Sipple wrote a great article about Raiola

[Huskerbuck85]

Can’t wait till the end of the season when we’re 4-11 vs Wisconsin, Cockeyes, & Minnesota

You stop it Big 10 Tony

 

[doublewing]

That article reminds me why I don't read off-season fluff pieces.

"One gets the feeling Raiola’s group can’t wait for fall."

 

[Alcaus]

You stop it Big 10 Tony

I thought I was being positive

 

[Jim14510]

I thought I was being positive

I'm gonna need you to watch some YouTubes on positive vs negative.

 

[Alcaus]

I'm gonna need you to watch some YouTubes on positive vs negative.

4-11 seemed better than 1-14

 

[MtnHusker]

That article reminds me why I don't read off-season fluff pieces.

"One gets the feeling Raiola’s group can’t wait for fall."

Sipple is probably gonna fit right in with Dean's Fluff Piece Business Plan if continues felating Frost & Co. The Potatoes on RSS/Insider.... will drink this up. All Kool Aide all the time.

AYCDKA (All You Can Drink Kool Aide)

 

[Driveway Jordan]

OLine will pry be solid this year.

We will probably win 9, maybe 12 games during the regular season. No cap.

Steven Sipple: Doubters and Donovan: A glimpse into how Nebraska offensive linemen handle pervasive skepticism with help of new offensive line coach Donovan Raiola

Nebraska's offensive linemen fully understand that many Husker fans regard the O-line as one of the team's foremost question marks.

www.on3.com

"Sipple wrote a great article" Said no one. Ever.​

Our OL will be mediocre to below-mediocre. Hopefully Whipp and the boys can scheme around it.

 

[Driveway Jordan]

But…..do they fire off the ball like our boyz do!?

What a fucking joke. Were Corcoran and Benhart wearing those during the season last year? The next time Benhart bends his hips in pass pro will be the first.

 

[Kaladin]

"Sipple wrote a great article" Said no one. Ever.​

Our OL will be mediocre to below-mediocre. Hopefully Whipp and the boys can scheme around it.

 

[Steveweiser316]

I feel like I can no longer wear this hat that I bought ironically wayyyyy fucking before all these shitty fake tough lineman started wearing them.

Where’d you get it from?

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

FWIW I will say there is a philosophy shift between the two.... It is just hilarious listening to Sipple and Co trying to describe it.

Austin had an emphasis on getting a hat on a hat. If you can get some movement great, but at the end of the day he wanted you blocking your guy. This lead to some very poor combo blocks which lead to some DT chode in the hole we were trying to run to. At times last year it felt like I was watching a unit that had an emphasis on getting to their right guy vs having a successful play or not understanding the concept of the play. This is why they were a much better man blocking team last year vs zone blocking. JMO.

Raiola, from what I have noticed, been told and read, puts an emphasis on vertical displacement of the DL first and then climbing to the 2nd level. My bet is we will see a higher floor on our RB run game as a result, but our RBs might be meeting a few LBs in the hole instead of a DT.

 

[Kaladin]

FWIW I will say there is a philosophy shift between the two.... It is just hilarious listening to Sipple and Co trying to describe it.

Austin had an emphasis on getting a hat on a hat. If you can get some movement great, but at the end of the day he wanted you blocking your guy. This lead to some very poor combo blocks which lead to some DT chode in the hole we were trying to run to. At times last year it felt like I was watching a unit that had an emphasis on getting to their right guy vs having a successful play or not understanding the concept of the play. This is why they were a much better man blocking team last year vs zone blocking. JMO.

Raiola, from what I have noticed, been told and read, puts an emphasis on vertical displacement of the DL first and then climbing to the 2nd level. My bet is we will see a higher floor on our RB run game as a result, but our RBs might be meeting a few LBs in the hole instead of a DT.

Grant runs for 1,000 yards this year
Yant probably has like 700

 

[slattimer]

FWIW I will say there is a philosophy shift between the two.... It is just hilarious listening to Sipple and Co trying to describe it.

Austin had an emphasis on getting a hat on a hat. If you can get some movement great, but at the end of the day he wanted you blocking your guy. This lead to some very poor combo blocks which lead to some DT chode in the hole we were trying to run to. At times last year it felt like I was watching a unit that had an emphasis on getting to their right guy vs having a successful play or not understanding the concept of the play. This is why they were a much better man blocking team last year vs zone blocking. JMO.

