Nebraska would convert a 3rd and 13 or get 9 yards when they needed 8 on a well executed route where a "meh" receiver (compared to many that we've seen come into Ross Add) that was anything but beating someone down the field just freaking executed.
Not only were #8 and Pearson-El not Braylon Edwards or Michael Jenkins ... they weren't even Selwyn Lymon at Notre Dame. I wasn't watching Dwayne Jarrett at USC or Ramance Taylor or whoever. I was just watching guys who were so so execute like they had the fear of god put into them about not executing. Because that's the elephant that no one wants to talk about.. someone went into that Nebraska locker room and made them afraid of real consequences if they lost.
Should it be that way? No. does the world work that way? Yes.
When you hear "#7 ran so much while the team was practicing last week that the coaches didn't feel that he had any legs left for this game. We were told he will return to standard practice after this Illinois game" you're going to see less drops.
Because excellence motivates leaders like Taylor Stubblefield and chris Daniels and fear motivates everyone.
Did Stubblefield run a 4.5? No. was he even seriously considered to have an NFL career? No.
But he executed. He caught the ball with his hands and wasn't trying to do this stupid BS where your jersey has seven on it, you're wide open for a bomb, you look back, and you try to catch it with your chest and hope your hands find your way to the ball after.
When you hear coach brohm ... instead of cop outs about not having James Jett (whose career was very pedestrian despite world class speed cause he couldn't run routes or catch), talking about "well you know if A receiver, any receiver, misses so many blocks and drops easy drag routes.. he might run all week instead of practicing and after individual film review he might be told that he has another week of running while the other guys actually practice what they came here to do" you'll stop
Seeing guys play wide open bombs like they are diving into a pool trying to catch throws from the balcony at a summer party.
There are high school coaches who would play a freshman and not let you see the field for a week or two after some of that stuff.
But it's ok coach brohm.. do or don't do whatever you want. But stop telling people that wide receiver execution has any thing to do with speed. Cause you aren't at the "we don't have speed" place yet. Taylor Stubblefield didn't have speed. But he could catch a ball that most high school varsity receivers would reel in. And that comes first.
Brohm is noticeably better than Hope and a universe from Hazell... and I'm happy with what I'm seeing vs. some of the scores I would have predicted in July. And Holt and our defense came to play.. just like worship and #1, just like blough yesterday (I said yesterday), and they deserve better than guys who can't keep their head down till the snap AT HOME and guys who can't catch passes in high school situations. Because that's not "beat a guy who you can't beat because he's Deion sanders and you're Taylor Stubblefield" ... that's fundamental. That's "reach up with your hands instead of hoping for the best with your chest."
And hopefully he addresses that for what it is instead of coming out with "well we just don't have speed"... as if speed would have made every receiver we had other than anthrop more open than they were on inexcusable drops.
Not only were #8 and Pearson-El not Braylon Edwards or Michael Jenkins ... they weren't even Selwyn Lymon at Notre Dame. I wasn't watching Dwayne Jarrett at USC or Ramance Taylor or whoever. I was just watching guys who were so so execute like they had the fear of god put into them about not executing. Because that's the elephant that no one wants to talk about.. someone went into that Nebraska locker room and made them afraid of real consequences if they lost.
Should it be that way? No. does the world work that way? Yes.
When you hear "#7 ran so much while the team was practicing last week that the coaches didn't feel that he had any legs left for this game. We were told he will return to standard practice after this Illinois game" you're going to see less drops.
Because excellence motivates leaders like Taylor Stubblefield and chris Daniels and fear motivates everyone.
Did Stubblefield run a 4.5? No. was he even seriously considered to have an NFL career? No.
But he executed. He caught the ball with his hands and wasn't trying to do this stupid BS where your jersey has seven on it, you're wide open for a bomb, you look back, and you try to catch it with your chest and hope your hands find your way to the ball after.
When you hear coach brohm ... instead of cop outs about not having James Jett (whose career was very pedestrian despite world class speed cause he couldn't run routes or catch), talking about "well you know if A receiver, any receiver, misses so many blocks and drops easy drag routes.. he might run all week instead of practicing and after individual film review he might be told that he has another week of running while the other guys actually practice what they came here to do" you'll stop
Seeing guys play wide open bombs like they are diving into a pool trying to catch throws from the balcony at a summer party.
There are high school coaches who would play a freshman and not let you see the field for a week or two after some of that stuff.
But it's ok coach brohm.. do or don't do whatever you want. But stop telling people that wide receiver execution has any thing to do with speed. Cause you aren't at the "we don't have speed" place yet. Taylor Stubblefield didn't have speed. But he could catch a ball that most high school varsity receivers would reel in. And that comes first.
Brohm is noticeably better than Hope and a universe from Hazell... and I'm happy with what I'm seeing vs. some of the scores I would have predicted in July. And Holt and our defense came to play.. just like worship and #1, just like blough yesterday (I said yesterday), and they deserve better than guys who can't keep their head down till the snap AT HOME and guys who can't catch passes in high school situations. Because that's not "beat a guy who you can't beat because he's Deion sanders and you're Taylor Stubblefield" ... that's fundamental. That's "reach up with your hands instead of hoping for the best with your chest."
And hopefully he addresses that for what it is instead of coming out with "well we just don't have speed"... as if speed would have made every receiver we had other than anthrop more open than they were on inexcusable drops.
