Nebraska Kid

[T_O_Bull]

Too bad he's a Senior.

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:facepalm: Wasted talent.

:yeah

 

[schuhbdoo]

Too bad he's a Senior.

:facepalm: Wasted talent.

It has to make you wonder how a kid like this doesn't see the field when we've got wide receivers dropping passes left and right. Awesome game today.

That's ANOTHER knock on Watson. I was telling my wife this today while watching the game. You mean to tell me Watts and his staff didn't know this kid had potential until the last friggen regular season game of the kids career??!!!! How long has Watts been here???!!! I think the guy is a hack and needs to be sent packing after the year. Oh yeah, and he needs to take Gilmore with him!!!

I would say a big part of it is that he was a baseball player, never played football his entire life, walked on at quarterback last year, essentially just for kicks (after he couldn't pitch any longer) because we were down to about 2.5 quarterbacks at the time, made a position change to receiver during bowl practice last year, and was injured throughout this season.

He was at receiver for ONE YEAR, and was battling injuries. Still critical?

Damn right I am critical. He practiced with the team this past spring correct? Again, Watson and Gilmore either fail to coach up talent or recogonize it!

Sorry, I should have put the "was battling injuries" in really big, bolded text too.

It's apparent that you are not seeing the big picture here. It took Watson AND Gilmore the last game of the year to discover that we had a person who is actually better than Paul? It's obvious that Gilmore AND Watson couldn't locate talent even if it smacked em in the face!

It really took a stress fracture to show Gilmore and Watson and Bo Pelini that this kid could actually catch a pass.

I am glad they saw that shoulder tackling and failure to wrap up against Texas shouldn't be rewarded with future play as a starter.

 

[Blackshirtsguru]

Too bad he's a Senior.

:facepalm: Wasted talent.

It has to make you wonder how a kid like this doesn't see the field when we've got wide receivers dropping passes left and right. Awesome game today.

That's ANOTHER knock on Watson. I was telling my wife this today while watching the game. You mean to tell me Watts and his staff didn't know this kid had potential until the last friggen regular season game of the kids career??!!!! How long has Watts been here???!!! I think the guy is a hack and needs to be sent packing after the year. Oh yeah, and he needs to take Gilmore with him!!!

I would say a big part of it is that he was a baseball player, never played football his entire life, walked on at quarterback last year, essentially just for kicks (after he couldn't pitch any longer) because we were down to about 2.5 quarterbacks at the time, made a position change to receiver during bowl practice last year, and was injured throughout this season.

He was at receiver for ONE YEAR, and was battling injuries. Still critical?

Damn right I am critical. He practiced with the team this past spring correct? Again, Watson and Gilmore either fail to coach up talent or recogonize it!

Sorry, I should have put the "was battling injuries" in really big, bolded text too.

It's apparent that you are not seeing the big picture here. It took Watson AND Gilmore the last game of the year to discover that we had a person who is actually better than Paul? It's obvious that Gilmore AND Watson couldn't locate talent even if it smacked em in the face!

I do believe that you are the one missing the big picture. Joe was impressing a lot in practice all season, and right when he would be about to get some reps, he would get hurt. Watson and Gilmore locating and discovering talent on the team is an entirely different argument than Joe not playing. They recognized the talent just fine, and were excited for him to get some playing time, but obviously that is not very intelligent if a player is hurt.

Watson was beaming about the kid in post-game interviews last night, did you listen to them? He talked about how Joe is a straight up baller and came to work everyday, and would be making a serious push to get on the field and boom, he'd sprain an ankle or pull a hamstring.

You are blowing this way out of proportion. Joe comes in and has three catches against a mediocre defense, and you turn that into:

1. He's better than Niles Paul. I'm assuming that means better in every facet? Or maybe just in catching? Not like he could be on a hot streak or struggle in other areas but yeah, he's better than Niles.

2. Watson and Gilmore weren't paying attention to him all season. Couldn't be that something clicked, or that he improved a lot as a player to where he was finally deserving of playing time, but earlier in the season wasn't good enough for it.

Bottom line is...Watson and Gilmore have been here since the dark days of Callahan and have YET to put together a great offense. Hell I would settle for a decent one. Both compliment each other on FAILURE!

 

[Blackshirtsguru]

Too bad he's a Senior.

:facepalm: Wasted talent.

It has to make you wonder how a kid like this doesn't see the field when we've got wide receivers dropping passes left and right. Awesome game today.

That's ANOTHER knock on Watson. I was telling my wife this today while watching the game. You mean to tell me Watts and his staff didn't know this kid had potential until the last friggen regular season game of the kids career??!!!! How long has Watts been here???!!! I think the guy is a hack and needs to be sent packing after the year. Oh yeah, and he needs to take Gilmore with him!!!

I would say a big part of it is that he was a baseball player, never played football his entire life, walked on at quarterback last year, essentially just for kicks (after he couldn't pitch any longer) because we were down to about 2.5 quarterbacks at the time, made a position change to receiver during bowl practice last year, and was injured throughout this season.

He was at receiver for ONE YEAR, and was battling injuries. Still critical?

Damn right I am critical. He practiced with the team this past spring correct? Again, Watson and Gilmore either fail to coach up talent or recogonize it!

Sorry, I should have put the "was battling injuries" in really big, bolded text too.

It's apparent that you are not seeing the big picture here. It took Watson AND Gilmore the last game of the year to discover that we had a person who is actually better than Paul? It's obvious that Gilmore AND Watson couldn't locate talent even if it smacked em in the face!

It really took a stress fracture to show Gilmore and Watson and Bo Pelini that this kid could actually catch a pass.

I am glad they saw that shoulder tackling and failure to wrap up against Texas shouldn't be rewarded with future play as a starter.

My thoughts exactly!! It's their lack of discovering talent within. Makes me wonder how much talent is buried on the depth chart with this team.