[Husker] predictions, anyone?

[David Strong]

Matt....you have absolutely nothing to apologize for.  The Entitled Elders love to make noise like this.  But that's all it is, noise.  I am not privy to how he is in practice, but Cody Green has been nothing short of awful whenever he has played in a game.  So why would anyone look forward to him playing?  Why would anyone call for him to play?  So that is "turning on him"?  I'm with you, I hope Cody does fantastic every time he comes in, but right now I wouldn't want to have to rely on him to be the guy, he just isn't very good.

Dave

--- On Sun, 9/19/10, Matt <matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Matt <matthew.a.phillips at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] predictions, anyone?
> To: "Jon Johnston" <jon.johnston at gmail.com>
> Cc: husker at tssi.com
> Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010, 12:18 PM
> Wow.
> 
> Let me put a stop to this right now.
> 
> First, I apologize for my previous post.  Not because
> I think it was wrong,
> but because I think it's being misunderstood -- probably
> because i jotted
> something from my phone as opposed to typing something with
> an actual
> keyboard...
> 
> ...anyway, let me be clear.  *I am NOT 'turning' on
> Cody Green.*  In fact, I
> think it's just the opposite.  I want him to play, and
> be great, and reach
> his potential as a quarterback.  I just don't know how
> he does that from our
> bench.
> 
> Let me say what I should have said before:
> 0) When Cody got his shots yesterday, he was perhaps trying
> to hard and made
> some mistakes.  It happens.  However, it's not
> helping your cause if you're
> vying to be the starting quarterback.  So...
> 1) Taylor looks like our clear #1, barring injury.
> 2) Technically, Taylor is a year behind Cody, so it's
> likely that Cody could
> be a 2nd stringer for his entire career.
> 3) While it's fantastic for us fans to have a great talent
> at 2nd string for
> 3 years, it sort of sucks for him.
> 4) And it looks like we're favoring more of the elusive,
> jitterbug type QB
> (Carnes, Turner) v. big, mobile QB going forward.
> 5) ...there's a lot of reasons where it might make sense to
> transfer.  Hence
> the line, 'Cody might love to play quarterback more than he
> loves Nebraska'.
>  Again, in hindsight, i can see how that can be
> misinterpreted.  What I
> should have said is, 'if Cody wants to start at
> quarterback, he might have
> to leave Nebraska, even if he loves it here'.
> 
> So, again, i apologize.  i am vehemently opposed to
> criticizing players - my
> rule is never to say something about a player that i
> wouldn't say to his or
> her face.  i don't think suggesting that a transfer is
> a good option is a
> criticism - it's just being real.
> 
> GBR,
> -m
> 
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > For being the greatest fans in college football,
> Husker fans seem to be
> > incredibly good at turning on someone whom they can
> blame for their
> > unanswered prayers.
> >
> > I blame video games. You're playing NCAA Football
> 2011, and a guy goes down
> > who's ranked 89 goes down, and he's replaced by
> another guy who's ranked 87.
> > You don't see much of a dropoff, they're just virtual
> human beings.
> >
> > Same thing translates to watching them on the field.
> We hold them up as
> > icons, but when they're not worthy, they're to be
> tossed aside like so much
> > trash, "Next Man Up", and all that.
> >
> > It's not unique to Nebraska, but since we're
> constantly patting ourselves
> > on the back, you'd think we'd recognize it and be a
> little better at it.
> >
> > I'll get off this pedestal now. It's gotten too high
> too support itself. :)
> >
> > Jon Johnston
> > Corn Nation
> >
> > On Sep 19, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Steve Reichenbach
> wrote:
> >
> > > What I don't
> > > understand is fans turning on Green, who, I
> think, seems to be playing
> > > well and seems to be handling being the backup to
> a freshman in a
> > > commendable, team-spirited manner.
> >
> >
> >
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