[Husker] For What It's Worth ...

[Steve Stone]

... these what I took from yesterday's game.

During WWII the bomber command of the US Air Force stressed one thing 
above all concerning  flying in formation: group integrity. Taken 
literally, it's an oxymoron but taken figuratively it's the concept 
that the welfare of the bombing group supersedes all other 
considerations in completing a mission. In Husker gridiron terms it 
might be called "collective maturity," the lack of which I believe 
lies at the heart of the team's problems. What I saw yesterday was a 
Husker squad that lacks collective maturity, which might explain the 
penalties, dropped passes, and bonehead decisions as well as the 
O-line's occasional  incompetence.

In other words, the loss didn't occur because X dropped a pass or Y 
was called for holding, which I see as a by-product of individuals 
trying too hard to do a great thing. Rather, the Scarlet and Cream 
lost the game yesterday due to lack of team cohesion, that is, a lack 
of group integrity.

Can it be regained? How can it regained? If answers do exist, only 
the coaches know them. I sure don't.

Steve Stone