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I've been a part of underperforming teams before. It was more about attitude rather than talent. Going into the season I really feared a 7-5 record based on known attitude issues with mainly Bo era players. And when a few of the key problem players were elected captains, it pretty much made me adamant that 7-5 was a high expectation. Low and behold they went 9-3. Now, did they go 9-3 because they overachieved? Or did they go 9-3 because the opponents underachieved?
 
HuskerVotary;94527 said:
Tavita no ka oe.
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I think this phrase means literally 'the special ones are the best'.

How about, "A' ohe pau ka 'ike i ka halau ho'okahi" meaning 'All knowledge is not taught in school' or more literally, 'One must seek wisdom from many'.
 
OhioHusker;94522 said:
Solly, do you know anything about the Tavita Thompson mentioned in the article as a possible candidate.
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Tavita Thompson is beloved among NU players. He's got player relatability similar to Linebacker Coach Trent Bray and a motor similar to Strength Coach Mark Phillipe. NU may already be in talks with him. There is some maneuvering that the AD will need help with for him to jump straight from GA to Assistant Coach, (The position has to be posted, and he cannot be a GA at the time of interview and hire - but it happens all the time in CFB), but unless there is a larger series of maneuvering in motion so far as staff revisions, (and maybe even if there is), NU should already be seriously considering this young man.
 
Assuming the new NCAA rule about adding an assistant coaching position passes they might elevate Tavita to a coaching position right away so he could get out on the road and recruit and wait to fill the permanent special teams role.
 
Removed Spleen of Jordan;94532 said:
Assuming the new NCAA rule about adding an assistant coaching position passes they might elevate Tavita to a coaching position right away so he could get out on the road and recruit and wait to fill the permanent special teams role.
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I believe that's probably what they'll do; they'll need Thompson on the road ASAP.
 
This was a change that needed to happen. I hope Riley hires an actual position coach and perhaps have that coach, coach the Special Teams or have the Special teams being divided among the staff or th HC take over the Special Teams. We really need help on the OLine. Cavanaugh isn't the answer and can only coach about 8 guys at one time (which is why we don't have a true 2 deep depth chart). So maybe the new assistant can help out Cavanaugh. We'll see. I'm glad MR had the cahonies to fire his buddy. That's not an easy ask.
 
I'm hoping the Hughes and Read firings also inherently puts the other coaches on notice. Read has been with Riley for quite a while. If he can get the axe, anyone can.
 
MadRat;94529 said:
I think this phrase means literally 'the special ones are the best'.

How about, "A' ohe pau ka 'ike i ka halau ho'okahi" meaning 'All knowledge is not taught in school' or more literally, 'One must seek wisdom from many'.
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Yeah, Maddie. I sorta knew what I posted...:thumb: It's an amalgam of languages, but it got the point across. Dude needs to be kept on staff.
 
I think the lingering issue from the Pelini regime is simply their outlook and attitude overall. I don't think any of them quit during games or sabotage anything, but when they've been taught for years that a 9 win season is good enough and the fans are unreasonable to expect anything better, what can you do? If they don't expect better out of themselves, where is the effort to make that improvement? we've heard stories about underclassmen yelling at upperclassmen for dogging it during summer workouts, etc. if you don't have senior leadership to set the example of how to prepare and how to practice and that winning every game is the goal, your results are going to be what we've seen.

many may not like it, but MR wants to run the program where the leadership comes from the players. I like it (similar to parenting) because if they take ownership of it, they have more invested in it, and will care more about it. the players don't need someone telling them how hard to practice, they need to want to practice hard to be the best.
 
anyway, smart move with Read to do it now. they can promote Tavita to full time for the remainder of the season so that they can get him on the road recruiting (I haven't seen much evidence that points to anything other than the fact that Read sucked at recruiting), and then figure things out later.

we all know the issues with Read, and while I give him a pass for a lot of the "punt safe" calls that hung DPE out to dry (i.e. those are MR calls iirc to leave the defense on to protect against the fake) it certainly seemed like there was a lot of schematic and preparations deficiencies in the punt protection, kickoff returns, and kickoff coverage.

also give Lightbourn some time. I remember Foltz shanking a few punts his frosh year. it cant be easy on a kid who gets reminded EVERY GAME of how he became the starting punter in place of an all-conference and NFL-caliber punter. plus it cant be easy wondering if your protection is going to break down every time. I'm sure he rushed some punts on occasion. he's got potential.
 
Solly;94531 said:
Tavita Thompson is beloved among NU players. He's got player relatability similar to Linebacker Coach Trent Bray and a motor similar to Strength Coach Mark Phillipe. NU may already be in talks with him. There is some maneuvering that the AD will need help with for him to jump straight from GA to Assistant Coach, (The position has to be posted, and he cannot be a GA at the time of interview and hire - but it happens all the time in CFB), but unless there is a larger series of maneuvering in motion so far as staff revisions, (and maybe even if there is), NU should already be seriously considering this young man.
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As you know I value your opinion very highly, so that makes me happy that maybe they already have their guy. I can live with Lincoln, the midwest Samoan pipeline.
 
GatorHusker;94565 said:
also give Lightbourn some time. I remember Foltz shanking a few punts his frosh year.
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I remember that every year. He was good, but he could be maddeningly inconsistent...
 
The Nebraska Football Twitter account @HuskerFBNation was tweeting out the different coaches that were on the road recruiting and they mentioned @Coach_Tavita. As a GA he couldn't go out on the road but since the Huskers have an open spot on staff they have applied for a waiver so he can hit the road. Looks like he is supposed to visit Cameron Jurgens and also tag along with Cav down to Texas to see Chuck Filiaga (the Poly connection is prob not a coincidence!).
 
ATX_Husker;94599 said:
The Nebraska Football Twitter account @HuskerFBNation was tweeting out the different coaches that were on the road recruiting and they mentioned @Coach_Tavita. As a GA he couldn't go out on the road but since the Huskers have an open spot on staff they have applied for a waiver so he can hit the road. Looks like he is supposed to visit Cameron Jurgens and also tag along with Cav down to Texas to see Chuck Filiaga (the Poly connection is prob not a coincidence!).
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I haven't read enough about Thompson to know if he's a good hire or not, but I hope that other (more experienced) candidates are given serious consideration first. Riley's honeymoon is over and he's already whiffed on two of his hires; if he wants to stick around he best makes sure he gets the best guy.
 
A friend of mine half jokingly said we should persue Les Miles. Heres his thinking and to be honest, as half cocked as it is, it might just work. He says that Les Miles son is coming to Nebraska, Les already has his payout from LSU, so we could tell him that we would give him the 450,000 that Read was making, he could coach his son for 4 years, do nothing but coach special teams and relax and watch his son play. Les always had good special teams at LSU. He would also give the staff another brain to pick. Who knows it could work.
 
Huskergod84;94614 said:
A friend of mine half jokingly said we should persue Les Miles. Heres his thinking and to be honest, as half cocked as it is, it might just work. He says that Les Miles son is coming to Nebraska, Les already has his payout from LSU, so we could tell him that we would give him the 450,000 that Read was making, he could coach his son for 4 years, do nothing but coach special teams and relax and watch his son play. Les always had good special teams at LSU. He would also give the staff another brain to pick. Who knows it could work.
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LOL I needed a good laugh tonight!
 
Notre Dame's head coach is also about to get the axe. Bring in a couple of former head coaches to keep up with Ohio State
 
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