[NU Sports] Sad

Sun Oct 16 12:36:45 CDT 2011

After the Illinois game I figured this was 2001 all over again, and I would
be surprised if this team didn't finish 2-10 -- and so I decided to just
pass on football this year. It has been remarkably refreshing, I've been
getting a lot done around the house on Saturdays, spending time with my
family, and to be honest I haven't missed things a bit.

I just logged on to email today and found out we lost yet again. Surprise,
surprise.

My only fear is a return to being conference doormats for a long time.
Hoping that will not be the case. Going to be tough, though, if they keep
bringing schools into the conference with long-time big league football
reputations and a huge fan base.

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Jonathan Hodges <
j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Jonathan Hodges
> Contributor, HailToPurple
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> Email: j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu
>
>
>
> 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.
> >
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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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