Today's Presser 11/7/11

[knapplc]

First installment:

 

 

Rex physically – he's beat up. He took a shot early in the game. He's not always going to tell you how he feels. Bo thinks he'll be OK. Nicked up a little bit and he'll rest up this week, reduce his load a little bit. He'll be ready to go.

 

Anybody can be an armchair quarterback and talk about how much we use Rex. We could have rested him a little more, but it was a culmination of things that happened in the game, not the plan going into the game. The freshmen didn't play more, but that wasn't much of a thing to do with Rex, it was about the line not blocking well. It wouldn’t have mattered who was in there.

 

Overall physicality, new programs. Bo doesn't know about the physicality of it, but it's a challenge of playing a new opponent every week. It'll be a little easier next week. Not easier, but more familiar. It's a challenge, but not unbearable. You just have to play. We didn’t play our best football for whatever reason. Didn't execute the way we were capable of.

 

Coming out of the first half 7-3 was concerning. We didn't take advantage of opportunities presented to us, and it cost us in the end.

 

Punting on fourth and short a couple of times. We went for it once and it didn't work. There's also a difference between being fourth and one and fourth and three, and with hindsight being 20/20 we could have done something different.

 

You lose a game like we did the other day as a coach you think about a lot of things.

 

Jamal Turner was sick last week. We have a lot of confidence in Jamal, but he has to perform well in practice. We need him to perform well in practice, but we'll see him more going forward. He's got a lot to learn and he's still growing. He's really talented but we have to keep him growing.

 

No question that we're nicked up at D Tackle and it hurt us. We should have Chase Rome back next week and that'll help. But you have to go with who you have. We're going to move some guys inside, but we have to keep working to develop guys, like Jay Guy. It didn't help us that we were chasing two really mobile quarterbacks around. Our guys got tired by the end of the game. In the situation we're in, we're going to try to keep reducing their workload, but at this time of the year when you have injuries, you have to step up. Thad Randle not coming back any time soon. Jackson moved over from O Line a couple of months ago.

 

Doesn't know anything about the Sandusky situation. Not something for Bo to comment on. Bo has no idea if that's going to distract Penn STate. He has enough problems of his own. Can't comment on it. Seems to be an unfortunate situation. Doesn't know Sandusky. Bo has gotten to know Paterno, but doesn't know him well. He's very cordial and happy to have another Italain in the Big Ten, so Bo has a step up on a lot of other guys because his last name ends in a vowel. He's a great football coach and a classy individual. It's an honor to know him.

 

It's amazing that Paterno is 80 years old and still coaching. He's wired different than Bo and Bo doesn't think he could be doing this when he's 80. It takes a lot of hours to do this job. Bo would be out of gas if he was still doing this at Paterno's age. Bo sees him on TV and thinks it's amazing that he's still able to do this.

[Enhance]

I lol'd at the italian part.

 

I haven't watched or listened to it but it seems like Bo is taking the pressers from Saturday and today in a very mature nature.

[knapplc]

Part Two:

 

Bo isn't worried about the state of the program. He is not always a results-oriented guy. There's a lot of things that go into it, and you just have to keep working to get better. Who's to say what's going to happen as the season ends. The challenges we're facing right now are different, and every year is different and you have to persevere and just go.

 

This loss hasn't worn on Bo? Bo promises us that the loss wore on him. The way he's wired he takes it hard, but yhou have to move on, move past it. There's no sense in crying about it, you have to move past it. That's what he's paid to do. He's not going to sit here and cry about it, but believe me, it wears on him. When you've been coaching as long as Bo has, you learn that you have to have respect for the game. He talked to the team all week about this. When you don't take advantage of opportunities, losses like this can happen.

 

Cotton said earlier that it was dead at practice last week. Bo didn't see signs that this loss was coming, but you're always concerned about it. You hope the players listen to you, and that they take what you say to heart. You can't buy into the hype and be ready to come out each and every week with a type of fire that makes you special. You have to mentally focus to make yourself special, and we didn't do that. Therefore there were missed opportunities, and we gave them hope. Bo knew it would be a tough game. Knew they were really good offensively, and that it would be a tough game.

 

Penn State is a good defense. They have a good front seven. They play physical.

 

Every week is a measuring stick. Every day is a measuring stick. We knew what the schedule would be like before the season started.

 

There's not much difference playing in front of 100,000 people. Bo was there years ago. When he was in High School.

 

This loss doesn't eat at Bo any more than any other one. Bo thought we could get off the field on NW's last drive, but we didn't execute. If we had executed earlier in the game it wouldn't have come down to that, either.

