[Husker] worst ever

[todd strong]

Team speed may be a concern, overall.
It's the scheme.
Uncle Charlie said a couple years ago, you have to ATTACK and at that time 
the ends were over 270 lbs. (and still are today). He had the rush ends at 
245, remember?
I think it was a polite way of Charlie sending a message to the current 
staff.  Don't feel alone Charlie, they don't listen to anybody (unless the 
name is NFL)
"Would the boy I was yesterday, be proud of the man I am today?"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Gaule" <pgaule at cox.net>
To: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2007 5:46 PM
Subject: [Husker] worst ever


>I might be the youngest person on this list at 23, but this is easily the 
>worst defense I've ever watched.  I don't think it's a stretch to say that 
>it may be the worst in over 40 years.  Craig Bohl was far from a defensive 
>mastermind, but for as much criticism as he took, none of his defenses ever 
>looked this atrocious.  He was shown the door after 2 horrible losses to 
>end the 2001 season and the bad 7-7 season in 2002.  Without looking up 
>stats, I seem to recall that the defense was pretty good for the first 11 
>games of 2001 and at least adaquete in 2000 (although I do remember some 
>complaints).
> Meanwhile, Cosgrove has been here for 4 years and never had a very good 
> defens.  This season looks like it may be the worst of all.  As much as 
> I'd like to see him fired right now, I don't think it would accomplish 
> much since we don't have anyone to replace him.  That said, we need to 
> have somebody else on the sidelines next year.  Let him finish out the 
> season, but barring a miraculous turnaround, this has got to be his last 
> season.  It's probably no secret that I've been a huge critic of Callahan, 
> but the offense looked fine today and he called a damn fine game.  At this 
> point, the defense may be the only thing that'sholding him back.
>
> The defense was absolutely sickening today.  It wasn't as if Ball State 
> receivers were making a huge amount of spectacular catches in triple 
> coverage.  They certainly had some tough catches, but for the most part, 
> their receivers were wide open. The holes in the d-line looked big enough 
> for me to run through.  You don't drive 94 yards on 5-6 plays in a good 
> defensive scheme.  Teams will get beat on big plays from time-to-time in 
> any system, but when it happens time and time again, regardless of the 
> competition, then something is clearly wrong.  If the excuse for this is 
> that Cosgrove's defense is "better suited for the Big Ten" or "we only 
> have problems with teams that run misdirections", then that is no excuse. 
> Contrary to what some may believe, the mobile QB is not going away in 
> college football.  In fact, it's probably something that Nebraska will 
> have to deal with frequently in the Big 12.
>
> Teams in the SEC used to look at Nebraska and stare at our team speed in 
> amazement.  Currently, the SEC is the best conference right out there and 
> I doubt Nebraska would even manage to qualify for a bowl game if they 
> played in that conference.  If this coaching change was made to get us 
> back up to the top, then we need to have a defense that can play at that 
> level.  Cosgrove has proven he can't deliver that to us.
>
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