[Husker] Regular Season

[Borer Steve CAA]

Well said Steve!  We expect perfection from these kids and coaches and all too often forget that they are human beings too.  Everybody makes mistakes -- as seems to be more and more typical in our society, we place these folks on a pedestal for worship and adulation, but then can't wait to push them off when they don't meet our expectations.   Obviously, no one is above constructive criticism, especially the coaches who get paid well to do their jobs, but let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.  I don't care who you beat -- a 10 win season is pretty good!

I am quite certain the players and coaches feel badly about the outcome.  The only thing they can do is work to get better.  

GBR -- Let's win the bowl game!
On Dec 2, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Steve Reichenbach <reich at inetnebr.com> wrote:

>> To backup my reply to Steve. In which games can the Huskers say that
>> they actually had played a complete game ? The only ones that come to
>> mind are Arkansas State and Minnesota, Im throwing out the So. Miss
>> and Idaho St. games. Though at the time the So. Miss game was a good
>> win with them going 12-2 the the year before.
> 
> I'm not even sure what "complete game" means.  If I were to be flippant,
> which I sometimes am, I'd say they played 60 minutes in every game.
> I assume you mean some type of perfection throughout the game.  What if
> I asked that about the best golfers in the world?  How many golfers have
> ever played a game such a complete game?  When I watch pro football,
> which I don't often do, I see plenty of missed tackles, dropped balls,
> turnovers, etc.  Even better, more practiced players and more accomplished
> teams don't play complete games without any shortcomings.
> 
> I say Nebraska had a good year.  You say they played like an expletive
> week after week.  How do we measure such things?  Clearly, we have
> different yardsticks, but I question your standards when a 10 win
> regular season, division championship, national ranking, and New Year's
> Day Bowl is so expletive deleted.  And, if we look a little deeper, we
> might see other things like GPAs and graduation, personal responsibility,
> etc.
> 
> This quote is attributed to Henri Matisse:  "There are always flowers
> for those who want to see them."  I suppose the same thing is true
> of expletives.
> 
> 
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