[Husker] Heard this story on the radio

[Aaron Wolfson]

There's nothing positive about *losing* the game. There are plenty of
positives to take from the way the team *played* in a loss.

Also, thanks for that story. It helps put things in perspective.

Aaron


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM, David Strong <gbrlist at yahoo.com> wrote:

> But Skylar...what about all of those who think that losing this game will
> be so good for them?  They believe that this loss willl be more beneficial
> for them than a close win.What tripe.  There was nothing positive about
> losing this game.  Nothing.  Zero.  Not today, not tomorrow.
>
> Dave
>
> --- On Mon, 9/21/09, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net>
> Subject: [Husker] Heard this story on the radio
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 11:31 AM
>
>
> First let me start off by saying that if you blame one player for this
> game,
> you missed what really happened Saturday.  There were at least 5 really bad
> mental errors that all could have made Matt O'Hanlon's blunder irrelevant.
>
> Fast forward to today and I heard someone tell this story on the radio
> (sorry, not a word for word quote):
>
> "I travelled over 1,000 miles to go to the game against Va Tech.  I had
> pumped this game up in my mind so much and I was destroyed when we let that
> receiver get behind us that late in the game.  I couldn't stop thinking,
> 'How could this happen?'.  On my way out, I decided to wait for the players
> getting on the bus to see how they would react.  When I saw Matt come out
> of
> the locker room, he walked straight over to his wife and hugged her and
> started crying because he felt terrible.  After that I remembered how much
> heart and effort these kids pour into the program."
>
> I was very upset as well with the game and to me it was one of the most
> disappointing losses I've seen.  It pays to remember that these are 18-22
> year old kids who are doing nothing but pouring their heart into the
> program
> and however I feel after a game like this, most of the time they feel
> worse..
>
> --
> Skylar
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> husker site list
> husker at tssi.com
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> husker site list
> husker at tssi.com
> http://romaine.tssi.com/mailman/listinfo/husker
>