[NU Sports] ugliest game ever? (fwd)

[John A. DeGroat]

Fitzgerald didn't hire these guys, he inherited them so why should he 
stuck with coaches that have had the worst defense in Division I-A for 
the past several years? makes no sense to me.

John DeGroat

Roy Lamberton wrote:

>When did the George Steinbrenner school of management take over in Evanston?
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>Or are many of you trying to take a page from the Redskins ownership, or even
>the Marlins?
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>I know there are a few of you who seem to actually hate some of our coaches and
>long for the days of Barnett and a few trusted assistants who actually had 2
>good years. Get over it, those guys are not coming back to Evanston, even if
>Fitz cleans house in December.
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>NU has only recently been able to attract the kind of defensive linemen that can
>put pressure on a QB. Last year we had Barry Cofield and a bunch of frosh, and
>fans were griping that there was no pass rush. The year before we had a one
>armed Luis Castillo and Barry C, and a DE with both a bad ankle, and an
>attitude.
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>Its an old reality in pass defense - you shut down the pass by getting a pass
>rush, because good fast receivers will eventually get open.
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>Drew Stanton showed what an experienced QB can do, even if he doesn't have the 3
>seconds to set up and throw. He went to the 3rd and 4th receivers on plays and
>really picked on the one sub on the defense Chris Malleo, a hard hitting
>linebacker who is usually 3rd behind Roach as the Will. Eddie Simpson, who
>normally is the pass coverage guy on the weak side is also injured.
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>The 3-4 defense, which is actually a 6-2 when the linebackers come from the
>corners is usually good at getting that pressure on the QB. Until Roach got
>hurt, it sure looked like it was working.
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>Now, about firing everyone.
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>Unless NU is able to attract a defensive guru, changing the entire defensive
>staff will only give us a very bad defense as the kids adjust to an entirely new
>way of playing.
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>And Mike's comment about undercutting a head coach is dead on. 
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>Of course some of you seem to have a death wish - lets go out and find another
>Gary Barnett, who will ignore the gambling and other problems, have a good year
>and take the next job that comes along.
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>I'd rather do it one play at a time, one game at a time, follow the plan...
>That's how I do it...
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>rsl
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
>>[mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of John A. DeGroat
>>Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:23 PM
>>To: Mike Nolan
>>Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
>>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] ugliest game ever? (fwd)
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>>Murph should take the load off of Fitzgerald at this time that's why 
>>Murphy should call such a meeting, not Fitz.  Murph should also be 
>>running his rolodex to find assistant coaches; maybe the 
>>jucos have some 
>>up and coming assistants.  
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