Coach Burton's Next Hurdle: Discipline & Ball Security

[BroadwayVik]

The progression:

Year 1: Nigel Burton inherits PSU Viking program, recruitment of more strong, local talent begins (2-9)

Year 2: Recruitment of strong, local talent celebration (7-4), recruitment policy & course continues unabated.

Year 3: Glaring weakness of defense emerges, sadly, Eric Jackson needed to be replaced, NB takes on double duty as HC & DC (3-8), in the off-season, Jaime Hill to the rescue. Recruitment policy & course enhanced.

Year 4: Teamwork, aggressiveness instilled; my hope is DISCIPLINE, BALL SECURITY & SPECIAL TEAMS shore up considerably too. Recruitment policy & course enhanced a bit more.


Right now, the phrase that describes a lot of play is "negligent permissiveness." My hope is this will be the work of Nigel's fourth season in his program of incremental improvements to become on par with NDSU.

 

[VikThunder]

You want discipline in the fourth year? Isn't that four years too late?

 

[BroadwayVik]

You bet, but it should be something that becomes more and more airtight. Seems there been no improvement: Too many penalties. hno:

 

[martymoose]

You bet, but it should be something that becomes more and more airtight. Seems there been no improvement: Too many penalties. hno:

We've been a heavy penalized team since the Walsh era.

What pisses me off is the no-brainer, stupid, brought on yourself penalties like:

- offsides

- personal foul

- false start

- unsportsmanlike

These need to stop.

 

[DustRunner]

False starts seem to happen regardless, but the rest are just dumb. And they got so bad last week that I almost felt relieved when we didn't get penalized on a play on defense for something.

 

[BroadwayVik]

Say with a Boston accent: When they consistently commit senseless penalties like this, it makes them look retaaaaaaaded.

 

[martymoose]

Say with a Boston accent: When they consistently commit senseless penalties like this, it makes them look retaaaaaaaded.

Heh, my wife and I watched a bit of Good Will Hunting last night.

We definitely don't look 'wicked smaaaaaaaatt' when we commit senseless penalties.

 

[DustRunner]

And we've already started this Cal game with penalties. Lots and lots of yellow flags.

 

[BroadwayVik]

Agreed, then:

Coach Burton's Next Hurdle: Mental Errors & Ball Security