SIGNED RB Terrell Newby

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Let's be honest. Would you want to be coached by barney cotton?? And to say the o-line didnt affect our production isn't entirely true. Martinez was running for his life and didn't have much time in the pocket and just made great plays with his feet. Our skill players made up for the lack of protection up front. Just imagine the production we would have if we had a great o-line instead of a mediocre one...

 
HuskerT said:
LumberJackSker said:
BigRedBuster said:
That is a pretty pathetic reason if true.
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i was just guessing i dont have anything to back it up i was just throeing a idea out there
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Nothing would surprise me when it comes to recruiting. Having high profile recruits like Moore and Klachko transfer could raise some eyebrows.
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Keep in mind with klachko I don't think we heard the whole story being that he retired from football shortly after getting to Illinois due to concussions

 
Amac3309 said:
HuskerT said:
LumberJackSker said:
BigRedBuster said:
That is a pretty pathetic reason if true.
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i was just guessing i dont have anything to back it up i was just throeing a idea out there
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Nothing would surprise me when it comes to recruiting. Having high profile recruits like Moore and Klachko transfer could raise some eyebrows.
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Keep in mind with klachko I don't think we heard the whole story being that he retired from football shortly after getting to Illinois due to concussions
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There were some things that we can't mention on this board or any other that led to Klatcho "leaving."

 
HuskerT said:
LumberJackSker said:
BigRedBuster said:
That is a pretty pathetic reason if true.
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i was just guessing i dont have anything to back it up i was just throeing a idea out there
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Nothing would surprise me when it comes to recruiting. Having high profile recruits like Moore and Klachko transfer could raise some eyebrows.
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The other side of the coin is that coaches do not go into depth as to why the player is gone so all we ever hear is the side of the player or any rumor/inuendo that comes around.

For Moore, Bo did not come out and say something like, "He did not want to work hard."

For Klatchko, Bo did not come out and say anything about the nature of rules violations.

So I think if a recruit looks at some attrition and take it with a grain of salt, then maybe that kid is better off somewhere else.

 
Schills22 said:
Let's be honest. Would you want to be coached by barney cotton?? And to say the o-line didnt affect our production isn't entirely true. Martinez was running for his life and didn't have much time in the pocket and just made great plays with his feet. Our skill players made up for the lack of protection up front. Just imagine the production we would have if we had a great o-line instead of a mediocre one...
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If I was a recruit that checked out Nebraska fan's opinion of the OL coach and read some of the things I have seen on HB then I would have second thoughts. Absent that, if I visited UNL and felt that Cotton was knowledgeable and would be able to make me the best player possible I would play for him. I've seen things in games that make me wonder what the OL player is being coached but also have seen things that make me wonder what the OL player was thinking. I don't know if some of our problems are coaching or player talent/execution but I believe that all of the negative things said about a coach by fans would make me question what kind of coach I would be playing for. Unless I attended practice and saw first hand that a coach was teaching improper technique or obviously off in the weeds with his coaching, I refrain from criticizing them for that reason.

 
huskerhandy35 said:
Ameer scares me because he is prone to fumble the ball! He isn't Taylor Martinez bad grant you, but Ameer is still one of only 8 D-1 players who have 6 or more fumbles on the year! With us having 2 out those 8, we better clean up the turnovers or we will never lose less than 4 in a year!
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I'm not saying Ameer doesn't need to focus on ball security, but keep in mind FOUR of his fumbles were muffed punts. Obviously we can't have those on our team either, but I view that differently than him taking a draw up the middle and a LB stripping him.

 
ObamaRocks91 said:
huskerhandy35 said:
Ameer scares me because he is prone to fumble the ball! He isn't Taylor Martinez bad grant you, but Ameer is still one of only 8 D-1 players who have 6 or more fumbles on the year! With us having 2 out those 8, we better clean up the turnovers or we will never lose less than 4 in a year!
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I'm not saying Ameer doesn't need to focus on ball security, but keep in mind FOUR of his fumbles were muffed punts. Obviously we can't have those on our team either, but I view that differently than him taking a draw up the middle and a LB stripping him.
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I think you bring up a really good point. While I think that overall fumbles are important, I'd be curious about how our team ranks in fumbles per touch/running play. Put the behavior in context. For instance, muffed punts are a different skill set then not getting it stripped on a run. Anyone have the down time at work to look into team rankings in fumbles per running play (factoring only fumbles on intended running plays/scrambles)?

 
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I also think there is no need to redshirt both Newby and Taylor. In fact, I want and think both should play this year. If I were the coaches (which I clearly am not), I would consider redshirting Heard and moving him back to CB. Then split Heards 15% between Cross, Taylor and Newby. RB is not a position that needs to be redshirted every year. We don't want to become Boise State, where we redshirted every player that comes through the door. Let the play-makers play! JMHO
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I agree. That's why I thing Martinez, AA and Heard should get most of the carries.
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Wait a minute.

On one hand Lions says to let the player makers play meaning don't redshirt them. Then, he says we should redshirt someone who has proven on the field he can be a pretty darn good RB and knows the offense.

This is the problem I always have with the crowd that says..."The young play makers should be on the field". Well, the same thing was being said about Heard when he was a Freshman. So....are we always going to play freshmen and set upper classmen on the bench?
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I agree that if there is room for Taylor and Newby to play neither of them should redshirt. Not only will it get them early playing experience but it will also look VERY ATTRACTIVE to future rb studs if we have had true freshman playing the possition each of the past three seasons. But if one has to be redshirted, I would prefer newby has an extra year to bulk up.

 
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Found out today that Cal's Sonny Dykes and his staff tried every negative line in the book to try and convince T. Newby not to sign with NU.

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The Newby family said those negative tactics simply did not work. Cal said things like "why would you want to go to Nebraska, etc.?

 
Thought this was interesting. This staff must have wanted him here real bad.

Via HO -

Did the Nebraska coaches do anything unique in their recruiting?
"Yeah, every coach from every position hit me up on a weekly basis. That was something not a lot of coaching staffs did and it made me feel like family."

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It's penis envy. They have nothing positive about their program to sell him, so they can only talk bad about us.

 
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