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The purpose of a Spring game for a Coaching staff and team has very little to do with showcasing known talent to the fans in attendance. The teams are not selected with an evenly matched game in mind nor are they made up of a 1st team squad vs a 2nd team squad. The sides are created by the Coaches in order to impose a multitude of small tests and situations on specific players, formations and squad combinations for analysis in determining a starting point for the beginning of summer camp.
Specifically for example: The White squad was purposely created with a strong offensive line so that a variety of backs and receivers could be viewed in action. The Purple squad O-line was purposely created with players who are not O-line players in order to test how the QBs will handle the chaos and pressure that occurs when the play breaks down. People in the stands who do not know this might prematurely decide that one QB is better than another or that our defense is weak.
This is just one set of intended circumstances that was at play in the spring game. Bleacher seat wannabe coaches and arm-chair QB's should stop judging players, stop casting ignorant and negative remarks and trust Farley and his very qualified Coaching Staff to do what they need to do as they test and assemble the best squads that they can achieve.
I am posting this so that all of our Fans might have a better understanding of the Spring Game concept with hopes that they might refrain from premature judgements based upon partial data or just plain ignorance or whatever your insecurities drive you to complain about. Whatever it is, you do not have the whole picture and your judgements are simply flawed at best.
Negative remarks about our Panther players do nothing of value for any of us. But you could establish yourself as a prima donna message board jackass and a piss-poor Panther Fan... Maybe you should be a Hawkeye fan if all that hate is your kinda support method... This is not directed at any one poster however if the shoe fits, you will know it.
I watched the Spring game and saw that our Panther team has a huge amount of talent, some seasoned and some new but all Purple and Gold and full of the Panther Pride and positive energy that is a key ingredient as we strive to finish at the top. I am excited about this Team and our Coaches and cannot wait to witness these young men as they strive to excel for themselves and for UNI. GO PANTHERS!
Specifically for example: The White squad was purposely created with a strong offensive line so that a variety of backs and receivers could be viewed in action. The Purple squad O-line was purposely created with players who are not O-line players in order to test how the QBs will handle the chaos and pressure that occurs when the play breaks down. People in the stands who do not know this might prematurely decide that one QB is better than another or that our defense is weak.
This is just one set of intended circumstances that was at play in the spring game. Bleacher seat wannabe coaches and arm-chair QB's should stop judging players, stop casting ignorant and negative remarks and trust Farley and his very qualified Coaching Staff to do what they need to do as they test and assemble the best squads that they can achieve.
I am posting this so that all of our Fans might have a better understanding of the Spring Game concept with hopes that they might refrain from premature judgements based upon partial data or just plain ignorance or whatever your insecurities drive you to complain about. Whatever it is, you do not have the whole picture and your judgements are simply flawed at best.
Negative remarks about our Panther players do nothing of value for any of us. But you could establish yourself as a prima donna message board jackass and a piss-poor Panther Fan... Maybe you should be a Hawkeye fan if all that hate is your kinda support method... This is not directed at any one poster however if the shoe fits, you will know it.
I watched the Spring game and saw that our Panther team has a huge amount of talent, some seasoned and some new but all Purple and Gold and full of the Panther Pride and positive energy that is a key ingredient as we strive to finish at the top. I am excited about this Team and our Coaches and cannot wait to witness these young men as they strive to excel for themselves and for UNI. GO PANTHERS!
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