You can't turn the ball over as often as we did, and expect to win. The fact we lost by 3 points, after all that, is a testament to how well our defense played.
I'm just getting sick of all of the "the coaches didn't make the players fumble" BS and just wanted to illustrate what you'd have to believe if you thought that the fumble/hands issues were ALL on the players. You'd have to believe that NU just sucks at finding players that can hold onto the ball.
Fumbles should be blamed on the position coaches. If it's a fumble during the center and QB exchange, both position coaches should be in on that one. Some players just fumble. I remember back when Scott Baldwin I believe went postal. Damon Benning came in, and it was then discovered he had a fumbling problem. This is how LP got his big chance. The problem we have is that not only does Helu have a bit of a fumbling problem, so does our third stringer. Martinez has been putting the ball on the carpet all season long, but so has Green. It's not just fumbles as we have a big problem catching the ball. We just don't have focus which causes a lot of penalties, fumbles, dropped passes, etc. I would say the focus falls on the head coach.Hujan said:
Agree. I dont blame them for not blitzing keep everybody in front of you in situation. If they get 15 yards so what their gonna punt. They made a good play, our guy tried to strip the ball while making the tackle like they've been doing all season.
