I agree, Stanley is not instilling the necessary confidence in the huddle, certainly not like C.J. Beathard did when he played at Iowa, especially in the 2015 season. I don't know Nate Stanley at all but he seems to be a soft-spoken, unassuming guy, which is fine, but he needs to take charge of the team when they are on the field.
Confidence is an intangible concept - it's either present or it's not and when it's not present, it's very hard to "fake it". In fact, faking it only erodes the team's play even further because everyone can see that it's phony. Success instills confidence and confidence brings success, that is why the coaching staff needs to carefully plan each game so that the confidence can genuinely grow throughout the year.
Just once in the KF era I would like to hear what they are doing to address blatant shortcomings in the program. I must say I am quite disappointed when KF addresses the fans and reporters like we are too dense to understand the nuances of the game, thus the trite answers we need to execute better, that's football, etc. Doesn't he realize his team is hearing the same canned responses and they are walking away with less confidence in their own coaching staff?
We saw genuine confidence on the field in the OSU game, on both sides of the ball, that was as real as it gets. I certainly understand that game was not what we can expect every game but KF needs to take a close look at what he and his staff are doing to destroy their own players' confidence. We've seen too many examples recently to not warrant his full attention.
