Watch this Special Report Weekend Edition Episode #8 of The Blackshirt Alert Show with special guest Husker Blackshirt legend Eric Warfield & Husker great Phillip Dillard. Hear Warfield discuss the current issues we are experiencing and who is to blame after the Purdue loss and listen to the explosive interview with Dillard where he says the things that need to be said and goes nuclear on the staff!
Phillip Dillard Is Pissed! AD to Coaching Staff Needs Fired + More
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Just put it on in the background and listen. Warfield is pissed but doesn't drop bombs like Dillard!
He said the same things Dillard did minus the firing of our AD and was a bit more mellow...... to say the least. Enoyed both interviews.
He has the same number of championships, top 10 finishes and BCS bowl games as the rest of this board.
I'll help you out with where I'm going with my question since you instantly jumped to an incorrect conclusion.
I asked because I honestly didn't know. If he's not playing then is he coaching? If he's not coaching then why not? He makes it sounds so easy, I mean his played middle linebacker all his life and calling out Football 101 "things" that apparently our coaching staff is missing on. Pony up then Mr. Dillard and go coach if you're so smart.
Lastly, it's tough to take PD seriously when he's wrong on so many things. Bo only got blown out by ranked teams. Bo was only cussing out fair weather fans. Our current staff saying, "wait till next year, wait till we get other guys" (when have our coaches ever once said that).
@BlackshirtAlert I like PD the player and he was a solid player, but he was far from a Husker legend.
I know what you mean I feel the same way PD does. I agree with Warfield also. The players really need support. I doubt they expected the coaches to come in and try to square peg round hole this thing. Unfortunately they did even though they said that wouldn't happen.
Very simple…He, unlike you and myself included played at a high level. Was a key player on the ’09 defense which was ranked what I believe to be Top 3-Top 5 in total defense? One of the best linebackers we have had in the past decade. So would I take his word over things that I am seeing on the field that does not take a genius to figure out? Absolutely. Like it or not, just as he said you don’t need to have a high IQ to know we are not playing fundamentally sound football. How many times week after week has someone on this very board started a thread about our defensive backs not looking back for the ball? A 10 year old knows to look for the ball in pee-wee football. How do our current players not know this? So yes, I will take Phillip Dillards opinion on things such as basic principles of football that everyone should already understand.
PS: Not everyone that played at an elite level wants to be a coach. I don’t see Jason Peter coaching anywhere, do you?
Not attacking you. But this program is in bad shape.
The coaches can't coach an offense that none of their staff has ever run. Our offense isn't our biggest problem. Yes our O line is not very good BUT they haven't been very good for 7 years. That isn't the offense that's the players. Phil Dillard was a problem child when he was here and has no room to talk about anything. Don't make me start on Warfield.
None of the coaches has ever run. Who chose the staff again? Who said they would tailor the offense to the current players? I know the offense isn't the biggest problem. Unfortunately there a ton of problems. In your opinion what is this teams biggest issue?
i agreed with everything he said until the no Pelini part where he said he understood why Pelini was fired but didn't agree with it. That's the difference between guys like Jason Peter (expects Nebraska to compete/win championships) and Dillard (be a good team and if lose to good teams, oh well). Once Dillard said he didn't agree with firing Pelini I stopped listening to him.... Dillard doesn't get it either
Majority of us (fan base )knew we needed a change by firing Peelini.
And the Majority of us were surprised to learn that Riley was going to be our new Head Coach.
What I'm agreeing with Dillard is Eichorst had no clue in hiring the next Head Coach at Nebraska and he made a similar move to Steve Pederson in hiring a coach by them selves after firing two head coach's that were winning 9 games a season.
And the Majority of us were surprised to learn that Riley was going to be our new Head Coach.
What I'm agreeing with Dillard is Eichorst had no clue in hiring the next Head Coach at Nebraska and he made a similar move to Steve Pederson in hiring a coach by them selves after firing two head coach's that were winning 9 games a season.
Phillip Dillard uses hyperbole and broad generalizations. He hardly brought anything insightful to the conversation. Just spouts off yelling that many things are wrong, but gives no solution (other than to not baby the current players which I agree with).
Jason at least provides solutions (most of the time). Fundamentally sound football. Is that on the players or the coaches? Probably both to an extent, but when I hear that our coaches pounded technique and fundamentals over and over and over again this year then I have to think most of the blame is on the players. What is the solutions Dillard?
Turning head to play the ball; How do our current players not know this? I have no idea. But there's obviously a reason whether it's out dbacks playing catch up or they've only had less that one season to learn a whole new technique (remember last years crew didn't do a great job turning their heads to play the ball as well). Again, what's the specific problem Dillard (or anyone else) since this is Football 101.
Agree, not meaning to come off as attacking you Scheisse, but too early to tell is this program is in bad shape because of Riley and Co. Is the season in bad shape? Absolutely, but it will be at least 2 years to know what shape the program is in while Riley is HC.
Jason at least provides solutions (most of the time). Fundamentally sound football. Is that on the players or the coaches? Probably both to an extent, but when I hear that our coaches pounded technique and fundamentals over and over and over again this year then I have to think most of the blame is on the players. What is the solutions Dillard?
Turning head to play the ball; How do our current players not know this? I have no idea. But there's obviously a reason whether it's out dbacks playing catch up or they've only had less that one season to learn a whole new technique (remember last years crew didn't do a great job turning their heads to play the ball as well). Again, what's the specific problem Dillard (or anyone else) since this is Football 101.
Agree, not meaning to come off as attacking you Scheisse, but too early to tell is this program is in bad shape because of Riley and Co. Is the season in bad shape? Absolutely, but it will be at least 2 years to know what shape the program is in while Riley is HC.
The only hire that would have made MOST everybody happy was for SE to bring TO out of retirement. That will never change until Tom is dead and gone for a number of years. ANYBODY we hired was going to struggle given the depth and talent issues we have on defense.
Phillip Dillard is not pro-Riley and needs to be shouted down by those that are.
Besides, he never won a championship at Nebraska so he's not qualified to have an opinion.
Besides, he never won a championship at Nebraska so he's not qualified to have an opinion.
Surely there is no one crazy enough to think that TO was ever coming out of retirement. And although I do agree Any coach would have had struggles I refuse to believe nobody could have done better than this.
Still sticking point with me is that he made the decision on his own with very little help other then Barry Alvaraz, No search firm and didn't interview anyone else in the process.Hiring Riley who's AD at the school were he was at even was telling him he needed to make changes on his staff and by all accounts he would have been let go at OSU if he didn't.
So what did Eichorst do he hires the guy and the majority of his staff at Corvillas.
Frazier pointed out in his radio spiel that he's been at practice and seen the coaching teaching solid fundamentals. It's on the players to receive coaching and want to improve. He particularly noted the difference in the OL with the current regime teaching stuff that was a little more advanced than "get in some ones way"
He didn't hire a coach by himself. Everything he does has to be approved by the admin and regents. So, this hire isn't only on Eichorst. Until we stop hiring on the cheap, we will continue down this same path. I don't know if Riley will be eventually successful,, but everything that could go wrong has gone wrong with this team, so it's hard to judge him on this year.
So what your saying is the problem isn't coaching technique its a motivation issue.
I don't attend practice so I don't know. There's enough smoke from prominent former players about putting onus on players to completely disregard.
I could join the chorus of folks wanting to fire anyone that moves without context but I'd have hAve to completely disregard growing pile of evidence that this is not totally on the coaches