[Husker] Field Goals

[Steve Stone]

Dick Karre wrote:

>Steve Reichenbach wrote:
>>Some here have suggested that posters should not question the coaches'
>>decisions because the coaches know more than those posing the
>>questions.
>
>I don't know that anyone has said that exactly. But in 
>second-guessing the coaches, we all need to accept the reality that 
>they certainly know more about the players' capabilities, and almost 
>certainly know more about football in general, than anyone on the 
>list.

No one, least of all myself, has suggested that the coaches' decision 
should not be questioned. The coaches are big boys with thick skins 
who are getting paid quite well for their efforts and are therefore 
open to questions.

Even so, there's a world of difference betweeen saying, "I wish I 
understood why Smith called that particular play at that time" or "I 
question Smith's judgment in that particular set of circumstances" 
and the usual bulletin-board blather, "Smith's a freakin' idiot" or 
"Smith doesn't know enough to pound sand in a rat-hole" or "I could 
see it, why couldn't Smith?"

Steve Stone