[Husker] TO clarifies when coaching decision to come

[jonlists at cbsol.com]

I think that there were plenty of TO-era quarterbacks who understood his 
playbook. The problem was that there were very few who could execute it. 
Osborne dealt with that through constant repeition, but you still had to 
be able to throw that play-action pass perfectly to the streaking tight 
end when the play was called. And you still had to make split-second 
decisions as a quarterback running down the line on a speed option. 

Tommie Frazier was a lightning strike. So was Turner Gill, and to an 
extent, Erich Crouch. Don't lessen their abilities so easily on a 
technicality. 

There are "system" coaches like Callahan, and there are other guys who 
adjust their teams to what they have. Osborne understood the latter. It's 
what made him great. 

Callahan's need to stick with his complexity will be his ultimate 
downfall. It's tragic more than anything. 

Jon Johnston
http://www.cornnation.com

husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 11/13/2007 04:19:52 PM:

> On 11/13/07, andy at knipp.com <andy at knipp.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I loved HCBC's comment about Marlon Lucky:
> >
> > For a junior, (he) has just mastered the system
> >
> > Hmm, so a player really needs to be a SR to master the WCO. Great.
> 
> 
> Question:
> 
> How many TO-era quarterbacks do you think "mastered" Tom's playbook?
> 
> My understanding, based on Tom's comments in the past, is that TF was
> really the only QB he had that had command of the entire playbook,
> implying that many senior QB's did not "master" that offense.
> 
> -
> "If hard work were such a wonderful thing, you'd think rich people
> would have kept it all for themselves" - Lane Kirkland
> 
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