[Husker] Moron?

[Steve Stone]

Alan Siporin wrote:

>I don't think burning the redshirt by playing Beck was the worst move,
>especially if the game, and possibly a winning season, was on the line. The
>bad move was not giving Beck any game experience all season. Seems 
>like very short-sighted thinking. As porous as the line has been and 
>the beating
>Taylor has taken all year, it was no surprise when he went down.

It very nearly happened against Kansas last week.

Very uncool!

>It's the
>way they do it in the pros, but in college you need to give the second team
>guy some playing time. Beck's lack of game experience almost cost us the
>game when he threw the interception. Fortunately, the kids came through.

Dr. Tom was also afflicted in that way by the pro mentality, and FS 
to a lesser degree. I regard it as a major weakness at the college 
level.

(snip)

>As to Derek's point about Beck playing being a positive for recruits, it's a
>good point, but I think some recruits will see it positively - see, you get
>to play; and others will see it negatively - see, they don't care about you,
>they cost Beck the whole year and he only got to play a few snaps. There was
>a line to this effect from Leon Jackson. He said his high school coach was
>upset that they didn't redshirt him and he only got to play on special
>teams, and that's a lot more than Beck got to play.

Most recruits regard themselves as being eight feet tall and 
bulletproof. The realities of the college-level game are a major 
surprise to many.

(snip)

Steve Stone