OK, bear with me, but it seems to me one of the main ingredients missing in NU football is a team of scholarship and walk-on athletes that we enjoyed following for 4-5 years; you knew every player on the roster. Also, the juniors & seniors took underclassmen under their wing and helped them to adjust, learn the program, motivate them to excel, etc. They were rooted in the tradition of NU football and the team could go 2-3 deep in the depth chart if need be with the game on the line and still perform as as "A Unit".
We were that strong!
Just seems to me with the current crop of Juco's coming through here that some players barely have time to lace the cleats and the seasons gone, making room for next year's crop of Juco's.
I just don't see how a guy can come in (Keller) for one year and expect to run one of the most complicated offenses ever drawn up and expect to be successful. Not knocking Sam, but that's a tough road to travel.
I think in any program you need guys who are going to be around for the duration of their college career and learn the system & traditions and plan to excel when they get a shot to play. This isn't free-agency, Cally, it's college football.
We need a coach that understands these things and recruits accordingly- whoever that may be.
Am I even making sense?
Sorry so long........GBR