[Husker] The Big Red is Awfully Little

[Omar Sharieff]

creating successful change in any organization requires many many factors to come together. the first element requires great leadership. the other thing that is required is "getting the right people on the bus" who will help you make that change. and then it takes time to implement little changes that will eventually lead to the permanent and hopefully successfull change.
 
I believe what we are seeing at nebraska is this process in action. Changes in "culture" don't happen overnight, and this cultural change has certainly been significant gut wrenching and difficult to swallow. Is there going to be light at the end of the tunnel?
 
i know many fans have become incredibly impatient with this process, but I honestly think we are not going to be great for another few years. We are in the middle of the process and we won't really know. If we prematurely end it now (eg firing callahan/cos/crew) that will just extend that timeframe. do we really want to continue waiting?
 
I think nebraska's issues, particularly on defense, are fixable. the coaching staff needs to do whatever it takes to make changes to fix the problems. i don't necessarily see a problem on offense, except for the lack of a consistent run game. we did have some melt downs last year defensively, but was the defense this bad? so we know the defense has the potential to play great, but it comes in fits and starts (last year) or not at all it seems like (this year)
 
let's face it: a whole new and inexperienced D-line has hurt this team. they are gonna have to grow up fast if they want to get better. its time for the D to man up and accept the responsibility of being a Blackshirt and what that means from a cultural and tradition perspective. if you can't make a tackle on game day, give your Blackshirt to the guy behind you...maybe he wants it more...sit back down on the bench and think about what just happened...if it bothers you, fight to get your Blackshirt back by proving you should be on the field in the first place....the bottom line is, every individual on the D has got to make plays...
 
Omar> From: RBEVERAGE at aol.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:52:20 -0400> To: husker at tssi.com> Subject: [Husker] The Big Red is Awfully Little> > This article appears in the current issue of the Sporting News, which I > subscribe to.. It might be on their website,which I haven't looked at. The > author is Matt Hayes, who is a regular college football columnist in the > magazine, and as one might suspect, the article is very critical of the current > Husker football program. Here's a brief synopsis:> > Four years of changing the culture and coach Bill Callahan reshaping the > culture and a home win over Ball State is a cause for celebration?> > When that happens, it's time to look at the program. It is not working out. > There's no way that Ball State comes close to winning the game before the > culture change.> > The win is not a step forward. It's been the same for the past three > seasons. The Huskers are no different from the other B-12 North teams.> > Pederson fired Solich to avoid mediocrity. Hayes to the Husker > Nation-Mediocrity is here.> > He thinks Callahan has been given a free pass because "he is changing the > culture".> > Quoting Pederson, when Callahan was given his extension "He has certainly > met or exceeded my expectations..."> > And quoting Hayes. "And that's the problem. Instead of striving for > perfection, Nebraska has settled for mediocrity."> > Pretty strong words. It's the lead article in the college football section, > which indicates how big a story this is.> > Does anybody agree with this? I do. Unfortunately, I also think there is > no solution in the immediate future.> > Dick Beverage-Californians for Nebraska and living on a street with a number > of USC people. It hasn't been easy.> > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com> _______________________________________________> husker site list> husker at tssi.com> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
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