Roster Rumblings for 2012

I wondered about Klatchko…his name was never mentioned by anyone as a part of the O line rotation, and he was one of those 4 star O linemen we brought in. I wonder what his problem was. And about Todd Peat…is he off the team now or what? Is he gone forever? Does this mean that after the back is healed he’ll get another chance or is it so bad we can’t use him ever? Very ambiguous at best. And you know Pelini…he doesn’t give out any more info than he has to. I do wish someone would put that guy through a public speaking course or work with him on what to say…it would make his life a lot easier. He doesn’t seem to understand that the less he gives, the more problems he creates for himself.

Disappointed to lose Klachko and not have Peat.  Seems like our lines O and D have been our weak points.  We need all the able bodies we can get.  Heres to hoping someone else steps up.

When did Moore become a LB?

It is time for the O-Line to take its game to the next level. To me, the OL is the key. All the focus and converstation is on Martinez but if the OL continues to have the same issues with depth, injuries, inconsistency, and penalties, then all the hype about our QB is meaningless.  I put all the hopes of this team’s success on Barney Cotton’s back.  He absolutely has to prove (this year) that he has what it takes to coach these kids up to win at this level.  So far, I’m not convinced.

You said it Mark. The team lives and dies with the lines. Same goes for the D Line. We’ve been steadily declining since Suh and Crick being hurt last year had a big effect.

You guys are right. Games are won or lost in the trenches. TO knew this. I don’t know why he hasn’t instilled this into his current coaching staff but they don’t seem to see the need. Barney Cotton is not the man we need to be going with in my humble opinion. He hasn’t produced one All American since I don’t know when. My fear is they turn in a decent season and everybody says lets give him another chance. He hasn’t produced an offensive line that is really good since he’s been here. If there is a change, this time, Pelini absolutly needs to go out and get a proven O line coordinator…it’s too bad someone already had that idea and hired Wisconsins O line coordinator away. He would have been a perfect fit at Nebraska. I don’t know who we’d get, but we need experience at that coaching spot, not someone with “potential”.
Games are also won many times by the team who wants it the most. Is there that is this team? We shall see. Everything sounds like it, but it’s too early to tell. Seems like they’ve been doing the right thing, but are they building in discipline and toughness into this team, or will there be emotional meltdowns like there were last season?
We have 2 seasons in a row that have ended badly that were proceeded by great expectations. If this season is another 9 win season with meltdowns and stupid losses, we might have to look farther than a coaching change at O line. Don’t know if Pelini can make it if this isn’t a great season. Lets hope it will be, and being the eternal optinist that I try to be, I really think it will. Things are lining up well at this point is about all you can say.
At this point they really need to come out smokin’...forget about taking names. Kill!!!

I’ve read a lot about the Jets O line coach. He seems to have done wonders with that unit. Maybe we can hire him. I have a feeling Bo might want to hire him, just so he can fire him. I forget what his name was though…

You do realize that hiring all the inexperienced coaches set us back probably 3-5 years…since when is Nebraska a proving ground for coaches wanting to get their feet wet in the college coaching game?
I would have much preferred Bo going out and getting as top flight coaches as possible…proven guys who have ALREADY cut their teeth somewhere else. In the time that he promoted Tim Beck, he could have hired Gus Mahlzon, RichRod, Mike Leach, the Wisconsin coordinator, the guy who’s now coaching West Virginia, all kinds of guys. But instead he hires no names, unproven guys he knew; supposedly to give them breaks, or thinking they have potential. Classic case in point is Michigan and look where they’re at.
Am I alone in this, or does everybody think that’s fine…?

@PE… when we hired Beck as OC, I’m not sure if Leach was available.  And even if he was available, not sure the OC job is what he wanted.  Leach is a head coach, and he’s a good one. 

The other guys you mention… bear in mind these guys first have to want to be the OC at Nebraska, before we hire them.  All of them, I believe, want to be HC’s.  I don’t think there was much interest by any of them to be the OC at Nebraska in the first place.  Pelini has established himself as a very good defensive coach… and a decent head coach.  There’s a drop off there, and I think most folks see it.  That doesn’t mean Pelini can’t become a very good head coach… he’s learning.  But Nebraska is having some issues at developing depth… at QB and OL.  And the defense for 2012 looks rough. 

And after 10+ years of being away from the top rung of college football, Nebraska is not the marque name it used to be.  We’re still a brand, but we’re viewed more as a ‘has-been’ than a ‘up and comer’, by many, IMO. 

