[Husker] Some Comments

[Mark Landin]

>
> The whole notion that the "gameplan was perfect" is
> very disturbing.
>

"It's not the X's and the O's, it's the Mikes and the Joes."

(I think that's a Bowdenism).

No game plan is "perfect", since no gameplan survives contact with the
enemy (to paraphrase a bit).

Each play has the potential for up to 11 players to make an execution
mistake, and being human, odds are high that each play has a player
that makes a mistake. Against a weaker opponent, you can have a
relatively higher number of mistakes and still succeed. Against a
tougher opponent, your tolerance for error is greatly reduced.

Only a detailed film review, by someone who could know every player's
assignment, could determine if each play was executed as designed. Any
game plan, no matter how simplistic or complicated, depends on the
fundamental skills of blocking, tackling, running, and catching. I saw
a number of missed tackles, whiffed or ineffective blocks, etc.

I'm not in a position to break down a gameplan, but I do have the
opinion that if the execution had been "perfect", the gameplan sure
would have looked "perfect"...