[Husker] Nebraska's Offense

Thu Dec 10 18:24:43 CST 2009

I don't think Coach Watson was in charge during the 2007 season, and the 
"records" that were set were mostly after the game was lost and out of 
hand.  I always marvel when people say "look at how many yards we racked 
up" when were were beat by 3 or more touchdowns.  IF the offense would 
have been a winning offense, Callahan would have still been here (God 
forbid).  And the 2007 offense had many of their best games after the 
starting QB got hurt and an untried QB got pushed into service.

The 2008 season did have a relatively good offensive production.  I 
expect that we will again return to the level we expect.  It is a 
process and Coach Pelini will implement the tasks to make that process 
happen.

GBR
Bob

aroundomaha wrote:
> Great summary of many things I've felt over the past month. When Coach
> Osborne was calling similar plays I always had a gut feeling... "here comes
> a fullback trap" or "here comes an option play action deep post" and BANG
> he'd upper cut the defensive coordinator.
>
> To his credit I don't think that full capability was available to Watson as
> its not something you can do in a few short weeks. That WAS the NU offense
> back then, this was something they did as an emergency option (modest pun
> intended).
>
> I'm not ready to write Coach Watson off and it will bode more fortunate for
> NU to put the pieces back together for the Bowl and head into spring. I
> doubt it is in the Huskers' best interest to try and shift total offensive
> philosophy due to temporal shortcomings. His offense worked very well the
> past two seasons and with a chance to regroup I think it will again.
> Everyone was holding their breath at the end of last season hoping Wats
> wouldn't leave for another job and he didn't suddenly forget how to coach
> since then :)
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:03 AM, rczeranko <rczeranko at juno.com> wrote:
>
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>> When Nebraska played ISU, they were plagued with injuries. Had Roy Helu
>> been healthy, he would not have fumbled the ball and Nebraska would have
>> had at least an additional 14 points. It does beg the question as to why
>> he was playing injured. These are decisions of the staff and we may never
>> know all the details. I don't know who else may have been injured when
>> Nebraska played TTech and ISU (besides Rex Burkhead).
>>
>> I agree with the post regarding lack of production at wide receiver.
>> However, Nebraska lost a lot with the graduation of Joe Ganz, Todd
>> Peterson, Nate Swift, Matt Slauson, and Lydon Murtha. And remember that
>> Bo Pelini was hired because of the problems Nebraska had on defense, so
>> his focus was there.
>>
>> Coach Watson is a good coach, but I don't see what his game plan is. It
>> looks like he just calls plays without setting up anything. Coach Osborne
>> used to view calling an offense as a chess match. To me, it doesn't look
>> like that is Coach Watson's approach. Again, I am speaking as a fan
>> watching on games on TV and I don't have any details as to what is really
>> going on.
>>
>> If Nebraska had some San Francisco 49-ers or Green Bay Packer style west
>> coast plays, then I believe there would be more production. I have always
>> felt that these versions of the west coast offense was similar to
>> Nebraska's option attack in as much as it is designed to get the running
>> back into space. Instead of a pitch play, short passes are used to get
>> the running back away from the line of scrimmage and to make the
>> secondary make tackles.
>>
>> As I have posted previously, now that Coach Pelini has fixed the defense,
>> he will be turning his attention to the offense. I am sure that he will
>> be seeking guidance from Coach Osborne. It is fairly obvious to me that
>> Coach Pelini has a lot of respect for Coach Osborne. It will be
>> interesting to see how Coach Watson will react to this. I am sure that he
>> will be okay with it.
>>
>> While it is easy to say fire so and so, isn't that what got Nebraska into
>> this situation in the first place? AD Pederson fired Coach Solich during
>> the season that Coach Solich finally stepped out from underneath Coach
>> Osborne's shadow and made the football team his own. I for one would have
>> given Coach Solich another two or three years before making any changes
>> instead of firing him that year he initially hired Coach Cotton, Coach
>> Pelini, etc.
>>
>> One good thing that came from all that is Nebraska hired Coach Blake and
>> he brought Ndamukong Suh to the program. So, every cloud has a silver
>> lining.
>>
>> By the by, I know that there is some (may be a lot) of animosity toward
>> Coach Callahan, but people need to remember that he stepped in after AD
>> Pederson fired Coach Solich. While his time at Nebraska was not the
>> greatest, he took the reigns at the worst possible time - after the hand
>> picked coach by Nebraska's legend had been fired. Maybe Coach Callahan
>> wasn't a good fit, but a least he stepped up to the plate (and again, he
>> brought Coach Blake to Nebraska, and ...).
>>
>> I for one get a little tired hearing all the negative personal
>> superlative about players or coaches when things don't go well. While I
>> believe that AD Pederson thought he was fixing Nebraska football, his
>> approach just didn't fit this program. I cannot believe that he took the
>> job at Nebraska to ruin the program. It just doesn't make sense. I also
>> don't believe that Coach Callahan and his staff (even though I cussed out
>> Coach Cosgrove a many time on football Saturday while watching from my
>> couch) tried to ruin the program. They did what they thought they needed
>> to win. No coach likes losing.
>>
>> I do hope that Nebraska works hard to keep the recruits and get the
>> de-commits to re-commit. Maybe that more than anything will be the
>> catalyst to spurn the improvements in the offense we all know can happen.
>>
>> I have nothing to but complete and utter confidence in Coach Pelini. He
>> has taken a 5-7 program to the conference championship. I fully expect
>> Nebraska to win the Big-XII Championship next season (my bold prediction
>> #3). I and will make a new bold prediction right now: within the next
>> three seasons (2010-2012)Nebraska will be playing for the national
>> championship. Most likely this will happen three seasons from this one.
>>
>> Next year's schedule is okay, the non-conference is pretty easy.
>> Washington will be a good challenge. The Big-XII schedule while
>> challenging will be aided by the fact the Texas will be regrouping after
>> the offensive players they graduate (although the defense will not
>> graduation too many people). Nebraska football is back baby and that's
>> the way I like!
>>
>> Look for me at the Holiday Bowl. I will be the one wearing red!
>>
>> Go Big Red!
>>
>> Rob Czeranko
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