Playcalling or execution?
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grandpasknee
All-Conference
It is lack of execution. It is lack of depth of talent in most positions. It is deficient S&C over the past 15 years. It is coaching.
1. If you are scrambling to put depth on the field, execution is going to suffer, pure and simple.
2. If you have a lack of depth, then practices don't really hone the top players beyond where they are already at. Hard to prepare for an all conference tackle when you are facing a second year 2 or 3 star.
3. S&C doesn't fix things in a year or two. It just doesn't.
4. Scott has the brightest future of most any coach in the BIG, and I believe that. But he's in year 4 of head coaching. Tom Osborn said he was a MUCH better coach in year 10 as a head coach than he was in year 5.
I'm not going to worry, fret or curse about any of these things for at least two more full seasons after this one. And I feel if Scott can't turn it around, it won't get turned around.
1. If you are scrambling to put depth on the field, execution is going to suffer, pure and simple.
2. If you have a lack of depth, then practices don't really hone the top players beyond where they are already at. Hard to prepare for an all conference tackle when you are facing a second year 2 or 3 star.
3. S&C doesn't fix things in a year or two. It just doesn't.
4. Scott has the brightest future of most any coach in the BIG, and I believe that. But he's in year 4 of head coaching. Tom Osborn said he was a MUCH better coach in year 10 as a head coach than he was in year 5.
I'm not going to worry, fret or curse about any of these things for at least two more full seasons after this one. And I feel if Scott can't turn it around, it won't get turned around.
Hayseed
All-American
I think we look for complex solutions to obvious problems. Put someone in who can hike a ball. The 'chicken or egg' arguments aren't necessary.
If you watch this, you'll see what our offense was supposed to look like against NW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_dvYTd_7c&t=183s
If you watch this, you'll see what our offense was supposed to look like against NW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_dvYTd_7c&t=183s
B.B. Hemingway
All-American
I have become increasingly convinced that if the O-Line wasn't terrible, everything else would look way better, nobody more so than Martinez. As a whole, when figuring in the snapping issues, this may be the most inept O-Line we've ever had.
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Nebfanatic
All-American
Huh? We don't run the same offense as Stanford and they only scored 4 more points. If it was that simple they probably would have done it by now. In fact they subbed Jurgens out against USA. Farniok did not inspire confidence in his stead.
Nebfanatic
All-American
The line breaks down the most out of any position group. That said they are young and show flashes of very good play. Hopefully they gel more as the season progresses.
So, if this true ... I guess one has to assume that they got hoodwinked into coming to :bigredn: by Frost and again, these few players are victims all over again [even though they are the superior player].
God help us if this true. We have the wrong coaching staff if this is true
Nebfanatic
All-American
B.B. Hemingway
All-American
Nebfanatic
All-American
No seniors and 2 underclassmen is pretty young to me, especially with a center as inexperienced as Jurgens. Good lines only play stud underclassmen.
B.B. Hemingway
All-American
It's hard to imagine the three Jr's getting much better before next year, but we'll see.
Nebfanatic
All-American
Those 3 performed alright when they had Farmer and Foster playing along side them. I think as Jurgens gets better, so will the line.
3rd and long
Starter
In this day and age of college football, where true freshman play at every position, that is not young at all.
B.B. Hemingway
All-American
Let's hope. I'm just tired of seeing Mills/Washington/Robinson being met in the backfield before they have a chance to take the hand off.