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

[Steve Stone]

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

Dave, I won't argue the point except to say that you are talking 
about the effect while I was discussing the cause.

Steve Stone

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>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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