Re: State of Bison football
Originally Posted by
bisonfan11
As we are looking ahead to the Indiana State game this Saturday I am wondering what is the state of Bison football? I know that we are 4-3, however we have had some good luck (fortune) in 2 of our 4 wins (Kansas and Youngstown State). The reality IS we could be an unacceptable 2-6. When I moved here and got into Bison football, a pal of mine told me of "Bison Pride". I was impressed to say the least. When I found out that we were moving to the MVC (Gateway Conference at the time) I was very excited. The move seemed to follow the mind-set of "Bison Pride" of wanting to compete against the best competition that the FCS could give us. However since NDSU has moved to the MVC the intensity the Bison played with during their transition period seemed lost. I was still okay, but a little disapointed with the '08 Bison team. But I felt that the biggest reason the '08 team was not a National Championship contender is that the team had to adjust to the much tougher MVC as opposed to the easier Great West conference. However, last year I started to doubt whether Craig Bohl and his ablilty to lead the team. Several players had off the field issues before the '09 season, and it seemed that the team almost played the entire '09 season disinterested in whether or not they won or lost. The '09 team IMO did not show any "Bison Pride" during the season, and it seemed like coach Bohl was MIA when the team needed Bohl to be the leader of the team. This year started off better than I expected, I know that NDSU's offense did not play well against Kansas, but the defense stepped up and played with attitude I hadn't seen since '07. But after that game NDSU's effort has been up and down. The Bison did a great job against their non conference teams on the schedule (3-0), but once the Bison played MVC opponents they looked scared, undisciplined, and lost (going 1-3). I don't want to "hate" on the Bison but I now feel that the Bison are "scared" of other MVC teams (even though the are about as experienced as every other MVC team). Is this just that the Bison are young? I wouldn't think so because that would mean that UNI and ISU-Red would have played as scared as we did against them. I am starting to feel the problem on the team must be the coaching staff. I mean from Craig Bohl on down the line it seems like the coaching staff is too hands off with this team because they feel that it is the PLAYERS responsibility to lead the team. That would be good if NDSU still had Steve Walker or Joe Mays, but both those guys no longer don the Green and Gold every Saturday for the Bison. I feel that for this team to be better and take a positive step forward this year coach Bohl and his staff needs to step up and lead this team. If these players are hungry for success like I think they are they will respond very favorably to the tougher practices and having more demanded out of every one. That is how I see where we are right now. I just hope to see the Bison improve and beat Indiana State and play like champions even if they are underdogs. At the very least I want to see this team go down fighting every single game, not give each game away.
How do you know that the coaches think its the players sole responsibility to lead the team?
What makes you think that the coaches havent tried to step up and lead?
Just asking.
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