I absolutely do not have the football knowledge that most of you have. I do not follow the team as closely as you do. Not as close to the information sources, so all I get is what you tell us.
Some on here felt very confident about this season going in. Felt we would win every game to this point and do it handily. For those, has the team performed as you expected. Does the progress fit into the mold you had thought or predicted? Do you truly see improvement, at the level you expected and are satisfied with? Or are you being a fan, seeing positives in everything, blinded to what might not be right.
I felt we would have defensive problems this year, due to the youth, coaching errors on redshirting and recruiting. I really did not expect the offensive shortage. Be it Taylor hurt or just bad game plans, it is not what I expected on that side. I am not counting the last game as a correction of the offense. Tommy and Ron played a great game, but really how good of defense did they compete against.
Do you truly feel it is a wait and see, develop the youth and we will be okay, or do you see shortfalls in what we put on the field, in motivation, aggressiveness and the will to win. Is/was there a reason that some were not rated/ranked higher due to effort and team work. Do any of them have a history of this mentality, or is it the normal feeling for today's player. If it is, how do coaches at Bama, LSU, Stanford, Georgia and LSU change that mentality, or is it just a totally different talent level. Stanford is the on that really amazes me. They play old Nebraska football, and have much higher academic standards than most of the country, yet they find them. Mean/nasty type DL and OL. Why can't we find them or develop them?
Some on here felt very confident about this season going in. Felt we would win every game to this point and do it handily. For those, has the team performed as you expected. Does the progress fit into the mold you had thought or predicted? Do you truly see improvement, at the level you expected and are satisfied with? Or are you being a fan, seeing positives in everything, blinded to what might not be right.
I felt we would have defensive problems this year, due to the youth, coaching errors on redshirting and recruiting. I really did not expect the offensive shortage. Be it Taylor hurt or just bad game plans, it is not what I expected on that side. I am not counting the last game as a correction of the offense. Tommy and Ron played a great game, but really how good of defense did they compete against.
Do you truly feel it is a wait and see, develop the youth and we will be okay, or do you see shortfalls in what we put on the field, in motivation, aggressiveness and the will to win. Is/was there a reason that some were not rated/ranked higher due to effort and team work. Do any of them have a history of this mentality, or is it the normal feeling for today's player. If it is, how do coaches at Bama, LSU, Stanford, Georgia and LSU change that mentality, or is it just a totally different talent level. Stanford is the on that really amazes me. They play old Nebraska football, and have much higher academic standards than most of the country, yet they find them. Mean/nasty type DL and OL. Why can't we find them or develop them?
