Not good, redshirt could be burned Saturday
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Even more concerning than the redshirt burning potential, is that there is no way out of Davies playing meaningful snaps.
Don't want to see another teams game plan completely revolve around throwing his way.
Don't want to see another teams game plan completely revolve around throwing his way.
I'd much rather that happen. Losing a shirt off a great young freshman, due to injuries, this late in a rebuilding year? That sucks in the worst way.
If burning a shirt meant potentially getting enough wins to get the extra practices we need badly at the end of the year, I would almost rather not risk playing Davie.
But I understand my opinion is fringe, I just want to see them get to 5 and have a shot at a bowl no matter how low the quality.
I'm actually starting to believe that not making a bowl is in the best interest of our future. Get this one in the books, recruit full time, address potential roster issues, and move forward into next year. I don't know if I think bowl practices are going to help all that much.
I can see that. I don't know I'm torn because not getting to five wins is going to super charge the nega nazis and I don't want to listen to the drivel all off season
Yep, That extra time would be better used in recruiting not practicing. Work on getting guys that want to be here and play for this coach. Chalk this season up as a rebuild and move on.
I don't believe he said that. I believe he said the offseason period would be spent better hitting the recruiting trail hard and not preparing for the toilet bowl with kids who may or may not want to be here.
what he said was this : I'm actually starting to believe that not making a bowl is in the best interest of our future.
So he is hoping the team loses so they can hit the reset switch - Thats a Bill Callahan mentality, from a guy who is blasting people for being negative that is a pretty negative comment
We have to make sure this season doesn't end up 3-9. That would be extremely bad for the program. Also, getting experience this year would set him up to be good from day one next year. You gotta do what you gotta do.
I can see your argument. Especially, if there are a number of malcontent players that we will be cutting ties with in the offseason. That would mean we need even more recruits. We could end up with a huge class if Riley dumps those who are not willing to follow him due to their love for Bo. If you have to cut a dozen players, I say do it!
It doesn't do you much good to focus on recruiting because there is a month long recruiting dead period in there. As I am sure you are aware, during bowl preparation, most staffs give young guys a lot more practice time than they normally get during the season when you are constantly preparing for the next opponent. Good opportunity to start building for the future.
Riley sure is a good communicator. 0% drama, facts, and seems to be focused.
westercamp was right after the game, Nebraska is close to playing decent football. They need to just make all the mistakes together, in unison on one play, then have 6 mistake free plays. Instead of each guy making an individual mistake on each play for 7 plays in a row.
westercamp was right after the game, Nebraska is close to playing decent football. They need to just make all the mistakes together, in unison on one play, then have 6 mistake free plays. Instead of each guy making an individual mistake on each play for 7 plays in a row.
I disagree. This was the worst overall game of the season. The defense, offense and special teams all were terrible....and this was against a mediocre team. We took a step backwards this week.
Wow. People are still focusing on Davie as the source of the secondary's troubles. Do people really think it improved when he went out?
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Not sure who would complain about big strides made on the recruiting trail. Everyone knows this is a weakness, so we're looking for major improvement here.
This team is clearly oozing talent.
Pretty obvious why we're 3-5 and that our current coaching staff certainly shouldn't be lambasted for it
Pretty obvious why we're 3-5 and that our current coaching staff certainly shouldn't be lambasted for it
There are types of contact in the dead period that are allowed, and when I say focus on recruiting, I'm not simply talking about the guys were in in on for 2016. We need to do more work with JUCO evaluations, the 2017 class, etc.
In general, however, I'm perfectly fine with either outcome (making a bowl game or not making one).