At this point I’ll say this much: The Noles will be a much better team than last year (hard not to be honestly). The more I read and hear the more I realize that the team last year was leaderless from a player standpoint, and they quit on the coaches around week 3 or 4. I also believe that the coaches that were let go were dead weight and were not holding players accountable. Alex Atkins, who was or OL coach and “OC” did not make any of his OLmen any better. In fact, I think they regressed as seasons went on. Even in the 13-1 season, we had trouble running the ball with 2 NFL RBs back there cuz the OL was not being developed and were certainly no getting better. Add to that Adam Fuller’s “defense” which could not stop any of us from gaining 10+ yards was HORRIBLE last season with no player accountability or development. The new DC Tony White had very stout defenses at Nebraska and he is absolutely holding these kids accountable. We just jettisoned a kid 2 days ago who was not giving max effort. He sent a message to the rest of the players with that. Say what you will about Gus, but he knows his system and with the right players it can be effective. I think the OL transfers we brought in are going to be a huge improvement, as is the new OL coach. I will go on record saying I think an 8-4 season is possible, with 9-3/10-2 IF we get some really good ball bounces.
