Beck Talks About Deprogramming, Priorities and Dotting the 'I'

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Tim Beck hears the clock ticking down to the start of Nebraska's spring football practice Saturday, and even though the Huskers' new offensive coordinator is still working on his playbook, he has a "quiet confidence" and sees a "quiet storm" of equal confidence brewing among the team's coaches and players.
Monday afternoon, before Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini, Beck and defensive coordinator Carl Pelini prepared to "Meet the Press" Tuesday for the first time this spring, Beck sat down with the N-Sider to discuss his promotion and the challenge that came with it. Please consider this your engraved invitation to join the conversation.

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Q: Define how you will work with the quarterbacks, exactly what you're looking for and how you will determine who gets the keys to the car.
A: Obviously, we're looking for the most consistent guy and the best leader. That's important. Just because you're the starting quarterback does not guarantee great leadership. Leadership is based on making the least amount of mistakes and guys that "get" the system and figure it all out. There is a lot to teach them and a lot to deprogram so they figure out what they need to do, how to do it and why they need to do it. I'm excited, and I think our quarterbacks are excited about it. We're not really out of the war room yet, though, so it's hard to tell right now where it's all headed.
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The most consistent QB. Wow. How will that be? Consistency was in short supply last year.

 
Our QBs were consistent in throwing incompletions, taking sacks and fumbling. :rollin

 
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Talk about being the anti-Watson. These two quotes are golden.

Texas game anyone? 1st quote.

A: I mean, again, it's hard. When you start adding the variables of formations, there's no specific end-all to anything. It's just about being smart. If there are eight or nine guys in the box, don't run because even if everyone blocks someone, there are still three guys there. It's still a one-on-one situation. I'm guessing I'm going to be in the press box (calling plays), but I haven't even thought that far ahead. I'm still trying to get a playbook together.
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A: We want to hit the defense where it hurts them - hit them where they're not. You never know what play will work during a game. You can do all the breakdowns or all of the things that point to what they're going to do. But since you know a defense is going to want to do something different against you, you have to have the ability to get what you need to get to whenever you need to get there. That's the only way to hurt them.
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Easily the best interview I've read/heard from Beck yet. Awesome post Nexus.

 
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If there are eight or nine guys in the box, don't run because even if everyone blocks someone, there are still three guys there.
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There. More evidence that we won't take what we want. We won't line 'em up and run it down their throats regardless of how many guys are in the box. When they load up against the run, we hurt them through the air. It was more or less the principle that allowed Taylor to put up any kind of passing numbers last year, and it's one that should continue this year. You do what they don't expect. We exposed Muschamp's defense numerous times last year , but couldn't execute over and over again. I hope that doesn't happen again this year. I would like to see a good deal more passing also.

 
TO had the manpower upfront to be able to practically run with 11 guys in the box the last time I checked. If you think we have the guys to do that now then... That's what Beck means by playing to your strengths. Something TO realized as well.

 
nuance said:
Q: Define how you will work with the quarterbacks, exactly what you're looking for and how you will determine who gets the keys to the car.
A: Obviously, we're looking for the most consistent guy and the best leader. That's important. Just because you're the starting quarterback does not guarantee great leadership. Leadership is based on making the least amount of mistakes and guys that "get" the system and figure it all out. There is a lot to teach them and a lot to deprogram so they figure out what they need to do, how to do it and why they need to do it. I'm excited, and I think our quarterbacks are excited about it. We're not really out of the war room yet, though, so it's hard to tell right now where it's all headed.
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The most consistent QB. Wow. How will that be? Consistency was in short supply last year.
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Talked to a player the other day, from what he made it sound like Martinez is head and shoulders above any other QB right now, especially throwing.

 
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I'm sure glad TO never ran the ball with eight or nine guys in the box.
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Yep. As TO he states in his own book most NU big plays came from breaking through a stacked box. Because once you get past the LOS, you're frequently "gone".

Ahhh...but what does he know?

 
Beck is going to coach from the box. Great. NOT. That's what Watson did, and it was a miserable failure. We need our play caller to be down on the sideline, looking in the eyes of our guys and sending a clear message. These guys need hand on instruction during the game. If it's important for a coach to call plays from the box, then why aren't Bo and Carl split up on Saturdays. Both are on the sideline. And both are there because they put a high priority on first-person communication. When our QB comes over to the side frustrated and confused he needs to see his position coach and play caller there to tell him what to do next. Beck can't get that accomplished over a freaking head set.

 
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