The Bell’s Already Rung on Tommy Armstrong Versus Patrick O’Brien
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Everyone but the Qb, he lost that game mostly all by himself as well as the Illinois game. The coaches have had an uphill battle but it looks like they are getting results.
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JJ Husker
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Well, that shows what you know......not much. I like Riley. I like Langsdorf. I like Eichorst. I don't hate them. But I don't blindly worship every step they take and I can recognize the mistakes they made. What's your excuse?
Don't need an excuse, I see the progress they have made with the talent they have had to work with. The bitchers like you and others I have no use for. If they have failed in 4 years, then I will be there to hold their feet to the fire. I will not call for them to be fired after 3 games like many of the dolts that post here.
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No, I expect better, he has better resources and more money and facilities. He should get a hands off - 4 years to coach and recruit, then we shall see.
JJ Husker
Donor
I put about 20 on my ignore list for that very thing. They never gave the new staff a chance. Many weren't going to be happy with the Riley hire regardless. That ain't me. I was excited to see what they could do and I wanted to give them a couple years to prove it on the field. But yeah, my time line got severely shortened when I saw some of the stupid things they did that had absolutely nothing to do with "player buy in" or "existing skill level" or "having their guys". You don't need those things to call a f'ing run play at the right time. You don't need those things to manage the clock. Fact is, there is a reason this staff is flirting around .500 for their career. I didn't want to believe that but I watched what they did this year. It ain't going to change. I am fully convinced of that. When you've been coaching that long and can't grind out the clock, are afraid to call a run play on 3rd and 2 in a 4 down situation, actually get worse on penalties than Pelini's teams, well there is a problem that player buy in won't fix. If it took the players 9 games to "buy in", and that's what your prefacing your whole theory on, then please explain what happened in that Iowa game. Iowa was a solid, steady team but they sure as hell aren't any top 5 juggernaut. Sure Tommy screwed the pooch in that game and that didn't help. So your position is to call people, who hold the staff responsible for their mistakes, haters and claim we don't like this team? While you throw player after player under the bus and walk around with your head up your a$$ when it comes to the mistakes the coaches obviously made? That's pure bullsh!t. You go ahead and give em 4 years. I'll tell ya right now, they aren't going to last that long unless there are a lot more people like you, in positions that matter, that will completely ignore how they contributed to about 5 of those 7 losses.
I pretty much cleared out my ignore list but I guess I've got one to add to it from the othe sidea of the fence. It is the perfect device for people that don't know what the f#*k they're talking about. You'll fit nicely.
Mavric
Yoda
Not sure how rare this actually is. A listing of the top QBs this year by passing yards per game has six freshmen in the Top 40 and 12 in the Top 100.
And Nebraska was beaten by a couple freshmen QBs this year.
Guy Chamberlin
Active member
So you're not vested in it, have no idea if it's true, but you're ready to have even less respect for the coaches than you did before. Oy.
I think they'll give Patrick O'Brien every chance to prove himself in camp, but come fall if he's not better than Tommy Armstrong they won't let him start.
Just like every other football coach would do, and every fan would want.
I hope you get help with your anger issues and disillusional thinking, please put me on ignore
alwayshusking
New member
I have no idea how this shakes out but I'm hoping the competition makes them better. I also think it would be a great year to bring in a grad transfer at QB.
Tommy had his chance to lay claim to the starting job in 2016 this year but he didn't make a convincing case.
Tommy had his chance to lay claim to the starting job in 2016 this year but he didn't make a convincing case.
zoogs
New member
True freshmen, or redshirt freshmen?
I thought that most QBs redshirt a year. Guys who show up and are able to win the starting job right away are not as common. And when they do, I'd say an 8-4 type of season (whether or not their numbers are impressive) as they develop is a more common expectation than a serious contender.