FRANK SOLICH INTERVIEW

The problem with Dailey, as has been stated, was that he was recruited as an option QB and had to adjust into Cally's system. The kid caught a lot of crap which wasn't really his fault. Yes running out of bounds shy of the 1st marker on 4th wasn't his best moment, but still. It was like a square peg in a round hole (kind of like our offense now at times). Lord was a good athlete, he just didn't have much talent around him on offense.

 
Who do you think encouraged Joe to run out of bounds on 4th? All year he was told that he was the only qb they had and they were going to protect him....

 
The problem with Dailey, as has been stated, was that he was recruited as an option QB and had to adjust into Cally's system. The kid caught a lot of crap which wasn't really his fault.
That is what I've been saying about Dailey for years. Would have loved to see that guy in Frank's option offense.
He would have had similar results because he was an average college Quarterback. He wouldn’t have excelled in “Barney’s System” anymore then he did in Billy C’s. If you remember Barney was supposedly brought in to have a more balanced offense that could actually throw the ball. When Dailey played his Frosh year he didn’t do anything that should have made anybody think “Wow our future is bright” although some of the goofs in the Nation did. They based him being a potential stud off of a mop-up duty duck that he completed against Utah State. When brought in against ISU after Lord spotted him 28 points the offense and Dailey proceeded to lay a big fat turd. Dailey couldn’t throw the ball, was an average runner and people only had boners for him because he was the 2nd string QB behind Lord who they all detested (for some reason). Also if I’m not mistaken Dailey said in an interview that his High School team ran an offense similar to the WCO (waits for someone to say “link please”).

As far as Frankie and QB’s go, he got burned a couple times (Dukes, Crawford) and the 2nd choice guys (McLaughlin, Stunz) he brought in weren’t D-1 QB’s.

 
The problem with Dailey, as has been stated, was that he was recruited as an option QB and had to adjust into Cally's system. The kid caught a lot of crap which wasn't really his fault.
That is what I've been saying about Dailey for years. Would have loved to see that guy in Frank's option offense.
He would have had similar results because he was an average college Quarterback. He wouldn’t have excelled in “Barney’s System” anymore then he did in Billy C’s. If you remember Barney was supposedly brought in to have a more balanced offense that could actually throw the ball. When Dailey played his Frosh year he didn’t do anything that should have made anybody think “Wow our future is bright” although some of the goofs in the Nation did. They based him being a potential stud off of a mop-up duty duck that he completed against Utah State. When brought in against ISU after Lord spotted him 28 points the offense and Dailey proceeded to lay a big fat turd. Dailey couldn’t throw the ball, was an average runner and people only had boners for him because he was the 2nd string QB behind Lord who they all detested (for some reason). Also if I’m not mistaken Dailey said in an interview that his High School team ran an offense similar to the WCO (waits for someone to say “link please”).

As far as Frankie and QB’s go, he got burned a couple times (Dukes, Crawford) and the 2nd choice guys (McLaughlin, Stunz) he brought in weren’t D-1 QB’s.

Agreed. As I said Dailey was a victim of an offensive system switch. For all we know he could have been a great option QB, but was never given the chance and I think he got a lot of blame that was undeserved. Solich recruited him as an option QB then tried to switch the system up with Cotton. For all we know an option attack would have worked, but we are left to wonder because the kid was not a good passer. The biggest problem in college is teams not being flexible with their offense. Offensive systems need to be tailored to the personnel not making the players fit the system. Dailey was just caught in the middle IMO.

 
What was wrong with Jammal Lord? He was better than the QB's we have now.
Lord was a great athlete and very mediocre quarterback. Remember how he'd scramble for loses of 15 yards and not throw the ball away. I'll take throwing the ball out of bounds or diving forward for no loss over that any day.

When it's all said and done Green will prove to be a much better QB than Lord.

I'm one of the people that thinks Dailey would've been a serviceable qb in our pre-cally offense. Too bad running OOB on 4th down is what he will be remembered for. That did suck though!

 
When Solich recruited Dailey, he recruited him with the intentions of moving towards the spread option. Dailey wasn't a triple option QB. He was brought in to run a spread version of the option which is what Barney was trying to implement but Jamal Lord just didn't have it upstairs to grasp the offense. It's funny how some are more than willing to jump on Solich for the QB's he brought in but totally give TO a pass. TO recruited Frankie London, Mike Grant, Mickey Joseph, and some other not so great QB's of NU past. It's ironic that Jamal Lord broke Nebraska's QB rushing record during one of their worst season performances record wise since 1962. Statistically speaking, Jamal Lord was one of the best QB's to play at Nebraska ranking 3rd in Nebraska total offense, and he did it in just two seasons.

 
When Solich recruited Dailey, he recruited him with the intentions of moving towards the spread option. Dailey wasn't a triple option QB. He was brought in to run a spread version of the option which is what Barney was trying to implement but Jamal Lord just didn't have it upstairs to grasp the offense. It's funny how some are more than willing to jump on Solich for the QB's he brought in but totally give TO a pass. TO recruited Frankie London, Mike Grant, Mickey Joseph, and some other not so great QB's of NU past. It's ironic that Jamal Lord broke Nebraska's QB rushing record during one of their worst season performances record wise since 1962. Statistically speaking, Jamal Lord was one of the best QB's to play at Nebraska ranking 3rd in Nebraska total offense, and he did it in just two seasons.
How dare you dis Frankie London!

but yeah, all people remember is Lord throwing that pick at the end of the game against Texas instead of throwing it away. He probably should have been playing RB or WR though, had some really amazing runs.

 
The problem with Dailey, as has been stated, was that he was recruited as an option QB and had to adjust into Cally's system. The kid caught a lot of crap which wasn't really his fault.
That is what I've been saying about Dailey for years. Would have loved to see that guy in Frank's option offense.
He would have had similar results because he was an average college Quarterback. He wouldn’t have excelled in “Barney’s System” anymore then he did in Billy C’s. If you remember Barney was supposedly brought in to have a more balanced offense that could actually throw the ball. When Dailey played his Frosh year he didn’t do anything that should have made anybody think “Wow our future is bright” although some of the goofs in the Nation did. They based him being a potential stud off of a mop-up duty duck that he completed against Utah State. When brought in against ISU after Lord spotted him 28 points the offense and Dailey proceeded to lay a big fat turd. Dailey couldn’t throw the ball, was an average runner and people only had boners for him because he was the 2nd string QB behind Lord who they all detested (for some reason). Also if I’m not mistaken Dailey said in an interview that his High School team ran an offense similar to the WCO (waits for someone to say “link please”).

As far as Frankie and QB’s go, he got burned a couple times (Dukes, Crawford) and the 2nd choice guys (McLaughlin, Stunz) he brought in weren’t D-1 QB’s.

People seem to forget that about solich also... oh how different the face of husker football would be if carl crawford wouldn't have gone to the mlb....

 
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