[NU Sports] hank must go?
DPENDERG at aol.com
DPENDERG at aol.com
Sun Sep 18 16:12:58 CDT 2011
No one is calling for anybody's firing just accountability for an
embarrassing loss and poor effort that should not have been. And it's mainly on
Fitz's shoulders, in my judgment, because it was such a lethargic, haphazard
collective breakdown.
In a message dated 9/18/2011 2:47:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jintsjason at me.com writes:
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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