Mlive: Nebraska players not all buying in to Scott Frost?
Very interesting article with quotes. Sounds like there are internal problems.
"Champions make good decisions in every single decision they have. Average people, average teams don't make those decisions. Little things lead to big things. We're going to get it right. I don't care how long it takes and what we have to do. We're going to make those little decisions matter because little decisions and little mistakes are what have cost us a couple games."
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"You're always going to have some guys on the team that resist buying in," redshirt senior offensive lineman Tanner Farmer said.
"That can be the difference between winning and losing games ... You'd be surprised how big of a difference a few guys not buying can take on a team."
Farmer said the Cornhuskers understood Frost's message: "He's pretty much saying either buy in or move out for the guy who's going to buy in."
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"This (Michigan) team is considerably better, in my opinion, than the two teams we just played and didn't beat," Frost said, referencing Colorado and Troy. "This is a huge task and we're going to have to play a perfect game and get a lot better in a week to come out on top in this one."
September 20th, 2018 at 10:15 AM ^
Except that Hoke was a career sub .500 win coach when Michigan hired him (47-50). Scott Frost is a career .731 win coach with a national title (claimed but still official) and wins over 3 top 25 teams, including #7 Auburn. Scott Frost accomplished more in 2 years than Hoke ever will in his entire career as a HC.
September 19th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
We're going to have to play a perfect game
As far as I'm concerned, this is publicly admitting defeat beforehand. Because nobody plays a perfect game.
September 19th, 2018 at 5:43 PM ^
I know teams don't play perfect games, you know teams don't play perfect games but does a guy who believes in giving"it" 110% know that?
September 19th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
This is really par for the course when you have a new coach come in. Especially a high-energy guy like Scott Frost, when you compare him to an overly nice guy like Mike Riley. There were probably some guys who got used to having a coach who would go easy on them, give them a hug and tell them its okay to screw up in practice sometimes, and now they don't want a coach riding their ass every day in practice.
Frost strikes me as the kind of guy who will work his players like dogs and demand perfection from them on every snap. But the guys who stick it out will be all the better for it. There's a reason Mike Riley's teams at Nebraska weren't any good. Well.....there were a lot of reasons, but I think the personality that Riley's team took on was part of it.
September 19th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
Who cares, this is common with new coaches. Kids leave. Some left when Harbaugh came. Happens everywhere
September 19th, 2018 at 8:37 PM ^
Sounds familiar. Michigan's 2008 football team comes to mind.
September 19th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
Corndogs.
September 20th, 2018 at 3:39 AM ^
The title to this thread is completely misleading. Read the damn article. There is nothing negative about Nebraska or Frost in it. In fact it’s positive.
September 20th, 2018 at 8:46 AM ^
DELETE