Sky is not falling

[BorWhiskey]

I appreciate what you’re saying, but I don’t find it comforting that in year 3 of a highly paid coaching tenure, with a schedule that avoids the 3 national title contenders in our conference and has 2 cupcake wins guaranteed, that our expectation should be 7 wins, and that a 24-6 bed-shitting vs Minnesota should fit squarely within those minimal expectations.

What you are saying is you aren’t comforted by reality. That we are what everyone thought we’d be, which is a team winning 1-2 more than last year, and that doesn’t meet what you want it to be.

I get it but it’s not healthy.

 

[Irv]

What you are saying is you aren’t comforted by reality. That we are what everyone thought we’d be, which is a team winning 1-2 more than last year, and that doesn’t meet what you want it to be.

I get it but it’s not healthy.

A prediction for the season is not reality.

If so, the reality is also that we were more than a touchdown favorites last night. And we did not meet that expectation, in spectacular fashion.

 

[V-Doub]

I’m pretty sure I made this point after losing to Michigan so I apologize for repeating myself… but the above is what 95% of teams go thru. Only the elite teams don’t because they don’t have to worry about #1.

It’s hard to win.

The unbiased market thought we were a 7-8 win team. Wanting more as a fan is totally fine. Thats what we do. But we raise the bar on what the team is capable of and get angry when that isn’t met. Again that’s what being a fan is all about. Doesn’t mean it’s rational.

Hitting the market expectations are still very much in play. You don’t need to be happy with that but I just recommend we don’t fall into depression over not exceeding those expectations,

I think we’ve hit the under every year since 2016 as well.

 

[BorWhiskey]

A prediction for the season is not reality.

If so, the reality is also that we were more than a touchdown favorites last night. And we did not meet that expectation, in spectacular fashion.

It’s an honest assessment of the reality rather than getting caught up in the moment of defeat, or applying expectations beyond what this team is capable of because it’s what you’d prefer.

 

[Snockered69]

What you are saying is you aren’t comforted by reality. That we are what everyone thought we’d be, which is a team winning 1-2 more than last year, and that doesn’t meet what you want it to be.

I get it but it’s not healthy.

What isn’t healthy is having an egocentric view of cope.
This is a soft ass schedule. Where an average football HC gets us 8 wins minimum. Instead, we are a poorly coached team (much the same of whats occurred over the last 20 years) that has made little to no progression in developing players.
Our best units are coached by two new coaching staff editions (WR and ST) and you’d probably be sitting at 3-4 without Ek.
So yes, the ones who choose the truth of reality are annoyed because their ROI is that of a Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme. You just got out coached and out played by a team with maybe 1/5th the resources and their coach is 7-1 against us.
Mean while all week we had to hear about how “we just need more NIL!”.
“We got a short week.” Yada yada yada. More coach speak, more sloppy football.

Matt: Average CEO, below average HC. That’s reality.

 

[Jim14510]

Who also wins football games and has been been making Nebraska his bitch for years

Everyone in the B1G?