[Husker] Spurrier Interview

[SShubs]

Bob,
 	You are a touch of sanity in this insane year.  

Thanks for voicing my thoughts.  I think this makes more sense than anything
I have read on this topic to date.

I simply am not sure we had the offensive line this year to run.  The only
way run was going to work, was if we could connect on some passes.  In
short... the passes didn't work.

Keep the sanity Bob... you are saying what many of us are thinking.

Stephen Shubert
A Husker in Michigan

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]On Behalf
Of Bob Beach
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 6:25 PM
To: Husker List
Subject: [Husker] Spurrier Interview


On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:10:31 -0600, Tom Rief wrote:
> When they get the players to run the offense that he wants to run.
> Until then, you have to use what you have.  



     I don't know that you can totally do that.  If you wait until you have
your players you still have to implement the offense and there is a learning
time with that before players have it down.  Sometimes it is better to just
put your system out there and plug into it little by little as your players
come in.  I have wrote this before but it depends on the goal.  Fans want a
lot of wins every year.  They are not willing to give a couple of years so
the program can get on solid ground.  If that is the goal, the here and now,
then you have to make your system fit the players.  If the goal is long
range one may want to get the system going regardless of the players.  I
think Callahan's goal was and is long term.  I don't say it is right, wrong,
or indifferent but it seems that is what is going on.


     I heard the interview with Spurrier but I don't know if I totally
believe him.  Have you ever seen a Spurrier coached college team that was a
grind em out power game with the option game thrown in and passing 9-10
times a game?  I can't feature it.  While he probably won't throw the 40
times a game at SC right away,  I have to believe he is going to put his
fair share of footballs in the air.  It is pretty hard to convince recruits
you are going to run the fun and gun when you are four yards and a cloud of
dust.


Bob Beach


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