Off topic… but what really hurt Cornhusker football started off with Solich and his mediocrity as head coach.  He had guys around him that got lazy.  Or weren’t D-1A coaches.  Then a hot shot athletic director comes on board and wants to get us back.  Pederson’s vision was right; “we’re not going to surrender…”, his implementation was completely dorked up.  Thus… the idiot who will not be named.  Between 6 years of Solich and 4 more of the idiot who will not be named, I’m surprised we hung in there as well as we did.  Pelini inherited a real mess.  He got it stabilized, and we are a good program now.  But I don’t know if he has the mojo to get us to 10 - 12 wins per season on a consistent basis.

Ask “what’s the concept here”?
What I meant was these guys were available for offers. Maybe we could have got them, maybe not. But they did take new jobs recently. And I think Leach would have jumped on it, probably Mahlzon too. My point was, Bo should have went out and got top tier, top flight, experienced, proven coaches. But he didn’t. he went with his pals and folks he had met or worked with before or were from his home town and now were paying for it. Lets not get all mired up in the nuts and bolts and details and try to look at the big picture here.
Those decisions to bring in untested, untried, no name coaches might very well have cost us 3-5 years and championships. We’ll never know. Now were stuck with a guy who calls 17 straight pass plays against Wisconsin resulting in 3 interceptions and turns a 10 point loss into a 31 point loss. Beck had never called a plpay in college football. We have an OC and DC who have exactly one year between them of college football experience…not exactly a formula for success. Will it all work out? I’m remaining positive, but it hasn’t yet. And he won’t have 20 years like TO did. Not in this day and age. A prestigeous program like Nebraska, steeped in history and winning tradition, is NOT a place where new coaches come to sharpen their skills. They normally do that elsewhere, at places like Idaho State and the like. But NOT at a place like Nebraska. That’s how you become the next Iowa. There would have been a number of qualified candidates. I’ll give you another one…someone hired away the best offensive line coach in the country, right under our noses. I don’t know who got him, but someone hired the O line coach away from Wisconsin recently. Our loss and a huge one.
if you’re not near a recruiting hotbed and don’t have otherwise top notch recruiting, which we don’t in either case, it becomes extraordinarlily important that you have great coaching and player development. Otherwise your Rudy all the time, hoping for a miracle from mid grade talent. And as I’ve said before though, our problem is not so much a talent issue, although there are issues with that on our team, our main problems lay with coaching…false starts, motion penalties, fumbles, turnover margin, players not knowing where or how to line up or how to run routes, not causing enough turnovers, other penalties, no physicality, discipline and consistancy issues. All coaching issues. Fairley predictable.
Totally agree with your last paragraph!
So here’s to hoping we’re all pleasantly surprised this year and not dissapointed like we have after the last several. GBR !!! Should be an interesting year.

Look around the college ranks at coaching staffs A LOT of top tier teams have coaches with less than 2 or 3 years experience! College ball has evolved into a traing ground for coaches and has been this way for years. The days of one staff (like Dr Toms) being together for decades are over. And don’t turn your nose up at the head coaching job at Idaho St. Probably pays a hell of a lot more than most of us make.
Give Bo some credit, each year this program has gotten better in all phases of the game, in academics, weight room, talent, etc. Move into a new conference that’s a lot better than ESECPN will ever admit, draw talent from all areas of the country. I know we are all hungry for that National Championship, or even the conference, but we all knew it would be tough last year. This year will be tough too. I will be ecstatic if we win it all, but realistically I think we will win 10.
I don’t know, I guess what I’m getting at is be patient, and be thankful we have coaches and players who, at the end of a hard fought season we can be proud of, regardless of the outcome.
And remember, Barney’s got a right hand now, and we’ve got a great young D-Line coach, a lot of returning starters….and what Dr. Tom and many other great coaches harp about, team chemistry. Let’s hope it all comes together. GBR

Well at least you ended well. Good thing I read it backwards.
What top tier team has coaches that have been coaches 2-3 years? Sabin? Miles? Meyer?

Be patient. All you fans think of are the TO days. Remember Neb football 6-7 years ago. Not to good. First year in a new conference, New OC, plus a big recruting disadvantage the furthest team west in the Big. Tough to recruit Texas and California playing in the BIG 10 plus going against big names with a lot of BIG 10 tradition in OSU & MICH. Go Big Red

So any news on Peat? i went to his high school and his the same year as my brother.
Did he get in trouble?

people were comparing Peat to Suh Saying Peat had a chance to be that good! i was trying too read all the reports from husker camp and all people are saying is the"back issue” was part of the reason his not on the 105 man roster.. is he still part of the 144 team roster?

Peat got let go b/c his younger brother didn’t come to Lincoln.