[NU Sports] hank must go?

Sun Sep 18 13:46:25 CDT 2011

Here we go…lose a game to the best rushing attack in the country, have two BACKUP QB's not able to finish off a game, and a COUPLE questionable offensive calls and the conclusion must be:

a) Fire our DC
b) Fire Fitz
c) We're not going to win another game all season

Oy vay. It's like you're all channeling us Red Sox fans.

On second thought...

Jason Singer
jintsjason at me.com
jason at jasonsinger.com

On Sep 18, 2011, at 11:39 AM, DPENDERG at aol.com wrote:

> All of this finger pointing at coordinators forces me to emphasize that the 
> buck stops with the head coach when it comes to this embarrassing loss at 
> West  Point yesterday.  The Cats were poorly prepared, lethargic and 
> executed  haphazardly.  I put all of it on the shoulders of Fitz, who failed to  
> get his coaches and players ready for a very winnable game. I hope  this game 
> will be a wakeup call for the coaches and players.  Playing like  they did 
> yesterday and the Cats will have trouble winning most of their Big Ten  games 
> this season.  
> 
> 
> In a message dated 9/18/2011 12:03:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> sjtruog at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> I agree  with Jim and Mike ...
> 
> On the question of firing Hank, the answer is a  solid NO. He has done much 
> more positive overall than any DC we've had since  Vandy. And while that 
> last drive wasn't his finest hour, Army is one of those  offenses that is 
> tough to prepare for and we held them to 21 points. I think  our kids could have 
> been a little better prepared and more adjustments ... but  I really think 
> after some early dings and bruises, we were extra-conscious of  those 
> legal-but-still-cheap low blocks at the knees on the edges (kind of like  the Air 
> Force gams) and it got in our head.
> 
> I have more ire at McCall  -- 14 points on Army's D??? We need to find out 
> how to sustain a drive - our  play calling was all over the map. There was 
> one possession in the 3rd where  we took three straight deep shots down the 
> field. Go ahead and take 1 to  stretch the D, but when you're chucking it 20+ 
> yards three straight plays with  a QB who, despite many strengths, doesn't 
> throw the greatest deep ball ...  well, then you're just handing it back to 
> Army's O and giving our D no rest.  The O looked fine until they put a spy 
> on Kain - then, once again, we didn't  make any adjustment except chucking it 
> deep more and hoping Jeremy Ebert makes  another amazing catch. And Jim's 
> right about before the half as well -  clock management by the O!
> 
> So like I said, I'm pointing fingers at the  coaches here -- poor 
> preparation and lack of adjustments. But I certainly  don't want Hank gone and more 
> of that ire is at McCall for only 14  points.
> 
> As for going all doom and gloom, I think we're overreacting a  bit there. 
> This is NOT the Miami loss of 1995 (though I wouldn't mind if it  worked out 
> like that one afterwards) ... it's not as bad as losses between  against 
> Syracuse, Duke, New Hampshire or others.
> 
> We started the year  2-1. Like I said, I hoped those days were over, but 
> considering our best  player is out and 2 of the 3 were on the road, 2-1 isn't 
> sky-is-falling bad.  Disappointing? Yes. But not clean-house bad. As we've 
> been over many times -  NU is not the type of team that can come out and win 
> the creampuffs on name  alone -- we can beat just about anyone when we're 
> on and lose to just about  anyone when we're off. Yesterday was uninspired by 
> the players and featured  poor planning/adjustments from the coaches -- add 
> that to an Army team that  will play hard on every snap and wanted it more 
> at home and you get the recipe  for a September loss.
> 
> We've got a week off to get Persa healthy and get  ready for Illinois, who 
> will probably be 4-0 and in the top 25. If they can't  use two weeks to 
> prepare better, get the team motivated for a rival who  smacked them around last 
> year AND come up with better in-game adjustments,  THEN we can talk about a 
> coach's future.
> 
> This one stings, but let's not  overreact either.
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> 
> * * * * * * * * *  * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO  CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
> Super Bowl XLIV  Champions!
> ________________________________
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From:  Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
> To: Northwestern Wildcats  <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 7:58  AM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] hank must go?
> 
> I agree with Mike. Our  spread offense should be productive enough to win 
> any game where the defense  holds an opponent to 21 points. I was frustrated 
> that we didn't have a better  attack on defense but that did not cost us the 
> game.
> 
> Who decided after  BC and EIU that Kain should throw 20+ yards downfield 
> 6-7? 
> Where was  Mike Trumpy in the first quarter? 
> 
> I realize that I am saying this  as a fan and not a coach but I thought we 
> should have tried one quick shot to  the end zone before the half (when we 
> attempted a field goal). I'm pretty sure  we could have gotten a play off in 
> 4 seconds and still had 1-2 ticks on the  clock for the field goal if the 
> pass was  incomplete. 
> 
> Jim 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From:  Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com>
> To: bwdolphin146 at yahoo.com
> Cc:  "nwu-sports at tssi.com" <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September  18, 2011 2:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] hank must go?
> 
>> We  ready for that yet? Hank Cheese? Thoughts? (I lean towards  yes)
> 
> Thankfully, fans don't make that kind of decision.   
> 
> Army was #2 in rushing offense for a reason.  
> 
> I was less  impressed with the offensive game plan than the
> defensive one.  We  will need to be able to score more than 14
> points in a game if we want to  make it to a bowl game.
> 
> Let's hope that Persa is ready for Illinois in  two weeks, their 
> rushing game may not be easy to stop, either.   
> --
> Mike  Nolan
> 
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