Shawn Watson and Tim Beck were both good offensive coordinators.
I disagree. They had their ups and downs but both were exposed by the better teams they played.
I liked their play-calling. Not as much when the plays didn't work, but that's football.
I found myself baffled many times by Beck's playcalling. I also liked some of it. He gave the ball to Ameer a lot, a wise decision, but I was not a huge fan of the way we ran the ball. Watson was the better of the two. You're last part you're just being arrogant. People here know that not every play is going to work. That wasn't what people were complaining about.
Keen observers may note that Nebraska 2014 had the #13 scoring offense in the nation and the #49 scoring defense. Maybe there's something in those numbers. I don't know. I'm not Steven Hawking.
How do the numbers look in big games, conference championships, or games againt the upper tier of divisional foes? Just curious. If I remember correctly, Nebraska reached two Big 12 Championship games. The offense scored 12 in one and 20 in the other. In the game which 20 points were scored, I believe Amukamara set up one of the scores with an interception return to the 1 yard line.
Ah, but if only Beck had just kept handing the rock to Ameer Abdullah instead of trying to get "creative."
Beck did hand the ball to Ameer and to Burkhead before that. Ran the wheels off them actually. Not complaining about the run game, I love it, like I said, I'd probably have liked if we ran it differently, but that's personal preference. One cannot live off the run game alone though. I didn't need Beck to get "creative" as you put it. Beck needed to develop a simple and efficient passing game that his QB's could execute when needed. It's not about numbers, it's about being effective when needed. Martinez and Armstrong struggled with many of the same issues for their entire careers. Maybe Beck could've been creative enough to develop his QB's and make their jobs a bit less complex.
Or if only he had gotten MORE creative, shuttling in all those plays that work every time, according to HuskerBoard members
It's not just Huskerboard members so let's not even try that nonsense. Beck's creativity hindered him too much. The problem was that when he created something that worked wonderfully, it seemed we were too quick to go away from it. It wasn't just people here making that criticism.
Do you remember the near perfect game he called against Miami, or do you remember the three consecutive passes he called in the third quarter? You can't remember both. Gotta pick just one.
You're listening to all the wrong people apparently. Anybody who says Beck didn't do anything right is full of it. Stop listening to them and you'll feel better immediately. That Miami game was beautiful. If I remember right, we lined up and ran it straight at them a few times and it worked. We quit doing it in the games to follow. The same with the diamond formation that worked. Or how about the option that Tommy executed beautifully to win the Michigan game on the final play. That ALL BUT disappeared.
Remember when Taylor Martinez, Kenny Bell and Ameer Abdullah broke almost every major Nebraska career offensive record in a five year span by running all those stupid, clueless plays?
What? Are we knocking T.O. or Devaney here? I don't get it? Records are falling all over college football every year. The game has changed, the rules have changed and the pace has changed. There's multiple articles written about it. Is Beck better than T.O. and Devaney because he broke their records?
Remember when the Nebraska offense did everything quicker, better and nearly mistake free in the only game Tim Beck coached without Bo Pelini's input?
The USC game is what I'm assuming you are talking about. That was a well played game by all involved save for the defense. The offensive line struggled a bit but they were up against a pretty damn good USC defensive line. Got to give them credit for scoring 40+ points, nobody saw that coming. I think people have been more than willing to give them credit for that one.
Urban Meyer isn't stupid, guys. He could have picked anyone.
I'm baffled by the decision. You're right, he could've picked anybody. He picked Beck. Obviously there's a reason for it. I'm not sure what it is, but like I said, Beck will be the one getting the education up there. He'll be better for it. It's a hell of an opportunity for his career. Still, being hired by Urban Meyer doesn't suddenly erase the chalkboard of his past. He made a lot of mistakes. I've mentioned many of them and there are more. He also did plenty right. What the effect of Bo Pelini was on Beck's production I don't know but it all happened, regardless of Meyer hiring him.
