I'm in the minority...?

[get huskin!]

I don't know. Reading thru some of the 'we suck', we're done', gloom n doom posts, I'm a bit confused. If you expected the 1995 Huskers to come trotting out on the field simply from some coaching changes, I think you were unrealistic in your expectations. I've watched a LOT of husker football since the 80's. The last 10 years have been tougher than others, BUT what I saw today made me feel like we are turning the corner toward a good team again. Think about this, NORMALLY for our FIRST game we'd be playing some lower division squad that we should EASILY crush. I can remember a certain Jackrabbit team that gave us ALL we wanted a while back. BYU is a much higher caliber team as far as 'first opponent' than we're used to. We got down, looked sorta weak heading into the half and then FINALLY had a team that was able TO adjust for 2nd half play. New system, new coaches, MUCH better opponent than normal, hell, I kinda thought we did pretty dang well. Heartbreaker end, but lady-luck is slimey skank full of disease and fake allure. We gotta clean some stuff up, get all our starters in the game and continue to improve but I see some light at the end of the tunnel.

[broganreynik]

I don't know. Reading thru some of the 'we suck', we're done', gloom n doom posts, I'm a bit confused. If you expected the 1995 Huskers to come trotting out on the field simply from some coaching changes, I think you were unrealistic in your expectations. I've watched a LOT of husker football since the 80's. The last 10 years have been tougher than others, BUT what I saw today made me feel like we are turning the corner toward a good team again. Think about this, NORMALLY for our FIRST game we'd be playing some lower division squad that we should EASILY crush. I can remember a certain Jackrabbit team that gave us ALL we wanted a while back. BYU is a much higher caliber team as far as 'first opponent' than we're used to. We got down, looked sorta weak heading into the half and then FINALLY had a team that was able TO adjust for 2nd half play. New system, new coaches, MUCH better opponent than normal, hell, I kinda thought we did pretty dang well. Heartbreaker end, but lady-luck is slimey skank full of disease and fake allure. We gotta clean some stuff up, get all our starters in the game and continue to improve but I see some light at the end of the tunnel.

 

I'm right there with you. Honestly, based on what I expected to happen, I'm perfectly fine with the result; sans the Hail Mary.

[DomiNUs]

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

[True2tRA]

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

[Moiraine]

You're not in the minority. Losing always brings the freaks to the board for a couple days.

[Branno]

We didn't lose to luck. We lost because we let a second string QB go 80 yards and score in 48 seconds.

 

Our defense is not good.

 

Our offensive line is not good.

 

Our running QB that can kinda throw is being used like he's Peyton Manning.

 

Our play calling on both sides of the ball was suspect.

 

But hey. We tackled a little better so hooray for that I guess.

[DomiNUs]

 

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

 

 

I don't know. . . maybe coaching him to be able to be a better kicker. Was that a trick question?

[True2tRA]

 

 

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

 

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

I don't know. . . maybe coaching him to be able to be a better kicker.

 

Oh. Coach the kicker to be a better kicker. Well, I will see if I can pass that along to him. Hey, maybe we can coach all the positions to be better? Now we are on to something. I'm sure nobody has thought if this yet. Wait til' we see the look on their faces when I inform them. "hey coach!, all you gotta do is coach him to be better at doing what he does!". Man, this should be eye opening.

[Branno]

 

 

 

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

 

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

I don't know. . . maybe coaching him to be able to be a better kicker.

 

Oh. Coach the kicker to be a better kicker. Well, I will see if I can pass that along to him. Hey, maybe we can coach all the positions to be better? Now we are on to something. I'm sure nobody has thought if this yet. Wait til' we see the look on their faces when I inform them. "hey coach!, all you gotta do is coach him to be better at doing what he does!". Man, this should be eye opening.

This is revolutionary stuff here.

[DomiNUs]

 

 

 

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

I don't know. . . maybe coaching him to be able to be a better kicker.

 

Oh. Coach the kicker to be a better kicker. Well, I will see if I can pass that along to him. Hey, maybe we can coach all the positions to be better? Now we are on to something. I'm sure nobody has thought if this yet. Wait til' we see the look on their faces when I inform them. "hey coach!, all you gotta do is coach him to be better at doing what he does!". Man, this should be eye opening.

 

 

Does he get paid to something else? Am I missing something here?

[onlyHskrfaninIL]

 

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

I dont either. drew browns problems are mental and no coach can fix that. Everything else was fine.

[Moiraine]

 

 

 

 

We adjusted so well we lost. Also, we actually pay a special teams coach and they left 6 points off the board for us to think about. I am looking really hard for that light at the end of the tunnel.. Hope I see it soon.

How does paying a special teams coach make Drew Brown a better kicker in an off season? I keep seeing this on this board, I don't get it.

I don't know. . . maybe coaching him to be able to be a better kicker.

 

Oh. Coach the kicker to be a better kicker. Well, I will see if I can pass that along to him. Hey, maybe we can coach all the positions to be better? Now we are on to something. I'm sure nobody has thought if this yet. Wait til' we see the look on their faces when I inform them. "hey coach!, all you gotta do is coach him to be better at doing what he does!". Man, this should be eye opening.

 

 

Does he get paid to something else? Am I missing something here?

 

 

What you're missing is you have to have the tools in place and sometimes no amount of coaching is going to fix that. In the return game, you can set up good blocks. That's something a special teams coach can work on. But you can't make the returner dynamic. That's why it's hard to replace a guy like DPE. In the field goal kicking game, you can help make sure the linemen hold their ground so they're not pushed back and the ball gets kicked into their heads. But the kicker needs to be accurate. Imo the hardest thing to coach for a field goal team is the field goal kicker being accurate. A big part of that position involves the psychological make up of the player.

 

This brings up the question, on the 1st field goal was Foltz the holder?

[BigRedPowerWagon]

Its probably crazy for me to say this but im always thiking about that NC Game The first loses are always hard for me because that hope, no matter how slim of getting to a NC title game goes away after that first loss. Even if we dont have a slim chance in hell of getting there, its just a reality check.

[Moiraine]

Its probably crazy for me to say this but im always thiking about that NC Game The first loses are always hard for me because that hope, no matter how slim of getting to a NC title game goes away after that first loss. Even if we dont have a slim chance in hell of getting there, its just a reality check.

 

I'm the same way. Although I never feel like we're out of the running until we have 2 losses. On the day of that loss I'm not feeling that, though . Ask me again after we win the next 7 games...

[Highway6]

We didn't lose to luck. We lost because we let a second string QB go 80 yards and score in 48 seconds.

 

Our defense is not good.

 

Our offensive line is not good.

 

Our running QB that can kinda throw is being used like he's Peyton Manning.

 

Our play calling on both sides of the ball was suspect.

 

But hey. We tackled a little better so hooray for that I guess.

Spot on. /thread.