Raiola, from what I have noticed, been told and read, puts an emphasis on vertical displacement of the DL first and then climbing to the 2nd level. My bet is we will see a higher floor on our RB run game as a result, but our RBs might be meeting a few LBs in the hole instead of a DT.

I will say this from seeing one spring practice and raoila speak at it. The latter part is true.

Anyone that thinks we’re just going to fire off and man block is greatly mistaken. It’s still some scheme. It’s just more of a tighter version of inside zone IMO. Which IMO. Leads to Better doubles on the DL. Will they miss on some LBs. Probably. It’s the nature of how fast you come of or not. But if you can at least get a push and put DL in laps of LBs. It doesn’t matter if you come off or not. And the RB will have more room and vision to cut and make the OL right.

We always teach our backs to bring the LBs to the OL. Trust them. Hug buts. Because we’re less athletic and we’re better on a phone booth rather than chasing. That’s why I love tight zone. I particular. How Ohio State runs their tight zone. It’s more ISO than what most think zone in the nature of the doubles.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I will say this from seeing one spring practice and raoila speak at it. The latter part is true.

Anyone that thinks we’re just going to fire off and man block is greatly mistaken. It’s still some scheme. It’s just more of a tighter version of inside zone IMO. Which IMO. Leads to Better doubles on the DL. Will they miss on some LBs. Probably. It’s the nature of how fast you come of or not. But if you can at least get a push and put DL in laps of LBs. It doesn’t matter if you come off or not. And the RB will have more room and vision to cut and make the OL right.

We always teach our backs to being the LBs to the OL. Trust them. Hug buts. Because we’re less athletic and we’re better on a phone booth rather than chasing. That’s why I love tight zone. I particular. How Ohio State runs their tight zone. It’s more ISO than what most think zone in the nature of the doubles.

How we blocked IZ drove me up a fucking wall. Pieper was a fucking dancing bear out there. There was no reason with Nouili and Cam for us to be as bad at IZ as we were.

 

[slattimer]

How we blocked IZ drove me up a fucking wall. Pieper was a fucking dancing bear out there. There was no reason with Nouili and Cam for us to be as bad at IZ as we were.

I don’t know for certain. But it sure seemed like we just track blocked inside and whatever mid/outside zone is they used. Just from watching games and clips.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

I will say this from seeing one spring practice and raoila speak at it. The latter part is true.

Anyone that thinks we’re just going to fire off and man block is greatly mistaken. It’s still some scheme. It’s just more of a tighter version of inside zone IMO. Which IMO. Leads to Better doubles on the DL. Will they miss on some LBs. Probably. It’s the nature of how fast you come of or not. But if you can at least get a push and put DL in laps of LBs. It doesn’t matter if you come off or not. And the RB will have more room and vision to cut and make the OL right.

We always teach our backs to bring the LBs to the OL. Trust them. Hug buts. Because we’re less athletic and we’re better on a phone booth rather than chasing. That’s why I love tight zone. I particular. How Ohio State runs their tight zone. It’s more ISO than what most think zone in the nature of the doubles.

Sure seemed to me like we've climbed way too quickly the last 2-3 years. Will not give Fleck a lot of credit, but they do seem to reliably get 3-4 yards a carry.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I don’t know for certain. But it sure seemed like we just track blocked inside and whatever mid/outside zone is they used. Just from watching games and clips.

They blocked that mid/OZ better, but fuck IZ was awful

 

[slattimer]

They blocked that mid/OZ better, but fuck IZ was awful

Pretty sure at one time it morphed into Duo. Not positive. But feel like that was the case.

 

[slattimer]

Sure seemed to me like we've climbed way too quickly the last 2-3 years. Will not give Fleck a lot of credit, but they do seem to reliably get 3-4 yards a carry.

Most definitely. It seems to me their doubles were very fast and they climbed almost immediately. Which would normally tell me they’re track blocking and just trying to eat up movement.

Not my cup of tea. I’m a tight zone guy. Vertical displacement. Gallop step doubles. Let the LBs come to you