Just to clarify.
Dude shows up late, complains about not playing, threatens staff and demands red shirt be pulled, has **** attitude during entire process, then transfers.
Peace.
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Just to clarify.
Dude shows up late, complains about not playing, threatens staff and demands red shirt be pulled, has **** attitude during entire process, then transfers.
Peace.
Not a bad loss in my mind. With Stevenson it was his all about me attitude. He was no team player, and there is word from the inside that he had the matter of a failed drug test also! He is gone and is seeking a transfer! Where to and who will take a chance on this kid will be interesting!
I wondered how we would replace that 13 yard average on kickoff returns.
My understanding was that when he made demands we said fine give returning a KO a shot. He has good straight-line speed which is what KO returning requires.
Giving in to the demands of a freshman with a selfish attitude, probably doesn't help "change the culture".
I'm fine with giving him the chance to win the job in practice and perhaps he did. However, based on game performance I find that unlikely.
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I agree, i just he would of gave a year to at least try this out before demanding and pushing to ne our guy. Im assuming hes watched college football and has seen its very rare to see a true freshman get many snaps at RB. Maybe him forcing the issue to burn his red shirt was because he knew he was bouncing out and wanted it still there when he transferes out? If he red shirted this year and then tranfered he'd just waist a year of eligibility.
Alot of players seemed to have been mismanaged by this staff. Not saying he's not partially at fault but from what we've seen on the field from starters you mean to tell me Taylor, JS or Wilson doesn't deserve a shot or at least some carries? Same at other positions like S and OL...
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What are you seeing at practice that says they should "get a shot".... since you are the expert I will defer to you.
The only mismanagement done with JS was done by JS himself. This not on Riley. Period. And this is coming from someone that is really on the fence as to whether MR can get it done here.
If you are looking to find another reason to burn MR at the stake, this ain't a good one.
If you are looking to find another reason to burn MR at the stake, this ain't a good one.
They allowed him to try kick returner for two games. When he showed he wasn't a game changer there either, they sat him again. It hardly broke the program.
I said nothing about being an expert nor did I put complete fault on the staff but they deserve some. I know one thing for sure and that's the product on the field sucks.
Taylor seems to have lost something with his multiple leg injuries
Wilbon is alleged to have had some off the field troubles and is working his way back within the structure set for him
JS---has been discussed a lot in this thread, IMO he is not a fit for NU and NU is not a fit for him, probably should have gone to the "U"
Devine and Wilbon (if he gets it together) are the future
Mismanaged?????? Hardly.
If a potentially talented player demands to be put on the field, and the coach doesn't give him a chance, he probably leaves at semester anyway. This is on JS and JS alone.
There was absolutely no harm in pulling his RS, and bitching about Riley's "mismanagement" in this is nothing more than trying to invent another reason to bash HCMR.
I'll bash Riley when justified, but in this case, it isnt.
A cancer to be rid of... is it this easy, he just quits????? Wow
Seriously...does anyone ACTUALLY KNOW FOR SURE that Wilbon is sitting because of "off field issues" and if so, what are they?
Or are we just taking guesses and stabs in the dark as to why? Or just repeating what Bill next door 'heard'?
It could very well be true but it all just seems like hear-say until we actually have evidence. Why would the staff hide it anyway? If he got caught doing something wouldn't it be reported?
Or are we just taking guesses and stabs in the dark as to why? Or just repeating what Bill next door 'heard'?
It could very well be true but it all just seems like hear-say until we actually have evidence. Why would the staff hide it anyway? If he got caught doing something wouldn't it be reported?
I like MR but that doesn't mean he and his staff could have handled things better this season. This just isn't about JS and the RBs. Other positions have been mismanaged in a sense that players are not being held accountable for bad play. Just watch the game tomorrow and tell me others don't at least deserve a shot.. This feeds into players getting disgruntled when not getting a chance to play. Just my opinion.
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Is this the part where we whine and ***** like a bloner about board rules not being inforced, and an imaginary double standard?
This is the kind of stuff that concerns me about this staff. Why the hell would you let a true frosh, or anybody, demand playing time and then grant his wishes? Why would you let players decide what road uniforms to wear? What else has this staff delegated to the teams wishes instead of drawing a line in the sand and expecting everybody to fall in line?
I think this is good news. I think it was play me or I transfer and they gave in until it was clear he was hurting the team in games versus Stanley. Doesn't sound like a team guy to me.
Really? This stuff is what's concerning?
I get that you've jumped off the bandwagon a long time ago... Seen it in every post since about game 3... But the way they handled JS and the road uniforms are not a sign of the apocalypse for the huskers. There are a lot of things I might have anticipated as being more concerning than what you've named here.
It seems to me they've drawn a line in the sand if what's being reported about the anticipated departure of players is true. If no line is drawn, the inmates would stick around and continue to get there way. I guess the coaches must be doing something right...
I imagine because of FERPA (in the case of grades) and HIPAA (in the case of a drug test). Might be able to make some vague allusion to the reason, but cannot come right out and say it.
It's kind of like the poster (forget who) the other day that was a little worked up that Riley wasn't just coming out and naming the new commit. Sure, we'd like all the information possible all the time, but the rules don't work that way.
Also, if I'm a player, I'd probably appreciate my coach just telling the media that I screwed up and I'm sitting a few games more than if my coach told the media that I screwed up and then went into great detail about my struggles in remedial Intro to Basic Mathematics.
I'm at a different level, much lower at high school, but our uniforms were purchased by the previous coach to mimic the Huskers. Red top, white pants and vice versa. This year we went red on red and white on white because the captains and seniors wanted to. Why did I let them decide? Like I tell them, I'm the steward of the program, but this year, this is their team. Am I going to let them call plays or decide when the bus leaves? No. Something inconsequential like our uniform pairings...if they have an opinion, they can absolutely choose.
I get the tradition argument, and for the Huskers I think you should only go white on white on the road occasionally because of the tradition.
Here's what confuses me. We ask these players to take ownership of the team, to patrol it like Wistrom and Peter did in the late '90's and get all of their peers walking the same line by whatever means necessary. We call for a revival of the Unity Council (although I don't think I've seen that request yet this fall) and the players having more input on personnel decisions/repercussions along with it. But when the players have input on jersey and pant combos, that's a bridge too far.