Not all players warm up

[huskerfantls]

I really don't have a problem with this. The players that know that they are going to play need to get loose and need to go through as many drills and get as many reps as possible before a game. I really don't see the need for the fifth string quarterback to be throwing balls to the sixth team recievers on part of the field that could be used for the actual players that are going to play in the game. Remember, we only get half of the field before the game to warmup, and with all of the positions (O-line, D-line, Linebackers, secondary, quarterbacks & recievers, running backs, tight ends, and specialists). That is not a lot of room and we need the starters and top reserves to be using the area that we have to their full advantage, not wasting it on people that not going to play.

This is a problem with the coach, I think that you will see this through out the callahan era (hope its short) osborne would play 3 to 4 deap at a possition and if you dont do this you are looking at having one good season and then having to rebuild the next because you dont have any players with any kind of game time on the field let alone even warm up time... Callahan has no idea what it takes to build and maintain a team at the top level I guess that is why he was fired from oakland

[huskerfantls]

It makes sense to me that in an offense with more of an emphasis on passing, that you would need a bit more room for your starters... who knows, i might be totally wrong.

Like I said earlier, why even suit them up? You know their not going to play because they don't even get to warm up.

You know they're not going to play how? What if injuries hit the same position through two deep? All of a sudden, a third-stringer is in there.

 

If the response to that is that Callahan should then run all players through the warm-ups, that makes no sense, for a number of reasons:

 

1. While it could happen, the odds are generally low - but since it could happen, he needs those players suited up. You're playing the percentages.

 

2. Assuming it does happen, it will most likely happen far enough into the game that any benefit of warming-up will have been lost in terms of actually "loosing-up".

 

3. As for "warming-up" in the sense of getting those players a few reps and familiarity with the plays, your best hope of getting those players in the game in the first place is to put the game out of reach as early as you can. To do that, you need the starters to get most if not all those reps.

 

4. Given that NU is struggling in comparison to years past, a coach who wants to win now would want to get his starters the most reps and the most prepared to give the team the best chance to win.

you said it yourself, who knows if a couple injuries happen and your forced into the fire. Guess what, then you got to go in and your not even loose or warmed up, chances are you won't be game ready and the chances of you getting hurt are twice as much.

 

read this on HI and thought it was good.

 

You are asking guys to give 100% in the weight room and on the practice field and then take away one of the small carrots they have of warming up in front of 1000's of fans. In the past families and friends of those lower tier players would travel across the state and show up early just to see their son or grandson on the field getting ready with the other players.

 

Also, they would come to a Baylor game hoping for a few snaps for their kid--snaps that would be remembered for a long time. Evidently, those days are gone and the NFL mentality of keeping your 1st and 2nd teamers on the field to the bitter end is in vogue.

 

All tradition is gone at nebraska. Isn't it great.

I agree, every thing that was once good in Nebraska is gone, and it all starts with the coaching staff, Callahan could coach his way out of a paper bag and the Def Cord has no idea what is going on at any time for the love of god Baylor.... The Whipping boy of the big 12 avged 282 yards per game vs. Neb 400 yrds, and this is coming off the worst lost in Neb history? Nebraska looks good all the way up to halftime, and during half time you make changes well not at Nebraska any longer they run the same plays over and over and over.... I will be happy if Nebraska ends up winning 5 games this year very sad times at Nebraska

[DaveH]

I agree, every thing that was once good in Nebraska is gone, and it all starts with the coaching staff, Callahan could coach his way out of a paper bag and the Def Cord has no idea what is going on at any time for the love of god Baylor.... The Whipping boy of the big 12 avged 282 yards per game vs. Neb 400 yrds, and this is coming off the worst lost in Neb history? Nebraska looks good all the way up to halftime, and during half time you make changes well not at Nebraska any longer they run the same plays over and over and over.... I will be happy if Nebraska ends up winning 5 games this year very sad times at Nebraska

Here's a box of kleenex for you.

