Enjoyed your thoughts
@Mavric. I am always appreciating your contribution as admin and your views/thought can and have at times "balanced" out my more "negative" view.
So, FYI, I have read your full statement and did not pass over any word. Having expressed that ... I wanted to shift to the fascinating thing I see.
Our board overall has guestimated our "winning" over the past five [5] years by a good 3-4 games [since Frost has been here]. Yes, thankfully, as the years pass we see more dialing back of their predictions of what use to be mostly 9-3 or 8-4 at a minimum. There were certainly a good 25% that were 10-2 or 9-3 at the worst type folks. That is all fine ... I have no problem with that view for those years [I just saw it differently].
Here is where I am going ...
I have simply found it fascinating how the person who thinks we go 6-6, 5-7 or [God forbid] 4-8, is viewed/considered/judged as "negative" and then of course stupid or incompetent [not imposing the last too on you Mav]. Yet, those folks were not only correct, but still gave :bigredn: a fair shake and a couple more wins. Yet, I don't see those same folks on the board really $itchin' and complaining to the degree as the folks who said that we would go 10-2, 9-3 or 8-4. It's these folks who really turn on both the coach, the team and even the media and fan base and become real "pieces of work". Ya, sure, there are always trool types that show up and are "negative", but I don't see many members here who are "negative" [even if they state we will go 4-8 or 5-7, who then needle the board and say, "See, I was right, I told you we would go 4-8 and we suck on the OL and DL."] We just don't see that.
If that does/is occurring and the view is someone like me is doing/being this ... then yes, by all means, provide the rebuke and I think a member like myself will gladly leave or change the speaking of his view for the benefit of the group.
But without belittling the point ... the OL has been "horrid" [my word use] to Nebraska standards, whether it is measured by performance, ranking or development. This is judged by the whole of the group and not by one player or one good/decent season a particular player has. I think it's fair to say that both the OL and DL have been labeled "busts" for the Frost era and even on the OL or DL, we are not just "one player away". Yep, that view may be wrong and the board sees it to a different way. Yet, I don't believe it's to state that that person is "negative" then.
I am looking forward to seeing what our new OL coach can bring and especially how well we do in the last four games of the season and how the team holds up. Am hopeful for five [5] wins this year and see solid blocking and protection in the OL and a middle push with something off the edge on the pass and some girth in the middle to stop the run.
I'll purpose to "man up" myself and stay away from the obvious moving forward and attempt to not speak in a way that sounds "negative" or "frustated", especially as it relates to the OL.