 

Ganz' contribution: He does a lot of things. Multiple role. Spends a lot of time in the offices. Biggest contribution is in the weight room. He does a good job, and we have a good group of young guys. He's helpful to Taylor when he comes off the field. Taylor has respect for Joe because he's been there, done that. Joe does a good job of communicating what Beck wants to Taylor.

 

The line isn't blocking because of focus, concentration and execution. It comes down to guys preparing and playing the way they've been coached. You have to bring it to the field every Saturday. It's not one particular thing or one particular guy.

 

All of the November stretches are difficult. You have to fight and persevere through this. Our guys will come out ready to play Saturday.

 

Marlowe – He's doing a lot of things well. We've used him a lot of different ways. He's running good routes and he's blocked well in the perimeter.

[knapplc]

That's it for Bo. NOT the same Bo from earlier in the year, or from losses last year. He has clearly made an effort to be more congenial to the press, and it is working. He started the presser in a near-jovial mood, joking about an inside joke from the Saturday post-game presser with one of the reporters. He's really working to not bite peoples' heads off, and he's working on giving good answers to most questions.

 

Not one "what do you think" answer, or anything anywhere near it. I thought he could have done a "Bo Special" answer to the Penn State/Sandusky questions, but he answered them quite nicely.

 

I'm not overly concerned with how Bo treats the press. I think it has very little to do with his overall job. But it is very nice to not have an openly hostile attitude from the head coach.

[The Maudfather]

Who is up next?

[knapplc]

Don't know. Not watching - Bo's take up too much time as it is.

[skersfan]

Currently Bo needs all the friends he can get. He needs positive comments from the press and the fan base.

 

It is good news to hear he is handling the pressers better. It shows growth. I still think he will be a good coach, but there is a problem, he needs to find what it is and fix it. Consistancy has to be obtained

[knapplc]

He needs positive comments from the press .

 

I'll agree that he needs to keep the fans happy, but even if we showed up in Lot 8 with torches and pitchforks, Bo's not going anywhere.

 

The need to keep the press happy is vastly misunderstood by the majority of fans. People tend to have this overblown belief of the importance of the press because the press is most peoples' conduit of information on a program. The press isn't going to get any coach fired, and certainly not Bo.

[AustinHuskr]

Currently Bo needs all the friends he can get. He needs positive comments from the press and the fan base.

 

It is good news to hear he is handling the pressers better. It shows growth. I still think he will be a good coach, but there is a problem, he needs to find what it is and fix it. Consistancy has to be obtained

It's also easier now to be "nice" after you get your a$$ handed to you by yet another unranked team at home. It shows that you can't get your team motivated to play and with players openly saying that they over looked NW thinking of PSU it makes you look even worse.

 

Don't know for a fact if that's the corner Bo finds himself in but it sure seems like the "we didn't execute" and "we didn't have our eyes in the right places" excuses run thin after a while

[schuhbdoo]

duplicate

 

[The Maudfather]

Anybody catch the Tim Marlowe quote about not being as motivated to play against teams that you're favored over?

[AustinHuskr]

Anybody catch the Tim Marlowe quote about not being as motivated to play against teams that you're favored over?

TM said that same on Sat after the game.

 

Yet, the Bo-lievers will dance to the drum beat of God knows what it is that they dance to these days.

[307husker]

Austin;

 

Why do you feel the need to say the same thing endlessly on numerous threads? We get your point but don't need to have threads ruined continually by beating the exact same dead horse. Move on... Your abrasive and aggressive style is getting old after you've been here only a week.

[Jason Sitoke]

Sounds like a good press conference. Putting things in perspective. Answering questions he wants to answer. Politely deflecting ones he doesn't. Not to make too big of a deal about it, nor implying that he gives a crap about what any of us think, but I credit him for the step forward.

[Another Poster Named Bob]

That's it for Bo. NOT the same Bo from earlier in the year, or from losses last year. He has clearly made an effort to be more congenial to the press, and it is working. He started the presser in a near-jovial mood, joking about an inside joke from the Saturday post-game presser with one of the reporters. He's really working to not bite peoples' heads off, and he's working on giving good answers to most questions.

 

Not one "what do you think" answer, or anything anywhere near it. I thought he could have done a "Bo Special" answer to the Penn State/Sandusky questions, but he answered them quite nicely.

 

I'm not overly concerned with how Bo treats the press. I think it has very little to do with his overall job. But it is very nice to not have an openly hostile attitude from the head coach.

He has lacked humility in the past. Wait and see how humble he becomes when he continues to lose to teams he's not supposed to and people start calling for his head. Then you will see humble. He will start realizing he can't get away with his temper tantrum antics once he starts losing his supporters. It's actually all quite fascinating to watch though. I hope he is a success in the long run, but even if he's not...he has provided some entertainment value.