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is possible that I have it wrong, but I just don't think you can
lose to the Huskers at home. That just can't happen. And the ease in
which we lost was even more troubling. There were several defensive
possessions where the effort just wasn't there. And if it was, it
just wasn't good enough. E have to be better than that.
The overall defense was not producing enough stops. The offense is
way too perimeter oriented for my liking and our rebounding is
atrocious. And yes I know that it’s easy to be an arm chair
quarterback or in this case a Sunday morning quarterback, but I just
don't like what I'm seeing. Even if our plan would've been working
we are not competitive enough and we are not fun to watch.
That's the easy part...to identify what's wrong. In a word…plenty.
How to fix it? That's another story altogether. I'm not a hundred
percent sure. That's why I got out of coaching....I was getting to
the point where most of the time I had more questions than answers.
For one thing we need way more energy than we are bringing. For
another we must block out on rebounds on every shot...I don't care
who's in the game. If you don't block out you don't play...in my
opinion. And most of all we've got to find some ways to attack the
basket. I know we’re a perimeter oriented team but in order to be
successful I think we have to take it to the hoop more even if our
best outside shooters are wide open...they must attack the rim. We
need to get some easier buckets and we need to get to the free throw
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What I don't know is this. Do our guys know these things and
just refuse to do them? Do they know these things and are not
capable of doing them? Is the talent gap just insurmountable? Or
are we just so frustrated that we don't know what to do?
I wish I knew the answer because I would surely mail it in. In
the meantime this is brutal and I have rarely had a harder time
witnessing the sport I love. Being an eternal optimist I'm
hoping that somehow we’ll discover the way to turn this all
around. But its getting late and time is getting short. But I'd
still love to see it!
Next up is a road tilt at Indiana...could our timing be any
worse? [By JEFF MAYFIELD]
Respond to the writer at
jeffqmay@gmail.com.
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