[Husker] Musings after last night

[Bob Beach]

      This is not a post in advocacy of Glen Mason by any means.  I 
think he probably needs to go.  But, with that said one coach, in 
particular the Head Coach, does not lose a game like Minnesota did 
last night all by himself.  Some blame would have to be put with the 
Defensive Coordinator David Lockwood.  But, as much as anything the 
players.  How do they just all of a sudden fall apart?  Unless the 
coaches had the players so out of position they couldn't do anything 
the players certainly share in this defeat.  The old adage you win as 
a team and lose as a team I believe rings true.


      The only time in my lifetime I have felt maybe Minnesota was 
serious about moving the football team in the right direction is when 
they hired Lou Holtz.  I am no Lou Holtz fan and he did leave the 
program in some disarray but at the time of the hiring I thought here 
is at least a big name coach with a decent won lost record on the 
collegiate level.  I thought maybe the Gophers are getting serious 
about this thing.


      To be fair, though, most places I have been that are major 
metro area with pro sports and a lot of colleges around don't get all 
that juiced sometimes about a single program.  There are exceptions, 
of course, like Ohio State right in between Cincinnati and 
Cleveland.  I have been in St. Louis in the fall and between the Rams 
and Cardinals you have to go way to the back of the sports pages to 
find anything at all about Missouri football just for one example.


Bob Beach

The more you know the more you realize how much there is you don't know.