[Husker] Re: Status of the Huskers (My Opinion) (fwd)

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How are we running a different style of defense this year? 

Jon Johnston
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j j <jjj112665 at yahoo.com> wrote on 10/31/2005 06:11:25 PM:

> The thing everyone seems to neglect saying is that we
> are running a different style of defense this year. If
> we had ran this style last year I think you would have
> seen very different results. Maybe not but it sure
> would have been interesting to see and would have been
> easier to compare the difference between last years
> and this years defenses.
> 
> 
> 
> --- jonlists at cbsol.com wrote:
> 
> > husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 10/31/2005 11:57:37
> > AM:
> > [snip things not relevant to my reply]
> > > 
> > > There has been a lot of discussion about records
> > and statitistical 
> > > streaks.  One poster indicated that he felt that
> > this was not a 
> > > marker of quality.  I do not understand that
> > statement.  In a world 
> > > where numbers mean everything, I do think that it
> > is a marker. 
> > > There is, I believe, several exhibits in the
> > College Football Hall 
> > > of Fame that reference such streaks, so I would
> > think that the 
> > > curators there consider it a mark of quality.  Now
> > please understand
> > > that I do not necessarily believe that numbers
> > SHOULD mean 
> > > everything.  (If you want to read a great book on
> > that subject, let 
> > > me suggest "The Sum of Our Discontent" by David
> > Boyle)
> > > 
> > > To that end, please note that another streak may
> > very well end this 
> > > coming Saturday; that being the continuous win
> > streak v. Kansas.
> > > 
> > > Doug Martin, MD
> > > UNL 87
> > > UNMC 91
> > 
> > That "poster" was me. Having gone back and re-read
> > my post, in which I 
> > stated: 'In terms of 
> > measuring the quality of a football team, they
> > (streaks) are worthless, 
> > meaniningless." 
> > 
> > I was not as clear as I intended. I am talking about
> > measuring a "team" as 
> > opposed to a "program". Streaks can be used to
> > measure the quality of the 
> > program, but not a team. This is not the same team
> > as it was last year. 
> > What's the point you ask? More explanation below. 
> > 
> > Others have commented (not on this list) regarding
> > why Notre Dame is doing 
> > so well when Charlie Weis has just shown up. Why
> > couldn't Nebraska do this 
> > when ND is supposedly doing it with someone else's
> > players? The same 
> > reference is made to Pete Carroll. Those situations
> > are much different 
> > than Nebraska with regards to the coaches those guys
> > replaced. Charlie is 
> > coming to ND after a number of other coaches have
> > failed to live up to 
> > expecations. Same with Pete Carroll. 
> > 
> > Bill Callahan comes into a situation where we've had
> > pretty much the same 
> > coaches for what, nearly 40 years? That's a fairly
> > unique position. He had 
> > players last year who clearly were not interested in
> > playing for him. He 
> > has/had players who were brought in for a different
> > kind of football. 
> > Asking him to pull off the same success that Weis
> > had had at ND is 
> > unrealistic. Using the streaks that were established
> > under the previous 
> > set of coaches to bludgeon this football team, or
> > for that matter, the 
> > program we're trying to build is unfair to them.
> > Other than for the sake 
> > of nostalgia, they should be thrown out and that's
> > why, other than the 
> > sell-out streak, they are meaningless to me. Does
> > that make more sense? 
> > 
> > Further, given Steve R's post about the sell-out
> > streak and the additional 
> > 6k seats opening up, I'd have to say I was wrong
> > about it not being in 
> > trouble. I had completely forgotten about the
> > additional seating. However, 
> > I still think it's up in the air to say that it'll
> > end next year because 
> > of additional seating, or because of mediocrity.
> > Gary Fead's post about 
> > it, though, sounds rather ominous. 
> > > 
> > > ________________________________
> > > 
> > > From: husker-bounces at tssi.com on behalf of Mike
> > Nolan
> > > Sent: Mon 10/31/2005 11:41 AM
> > > To: husker at romaine.tssi.com
> > > Subject: [Husker] Re: Status of the Huskers (My
> > Opinion) (fwd)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > > I hope that this team wins one more game to
> > become bowl-eligible, 
> > and I am
> > > > > pretty confident they will.  Then, my "high"
> > expectations for 
> > > them this year
> > > > > will be achieved.
> > > >
> > > > Agree. You're a true fan.
> > > 
> > > So you're only a 'true fan' if you only have
> > positive feelings?  I think 
> > this
> > > year's team is playing WELL below what I consider
> > acceptable levels of 
> > play.
> > > 
> > > That doesn't mean I'm not watching the games or
> > not cheering for them to 
> > win,
> > > I just don't feel I have to be satisfied with what
> > I'm seeing.
> > > 
> > > If a day comes when Husker fans are satisifed with
> > a 6-5 record, if 
> > that's
> > > where they wind up in 2005, then Big Red is truly
> > dead.
> > > --
> > > Mike Nolan
> > > 
> > [snip]
> > > 
> > 
> > Jon Johnston
> > Creative Business Solutions
> > IBM, Microsoft, Novell/Suse, Sophos Consultants
> > http://www.cbsol.com
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> > 
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