[Husker] Dienhart: Watson to Louisville

[Mike Jaixen]

Let's not forget that Nick Saban tried to hire Watson as his offensive 
coordinator at Alabama three years ago, but Watson chose to stay at Nebraska.

I personally think Watson has taken too much abuse and the criticism of Watson 
has been excessive. Not saying that Watson is completely blameless, but 
Nebraska's offensive issues were more than just playcalling and offensive 
design.  Injuries and lack of depth really played larger roles than Watson 
IMHO.  (Yes, I am blaming the residual effects of Billy C, especially for some 
of the problems in 2008 and 2009.  Much less so in 2010, and that excuse is 
pretty much dead going forward.)

Shawn Watson tried to make it work, perhaps out of a sense of loyalty to some of 
his players or perhaps Tom Osborne. Or maybe it was to stay connected with his 
son, who was a walkon on the team.  Maybe it was to see if he could evolve and 
grow as a coach to bring in different ideas.  Whatever happened, it didn't work 
out as well as we would have liked...so everybody moves on.

Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
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From: Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
To: Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>
Cc: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 10:24:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Dienhart: Watson to Louisville

One thing I've been thinking about is that Watson never signed on to coach
under Bo. It's the same as the danger of sticking with the same job when
your company comes under new management. The job is nice, but your new boss
may have different expectations for you, which are not in line with your
skills. His personality also might not be the best match for yours.

We don't know how much these things affected Watson's job performance. It's
admirable that he stuck around and tried to make it work, I guess, but my
personal feeling is that Bo and Watson were not a good match. And that's not
even getting into the question of whether Watson has the skills to perform
in that job anyway (we've been over that enough!).

Aaron


On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Paul Dalen <quesohusker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm glad he found a job. He's by all accounts a good guy and has done
> > good things for NU.  Buts let's be realistic about the situation.
>
> Agreed.  Nothing against Watson personally.  But in the business of
> big time football, performance like that has to laid at the feet of
> the coaches (heck, you can't fire the players!).  We know Bo does
> defense.  It was Watson's offense, perhaps not the one he wanted to
> run, but it was the one he was given to run.  It ran well until the
> first pothole, and the wheels fell off.  No excuses.  His offense, his
> problem, he couldn't fix it, despite having spare parts.
>
> I wish him well, and I don't feel anything like I felt for Cosgrove or
> Callahan.  Not even close.  Now there's a dead horse!!
>
> Nick
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