Re: Thots on Frank and UNL

Jon Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Random and disconnected musings based on a little bit of shock and
> disappointment.
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> Yes - the rumors were there, but to actually have seen it
> happen.....it just isn't right and reeks of desperation and
> impatience.  Especially coming off of a season that was markedly
> better than the prior year's.  Yes, the team has holes and isn't "all
> the way back" yet - so?  At least it was heading in the right
> direction - last year they quit in more than a couple of games - this
> year, they didn't, except perhaps in the KState game.....and that's
> big to me.
> 
> I'm starting to get tired of all these cries "for a new
> direction".....why?  There's nothing wrong with the current offense -
> there is with the current players and play calling perhaps - but not
> the offensive structure.  To throw out 40 years of tradition because
> of basically one bad season is ridiculous.
> 
> It is pretty clear that the talent level is down - for example, we
> haven't had a really good breakaway back since Ahman Green left - and
> that puts too much onus on the QB - the Crouchification of the Offense
> if you will - and that bugs me.
> 
> As did the lack of any sort of clear emphasis on offense.  When it is
> humming along and at its best, it didn't really matter what the
> defense was doing - UNL ran three basic plays - option, power I off
> tackle and fullback trap.  Line it up and see if you can stop us.  But
> now - cripes, when was the last time you saw Davies run between the
> tackles - the PSU game?  Where were the dominating drives where the o
> line just blew people off the ball?
> 
> I think I know where it went - all these cries for a "passing game".
> Screw that - that just mucks up the O Line's run blocking talents -
> there are very few teams that excel in the 3 phases of blocking -
> power, side to side and pass - and UNL, by trying to learn to pass,
> has forgotten the first two.  It sickened me to see how often Lord had
> to step back from the LofS to run an option in the past couple of
> years - this shows me that the O Line isn't firing out the way they
> should, etc.......
> 
> Which goes back to recruiting - and Frank's demise....the players just
> don't seem to be there - at least offensively right now and I'm not
> sure why.....just haven't panned out.
> 
> But to Frank - this firing just seems so wrong....so unseemly....so
> tawdry.....it'd be one thing if the program was suddenly on probation
> and had finished 4-8 for two straight years and wasn't graduating
> players.
> 
> But that isn't so.
> 
> As "horrible" as the team is, they still went 8-3 and made strides and
> whatnot and tradition and the past "matter" at UNL - or at least they
> did and this was something I loved about the program....they were a
> steady influence in an ever changing world.....run first, walk ons,
> grow and develop players, staff cohesiveness.....tradition.
> 
> And now it's gone and we might as well just be another
> program.......family matters and I feel as if we just destroyed the
> family and cast our values to the wind just to please some fancy,
> schmancy new sister in law who's going to divorce us soon anyway.
> Instead of closing ranks, we've succumbed to peer pressure and lost a
> sense of what matters......
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> Don't forget to just say NO to playoffs
> 
> The CheeseHusker


Sucks to be you.


Jim S.