Well, you might be right & then again you might be wrong. I see E.J as a special back that we haven't seen at Nebraska for a long time. Yards after contract is lots!
You sure got that right.
It's satire designed to get a rise out of people.
It is VERY possible that our line is decent as run blocking, even good and also really bad at pass blocking. This isn't all that uncommon in college football to have guys who are specialized or more suited to certain styles. I also do not think we have a qb who can throw from a pocket. The pocket exists to help the tackles with speed on the edge...expecting a tackle to run block with power and then have to have to completely defeat an edge rusher without making a pocket is not reasonable. Our sack issues are on the tackles but also on dylan for dropping back into the rush, while also having no foot speed to elude the rush.
Seriously? EJ is a good back, but you have one of, if not the softest oline in the conference.
You can’t be serious? Uncle Donnie is a good recruiter but as for a o line coach he’s terrible. Rhule needs to hire a top assistant that can actually coach these guys! Donnie can recruit but ,leave the coaching to someone else
Not one former Husker I’ve listened to has criticized Donovan’s coaching. Sometimes you are just plain missing pieces or your pieces you’ve recruited need to develop physically. I continue to be amazed by how many experts we have on here who have watched practice and know what’s going on behind the scenes.
. Let me know when Donovan gets to put 5 starters on the field who he’s had in the same system for 3-4 years like Milt and Dan had. Then let Tom call plays.
I agree to a certain extent but it is the system. People want a modern offense in Lincoln, then they're going to have to deal with the consequences of the quarterback getting sacked. People should go look at the number of sacks on Burrow during his record breaking year.Not one former Husker I’ve listened to has criticized Donovan’s coaching. Sometimes you are just plain missing pieces or your pieces you’ve recruited need to develop physically. I continue to be amazed by how many experts we have on here who have watched practice and know what’s going on behind the scenes.
People act like we ran over every team on the schedule every year and never gave up TFLs or sacks during Tom’s or Frank’s tenure. Do I want better O line play? Absolutely but I also understand that there are factors beyond the O line coach’s control contributing to the problems. We’re never going to have the kind of advantages we had in the 80s and 90s ever again. We have to recruit talent and be patient in developing them and IMO we’re still paying for Frost’s failures. I doubt we can buy enough top O line talent in the portal.
Man, I wonder if I can think of two reasons why you don’t hear about former coaches criticizing Donovan Raiola…Not one former Husker I’ve listened to has criticized Donovan’s coaching. Sometimes you are just plain missing pieces or your pieces you’ve recruited need to develop physically. I continue to be amazed by how many experts we have on here who have watched practice and know what’s going on behind the scenes.
People act like we ran over every team on the schedule every year and never gave up TFLs or sacks during Tom’s or Frank’s tenure. Do I want better O line play? Absolutely but I also understand that there are factors beyond the O line coach’s control contributing to the problems. We’re never going to have the kind of advantages we had in the 80s and 90s ever again. We have to recruit talent and be patient in developing them and IMO we’re still paying for Frost’s failures. I doubt we can buy enough top O line talent in the portal.
Will Shields struggled initially in pass pro when he went to the NFL. He arguably was the best O lineman to ever play at NU and for the Chiefs. Pass pro is the toughest thing for an O linemen to do. Not having a QB run threat just adds to the difficulty for our line in both the run and pass games.
So give them to us. There were plenty of critics of Satterfield and Austin before that. People think Dominic Raiola didn’t have any detractors in the former Husker ranks and that would be mistaken. Dom was kind of a prick. Look at how quickly they turned on Frost publicly. IF guys WHO WATCH PRACTICES thought Donnie couldn’t coach, they wouldn’t hold back.
I’m not sure I believe you but let’s assume you’re telling the truth. Of course then we also have to assume that you know anything at all about coaching a college O line. So is he coaching in any manner that Rhule and Dana don’t want? Are those redshirt freshman physically ready to play in the B1G?
Not one former Husker I’ve listened to has criticized Donovan’s coaching. Sometimes you are just plain missing pieces or your pieces you’ve recruited need to develop physically. I continue to be amazed by how many experts we have on here who have watched practice and know what’s going on behind the scenes.
People act like we ran over every team on the schedule every year and never gave up TFLs or sacks during Tom’s or Frank’s tenure. Do I want better O line play? Absolutely but I also understand that there are factors beyond the O line coach’s control contributing to the problems. We’re never going to have the kind of advantages we had in the 80s and 90s ever again. We have to recruit talent and be patient in developing them and IMO we’re still paying for Frost’s failures. I doubt we can buy enough top O line talent in the portal.
My accountability stops with Rhule. He’s getting paid millions to make the call on his staff and players. IF Donnie isn’t coaching the O line the way he wants, that’s on Rhule. Period. IF I hear even behind the scenes complaints about Donnie’s coaching from people whose knowledge I respect I’ll believe it but the piling on from O line experts on the free board is laughable. Jimmies and Joes, and the demise of Frost undoubtedly handcuffed Raiola early on in his recruiting efforts.
What we see on the field is a summation of multiple factors several of which an O line coach has little control over. He doesn’t call the plays. He doesn’t make the QB hold the ball a full second longer than average. He can’t make the QB a run threat. Charlie FEASTED on QBs like Dylan and offenses like we’re running.
We are abysmal at pass pro and the 13th ranked rushing attack in the BIG.
Here are Minnesota's sack numbers on the year:
Is anyone asking for the Oline glory years of the 80s and 90s? Or to be as good as Milt?Not one former Husker I’ve listened to has criticized Donovan’s coaching. Sometimes you are just plain missing pieces or your pieces you’ve recruited need to develop physically. I continue to be amazed by how many experts we have on here who have watched practice and know what’s going on behind the scenes.
People act like we ran over every team on the schedule every year and never gave up TFLs or sacks during Tom’s or Frank’s tenure. Do I want better O line play? Absolutely but I also understand that there are factors beyond the O line coach’s control contributing to the problems. We’re never going to have the kind of advantages we had in the 80s and 90s ever again. We have to recruit talent and be patient in developing them and IMO we’re still paying for Frost’s failures. I doubt we can buy enough top O line talent in the portal.
And Dana called an awful game. The whole staff got outcoached on both sides of the ball. Again, Rhule can either help Donnie or fire him. It’s also on Rhule and then Dana with his offensive game plan and calls. Putting all the blame on Donovan is ludicrous.
I’ve stated multiple times why I believe O line recruiting was difficult for US Raiola’s first two seasons. Hell the first year he was stuck with I thin 1 or 2 guys left that Austin was recruiting. Then we miss a bowl game, fire Frost and didn’t announce we were keeping Donovan until late. Those guys would have been redshirt Sophs or Juniors now. THAT is why we have a hole in our upperclassmen. Little of that is Donnie’s fault. I’m optimistic about our freshmen O linemen but they’re babies.
Nobody is talking about Raiola's recruiting or Oline struggles back in 2022 & 2023. We're talking about now, in 2025.
Putting no blame on Donnie is gaslighting. You are gaslighting.
It may be possible. But, frankly, I don’t see any road graters on run plays outside of maybe Rocco. Do you?
