[Husker] the D
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Kaufsss at aol.com
Fri Dec 8 11:08:25 CST 2006
I agree with Derek's message - and I think the DB's did a pretty good job
considering what I thought the defense was trying to do - stop the run and make
Thompson win the game with his arm. You have to leave someone 'short' and
that was the outside coverage. Grixby at 5'9 did a pretty good job on the
bigger WR's . Thompson made some pretty good throws. Yes there were some
breakdowns, I remember slipping a couple times and getting beat, but overall I
comend the job he did! We held a pretty good running game to an average of 1.5
yards per carry and a long of 9- meaning the DB's were thinking run first and
hustling up to make stops. If the offense could have put up some numbers -
we could have won the game. I do wish the playcalling on offense and defense
was a little more wide open, but Callahan with 20/20 hindsight pretty much
said the same.
Steve Kauf
A Husker fan deep in South Texas
NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE ACTION
NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
IN THE DEED THE GLORY
In a message dated 12/8/2006 10:49:46 AM Central Standard Time,
dryter at inebraska.com writes:
I didn't find Cousin Ed's--I mean Cousin Rich's rant useful in any
way. He attacked the coaches using points like recruit rankings that
are problematic and unfounded--and long debated on this list--and
hypotheticals (Who cares what Zack could have done to the NU
secondary?). Rich criticized like a disgruntled fan with little real
analysis or breakdown. There was a talent disparity in KC, that was
obvious. Incompetent coaching? A DB blazing across the endzone to
steal a sure TD from Nate Swift was not OU coaching genius; it was
great athleticism, which was not matched on a few key plays by the
Black Shirts. It is undeniable that the Black Shirts played a hell of
a game (field position tells it all) in the face of difficult
circumstances--how many teams would have only given up 21 points with
their offense committing 5 turnovers and turning the ball over twice
on downs? NU also punted 7 times and the Black Shirts forced 9.
Well? I'm waiting. Who ya gonna fire?
In my opinion, Rich's rant warranted Mr. Stone's reply. The problem
is that Rich can't reply, because he isn't here. It would be a good
idea to leave Rich to volunteer his own thoughts in the future.
Derek
Quoting Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com>:
> <sarcasm>
> Right, that's what we need --- gratuitous insults in response to a
> post with a substantive discussion of the safety support for the
> corners and blitzing.
> </sarcasm>
>
> Seriously, if there was any substance to Steve Stone's post amidst
> it's uninformative name calling and insults, I missed it. It appears
> to me that Steve Stone, not liking a critical analysis, responsed
> with a personalized diatribe.
>
> Granted, there were some zingers aimed at Callahan and Cosgrove that
> may or may not be justified, but at least there was a discussion of
> actual issues, unlike Mr. Stone's churlish response. I am not an
> expert at football, but it does seem as if NU's corners get little
> support. Personally, I appreciate hearing substantive arguments on
> both sides of this issue --- why NU's defensive schemes and gameplans
> are good or why NU's defensive schemes and gameplans are bad. Such
> namecalling typically ends substantive discussions and this list seems
> to have less and less substantive discussion.
>
> Mr. Stone, if you think that the criticism of NU's defensive schemes
> and coaching is wrong, then why don't you explain why those criticisms
> are mistaken, instead of responding with nothing but ad hominem attacks.
> I look forward to your analysis.
>
>
>> Thank you Mr Stone!!
>>
>> In a message dated 12/7/2006 5:12:08 PM Central Standard Time,
>> sstone at pvtnetworks.net writes:
>>
>> Bill Laughlin wrote:
>>
>> >I sent "Cousin Rich" Skylar's "Opposing Receivers 2006 Stats" which I
>> >found intriguing, and he said this: "Great stats! Too bad that Callahan
>> >doesn't read stuff like this."
>>
>> Callahan doesn't need to read that stuff ... it's engraved on his
eyeballs.
>>
>> >Then he sent this:
>> >Our problem is not o-line. Of course, I know that you think you know
>> >what I am going to say next, because I'm sure it is what EVERYBODY
>> >complains about . . .
>>
>> Both first-string tackles had to sit out the Sooner game, and the
>> problem isn't the O-line? All offense begins with the tackle
>> positions. Not that the reserve tackles played poorly, but against a
>> defense like Oklahoma's, a fraction makes a major difference.
>>
>> >And no, it is NOT Courtney Grixby and our d-backs. We will never really
>> >know how good (or bad) Courtney or any of our d-backs are because of
the
>> >total lack of coaching. The coaches are questionable and the schemes
are
>> >"high school"at best.
>>
>> Here it's beginning to sound like this piece should have gone to one
>> of those bulletin board gabfests.
>>
>> >Grixby and Jones have to play man-man every down and get no help from
the
>> >safeties. The difference on how OU plays in the secondary vs. how we
do
>> >it is incredible. Just watch the interceptions that Zac threw. There
>> >was always a safety there to make a play or if the cornerback didn't.
>> >Simple zone defense.
>>
>> Simple - - simplistic - - or simple-minded?
>>
>> >Zac would throw for 400 yards against our pathetic coverage. We made
>> >Thompson look like a good QB. All he had to do was lob balls out in
>> >front of receivers and they run under them. He never had to try to
>> >figure out what coverage we were in, because it never changes. If the
>> >corners get beat, it's all over, because our scheme is so bad.
>>
>> Isn't this the same guy who posted a diatribe last year that our
>> senior safety was the worst in the Big XII?
>>
>> >And what is worse is Cosgrove never changes anything, never mixes
>> >coverages. Every "blue moon," we go to a nickel. We blitzed OU ONE
time
>> >and got Thompson to panic and throw an interception. Where was that
>> >blitz a 2nd time?
>>
>> And let the catgorical imperatives fly!
>>
>> >Zac Taylor, after the game: "They did a great job disguising their
>> >coverages, that was probably the thing that gave me the most trouble".
>> >Wonder if Callahan and Cosgrove heard that one?
>>
>> I'll use this non-sequitur in Comp classes.
>>
>> >If someone had asked Paul Thompson about "reading" our coverages, his
>> >quote probably would have been: "are you kidding? I saw more complex
>> >coverages when I was in the 7th grade".
>>
>> An imaginary answer to an imaginary question. I trust Cousin Rich's
>> imaginary friend helped frame them.
>>
>> >It was pretty cool to watch OU's defense line up in what looked like
>> >man-coverage, and then at the snap of the ball, they would rotate their
>> >safeties over to a different coverage.
>>
>> Yeah, man, cooooool!
>>
>> >Without changing a few defensive coaches we will never get back to where
>> >we want to be.
>>
>> Where does Cousin Rich get this "we" sh*t?
>>
>> >Better corners and safeties are not the answer. By the
>> >way, it was recently pointed out to me
>>
>> Recently? R e c e n t l y ?? RECENTLY???
>>
>> >that Zac Bowman was a 5-star
>> >recruit, Grixby a 4-star and Andre Jones a 4-star. Not the players, but
>> >the coaches!
>> >And then we can get to the offensive problems . . . I don't have time
>> >right now, but how about zero rushes in the last 25 minutes!
>>
>> Yeah, how about that!
>>
>> >_____________________________
>> >
>> >(I've invited "Cousin Rich" to get on the List several times, because
his
>> >level of intensity re: NU football has always been several notches up
>> >above mine. But he's not gonna do it.)
>>
>> Promise?
>>
>> Steve Stone
>>
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