[Husker] Re: More field goals than TDs?

Wed Dec 9 08:56:54 CST 2009

Looking at Dr. Tom's history, I don't think either Cotton or Watson go -- unless they do it because they had an opportunity come to them.  Dr. Tom is a logical, patient man and he well knows the fickleness of football and the many factors playing into a win vs. a loss. 

IMO, it's more than the coaches that caused us to have a poor offense. Yes, maybe with superior coaching vs good or average coaching there could have been some improvement -- but how do "we" know that isn't the case anyway? Maybe there is more talent on the defensive side of the ball (witness Suh, Crick, etc) or maybe the D players fit the system better than Carl and Bo have for D.  

I'm confident that Dr Tom has input when asked (and Bo is no dummy - he will seek that expertise) and I'm confident that we will see both Cotton and Watson in 2010 as well as changes in the offense to take as much advantage as possible of the talents our current O players have. 

I think what's missing most is a strong O player to LEAD the team and push the other O players (witness Suh's effect on the D). One strong, talented O line player could lift the play level of ALL. 

Just my opinion for what it's worth! 

Go Big Red!
Go Suh!
 Lynette (Tillner) Peavey
ltillner at yahoo.com 

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From: Robert Christensen <fourbox at nctc.net>
To: husker at tssi.com
Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 8:57:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Re: More field goals than TDs?

I think we should wait for Coach Pelini to determine who goes and who stays.  I wasn't happy with the offense this year either, but it is probably a lot more complex reasoning behind the lack of production than we fans can possibly know.  After the Iowa State melt down, the offense seemed to change directions.  The offense in the early part of the season was all about complexity that it seemed none of the players understood.  After the Iowa State game, the direction was more protect the ball (for good reason) and simplicity.  I was never a fan of the West Coast Offense.  I did think we needed more balance to the game than we had in the later part of the Osborne-Solich years.  But when Bottom-feeder bill callahan tried to institute his offense (what ever that was) we went totally away from what had been the bread and butter of Nebraska football.

When the Huskers changed the direction during the end of they season, it had to be pretty basic.  There wasn't enough time to institute a full scale new offense during that part of the season and it was obvious that we didn't have the personel to continue with the offense that was in place BIS (Before Iowa State).  It seems a lot of people want to dump Barney Cotton.  I'm not so sure thats warranted.  I'm not a big fan of Watson, but I don't think dumping him is necessarily the right move either. 
It wouldn't bother me at all to see Mangino come to Lincoln.  I think there is way more to the fiasco in Lawrence than  is coming out.  I think perkins out "pederson" stevie boy in the way he handled the whole affair.  I don't put alot of stock in all the accusations that have been printed about that entire affair.

Go Big Red
Bob

C Jolly wrote:
> If we let Mr. Cotton go, would his sons go with him? The one on the team and the one who committed this year?
> BRADALAN at aol.com wrote:
>> I realize this does not take the entire season into account, but apart  from the three Sun Belt games, Nebraska had 16 Field Goals to 14 offensive  TDs, and 3 other TDs (1 punt return, 1 blocked punt return, 1 INT return) in 10  games.  I can see having more FGs than TDs over a 2-3 game stretch...but  10?  Wow.
>>  I am not calling for anyone's head, that is entirely up to Coach  Pelini and AD Osborne and they may have some other ways to fix the  offense, but I will be a little surprised if both Watson and Cotton return  next season. I would expect one of them to be moving on.  Don't really want  to see Mangino associated with the program if he is as abusive as reported, but  the O-Line seems to be the weakest link on the entire team this year, and I  never thought that would ever be possible at Nebraska.
>>  That said, I hope they pull it together for the Holiday Bowl, so the  seniors can go out on a well-deserved high-note with a victory over  Arizona.
>>  GO BIG RED!!!!
>>  Brad Bredenkamp
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