I'm Going To Say This One More Time

[Northside Hawk]

Nebraska can recruit all the skill position talent they want. They will go nowhere until the offensive and defensive lines are up to conference standards. This could happen, and combined with the other players Frost is recruiting it would make Nebraska a dangerous, relevant team once again. But it will take time.

The other part of this equation that could blow up in Frost's face is the heavy use of his quarterback. Martinez yesterday was directly responsible for over eighty percent of Nebby's yards from scrimmage. That's Russian roulette. Sooner or later that gun is going to go off. jNW has a long list QB's that have gotten banged up, from Basanez to Persa to Thorson, that have gotten banged up running a much safer (for a QB) offense than Frost. And look at what happened to UCF's QB yesterday.

Let's hold off on the Frost Warning until we see it on the field. I don't care that they were close in some of their losses. Frosty could use a little work with his coaching as well.

 

[BVHawk95]

According to 247, Frost signed just one OL in his 2018 to class, a JUCO bandaid who never made it to campus. Ouch.

2019, they have 4 currently committed, 2 4-stars (1 JUCO) and 2 3-stars. Pretty similar to our current group of OL commits. However, development is where we make our money, so to speak. I haven't heard much about Nebby's OL coach, unlike OL Coach of the Year 2016(TM) Tom Manning, but unless they hit the recruiting trail hard, they're going to have to make due with a lot of Reilly recruits there for a few years, especially they lose two starters on the OL this year.

 

[cincyhawk]

Nebraska can recruit all the skill position talent they want. They will go nowhere until the offensive and defensive lines are up to conference standards. This could happen, and combined with the other players Frost is recruiting it would make Nebraska a dangerous, relevant team once again. But it will take time.

The other part of this equation that could blow up in Frost's face is the heavy use of his quarterback. Martinez yesterday was directly responsible for over eighty percent of Nebby's yards from scrimmage. That's Russian roulette. Sooner or later that gun is going to go off. jNW has a long list QB's that have gotten banged up, from Basanez to Persa to Thorson, that have gotten banged up running a much safer (for a QB) offense than Frost. And look at what happened to UCF's QB yesterday.

Let's hold off on the Frost Warning until we see it on the field. I don't care that they were close in some of their losses. Frosty could use a little work with his coaching as well.

Linemen grow on trees. There are an ever increasing number of slow, strong, large kids in America. And they all lift weights and play football from 8 to 18.

 

[trj]

Frost will get them to where they are winning 8 or 9 games a year. Then what? Because that is the ceiling.

 

[Northside Hawk]

Linemen grow on trees. There are an ever increasing number of slow, strong, large kids in America. And they all lift weights and play football from 8 to 18.

The right ones rely on skill, quickness, technique and cohesiveness more than ever. It's a cerebral position now. Iowa, for one, has moved several high school tight ends inside to offensive line.

I agree that they are getting larger. Dubuque Hempstead in 1979 had four offensive linemen who were 220 or bigger. They were considered behemoths then. That's the size of a typical JV or freshman line now.

 

[cincyhawk]

The right ones rely on skill, quickness, technique and cohesiveness more than ever. It's a cerebral position now. Iowa, for one, has moved several high school tight ends inside to offensive line.

I agree that they are getting larger. Dubuque Hempstead in 1979 had four offensive linemen who were 220 or bigger. They were considered behemoths then. That's the size of a typical JV or freshman line now.

I'm not saying that great O-lines grow on trees, but it is the easiest position to recruit. It's the hardest position to play well as a unit, outside of qb, but that comes down to coaching. A great oline coach and scheme can turn an average back into a 1000 yard rusher. The raw talent is easy to find. Teaching that talent is not something everyone can do.

 

[BVHawk95]

I'm not saying that great O-lines grow on trees, but it is the easiest position to recruit. It's the hardest position to play well as a unit, outside of qb, but that comes down to coaching. A great oline coach and scheme can turn an average back into a 1000 yard rusher. The raw talent is easy to find. Teaching that talent is not something everyone can do.

This. It isn't necessarily about finding the 5 best guys, but finding the 5 guys who gel as a group and can think on their feet. You can have oodles of talent and a group that just doesn't fit together for whatever reason.