[personal] [Husker] The latest from Bill

[Steve Reichenbach]

It does seem that the issues that Callahan directly addressed are
lost in these condemnations.  Yes, on the fundamental issue of wins
and losses (which contrary to SP's philosophy does matter), NU has
not been as successful as everyone would like.  But that isn't really 
the specific issue here.  Many people, including some on this list,
have directly questioned whether or not Callahan's offense is too
complicated for QBs to learn.  I will admit that I don't know enough
of the intricacies to know if that is true or not.  Many people have
criticized the staff for not developing players well enough (a critique
which seems to have some general basis, but which is perhaps not true
of the QBs).  What Callahan is saying is that the offense isn't too
complicated and that the QBs have learned it successfully.  Whether or
not (which seems likely) Callahan is back, the consideration of these
questions merits more than derision.  In fact, I think Callahan makes
some good points:  that Taylor wasn't that highly recruited nor
seemingly talented enough for the NFL, but he had enough success at NU
to be Big 12 offensive player of the year.  Keller's stats this year
were pretty good, especially for his first year starting with Callahan,
even if he hasn't had the year that everyone hoped.  Ganz is a little
in the Taylor mold and has looked pretty good in much of his first two
games.  So, derision about the W-L record aside (and ignoring for the
moment the burning question of whether or not Callahan is a Christian),
is this type of offense too difficult or have the QBs had enough
success to indicate that it isn't?

At least it would be discussing football instead of perceptions of
BC's demeanor and religion.


> Did you listen to the post game conference - he gushed about all the  players 
> - how well they did, how hard Ganz has worked how well the line  played,etc.. 
> I'm sure here he was responding to some idiotic question from the  press 
> about HIS offense and related his answer that way.  I know "we" all  hate him - 
> but let's at least try to keep it fair and balanced and not make up  stuff????
>  
> Steve  Kauf
> A Husker fan deep in South Texas
> NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE  ACTION
> NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
> IN THE DEED THE GLORY
> 
>  
> In a message dated 11/12/2007 2:07:05 PM Central Standard Time,  
> pgaule at cox.net writes:
> 
> Skylar  Dodds wrote:
> > I went back and listened to the presser, because I wanted  to hear the
> > context and wow.
> > 
> > He even was done  answering another question and before another question
> > could be asked  (paraphrasing):
> > 
> > "I want to go back to that discussion for  just a moment.  A lot of people 
> in
> > the media have vilified this  offense telling me it's too complicated and
> > would never work in  college.  If you go back and look, we took a JUCO guy
> > who wasn't  really getting any attention and made him the Big XII POY.  We
> >  too Sam, who transferred from another school after losing the starting  job
> > and he was on pace to set records.  Then we took a guy who  was a no-name 
> who
> > didn't have hardly any Div I offers and put up 900  yards and 11 TDs in two
> > games.  It just goes to show that this  offense really works.  These 
> numbers,
> > combined with the fact that  in a few games we didn't really even get a
> > chance to get into our  gameplan and we could be even higher ranked.  The
> > numbers don't  lie."
> > 
> > Don't dislocate your shoulder trying to pat yourself on  the back Bill.  I
> > understand that he takes it very personally and  he has a lot of pride, 
> which
> > isn't always a bad thing, but  geesh.  Give your players some credit.  Talk
> > about Joe's  heart and all around athletic ability.  Talk about Sam's work
> >  ethic being scout team POY last year.   I will say, he did give a  lot of
> > credit to Lucky and his incredible numbers this  year.
> 
> What a pompoused ass.  How great was this offense when it  only managed 
> to put up 34 points in 3 games against Oklahoma State (73rd  ranked 
> scoring defense), Texas A&M (53rd ranked scoring defense) and  Missouri 
> (31st ranked scoring defense)?
> 
> Only a fool would point out  an anamoly such as Saturday's game and use 
> it as proof of  greatness.
> 
> NOTE to Bill:  NU fans don't care about how many yards  your offense 
> generates - they care about wins and losses.  Your  4-year record at 
> Nebraska is bad.  Please leave immediately.   Thanks!
> 
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> Steve  Kauf
> A Husker fan deep in South Texas
> NOT THE VICTORY BUT THE  ACTION
> NOT THE GOAL BUT THE GAME
> IN THE DEED THE  GLORY
> 
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