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Article about Gilmore saying that he looks for recievers to step it up next season with Paul and McNeill gone.
http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_9048935b-f973-53d5-9685-bd4430166909.html
Couldn't agree more with Gilmore that recievers do need to step it up. Aside from Kinnie, who else has been a good reciever (not a TE) that we could throw to that is coming back next year? I can think of a few from 2009 but saw very limited playing time this year, Gilleylen and Cooper. Its their time to shine, but if they can't step it up, we need to look at Kenny Bell and Quincy Enunwa who saw playing time this year. We have been hearing good things about Bapiste, but not all of his talents have come together and he still needs to learn the offense.
But my point of this thread is when Gilmore says he doesn't pay attention to the stats. That really irks me, how can you preach competiveness without knowing what your recievers stats are? Does he even know how many times the ball was caught for a TD this year? How about how many catches the team has as a whole? But i won't just lay it on Gilmore, it seems much of the coaching staff at Nebraska doesn't care about statistics or records. I can see how records can lead to arrogance and cockiness. But statistics should be an important part of teaching the young players if you want them to go out and compete to be the best and play the best. They need to know where they stand and how much more improvement one must make to be the best.
I hear coaches say they don't care about stats or records, and then i watch the recruitment video and it feels like there is a contradition there.
http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_9048935b-f973-53d5-9685-bd4430166909.html
Couldn't agree more with Gilmore that recievers do need to step it up. Aside from Kinnie, who else has been a good reciever (not a TE) that we could throw to that is coming back next year? I can think of a few from 2009 but saw very limited playing time this year, Gilleylen and Cooper. Its their time to shine, but if they can't step it up, we need to look at Kenny Bell and Quincy Enunwa who saw playing time this year. We have been hearing good things about Bapiste, but not all of his talents have come together and he still needs to learn the offense.
But my point of this thread is when Gilmore says he doesn't pay attention to the stats. That really irks me, how can you preach competiveness without knowing what your recievers stats are? Does he even know how many times the ball was caught for a TD this year? How about how many catches the team has as a whole? But i won't just lay it on Gilmore, it seems much of the coaching staff at Nebraska doesn't care about statistics or records. I can see how records can lead to arrogance and cockiness. But statistics should be an important part of teaching the young players if you want them to go out and compete to be the best and play the best. They need to know where they stand and how much more improvement one must make to be the best.
I hear coaches say they don't care about stats or records, and then i watch the recruitment video and it feels like there is a contradition there.
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