[Husker] A Question for the List...

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So now we have to be experts to question play calling?
Well how about all those who brag on our recruiting?
Or those who say that NUs talent level is way down? Do
they have to be experts to comment on that also? Has
anyone on the list had to evaluate talent for a
college football team? If we all had to be experts we
wouldn't have anyone on the list. Most who have wrote
on anything on this list have played, watched or
studyed enough football to know the basics, its not
brain surgery. I have yet to see anyone try to disect
every aspect of any single play they just comment on
basic stuff that only takes basic knowledge of the
game to know. I dont think you have to be an expert to
know that if you leave a reciever uncovered there is a
very good chance that he will catch a pass and
probably score. If you empty the back field there is a
very good chance that you are going to pass. Now if
they want to start talking about the different
blocking schemes on a given play they had better have
some knowledge of the game that most dont have, but I
haven't seen that yet. 
--- Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com> wrote:

> In reading the posts, not just after the CU game,
> but during a good portion of the season, one nagging
> question, or set of questions continued to pop up...
> 
> 
> With so much of the talk on the list about play
> calling, schemes, coaching styles, etc. - I wonder
> how many people on the list are actually qualified
> to speak on the topics. How many Listers have ever
> been a football coach, never mind a head coach or
> coordinator, in HS, never the less college -
> especially at a D1 program? My guess would be few,
> which makes all of the talk criticizing play
> calling, offensive styles, etc. just a lot of
> pontificating. Do the people currently on the list
> that record the game and "review the game tape" to
> break it down actually have the experience or
> necessary skill set to break it down into any sort
> of meaningful information? Does coaching a Pee Wee
> team, reading a book on football or watching them
> break down plays on Sportscenter arm one with the
> proper knowledge to criticize the schemes and play
> calls of people who have dedicated their lives to
> it?
> 
> Have Bill Callahan, or Frank Solich, or Ron Zook or
> Ty Willingham or any other coach that has come under
> fire of late individually forgotten more about the
> game of football than the members of this list
> collectively know? Probably so. 
> 
> I realize that all of these topics make for
> entertaining banter and that the Internet and talk
> radio age that we live in is responsible for
> creating what I like to now call the, "I am expert,
> hear me roar" crowd, but at what point do you just
> say enough? 
> 
> Unfortunately what typically happens, and it
> happened on this very list, is that the "experts"
> run off all of the people that do have some
> expertise and valuable information to share. 
> 
> I am all for an open exchange of ideas and opinions
> in any forum on any topic, but in the end is there
> really anything sadder than listening to a select
> group of individuals, neither of whom completely
> knows of what they speak, argue over and over about
> the same topics as if they are somehow qualified to
> do so? 
> 
> In closing I realize that I was one of the Husker
> List Members that was guilty of many of the things
> that I have listed above - but as the season has
> progressed, I guess I have just grown weary of all
> the personal insults and discussion of the same
> topics. Here's to hoping that not only does the
> Husker Football Team return to glory, but that the
> Husker List returns to a place where fans, many of
> whom are displaced and no longer in Nebraska, can
> turn to for intelligent conversation and valuable
> information about the one thing that we all hold
> close to our heart - our Cornhuskers. 
> 
> And here's to hoping that everyone has a safe and
> Happy Holiday Season!
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Jeffrey Volk
> 
> 
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