[NU Sports] Questions

[Mark Ament]

I've been mostly silent through the last week's commentary but I think 
this sums it up.  There ought to be changes in both coordinators at the 
end of the season and we are stuck with what we have through this year. 
Fitz is going to have to make sure he doesn't lose the team over it and 
I don't mean just players not playing up to their abilities but making 
sure we don't have an exodus of transfers.  If we have two new 
coordinators and don't lose any key players over the winter, life will 
look a whole lot better next spring and fall.
Mark

DPENDERG at aol.com wrote:

> 
>While gossip certainly remains gossip until we know the facts, there is  
>something seriously wrong with the coaching on both sides of the ball.   This team 
>has simply not played anywhere near its potential this season and the  
>coaching, I think, is the primary reason.  Yes, perhaps it's partly an  
>inexperienced head coach still finding his way.  But it's mainly a  defensive coordinator 
>who has presided over one of the worst D-IA  defenses over the last five years 
> and a new OC whose play selection  and preparation have been questionable at 
>best.  I see some  big-time changes coming after the season.
> 
> 
>In a message dated 10/20/2006 11:57:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>jeffb at hilgraeve.com writes:
>
>Roy,
>
>I agree that this is the case on virtually any competitive  team where you
>have starters and reserves.  This particular piece of  gossip (that's all it
>is at this point) came from the parents of a starter  so it suggests a little
>more serious discontent.  But given everything  that everyone on this team is
>going through, I'm not surprised that they  are having a tough time
>rediscovering their team unity.  They aren't  playing as well as they are
>capable of playing.  As a result, they  aren't competitive.  The good news is
>that they don't like to  lose.  The bad news is that some may be thinking
>along the lines of,  "If _____ (you fill in the blank) were here we wouldn't
>be having these  problems."  
>
>They (and we) need to trust that Fitz will lead them  out of this, but it
>could easily take most of the season do  it.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roy Lamberton  [mailto:rstetson at capps-assoc.com] 
>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:38  AM
>To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
>Subject: RE: [NU Sports]  Questions
>
>Over the years I've learned that when a team isn't winning  there are almost
>always problems with the coaches and coordinators when you  talk to the kids
>who aren't starting or playing regularly.
>
>I've had  parents question my choices, and last night I heard an earful about
>player  choices made by coaches at the lower levels of our HS program. [Which
>I  didn't agree with, but kept my silence] 
>
>What I always tell my kids who  raise the playing issue is that they need to
>stop asking to play, and start  stepping it up in practice. If they can step
>it up against the starters, it  makes them all better players.
>
>I think Walker approached "problems"  differently than Fitz does - he'd have
>to because he's a different guy, but  I think RW was approachable when a kid
>had a problem. [altho Webb and  Walker apparently never "bonded."]
>
>Anyway, parents are the first to  hear the griping from their kids and will
>tend to share it with others who  are in the same boat. I've always said that
>on a football team there are  between 15-25 sets of parents who think the
>head coach is a genius. The  rest think he's an idiot for not playing  their
>kid!
>
>rsl
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com
>> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
>>Sent:  Friday, October 20, 2006 8:18 AM
>>To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Questions
>>
>>
>> 
>> Just a little gossip to add to the mix.
>>
>>I've heard through a  third party close to a football parent that at 
>>least one of the kids  on the team describes serious "problems" with 
>>the new OC and  DC.
>> 
>>    
>>
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