[Husker] Ouch!

[Scott Stewart]

What is interesting to me is the very thing that I thought Watson was good
at previously, he did not do well in this case. Let me elaborate.

I felt that Watson was quite good at looking at what he had offensively and
making the best of what he had. Each of the past two seasons, he has taken a
look and changed his offensive mindset according to what they needed to do
to win. In 2008, it was more of a spread type offense with short throws and
it worked well. Last year it was tighten the chin strap and grind it out,
but most of all don't make mistakes...and it did what it was suppose to do
let the defense win the game.

This year it just seemed there were no adjustments. I guess I would also
point to early in the year when the coaches said the QB's
were interchangeable. I don't see the quarterbacks as having the same
abilities and I would think the game plan changes significantly with their
differing abilities.

I defended Watson last year saying we may not have all the information, and
we didn't. While we may not have the information again, defending the
offensive production is getting difficult.

Scott

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:48 AM, aroundomaha <aroundomaha at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is worth discussing, but while I'm not a big Watson supporter I did
> > ponder whether this was a reasonable analysis. If we went back and picked
> > Osborne's worst games and analyzed the offensive numbers in the same way,
> I
> > think the result might be very similar.
> >
> > So back to Shatel's point, I truly wonder if there was a plan b.
>
> You know, when I first read the article, and then the comments, I
> thought, yeah, another hit piece.  But I reread the article and I
> think what Dirk says has some merit.  I think his definition of a
> critical point in a game is valid, and the stats are really telling.
> When the Huskers needed to make yards, there appears to be an answer,
> and they have used it a few times but not exclusively.  And that seems
> to be the issue, its the determination of what is needed at a
> particular point in time that may be faulty.  The determination may
> come from intimate familiarity with the offense, knowing what the QB
> can and can't do, but perhaps unaware of the track record.  I know
> this is just arm-chair, after-the-fact coaching, which we all excel
> at, but that last offensive series just sticks in my mind as the
> classic example of going away from what had been working and sticking
> with what had not.  And it appears clear to most of us that this was a
> mistake, a big one.  And I'm not in the Watson-must-go-at-all-costs
> camp, but I guess I'd have to scratch my head and ask what was it that
> made the coaches think that going to drop back passes was going to
> work.  And its more than that Martinez was the starting QB - that's
> not an answer.
>
> Nick
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