[Husker] Husker Baseball Article

[Bob Beach]

Pat Gaule wrote:  
>
> You must have read a different article than the one you linked to. 
> Anderson plainly states that “Had we done every single thing right 
> throughout the year and been a team that didn’t make some mistakes off 
> the field, we might’ve had a chance to do some things at home and 
> change the course at the end of it." He clearly acknowledges that 
> off-the-field distractions hurt the team, as they usually do.
>
> The article really just seems like a bunch of coach-speak for "it 
> wasn't the year we wanted, but with our returning talent, we're in a 
> position to be good in the future." And if it's your position that 
> it's unrealistic for fans to want to see their team live up to their 
> potential and stay out of trouble, then I don't think Anderson would 
> agree with you.



I agree with you totally.  How one could get "It appears that Coach 
Anderson noticed your unrealistic expectations for
his squad, and quite plainly disagrees..." out of this article I am not 
sure.  When I read,


At the same time, there was some disappointment. Had the Huskers been 
more focused earlier in the season, Anderson believes they would have 
been in a better position than to be sent on the road as a No. 3 seed in 
a regional that featured the No. 5 national seed.

“Had we done every single thing right throughout the year and been a 
team that didn’t make some mistakes off the field, we might’ve had a 
chance to do some things at home and change the course at the end of 
it,” Anderson said. Nebraska finished 32-27 after going 2-2 in its regional.

“Our talent level wasn’t one that we could just step on a field and just 
go beat people. We had to be disciplined and structured. We made some 
mistakes early in our season that didn’t allow us to do that.


 I take from that Anderson isn't satisfied with the way things went and 
mistakes were made which means the team didn't play to its potential.  I 
also read that he believes the off the field distractions had a negative 
influence on the team.  I don't take it at all it is lashing out at 
people for for having unrealistic expectations whatever those might be.

Still, I respect the opinion of the one that disagrees.


Bob Beach