[Husker] Heard this story on the radio

[Nick Chevance]

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.
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> Dave

I've got to quibble with David here.  Losing is never good. but you
can take positive lessons from the game.  If this team cannot learn
from this loss and get positive messages from it, there is no hope for
them, and they will continue to lose games because they can't finish
off an opponent (gee, doesn't that sound a lot like 2007!!).

But based on Pelini's words, but mostly his tone, after the game tells
me that he isn't going to let them get nothing positive out of this
game.  They're gonna get an earful at the film session.  They're gonna
get an earful at the first practice, and you can bet they're gonna get
an earful just before the next game.

Good gracious, who among us really and truly thought that Helu would
have nearly 200 yards rushing against this team?  Who among us thought
we'd control Taylor's feet so completely, limiting him to no run
longer than 4 yards?  Who among us thought Taylor could throw the ball
as well as he did, and what should that tell us about our expectations
going into a game?  There's lots of positives to take away from this.
Yeah, we shoulda won, but it wasn't a total bust.

If nothing else, we can learn not to lose again.  That'd be positive,
wouldn't it?

Nick
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