[NU Sports] Cardiac Cats!!!!!

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

I think we're mixing three issues into one here.

The initial comment was that NU was getting lucky with
these late-minute wins. I do disagree with that. Once
or twice is luck. Our record in close games and
overtime contests since the early 1990s show much more
than luck. And I can see why some would be getting
sick of hearing that the Cats got lucky again.

Are we playing with fire? Yes. But that also falls on
the offense. Defensive woes aside, we should have
buried Minnesota early this week, just as we should
have buried Duke early. In both games we moved down
the field and failed to capitalize multiple times in
the red zone. And vs. Michigan, the O gave it away.

Finally, I can't and won't argue the Greg Colby issue
(though I might not go so far to question the guy's
integrity ... just his coaching). He needs to go. It
was pretty clear today that the defensive plays being
made are being in spite of the game plan on D ... not
because of it. McGee is showing signs of progress (he
found the chapter on screen passes ... now he needs to
research red zone success:) ) as a young OC. 

Colby has not shown signs of progress and we need a
new direction on defense. Between McManis and Wootten,
we have some atheltic talent we have not had in a few
years to try new schemes for pressure. 

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

--- CHerron604 at aol.com wrote:

> It's not really a 'focus on the negative' as much as
> it is a focus on  
> reality.  GREG COLBY continues to give up yardage
> (and points) at an  alarming rate. 
>  Today's 586 yards and 48 points brought GREG COLBY
> to 2,953  yards (an 
> average of 422 per game) and 226 points against (an
> average of 32.3 a  game).  This 
> digs a TREMENDOUS hole every week that the offense
> has to dig  itself out of. 
>  
>  
> In his shameful 6 year NU career, GREG COLBY has
> given up an astounding  
> 29,213 yards (about 430 per game) and an equally
> astounding  2,108  points (31 per 
> game).  This is unfair to both the offense (which 
> essentially has to start 
> each game 30 or so points down) and the defense,
> which  has talented young men 
> that deserve much better direction.  In fact, the 
> high point of this 
> afternoon's game defensively was the sequence of
> second-half  interceptions, in which 
> our defenders' athleticism, character and heart
> overcame  the moron who was 
> ostensibly leading them, and, in effect, took GREG
> COLBY's  headsets off.
>  
> If GREG COLBY were a man of character, he would have
> tendered his  
> resignation today.  He's not, of course - our
> players on BOTH sides of the  ball will 
> have to overcome his incompetence for the next 5
> games.   That's not being 
> negative, just REAL.
>  
> Chuck Herron  Tech '85
>  
> PS - Is the Mark Murphy Publicity machine already
> preparing press  releases 
> for the Purdue game - when GREG COLBY will probably
> hit the 30,000 yard  mark 
> (in only his sixth season !) ?
>  
> 
> 
> 
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