[NU Sports] Sad

[Jonathan Hodges]

As I've said before, I'm not usually one to call for coaches' heads
(especially mid-season) but the secondary has obviously had issues for some
time now except when they can get 4 or more top athletes in there (08 & 09
as prime examples with the likes of McManis, Mabin, Phillips, Smith, and
Peters).  Everyone knows Brown is a standup guy and the dean of the NU
coaching staff, but with some of the glaring communication errors/confusion
in the secondary that has continued this season (even after Fitz said it
would be fixed 2 games ago), that is quite an indictment.

I don't forsee any mid season change, but we'll wait and observe what
happens this offseason.

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Jonathan Hodges
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On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Roy S. Lamberton <rstetson at capps-assoc.com
> wrote:

> In a couple of the sideline shots, Jerry Brown didn't look all that
> enthused about the
> play of his d-backs, or the defense in general.
>
> I wonder if he's looking to hang 'em up soon?
>
> However, it almost seems like the Linebacker-D-Back interface just isn't
> there this year.
> It's like they just are not on the same page, or they are missing the
> calls.
>
> Maybe we're blitzing the safety too much or something else. It's disturbing
> how bad
> they've gotten back there lately, altho we've never been a lights out/shut
> down defensive
> set.
>
> rsl
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Dennis
> W. Brandt
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 10:08 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Sad
>
> As Iowa scores its 40th point (pending another one of those damn reviews),
> it must be said
> that right now Northwestern is a bad football team.  That is shocking given
> that it is not
> that different a team from last season.  Our secondary, half of which is
> very experienced,
> has played pathetically, our pass rush remains non-existent , we can't stop
> anyone's
> running game, we don't have a good running back on the team, and our
> experienced offensive
> line can't block very well.  To make matters worse, Persa's foot is
> obviously not healed
> (that or he can't yet trust it), forcing us into a two quarterback system
> that isn't
> working very well.  Why doesn't Fitz make Colter our featured running back?
>  Lord knows he
> can't be anything but better than what we have now.  I don't usually pick
> on coaches, but
> one must ask if there aren't some problems on the sideline, especially on
> the defensive
> side.
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