geaux_sioux

NDSU has been better on the road the last 6 years than at home.

Maybe they’re just much better at home and bad on the road. The team i saw yesterday didn’t have the same mojo as the one I’ve seen previously. Same as their game against ISU when Streveler got pummeled. I think their best wr was hobbled as well.

The team you played was nowhere near the team we played. That’s a fact.

No. They were actually really good to start the year. They were smoking teams. Once Streveler started getting banged up and those guys got in trouble the wheels fell off. The ISU game where they beat him up was the tipping point.

Obviously it was unsustainable from the beginning. That’s literally what it means. It’s fine to start but it can’t be maintained long term.

I keep hearing people describe him as “pretty quick”. He’s blazing fast. Just say it. He made DeLuca look like he was wearing cement shoes.

I’m curious to see Kruse. He’s a big thick dude. No issue getting him up to size.

Their style of play wasn’t sustainable for a run. Early season greatness and then then lose steam and Streveler can’t continue to get beat up each game and maintain his level of play.

Mussman had some really good hogs. Just not enough depth. That’s basically the story of his teams. DL and CB were bad but other than that he had nice recruits all over the team, just not enough of them. Barton, Anderson, and Meehan were all very solid players. Not sure what happened with Stockwell, Bell, and Miller as they were pretty good recruiting gets. The bigger issue has been player development. I haven’t seen senior OL go through and get better each year. To me that’s on coaching. Which is why I’d like to see Knauf hit the road.

Big time.

Then explain the regression of our OL.

He doesn’t exactly look filled out to me. Skinny arms and legs still. I see plenty of room.

This joke of a season could turn out to be a huge positive for this program if used right. This off season is a tipping point.

Kauk?

A few assistants should be gone. Things should change. Belts tightened. Complacency eliminated. He has next year to convince me the last three were a trend and this one was an anomaly and not the other way around. The problem is this season should have never gotten out of hand the way it did. That starts with Bubba. He needs to set the tone day one this off season.

And we’re all Jews

Ty Detmer?

Rooney to gain. Rastas can put that much on if he eats enough. Everyone has the ability to overcome their metabolism, it's just not very fun.

I wish that was our biggest problem this year.

Sounds like this year minus the big hogs.

So who should replace Rudy if he's fired? Anyone got any good ideas?

Mussman teams had some big hogs.

We have a ton of guys that need to transform their bodies this winter. Here is where I think all guys that are at least rsfr should be by next year. Tank should gain 10-15 lbs and get above 300. Cieslak should lose 10-15 and be about 280. Same muscle, just a little quicker and leaner. Greer should add at least 10 lbs to help him hold up inside better. Rastas should gain 20 lbs minimum. Cam Hunt should add 10 lbs. Canady should add 15 lbs. Wilson needs to add 30 lbs. He's got a nice burst but is tiny for a 3-4 DE. Bennett needs to add 20-25 lbs. Has unreal potential but needs to be around 270 by the time he's done here. Turner with 15 lbs added could be a real player if he stays at OLB. Lawrence needs to get up to at least 210. He's a nice player but just needs to get bigger. Haas needs another 20 lbs. Tons of space on his frame. At 240 he could cause some problems on the edge. Palmborg needs 10-15 lbs. He's got great speed outside but is still a little light. At 230 he could do some damage. Richman should drop 10 lbs to improve his quickness. Torrey could use 10 lbs. He's still pretty skinny and it would help him against the run and in press. Tamas should add 10 lbs and learn how to tackle. He injured his shoulder on every hit this year. Leach needs to add 40lbs to his right leg so he can hit some bombs. Tobin needs 15 lbs so he can hold up inside. Nguon could use 10 more lbs. Rooney - 10 lbs. Blair needs a good 30-40 lbs or to switch positions full time. Russo - 15lbs. Mortel needs 10-15 lbs. Santiago could use another 10 lbs. Fiedler needs 15lbs of arm meat. All TE's should be over 250 unless they're some hybrid wr freak. Wanzek needs another 20 lbs. At 6'4" 220lbs he would be faster and much harder to handle. I'll compare this wish list to the fall camp depth chart next year and we'll see where we're at. I firmly believe that if we get these kinds of across the board gains we would be a much tougher team to play against.

You want to compete for titles? The standards need to be higher. That means this season, with all the bull$%!#, should mean if we have another next year he is gone. We took a huge step back and it wasn't just injury caused.

Figure of speach. I think guys left something on the table last offseason based on how this year went and a lot of them didn't physically progress the way they should have from last year.