[Husker] Players defend Callahan

[j j]

So if Callahan comes out and calls for a punt on first
down three straight series it will be the players
fault? You cant say it wont be the coaches fault until
the game is played. What happens if we are ahead by 1
with 10 seconds left and instead of taking a knee we
try to run a play and fumble the ball and it is
returned for a td is that the players fault? The
players can get up for the game all they want but if
the play calling or schemes is wrong it wont be the
players fault it will be the coaches. 



--- jonlists at cbsol.com wrote:

> husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 11/09/2005 07:33:43
> PM:
> 
> > Coaches get fired. Not players. I find the
> blame-the-players argument
> > laughable. Ultimately it's both scheme and
> performance that land on the
> > coach, because the coaches have to get their
> players to perform, even in 
> the
> > pros, but more so with college kids.
> 
> Correct, players don't get fired. They leave early
> for the NFL, quit 
> football entirely (Ross Pilkington), or they
> transfer (Joe Dailey). 
> 
> Find blame the player argument laughable? Let's go
> back to (from a public 
> opinion perspective) last year's goat, Joe Dailey.
> He had the passing 
> accuracy of a four year old blind kid. He replaced
> Jammal Lord who was 
> booed at home and also couldn't complete a pass to
> save his life, who 
> replaced Eric Crouch who was a ball hog so he could
> win the Heisman and 
> then let us all down when he quit in the pros, who
> replaced Scott Frost 
> who had the gaul to go to Stanford first so we booed
>  him (besides, 
> weren't his parents just plain  arrogant?), and all
> of them sinned because 
> they replaced Tommie Frazier, who might have been
> the best college 
> quarterback ever, if only he hadn't lost 19-10 at
> Iowa State in '92. If 
> Jesus Christ played quarterback for Nebraska, we'd
> find something to blame 
> him for. 
> 
> If this coaching staff is entirely responsible for
> getting this team up to 
> play at home AND win against Kansas State, then
> these kids don't belong in 
> Husker uniforms. Perhaps the coaches can come and
> dress them in the 
> morning, tie their shoes and make sure they're
> eating a good breakfast, 
> too. If they can't get themselves up for THIS game,
> they have no heart, 
> and if they expect to be a winning football team
> regardless of who's 
> coaching them, they'd better find one. 
> 
> [snip]
> > 
> > How much did the OU game - a tough opponent that
> the team made a valiant
> > comeback attempt against - take out of these kids?
> Look at the scores of 
> the
> > losses and the only embarrassing loss is Kansas.
> In fact it's out of
> > character with the rest of the season. Are we
> over-reacting to this 
> loss,
> > especially when it comes at the point of
> culmination of the other 
> losses?
> >
> They're at Nebraska, not Vanderbilt. You say things
> like "that loss took a 
> lot out of them" as an excuse for losing about kids
> playing at Vanderbilt, 
> not Nebraska. Come to think of it, you say that
> about Minnesota too. They 
> typically lose to Michigan, then blame the rest of
> the year on that game. 
> It's called "mental toughness". Goes along with
> heart. 
> 
> > 
> > See what happens against KSU. I predict the
> Huskers win - even with two
> > freshmen offensive tackles, starting. I won't
> predict the margin, but I
> > wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we win big.
> It won't make a great
> > season, and only puts us in position for a crappy
> bowl, but it also 
> stops
> > the skid, helps recruiting and puts the team in a
> position to go after
> > Colorado with some momentum.
> > 
> It'd make the season for me. All I want is a crappy
> bowl. 
> 
> Honestly, I cannot believe that this Nebraska team
> will lose to Kansas 
> State Saturday. But if they do, it is their fault
> and not the coaches. KSU 
> is a lousy opponent and we get them at home. We can
> all blame Bill 
> Callahan and Kevin Cosgrove for the rest of the
> season, but not this game. 
> 
> 
> 
> > Discontented? Me too. Impatient? See what happens
> Saturday.
> > 
> > Go Huskers!  Alan Siporin
> > 
> 
> I'll wait and see and hope I'm completely wrong
> about all of this. I'd 
> hoped that I'd get to the game, but that doesn't
> look likely now. 
> 
> Jon Johnston
> http://www.huskerjon.com
> 
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