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a lot better to have withheld your pass until you had a clear field to
pass it to. I know what you mean, and I realize that the fact that the
boys didn't come on through to receive the pass caused you no end of
worry and embarrassment. The reason I took you out was because you were.
a little anxious in anticipating the plays coming in and you passed on
the presumption that they were coming in. My point is that you should
not have thrown the ball until they were open and already coming ine

Now, you will understand, Bruce, it is a lot easier for a
coach to sit on the sideline and criticise a player than it is for the
coach or a player to get out there and do it well himself. My only
motive in criticizing any of these plays by any of the players is to
endeavor to help them improve their gamee

We did not set up as many of our plays as we should have,
but I want to let all of you boys Imow that I am not going to kick very
hard on the things that you did not do Saturday night, because you beat
a rattling good Cornhusker team that played way above their heads.

Freddy, you good old Dutchman, you still dribbled to the side
end made that swing shot. You haven't hit one yet, but when you do I am
liable to buy you a new spring hate True, you took the worst punishment
from a bunch of “blind-boon" officials that I have ever seen. They
crucified you when they drove you into the mat, and did not give you the
one or two free throws that were coming to you on such occasionse Again
I say I am not going to criticize you further, but some how we did not
set up our plays out of bounds to suit me at all.

This has been one of our weak points all year. We do not
get on our offense and then somebody is generally out of focus. |

Dick, you played a swell game, although you had a tendency
to put your hand on a man's back when he starts into the basket. You
just reach out and put your left hand on his back and endeavor to catch
up with him. I remember distinctly one foul you got in which I called
the turn before the referee blew his whistlee Keep your hand off that
opponent's backj Otherwise, you played a swell ball game.

Don, you old Swede spark plug, you have got the go. I thought
you played a great gamee I think some times you get just a little over-
wrought, but I can never criticize a man for having the drivee I am
still convinced that you can drive around a lot of these fellows if you
only would try it more often. And I am convinced that when you get out
20 to 25 feet that you should shoot more than you doe Just have confidence
in yourself, and blaze away.

George, if you would only play the whole game like you play
when you have just got to do something, you would be one of the greatest
forwards in the weste You have size, you have power, and you have a
good eyeée But I haven't yet got you to the point where you will give -
end give = and givee No man can stop you when you get desperate, but
you do not get desperate often enoughe Of course you want to play
against Missouri, and play a great game, and I went you toe But I went