[Husker] You know

[Robert Christensen]

Thanks Steve.  I always appreciate your take on things.  I'm sure there 
are people that are livid that Coach Solich and Coach Bohl are winning 
and that someone on the list continue to point it out.  I for one 
appreciate their success and look forward to the same success here.  
Thank God some of the know-it-alls here don't coach and probably 
shouldn't be coaching little league either!!!

Bob in the Sandhills of Nebraska


On 10/21/2012 12:01 PM, Steve Reichenbach wrote:
>>> If i may, what the point of going for two-point conversion the first time?
>>>
>> The idea was to cut the lead to three, so NU could tie with a FG. The
>> effect, however, was to give NW a shot at winning with that late FG.
> Even if Nebraska had gone for one and made the conversion, the lead
> would have been two and Northwestern still could have taken the lead
> with a FG.  Although there are scenarios where going for two could
> have hurt, those did not transpire.  As it was, had Nebraska made the
> two-point conversion, Northwestern only could have tied with a FG.
>
> This was a question, not a criticism, but some of the criticisms have
> been ridiculous (although some are relevant).  Someone criticized the
> pass defense, but Northwestern was held to 43% completions and 3.3 yds
> per attempt.  That is effective pass defense.  Similarly, someone
> claimed that offensive lineman learn to line up in youth leagues, but
> you can look at any college or pro game and see the tackles off the
> line of scrimmage.  Evidently, the refs made a point of telling
> Nebraska they were getting too far off the line, so the Nebraska
> lineman and coaches should have adjusted (and evidently did on most
> plays), but this may have been as much about what these refs wanted
> relative to the game as it is played today as about coaching.  Likewise,
> there the criticism of the fumbles, but two of three yesterday were
> first fumbles of the year by normally sure-handed and evidently
> well-coached K. Bell and K. Reed.
>
> You know, it's easy to complain and say that things should be better.
> After all, we only need a coach who can recruit the best players to
> play for a mid-sized, mid-ranked university in a mid-sized city in
> the middle of the country (some might write in the middle of nowhere)
> far away from most of their homes, teach them to never make mistakes
> (and to optionally be good students and citizens), then make great
> game plans and call all the right plays, and then get the breaks in
> close games.  Simple, right?
>
> If some Nebraska fans haven't learned that replacing the coach won't
> fix all the problems and can make things worse, then that must be a
> really hard lesson for them to learn.  I, for one, don't want to keep
> learning it.  I'd rather that we learned the lesson that even great
> coaches can take years to find the level of success that Nebraska fans
> seem to think should come as a matter of course and that patience with
> a coach that many fans wanted to fire in the late 70s and again in the
> late 80s and early 90s turned out pretty well.  So, be a little patient.
> This year isn't a lost cause yet and next year looks better aligned for
> Nebraska in terms of personnel and schedule.
>
> BTW, Solich's Ohio team is undefeated and leading what looks to be a
> stronger MAC and Craig Bohl's team is 6-1 after winning the NCAA Div.
> I Championship last year.  Maybe they could teach the players to line
> up right and never fumble.
>
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