My intuition tells me that he is a decent, P5 DC if that's his sole focus. It appears that he has too much to chew on at the moment and it's beyond his abilities. I think the rah-rah stuff works better too from a coordinator as opposed to the head guy. Imagine if Allen was DC right now with DeBoer as HC. Oh well. One can dream
Several were in the Top 25 when we played them.
Good point about him possibly being overloaded with multiple roles.My intuition tells me that he is a decent, P5 DC if that's his sole focus. It appears that he has too much to chew on at the moment and it's beyond his abilities. I think the rah-rah stuff works better too from a coordinator as opposed to the head guy. Imagine if Allen was DC right now with DeBoer as HC. Oh well. One can dream
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'19 was DeBoer, Wommack, and a very favorable schedule. '20 was Wommack, COVID, and some breaks (How would '20 have turned out if Penix had been called out-of-bounds?)
Yeah, he will do what he does...always has, always will and then trash IU, IU fans, and IU teams on GBI until he slithers back here with a new name. I won't apologize for treating a troll like a troll. Esprcially one that follows me around posting behind me.
The concern for me is that we have had two highly touted defensive secondaries in a row that have underperformed. I still think he would be coveted by many HCs.
Funny how no other coach in decades managed it in any circumstances here, isn't it? But sure, he should get no credit for stupid reasons because you say so. You play the teams on the schedule, and he beat more of them than anyone else had here in decades, including the abusive POS most of those who seem to hate Allen seem to love in Kevin Wilson.
Considering that is much more than anyone else has done here since the early 90s, yes.
Being near .500 in the B1G isn't a bad year. 2021 was a very bad year. This year we will have to wait and see.
All HC are dependent on great assistant coaches at the D1 level. Look at how Alabama's coaches that have moved on done in their new jobs - very good in all or at least most cases. Look at IU's coordinators DeBoer and Wommack. A HC needs very good coaches surrounding him.
Before the season started, you said each of our new coaches was an upgrade over the coaches from last year. You also said we failed on defense because we didn’t play enough players last season. You’re now saying that the assistants are largely to blame for our poor play and that we’re playing too many players on D. Have your preseason views changed?
That is supposed to be good? Prior to Steve Spurrier's arrival at Florida, they had very few winning seasons ever. But still had many more fans than 40,000. Nebraska has been average or bad for awhile and still had 90,000 .
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you've never been you need to go at least once. Not just the friendliest fans in the BT, but they do it all up right. The Hay Market and the individual tailgates give the place a "Mardi Gras in the Cornfields" or a 4 month long Oktoberfest kind of vibe. Been twice and had a great time. Omaha is a nice town as well with a pretty cool downtown area. Would be a nice place to live if they could just crank up the Global Warming (or whatever it is now).
It’s a fantastic environment. Top tailgating, plenty of places to go within a walk of the stadium if you aren’t tailgating, and knowledgable and friendly fans.
Was it though?
You were saying we only drew 30k. I was just pointing out that attendence has been decent for IU so far.
The only thing i would push back on is calling what we had when Wilson left "consistency" the trusses were already wobbling.
We only went once. Took the RV over. Clearly lots of fans and we found them to be pretty friendly and certainly supportive of their program. Lincoln is not a great college town, I would put them third tier in the BIG so the game is kinda it. Tailgating was ok, not IU but certainly ok.
Wilson won six games in the prior two years; it wasn't like he was on some amazing roll.
I was okay with KW, but he Was never going to be a good fit for us (or anyone else). Most people know that.
I commented after the first game or so about how he couldn't follow through with a thought at his press conferences. He's all over the place.
Still …. IU promoted from within and promptly lost to its in-state rival with a brand new coach for two straight years. And, that was an absolute piss poor program under Hazell. I guess Allen was somewhat new as well but he had been here a year in our system. That speaks volumes right there.
Maybe if Nebraska fans rooted harder they would win more. They haven’t rooted hard enough ever since Tom Osborne left.
After all it is the customer’s fault
If only we had a team like Bama to cheer for.
So what you are saying there is no such thing as a home field advantage? I was in a hotel lobby in Gainesville, the night before the Utah game. Watching the IU- Illinois game and I started talking to a few Utah fans. I told them that Utah is probably the better team but the Swamp is an entirely different beast. They responded they had played at Autzen Stadium. I replied that there are 30,000 more people. It is is in ground and fully enclosed. Low and behold the Gators pulled off the upset. The next day there is videos of guys puking on the sideline. There are pictures of Utah fans holding their ears. The Swamp is just different and if you have not been there for an FSU or Tenn or Auburn game then you just don't have a clue. It is truly amazing kind of like a game at Assembly Hall for Kentucky or Purdue.
