Benning: 'Things are actually toughening a bit. A lot more mental accountabily'

[Red Reign]

Good I am all for that....in the long run will only be a positive.

 

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[husker6]

That pretty much covers it right there

 

[ShortSideOption]

These are the things that if Riley would have done them right out of the gate, we would maybe have been playing with 65 scholarship guys. Now it's a young team at least half full of guys he's recruited, throw the gauntlet/expectation down and don't waiver.

 

[1standten]

From what I recall the last two years we've heard from Gerry DiNardo that our practices under Riley looked a bit laid back/soft compared to other B1G schools.

I'm happy to hear things may be moving in a new direction this year.

 

[joncarl]

From what I recall the last two years we've heard from Gerry DiNardo that our practices under Riley looked a bit laid back/soft compared to other B1G schools.

I'm happy to hear things may be moving in a new direction this year.

You might be right and if you are I think we all can agree what WAS being done was not working real well, in combination with what *** said in an earlier post, if this would have been done right off the bat we might have had a very small roster.

 

[1standten]

You might be right and if you are I think we all can agree what WAS being done was not working real well, in combination with what *** said in an earlier post, if this would have been done right off the bat we might have had a very small roster.

I think *** hit the nail on the head. There was likely a method to the madness of MR's first year and a half here.
Riley has been around long enough to know how to take the temperature of a program and medicate it as necessary. He was likely trying to avoid mutiny.

 

[Huskerthom]

I think *** hit the nail on the head. There was likely a method to the madness of MR's first year and a half here.
Riley has been around long enough to know how to take the temperature of a program and medicate it as necessary. He was likely trying to avoid mutiny.

This is what you get with an experienced professional coach. Someone who thinks things through.

 

[Greatest Fan of All]

Good to see some are beginning to realize that MR brought us through a nasty transition. For the most part, he did it expertly, though many would have preferred the disastrous "tough guy" approach. Get ready for greatness again...a long time coming.

 

[Red Reign]

These are the things that if Riley would have done them right out of the gate, we would maybe have been playing with 65 scholarship guys. Now it's a young team at least half full of guys he's recruited, throw the gauntlet/expectation down and don't waiver.

Yup you nailed it and I am not sure a lot folk understood that. Its only going to get better from here on in.

 

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I think *** hit the nail on the head. There was likely a method to the madness of MR's first year and a half here.
Riley has been around long enough to know how to take the temperature of a program and medicate it as necessary. He was likely trying to avoid mutiny.

Yup

 

[joncarl]

I think we just had a kum ba ya moment.

 

[utsker]

I cant see what the Twitter post says right now...please share with the twitterblocked

 

[utsker]

Good I am all for that....in the long run will only be a positive.

Does Riley get a lonnng run though? Even if he is steering the ship the right way, it's still about the Ws