Man, I take it all back now. Wats was in rare form today. The offense scored on four big plays in the first half. I will just ignore all of the mistakes we made. It's the players fault. Those morons can never get it right. So don't hold Wats accountable for the offense being outscored 14-7 in the second half. And bonus on the excellent play calling. You know the guy with the biggest fumble problem on the roster, yea, Niles. Let's put him back there to take a snap and receive the pitch on an option play. UMMMMMM....WTH
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kansas husker
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First off what would the score have been in the second half without the penalties across the filed, cotton had a big paly called back, and (i belive) Kinnie had a holding call the got a touchdown called back, these guys were not anywhere near the play. In both those cases Wats had a good play call and the team did not execute he put the right players on the field, made the right call at the right time, and their were mental errors made. He cant think for the players.
As for putting Niles in the wildcat, it was a differant look, he gave it a shot in a low risk situation with the game already in hand. Something probably not to try for the first time aginst a top 10 team. It was a good chane to give the formation a look to see if it will work, it didn't so back to the drawing board.
bshirt
Banned
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Our offense looked like the keystone cops but as always.....your apologist excuses never end and never will. I think Bo is getting damn sick and tired of "excuses" and SW had better have some answers very, very soon.
zoogs
Assistant Coach
bshirt, we have a young quarterback who, though he runs circles around Sunbelt and Idaho defenders, only puts up 6.2 ypa in the passing game. That is a concern. And that is something we have to be patient as fans with, as well as something that rests square on the shoulders of Bo Pelini for making the call at quarterback.
Have a little patience with Taylor yet.
But so far all we have seen out of him is unreal ability and success on the run, inconsistency and inefficiency via the air. Against an opponent like Idaho, it should have yielded far better results than it did. Looks like having a QB who can break it on the run isn't the end-all, be-all of a good offense (your theory)...but it's too early to return a verdict yet.
Have a little patience with Taylor yet.
But so far all we have seen out of him is unreal ability and success on the run, inconsistency and inefficiency via the air. Against an opponent like Idaho, it should have yielded far better results than it did. Looks like having a QB who can break it on the run isn't the end-all, be-all of a good offense (your theory)...but it's too early to return a verdict yet.
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kansas husker
All-Conference
What excuses did you read? Were there not good plays called that were offset by mental mistakes? Bo as well as T.O. have always spoke very high of watson, so what makes you think he is in anyway tired of Watson? What do you mean my answers do you mean putting up almost 350 yards rushing? That sounds like a pretty damn good answer to me.
bshirt
Banned
Are you kidding?
we get six picks & 3 TDs by the defense but only score 38 pts vs...."Idaho". At lincoln. Yeah, our offense is just fine.
Wats coaches the offense. Therefor when the offense makes mistakes, those are on his plate. As I recall, when the Husker D struggled in the second half of week one Coach Pelini called it an absolute embarrassment. And he put a lot of that on himself and the coaching staff. When have you heard Wats speak as strongly. Answer, never. And we always need more time to get better on offense, while Bo talks about the urgency of fixing the problem NOW.
bshirt
Banned
Having a qb who runs as illusive as the Great Pyramid wouldn't have helped today zoogies.
kansas husker
All-Conference
So Watts is responsible for the players hitting players from behind? Do you think that was by design or did the player make a mistake? If there were playcalling or personal mistakes I would agree. The problems the offense saw today were mental mistakes? The coaches cannot think for the players, all they can do is call the right plays and get the right people on the filed. If feel like they did that today, and yes Bo took accountablitiy for it. The main question I have is at what point are the players held accountable for the mistakes that they make?
zoogs
Assistant Coach
I'm glad you agree with me, bshirt. Though I don't know how elusive the great pyramids are.
I always thought having a QB who only ran well wasn't going to be able to do everything.
FWIW guys fumbling, is not the OC's fault either. Fact is you do not like the OC. Players doing well, is on the players. Players not doing well, is on the coaches. There's no consistency here. There are mistakes that are scheme-wise mistakes, and there are mistakes that are simply player error. We saw the latter today.
I always thought having a QB who only ran well wasn't going to be able to do everything.
FWIW guys fumbling, is not the OC's fault either. Fact is you do not like the OC. Players doing well, is on the players. Players not doing well, is on the coaches. There's no consistency here. There are mistakes that are scheme-wise mistakes, and there are mistakes that are simply player error. We saw the latter today.
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Wats just needs to step up and put some of the responsibility on himself. Don't go out there and say, it was execution. Say, we need to coach and play better. When Wats says mistakes are unacceptable, and extends that pressure to himself, and then when the players succeed, Wats gives them credit for doing it, I will be happier. Don't talk about system and how you and the coaches worked out a great plan. Bottom line, players make plays, not coaches. And players need to know that the coach has their back. Wats has said plenty of things in the past that indicate he is trying to remove himself from responsibility by making excuses.
Here is what he says instead.....
The most important thing in my job, is to find wins. We had to die to ourselves in that staff room. We did. Because of what we were dealing with. So when we did that, we did it for the good of the team so we could win.
I am sorry, Wats and the coaches don't make plays. He died in the staff room. Talk about OVER DRAMA. He can't find JACK. The players work out in the offseason to make themselves better. And, in the end, its the players who win. Prepare the players as best you can, let them have the credit for the good, take some of their blame load when things go bad. Then you'll have respect from guys like me.
All this being said, I bleed Husker red and I want us to have success. But if we go up to Washington next week and put Niles in the wild cat and give up a fumble. Or, if we throw a no yards screen pass to the sideline that results in a fumble return for a TD or a pick six, or any of that, I am going to be sitting at home pulling my freaking hair out and screaming, WTH
Here is what he says instead.....
The most important thing in my job, is to find wins. We had to die to ourselves in that staff room. We did. Because of what we were dealing with. So when we did that, we did it for the good of the team so we could win.
I am sorry, Wats and the coaches don't make plays. He died in the staff room. Talk about OVER DRAMA. He can't find JACK. The players work out in the offseason to make themselves better. And, in the end, its the players who win. Prepare the players as best you can, let them have the credit for the good, take some of their blame load when things go bad. Then you'll have respect from guys like me.
All this being said, I bleed Husker red and I want us to have success. But if we go up to Washington next week and put Niles in the wild cat and give up a fumble. Or, if we throw a no yards screen pass to the sideline that results in a fumble return for a TD or a pick six, or any of that, I am going to be sitting at home pulling my freaking hair out and screaming, WTH
kansas husker
All-Conference
I'm not remembering these statements. I could be wrong. Do you have quotes and sources?
zoogs
Assistant Coach
Bo talks about players miscommunicating and not executing all the time. Because that's what it is. Players got to know what they are doing out there and not make mistakes. That's the fact of it, on offense and on defense.
The ONE difference here: fans love Bo, fans don't love Watson.
Pretty sure that Wats connects well with his players and has their backs. Fans just see him as a Callahan holdover, and can't wait for Barney Cotton to step in at OC instead. That'll be the day...
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shyndy
All-Conference
not like our offense played perfect or anything but when your defense is getting so many TDS thats just fewer possessions for the offense. The turnovers were bad, not being able to get short yards in the red zone is bad (but again if you watch football things like this happen all the time no matter who is playing who), but I personally really like what our offense has looked like to this point and this many yards rushing with a pretty solid per carry, its been along time since we've seen an offense this "Nebraska" i don't care who we are playing. So there.