was the last time we had a top coach interested in NU during one of our many vacancies?   The best TO himself could do was get Bo.  
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Bo was who everyone wanted. He was viewed as a great hire. His record showed he was a solid hire. Frost was also considered the absolute best available when we got him. I think we can snag a top 25 coach. I think we would all be happy with that. 

 
Spencler Raddler won 9 games as a freshman on 28 td' passes to 7 int's.  Can you imagine those numbers here?  Why wouldn't we go after him if he's shopping around? 

At our current pace it will take 3 seasons to win 9 games, and our TD to INT ratio at nearly 1 : 1 is a big part of why that is.  So not understanding the "we don't want him" posts in this thread.  That's like a guy saying he doesn't want a backyard bbq'd, fresh pure beef, hand pressed, one inch thick burger with all the best toppings around while he's choking down a dry, foil wrapped heat lamp burger from a truck stop.  

 
LaunchCode said:
Spencler Raddler won 9 games as a freshman on 28 td' passes to 7 int's.  Can you imagine those numbers here?  Why wouldn't we go after him if he's shopping around? 

At our current pace it will take 3 seasons to win 9 games, and our TD to INT ratio at nearly 1 : 1 is a big part of why that is.  So not understanding the "we don't want him" posts in this thread.  That's like a guy saying he doesn't want a backyard bbq'd, fresh pure beef, hand pressed, one inch thick burger with all the best toppings around while he's choking down a dry, foil wrapped heat lamp burger from a truck stop.  
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"Here" doesn't have the OL, receiving corps, and coaching that OU does.

Martinez outperformed Rattler when we went to Norman this year, while Rattler had the benefit of the best quarterback whisperer on the entire planet. I wouldn't mind if we take him, but he's not who you think he is.

 
Lorewarn said:
"Here" doesn't have the OL, receiving corps, and coaching that OU does.

Martinez outperformed Rattler when we went to Norman this year, while Rattler had the benefit of the best quarterback whisperer on the entire planet. I wouldn't mind if we take him, but he's not who you think he is.
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You make several good points and I agree no single player/coach is going to be a magic fix, but you do build talent one player at a time and I'm not seeing much in the pipeline currently so if the TP can prove more productive than the recruiting trail, then I'm for giving it a good all out effort.  Got to start somewhere and honestly at this point, landing a "name" provides the fans with some hope in the near term.  It may prove to be false hope in the long run, but we are in the buy some time mode as far as I'm concerned.

 
Maybe it sounds crazy but I don't think that an uninjured Adrian Martinez is really on a lower plane than Rattler. The key word there though is "uninjured."

If the doctors tell Adrian that he probably can't go next season after the surgery and he retires due to injury, then I'd take Rattler in a heartbeat. Honestly I'd maybe even take him either way.

 
Undone said:
Maybe it sounds crazy but I don't think that an uninjured Adrian Martinez is really on a lower plane than Rattler. The key word there though is "uninjured."

If the doctors tell Adrian that he probably can't go next season after the surgery and he retires due to injury, then I'd take Rattler in a heartbeat. Honestly I'd maybe even take him either way.
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Although I don’t mind Rattler’s ability, I don’t want him anywhere near this locker room. He had baggage in hs and is toxic. You would go from one of the best leaders at qb to possibly the worst. This group competed it’s nuts off week after week bc of internal leadership. It would have been a dumpster fire with toxicity

 
HANC said:
Although I don’t mind Rattler’s ability, I don’t want him anywhere near this locker room. He had baggage in hs and is toxic. You would go from one of the best leaders at qb to possibly the worst. This group competed it’s nuts off week after week bc of internal leadership. It would have been a dumpster fire with toxicity
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Tate Martell enters the chat. "Got any of those portal openings at QB"

 
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