[Husker] Assistants

[Tommy Thompson]

I've mentioned the Yards/Play before, which I believe is the most 
significant statistic.  The current offense rivals that of Tom Osborne's 
teams.

If you just want to look at Scoring Offense, you can see that the program is 
on the right track.  If the defense had been at least mediocre this year, 
the team would have been in the top 10, in my opinion.

2007 - 28th
2006 - 17th
2005 - 67th
2004 - 58th
2003 - 74th
2002 - 59th
2001 - 7th
2000 - 4th
1999 - 12th
1998 - 23rd
1997 - 1st
1996 - 4th



Tommy Thompson
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Rapp" <george.rapp at gmail.com>
To: "Huskers List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Assistants


> On Dec 3, 2007 7:59 AM, j j <jjj112665 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> There is one name there that I do not want to see as a Nebraska assistant
>> again. That is Shawn Watson. I do not understand everyones obsession with
>> this man. Let him go coach somewhere else. What has he done at NU to make 
>> so
>> many like him or think he can coach?
>>
>
> He contributed to a steady rise in the offensive production, for one
> example.  From http://d1afootball.com/stat.php, under Total Offense, here 
> is
> where the 'Huskers ranked:
>
> 2003: 83rd (OC: Norvell)
> 2004: 69th (OC: Norvell)
> 2005: 96th (OC: Norvell)
> 2006: 14th (OC: Norvell)
> 2007: 11th (OC: Watson)
>
> Of course, this isn't the statistic that matters -- only the points on the
> board at the end of the game do -- but it is clearly indicative of an
> improving trend.  The 2003-05 examples also show the effect of sacking the
> entire offensive staff.  There is no continuity; players must learn a new
> offense from scratch; and production suffers.
>
> OTOH, by keeping Watson as OC, there is at least some continuity and
> stability for the returning players, and Bo has the chance to keep the
> offensive production trend going positive, while he concentrates on fixing
> the defense (which I think we'll all admit was our glaring problem in 
> 2007).
>
> George
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