[Husker] What would it take to get you excited about the Huskers?

[Steve Reichenbach]

Last year's record wasn't just the players' fault, as suggested by
this post, and the questions to be answered, which the Mark Landin
seems to dismiss as just not having good players, will be very much
at issue this year.  NU did not have inferior player's compared to
6 of the 11 teams NU faced last year.  NU will have players at
least as good as all but perhaps one team this year and a favorable
home schedule.  I am hopeful that the coaches will do a better job
than they did last year and NU will win at least 8 games.  If they
don't, these questions won't have been answered well.

> Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:58:54 -0500
> From: Mark Landin <marklandin at gmail.com>
> To: Kurt Holst <kurtholst at netzero.net>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] What would it take to get you excited about the Huskers?
> 
> Wow ... you gys are really getting me down! :)
> 
> > 1.   Has Callahan and company devised a better system to get the plays
> > into the huddle than having the QB run to the sideline between plays.
> 
> Dailey had problems with the complex terminology and getting plays
> called correctly in the huddle. From accounts, Taylor has it down. I
> think you'll see wigwag to get plays in, not sideline visits.
>  
> > 2.   Will the defense return to aggressive play or will they be content
> > to play the CB's 10 yds off WR's in 3rd and 5 situations.
> 
> I think we'll have corners that can play more aggressively this
> season, so we won't need to play "off" to prevent the long play.
> 
> > 3.   Will the coaching staff make adjustments (successfully) during the
> > game to counter the opponents strategies?
> 
> You can't adjust to something the player's can't handle. I think,
> offensively, our problems basically stemmed from JD's inability to
> take advantage of open receivers, whether by missing them on 2nd and
> 3rd reads, or just not getting the ball to them accurately. I think
> the playcalling was sound but the execution was lacking.
> 
> > 4.  Will Callahan's offense take advantage of opposing defense
> > weaknesses or will it continue to "take what it wants"?
> 
> See above. We had lots of opportunities we couldn't capitalize on.
> 
> > 5.  Will the fullback get any rushing attempts this year?
> 
> Do you really think that correlates to wins?
> 
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