[NU Sports] dissent

[Jonathan Hodges]

I think that dissenting viewpoints are welcomed here, and in my
response to John I was refuting his points with some of my own.  While
I do not agree with him, I can understand his point of view and it is
good that we have some list members that add flavor to the discussion.

Here is an interesting discussion topic: is it wise to go into the
season without naming a starting QB?  Walker has made a point not to
declare one until the season progresses and everyone has a chance to
see game time.  The last time that this happened was the 2002 season
when Stauss started the first game and watched his career plummet as
Basanez took over (although Webb also had some playing time before his
liver was lacerated).  Basanez subsequently took over and performed
well as a redshirt freshman (minus a game missed due to his broken
leg).  By the time he settled in, though, the season was basically
over as NU was not able to stop anyone and only picked up a Big Ten
win against lowly Indiana at home in a close game.

Maybe if Walker made up his mind before the season it would give the
starter a chance to settle in and gain some momentum.  I think this
would be valuable, especially considering past adversity when changing
offensive leadership.  Of course there are benefits in allowing
competition to help push the players to perform better, especially
with some talented guys (Brewer) on the bench.  Walker has moved guys
around in the past, though, and may show some new plays using the
multi-talented guys during the season.

Jonathan

On 4/24/06, Martinitis at aol.com <Martinitis at aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 4/24/2006 8:20:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> Alan.Abrahamson at latimes.com writes:
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> That  said, I suggest it's important that those with a dissenting point of
> view,  like Mr. DeGroat, ought to be welcomed on our forum. Dissent and
> disagreement  is healthy, and makes life on these boards way more interesting,
> especially in  the off season.
> Warm purple regards to all from sunny SoCal -  Alan
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> Dissent is good.  Endlessly beating a dead horse over and over with
> predictably negative one sided commentary is too tedious, unnecessarily  annoying and
> not good for this list.
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