[Husker] the D

Fri Dec 8 16:33:52 CST 2006

Where's my Webster.... where's my Webster????    : )

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Reichenbach" <reich at inetnebr.com>
To: <Kaufsss at aol.com>; <husker at tssi.com>; <sstone at pvtnetworks.net>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 7:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] the D

> <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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