[personal] Re: [Husker] Frustration

[Skylar Dodds]

Todd, you're probably right.

I felt like he played pretty good yesterday.  I just can't figure out why
McKeon has looked as bad as he has this year.  

I'm not a football expert, even though I follow it pretty well and played
through H.S.  I know 300x more about baseball, no doubt.

That being said, I think the best way I could describe Coz's defense is
'Reactionary' instead of 'Attacking'.

When you're the one 'reacting' and not 'acting' you are pretty much always
going to be a step behind, IMO.

I like the Cover 2 / Tampa 2 defenses in general, but Coz's defenses are far
too timid.  

--
Skylar
mailto: sklarbodds at cox.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: richards todd [mailto:toddlowell at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 5:54 PM
> To: Skylar Dodds
> Subject: [personal] Re: [Husker] Frustration
> 
> Skylar,
> 
> Bo Ruud is being hampered by the scheme and Coz
> requiring him to be close to the line.   Bo has stated
> that he needs to be back another yard or so to give
> him better vision so he can then "fly to the ball."
> 
> Hi brother Barrett says Bo is better than him.  It
> just doesn't show most of the time because of the
> coaches not allowing for the strengths of the players
> they have.
> 
> Todd
> --- Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > Fortunately I was driving back from Colorado after
> > the game yesterday and
> > couldn't post my reaction.
> >
> >
> >
> > With a day to 'cool' here's my thoughts:
> >
> >
> >
> > On the defense:
> >
> > I was willing to give Cos some credit / leeway for
> > last year's defense since
> > the defensive backfield was so poor (and worn out by
> > the end of the year),
> > but now the excuses stop.  What was supposed to be
> > our strength
> > (linebackers) don't seem nearly as good without a
> > stellar defensive line
> > (how much do we miss Carriker and Moore now?).
> >
> >
> >
> > I TRULY believe Callahan's a good coach and is very
> > good for NU.  If he
> > doesn't put his friendship with Coz aside, I fear it
> > might be his downfall.
> > Coz sucks, period.
> >
> >
> >
> > On a positive: Dillard looked great and at times
> > Turner and Potter looked
> > fantastic as well.  Grixby made some great plays on
> > special teams and his
> > near interception was amazing.  Ruud played decent,
> > even without the
> > interception.
> >
> >
> >
> > On the negative: Suh, who I thought was the best
> > player on our d, has just
> > been manhandled the last two games.   Our interior
> > d-line is just plain bad.
> > McKeon, who was pretty dang good last year, seems to
> > be lost and is always
> > running behind the play trying to catch up.  Green,
> > supposedly one of our
> > fastest players is always a step behind as well.
> >
> >
> >
> > No, I don't care who's mommies are listening, if
> > Sportscenter can comment on
> > players, so can I.
> >
> >
> >
> > The Offense:
> >
> >
> >
> > Positive: The good news is everything that was said
> > about Keller appears to
> > be true.  He's got a special arm and he should be
> > fun to watch this year as
> > we try to keep up with people shredding our defense.
> >   Our receivers have
> > REALLY come along and made some great catches aside
> > from one dropped ball
> > out of Danny Erickson.  We seemed to have found the
> > Tight End we were
> > looking for in 5th year Senior walk-on Sean Hill.
> > For as much crap as
> > Marlon Lucky gets, his 183 total yards yesterday
> > were impressive and he
> > still looks great anytime he catches the ball.
> > Also, this is probably the
> > best pass-blocking line we've ever had.  Q looked
> > great outside of the
> > fumble.
> >
> >
> >
> > Negative:  As good as this line pass-blocks, why
> > can't they run block?  I
> > realize part of the problem is we gave up on the
> > run, but we weren't getting
> > very good push early in the game.  The 2nd half we
> > were popping off runs of
> > 5-8 yards pretty regularly, but geesh.  It was fun
> > to watch Helu, Jr.  He's
> > some kinda quick and will be dangerous if we can get
> > him in the open field.
> > I was really disappointed we didn't go back to Q
> > after the fumble, he sure
> > looked good besides that.
> >
> >
> >
> > Overall:  This is a darn good offense Cally's put
> > together.  I just hope he
> > realizes he can't let his buddy ruin his career.
> > GET A NEW DC NOW!
> >
> > --
> >
> > Skylar
> >
> > mailto: sklarbodds at cox.net
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> 
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