[Husker] The Spread

[Tommy Thompson]

Depth is definitely key...examples:

1. Lose Frazier...put in Berringer...lose Berringer...put in Turman...as 
long as you have Phillips in the backfield.
2. Lose Phillips...put in Green...or Benning...or Childs...or Sims
 (ok...I know Sims never started, but he probably could have)

Tommy Thompson (Pa)
"GO BIG RED"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Wolfson" <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
To: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
Cc: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] The Spread


> Well, if you're Wisconsin, you just plug in the next star halfback. These
> are depth issues, not offensive scheme issues. If you only have 1 guy at 
> any
> important position, you're screwed when he gets hurt. It might be the QB 
> in
> a spread, or the RB in a power attack. If you run a power attack and your
> top OL gets hurt, you're just as screwed, IF you don't have an adequate
> replacement. If you have no depth, it doesn't matter what offense you run. 
> I
> think Sam is conflating these two issues in his column.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> > "A Saab  sports car, the spread can zoom some Saturday afternoons, 
>> > taking
>> the
>> > turns and hills with alarming, breathtaking big plays. But it breaks
>>  down too
>> > often and needs specific mechanics to make it him. Should one  of those
>> key
>> > mechanics, say, Nebraska's Taylor Martinez or Oregon's  Dennis Dixon a
>> few
>> > years ago,  get hurt, the car chugs along without its  engine"
>>
>> And what happens when a pro-style offense team's QB goes down
>> or when a running game offense team's star halfback goes down?
>> --
>> Mike Nolan
>>
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