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

[David Strong]

Actually, it was lost because we have a very mediocre offense.
 
Dave

--- On Sun, 10/18/09, Steve Stone <sstone at pvtnetworks.net> wrote:


From: Steve Stone <sstone at pvtnetworks.net>
Subject: [Husker] For What It's Worth ...
To: "husker-tssi. com" <husker at tssi.com>
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 12:48 PM


... 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

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