Jason Sitoke
All-Conference
No matter how we lose, people can use the result to suit their own predispositions about the coach and the team. It is damn funny to read the board after a loss like this.
This loss falls COMPLETELY on Bo because:
a) It's his job to motivate the players and keep them focused on the next game
b) He's not playing the players that are difference makers (Osborne, SJB, etc)
c) He loses to a bad team every year, so it's a pattern with him and his staff
or
Bo is a great coach and it's ludicrous to blame this loss on him because:
a) His D-line is thin and secondary is inexperienced
b) Sometimes Nebraska loses. Get over it.
c) Coaches don't play the game, the players do
Aren't there some reasonable people on here that have an abstract enough mind to conceive of the possibility that several factors contributed to the loss today. It reminds of people who think that we need to adopt a certain offensive scheme or formation and that will answer all of our prayers.
I believe that we learned today that Northwestern was capable of playing 60 minutes of sound football. Nebraska is not talented enough (and hasn't been in over a decade) to overlook any team in the FBS. The defense is still a struggling unit, despite last weeks over achieving performance against a similarly over rated Michigan St team. And the Nebraska running attack is not a given against anyone.
Nebraska should be ranked in the 20-25 range. They remain a second tier program, vying for a chance to win a perpetually mediocre conference. Pelini has pulled the program from the doldrums, but they are obviously far from elite. There should be no talk of firing the coach, and likewise no more threads about how 'we could win the national title if .......'. Yes, Nebraska lost a game you wouldn't think they should lose. But it happens. That being said, it does NOT excuse the loss nor should it alleviate the coach from being accountable for how his team fell short today.
I think that's a reasonable response to this loss. But this is a forum, so let the volatility commence.
This loss falls COMPLETELY on Bo because:
a) It's his job to motivate the players and keep them focused on the next game
b) He's not playing the players that are difference makers (Osborne, SJB, etc)
c) He loses to a bad team every year, so it's a pattern with him and his staff
or
Bo is a great coach and it's ludicrous to blame this loss on him because:
a) His D-line is thin and secondary is inexperienced
b) Sometimes Nebraska loses. Get over it.
c) Coaches don't play the game, the players do
Aren't there some reasonable people on here that have an abstract enough mind to conceive of the possibility that several factors contributed to the loss today. It reminds of people who think that we need to adopt a certain offensive scheme or formation and that will answer all of our prayers.
I believe that we learned today that Northwestern was capable of playing 60 minutes of sound football. Nebraska is not talented enough (and hasn't been in over a decade) to overlook any team in the FBS. The defense is still a struggling unit, despite last weeks over achieving performance against a similarly over rated Michigan St team. And the Nebraska running attack is not a given against anyone.
Nebraska should be ranked in the 20-25 range. They remain a second tier program, vying for a chance to win a perpetually mediocre conference. Pelini has pulled the program from the doldrums, but they are obviously far from elite. There should be no talk of firing the coach, and likewise no more threads about how 'we could win the national title if .......'. Yes, Nebraska lost a game you wouldn't think they should lose. But it happens. That being said, it does NOT excuse the loss nor should it alleviate the coach from being accountable for how his team fell short today.
I think that's a reasonable response to this loss. But this is a forum, so let the volatility commence.
