[Husker] the D

Matt matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com
Fri Dec 8 12:05:38 CST 2006 

Wow.

FWIW, I totally appreciated "Cousin Rich's Rant", and I thought Steve
Stone's reply was kind of immature and pretty pointless.

Maybe it's because I agree with Cousin Rich.  IMHO, great coaches 'do more
with less.'  Often, I think that our coaches 'do less with more'.

So, for me, it is appropriate to bring up things like 'recruiting rankings'.
Or to notice that 10+ different WRs have had career days against Nebraska
this year.
 Or to note how Fabian & the Bullocks Brothers may have under-performed at
Nebraska, given that they now start on Sundays.

...there are some common threads there.

I like our coaches but I LOVE Nebraska.  If there's a weak link in the
staff, I'd say it's Elmo.  We've got some great talent coming on board and I
want them to fulfill their potential.  And I don't know if he's the guy to
get the job done.

But I do appreciate hearing your opinions. :)

 BTW - is there any validity to Rich's claims about our coverages being
"high school"?

GBR,
~m

On 12/8/06, dryter at inebraska.com <dryter at inebraska.com> wrote:
>
> 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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