I know. Thank goodness VCR's became obsolete.
Weeellllll, the DVR thingy is kinda of a pain in the ass too.
I know. Thank goodness VCR's became obsolete.
I think you have some legitimacy to this point. What has worried me is that we be in a reprise of the Kevin Steele / Baylor situation. I actually think that may have happened here with Riley.tl/dr but sure...he can talk about talent etc. But nebraska didn't lose to Purdue because they had better players. They didn't lose to iowa because iowa was so much faster or stronger than NU.
Fact is NU lost several games the last couple gears because of coaching/game management. That isn't a talent issue and if you're a player you know that....eventually getting told you lost every week because you suck is going to start rubbing people the wrong way.
Everyone knows they horses aren't there to compete with OSU and Clemson. The rest of the schedule?
Except that he put the onus on Martinez first. To paraphrase, "Martinez goofed but I should've told him not to go out of bounds." The implication is that Martinez made the mistake and Frost's mistake was that he didn't ensure Martinez made a mistake. He didn't take sole ownership.This was the quote:
"I understand what he was thinking. It's hard for a player to probably go straight from 'we're going to score and win this game' mode to getting a 15-yard penalty. I haven't seen (the penalty) yet, but that can't happen," Frost said.
The coach turned it back to himself.
"Maybe I could have used a timeout there to make sure the kids understood. The next play we just called a quarterback run. In my mind, it was either get a big chunk back and get us to third down or keep the clock running with them only having one timeout, keeping the ball inbounds."
That sounds pretty close to what you thought he should have said.
To the OP, I think it's generally OK to criticize your team, but you've got to hit the right tone.
What I think is a greater issue, potentially, is Frost continually dividing the team into groups. Or I call it drawing lines in the sand. Which might be related to your theme of honesty.
Kids doing things the right way vs. kids doing things the wrong way
Guys I'll go to battle with vs. guys who I don't want to
Warriors vs. non-warriors
This gets to the issue of "fairness," or as the players might say it – am I going to get a fair shake? I've found that you can be pretty tough on a team, or any group of people, as long as every one of them KNOWS that effort will be rewarded. People can tell pretty quickly if a leader will offer a fair shake or not. But honestly, I'm just guessing. It's just that the public comments make me suspicious.
So, players think it would be more "fair" if Frost treated the kids doing things the right way the same as the kids doing things the wrong way?
And those who fight to improve like warriors the same as those who maybe don't show as much interest in practice or games?
So, players think it would be more "fair" if Frost treated the kids doing things the right way the same as the kids doing things the wrong way?
And those who fight to improve like warriors the same as those who maybe don't show as much interest in practice or games?
Hmm. Would you say Mo Washington “fought to improve like a warrior” and was doing things the “right way” or would you say he just kept getting playing time because of his talent?
Except that he put the onus on Martinez first. To paraphrase, "Martinez goofed but I should've told him not to go out of bounds." The implication is that Martinez made the mistake and Frost's mistake was that he didn't ensure Martinez made a mistake. He didn't take sole ownership.
Hmm. Would you say Mo Washington “fought to improve like a warrior” and was doing things the “right way” or would you say he just kept getting playing time because of his talent?
I know! How the heck do you "rewind" a disk???Weeellllll, the DVR thingy is kinda of a pain in the ass too.
Well said. My normal reaction when I hear coaches bag on former coaches and back hand talent is to mentally check them off as jack-a-bites and move on with my day. Since HCSF is our guy I now have to reconcile what you correctly note as leadership 101 stuff with the fact that he is the Husker head coach.As a coach, you never say “I inherited a mess.” You never say “my system works, we just need better players.” You don’t respond to a poor performance by your QB with “he’s great, we just need to get better around him.”
This is leadership 101 stuff. You are depending on the guys you are essentially calling chopped liver to trust you and respond to your teaching....and ultimately win games for you. Those statements don’t build trust, confidence or a team-first attitude. They sow seeds of doubt and smack of favoritism and excuse making.
I don't know what they talked about before that series, any of the planning, or plays they might incorporate, but you had to think there was some type of discussion. I get it, the arm chairs are all sure we should have been aggressive and tried to chuck it down field, even though we hadn't had success doing so all game. Had we pushed, and gotten picked, all would be screaming we should have backed off and worked for OT. Well, apparently we did think about scoring, but we weren't going to be risky 3 downs, we were testing the water. When we didn't get much, we actually went to something pretty safe that would either surprise and get us enough to get a look on 3rd, or it would burn the clock. I guess I'd be surprised if that wasn't the plan as discussed. Did Frost go all Gundy and bark about how he's a man, bring the criticism toward him? No, but he said, 'I should have called a TO to make sure we were all on the same page'. I just see that as all the 'get out of jail free' card AM needed in that situation.