Phil Miller blog: Pelini says he's seen Gophers' potential on film

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Nice coach-speak.

Gotta respect the Bo, though.
 

Great coach and it looks like he has his blood pressure under control.
 

Just like Pat Fitzgerald said the Gophs were a well coached team last year under Brewster.....
 

Art, why don't you join the message board of whatever team you're a fan of. We have enough posters here and will be quite ok without you.

Obviously it's coach speak, get a grip...
 


Sounds like Holtz before playing the Little Sisters of the Poor. But I hope Pelini is right about agressiveness and extra effort playing at home. So far we have one victory from an amazing one-man effort by Gray, but no real team effort. This would be a good Saturday for the team to show up, whatever the outcome.
 

Pelini perhaps has the toughest job in the country right now. How do you go to a press conference and talk positively about the Gophers? He is trying to be a class act...

I would love to hear what the Nebraska coaches are saying behind closed doors!
 

I saw the thread title and said to myself "Over/Under on how many posts before Art responds....I have 2.5 and will take the under."

Looks like I just missed.....
 

MNfootballfan said:
Pelini perhaps has the toughest job in the country right now. How do you go to a press conference and talk positively about the Gophers? He is trying to be a class act...

I would love to hear what the Nebraska coaches are saying behind closed doors!
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He just plays music from Manheim Steamroller....
 



Of course it's coach-speak, but also, you gotta remember, coaches are gonna watch film of an opponent and agonize over just the positives of it. Pelini could watch the Michigan game and watch Marcus Jones return and sit there like "Man, how are we going to defend THAT???" That's just how coaches are.

I'm sure he's sweating defending MarQueis Gray, cause he knows if his players don't come out focused, he is a guy that actually can make them pay a little bit. He's not on the field, he has to hope his kids realize they can't just sleepwalk and expect to win 38-0. So yeah, he probably does think this is a "challenge", but mainly on themselves, not that Minnesota is going to pound them or something.
 

Why not be gracious? The team you are complimenting is going to give your 2nd and 3rd stringers a nice scrimmage in the 4th quarter.
 

I don't think he's blowing smoke at us. He's saying a couple things. He doesn't say Minnesota is a good team, only that he sees potential for the future:

"They've had some struggles, but at times we've also seen their potential," Pelini said at his weekly news conference. "You take over a program like he did, that was struggling a little bit, you're not going to come out and be dominant in Year 1. It's a process, they understand that."
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He then goes on to say that the Gophers will give them their "best shot" and that they will be challenged. I don't look at that as gushing about how great the Gophers are, but bad teams have a way of sneaking up on you if you don't take them seriously. Coaches are always stressing to their team that they have to take the opponent seriously. The emotions aren't as high as when you're playing a stronger team, so the tempation to kick back a bit is always present.
 




Sounds like Pellini has been taking pre-game presser tips from JoePa. Listen to Paterno a couple of days before the Temple game. If you didn't know the opponent you'd swear they were about to play LSU
 

Too Long in the Wasteland said:
Sounds like Pellini has been taking pre-game presser tips from JoePa. Listen to Paterno a couple of days before the Temple game. If you didn't know the opponent you'd swear they were about to play LSU
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Then they proceeded to "whip" Temple 14-10. If that's what we're headed for on Saturday, I'll take it!
 

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