[Blackshirt]

A follow up story to this fiasco....

 

NU Notes, 11/3: Callahan admits mistake in warm-up decision

 

Nebraska coach Bill Callahan said he was wrong to not let the entire team warm up before home games. That's why fans saw every player — scholarship, redshirts, walk-ons — on the field prior to the Missouri game.

 

"Our players appreciate some of the changes we made last week," Callahan said. "I'll be quite honest with you. I learned quite a bit about myself as a coach, just a small thing like not having a group of guys not be on the field for pregame. I can admit to that."

 

Earlier this season, Callahan limited the number of players who could warm up prior to home games to strictly those players who would play, saying there wasn't enough room to operate if the entire team was on the field.

 

"I made a mistake," Callahan said. "That's part of the growing process. To think you that you don't make a mistake as a coach or a player, that's ludicrous. We're all going to have those trials and tribulations.

 

"Certainly those guys were deserving to be on the field. It was no disrespect. I explained that to our team last Tuesday."

 

Callahan said the players responded "in a mature way" to the situation.

 

KEENAN GONE: Callahan said freshman linebacker Michael Keenan is no longer on the team. Keenan missed the Oct. 9 game at Texas Tech and missed the following week of practice and never returned. Keenan cited personal reasons. "I was very hopeful that he would return to the team, but as this juncture, he has not indicated that he will return to the team," said Callahan, noting Keenan is still enrolled in school.

 

SECRET WEAPONS? Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove said Iowa State "has many weapons" on offense. That may come as a surprise to those who've seen the Cyclones' statistics. Iowa State ranks 108th nationally in total offense and 106th in scoring. Still, Cosgrove said he is impressed. "Their quarterback is a special player," he said of Bret Meyer who has completed 54 percent of his passes for 1,027 yards. "He has a lot of ability. They have some big receivers who go up and catch the ball, a big running back who will fight for the tough yardage." That running back, Omaha native Stevie Hicks, has 631 rushing yards.

 

MAKING STRIDES: Sophomore quarterback Joe Dailey is 7 of 30 passing over Nebraska's last two games. That comes on the heels of Dailey's school-record performance against Baylor, when he threw for 342 yards."The passing game, it can get hot, it can get cold at any moment," Callahan said. "Right now, we're not very hot." Still, coaches say Dailey is making strides. They point to the fact Dailey has thrown just one interception in his last three games. "Joe not turning over the ball is just as important, if not more important, than some of the missed throws that he's had," Callahan said.

 

SMALL-TOWN HELP: Callahan said he recognizes the pride that small towns across the state take in having players make contributions to the NU football team. For example, Andrew Shanle of St. Edward and Adam Ickes of Page teamed for a blocked punt for a touchdown in the Missouri game. "I appreciate the value of small-town players from in state here that people rally around and get enthusiastic about," Callahan said. "I really do. I really respect that. ... It sends a lot of positive vibes. As we can build on that, hopefully we can get a few more walk-ons out there to step up and come to Nebraska because of play like that."

 

MEETING AGAIN: Callahan and Iowa State coach Dan McCarney coached together from 1990-94 at Wisconsin — Callahan with the offensive line, McCarney with the defensive line. Callahan said he has great respect and admiration for his former coaching mate. "When you work alongside somebody for five years in the trenches, you really get a feel for somebody's passion about football, and you get a feel for where they're at as a coach," Callahan said, "and he's outstanding from every respect."

 

ETC.: Saturday's players of the game against Missouri were Barrett Ruud (defense), Cory Ross (offense), Andrew Shanle (special teams) and Zach Miller and Trevor Neemann (scout teams). … Nebraska is 11-3 all-time at Jack Trice Stadium. … The Huskers have 10 turnovers during their last two road games. … Saturday's game in Ames will not be televised. … The Huskers are favored by 5½ points according to Harrah's Odds.

 

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