Shawn Watson..the only coach left for the "worthless!" Callahan era...enough said!!!

[shpadoinklehusker]

I am so sick of this worthless offence. It is not Lee, and Green is not the answer at this point. We are just a weak offence period and it is due to leadership in my opinion. The Callahan era had no "Balls" and it showed. Our offence at this point is the same way. NO BALLS AND AT THIS POINT NO HUSKER HEART!

Callahan cancer is still effecting us 2 years later.

I disagree with your statement, there are 11 players who needed to execute with precision and work as a team. The players did not execute the system well enough. This premature assessment of Watson is completely wrong. You have to be patient. This system will work when the Huskers start executing it with precision. We still have a lot of games to play and I believe that the coaches will get this problem fixed.

 

[Danimal]

I had frustrations with Watson, just didn't seem like we weren't prepped to deal with and couldn't adjust to what Texas did to our rush game. But when a D like Texas's really focuses on the run and leaves the pass open you better be able to pass. We couldn't, and it was partly on TM but mainly on receivers throughout the game dropping the damn ball. When guys drop three td-passes and another that would've gotten us close to another td I can't just place blame on Wats. Maybe if we catch the passes Texas loosens up a bit and we're able to run some.

Plenty of blame to go around from top to bottom.

 

[huKSer]

I think Watson is a fine coach

Signed

Kevin Cosgrove

 

[HUSKERCR]

I also think Watson is a fine coach.

He is outstanding in all aspects.

The players just need to execute his vision.

-Bill Callahan

 

[NUance]

Yeah, that damn Shawn Watson. He put Vasolene on the gloves of the WRs before the game.

:facepalm:

 

[bshirt]

SW's brilliant multiple offense got us.....

1. "6" points vs Texas

2. "12" points vs Texas last year

3. "10" points vs OU last year

We're talking a grand combined total of "one" TD (where we started on their 5 yd line due to turnover) for those three games. What more could any fan want?

 

[holvy83]

The OC is only as good as the 11 players that have to execute the plays, and the only ones that executed with this offense was the guys wearing white! Martinez made bad reads all day, the line was getting smoked and receivers should not have eaten popcorn before the game. Texas also won the battle of field position, the D did not put any pressure on the QB and gave up too many long plays and penalties. Overall the entire team lost the game, if you want to put pressure on Watson, you just as well point to Pelini also. They all got out coached.

 

[knapplc]

Our struggles this year are coming from Taylor and not Watson.

What? Martinez didn't lose us this game, our receivers lost the game. We were in position to score multiple touchdowns under Martinez. There is no justification for making this statement.

 

[zoogs]

Our team lost us this game. You can point to isolated drops by receivers, but you can also point to times where Taylor killed drives with his decision-making and throwing behind the receiver. You could also point to coaches and Lee for some of the miscues at the end, with the timeout and the onside. And you can point to the defense, for failing to make the stops when they needed to. It was just a very deflated effort, on the whole.

Not about this game though. This year, the thing that has been holding us back is Taylor's progression as a QB. Against D's that can't keep pace with him, it doesn't matter because he will smoke them out of the water. That doesn't change that Taylor is holding us back in some important categories. I guess that's poorly worded, as it is more of a prediction than a statement regarding struggles to date.

None of this is really a case of "look what we saw; this changes things, and so we now draw this conclusion." It's more like, we knew what we were getting into with Taylor, and we are starting to see some of those weaknesses highlighted. The existence of those weaknesses is on Taylor, and not on Watson failing to coach up his QB properly. That's what I meant. Not saying Taylor isn't talented or that he doesn't have potential, or that he can't do some tremendous things. But in this offense he is also the limiting reagent. When he goes, we can really go. But he's not that consistent yet, and when he can't go, we are screwed.

 

[74Hunter]

Funny...when the offense was rolling along and piling up yards and points, no mention of wanting to fire Watson. One bad game that can be placed squarely on the players shoulders and all of a sudden the Fire Wats bandwagon makes a showing

Ive been saying it all along..If watson is such a good OC..then please tell me when he called a good game against a top 25 defense..Oh you mean when our offense was rolling against teams who are 65 and worse in defense? You do realize that the best defense we played before this game was kansas state..and they ranked 65TH..Maybe if you really payed attenton to watson's playcalling, you would recognize he doesnt adjust to good defense..he continues to run his offense even though ts not working and he doesnt mix it up. But since hes such a good OC im sure you could mention a game in which he called a good game against a top 25 D..pleae inform me when we called a good gameplan against a good d...ill be waiting.

This. It was apparent early (should have been seen on the UCLA/tu game films) that if you ran straight at tu's D, you could get yards. Yet Watson keep running the slow developing zone read that got stuffed time after time.

Barney's O-line played pretty decent against a pretty good D-Line, but the plays called did not allow the offense to thrive.

Oh, that and the WR's can't catch a ball. Who's the other C********n holdover, oh yeah, the WR coach. Both can take the next train outta Lincoln as far as I'm concerned.

 

[bshirt]

Funny...when the offense was rolling along and piling up yards and points, no mention of wanting to fire Watson. One bad game that can be placed squarely on the players shoulders and all of a sudden the Fire Wats bandwagon makes a showing

Ive been saying it all along..If watson is such a good OC..then please tell me when he called a good game against a top 25 defense..Oh you mean when our offense was rolling against teams who are 65 and worse in defense? You do realize that the best defense we played before this game was kansas state..and they ranked 65TH..Maybe if you really payed attenton to watson's playcalling, you would recognize he doesnt adjust to good defense..he continues to run his offense even though ts not working and he doesnt mix it up. But since hes such a good OC im sure you could mention a game in which he called a good game against a top 25 D..pleae inform me when we called a good gameplan against a good d...ill be waiting.

This. It was apparent early (should have been seen on the UCLA/tu game films) that if you ran straight at tu's D, you could get yards. Yet Watson keep running the slow developing zone read that got stuffed time after time.

Barney's O-line played pretty decent against a pretty good D-Line, but the plays called did not allow the offense to thrive.

Oh, that and the WR's can't catch a ball. Who's the other C********n holdover, oh yeah, the WR coach. Both can take the next train outta Lincoln as far as I'm concerned.

I'll gladly pay for both of their tickets.

 

[74Hunter]

Funny...when the offense was rolling along and piling up yards and points, no mention of wanting to fire Watson. One bad game that can be placed squarely on the players shoulders and all of a sudden the Fire Wats bandwagon makes a showing

Ive been saying it all along..If watson is such a good OC..then please tell me when he called a good game against a top 25 defense..Oh you mean when our offense was rolling against teams who are 65 and worse in defense? You do realize that the best defense we played before this game was kansas state..and they ranked 65TH..Maybe if you really payed attenton to watson's playcalling, you would recognize he doesnt adjust to good defense..he continues to run his offense even though ts not working and he doesnt mix it up. But since hes such a good OC im sure you could mention a game in which he called a good game against a top 25 D..pleae inform me when we called a good gameplan against a good d...ill be waiting.

This. It was apparent early (should have been seen on the UCLA/tu game films) that if you ran straight at tu's D, you could get yards. Yet Watson keep running the slow developing zone read that got stuffed time after time.

Barney's O-line played pretty decent against a pretty good D-Line, but the plays called did not allow the offense to thrive.

Oh, that and the WR's can't catch a ball. Who's the other C********n holdover, oh yeah, the WR coach. Both can take the next train outta Lincoln as far as I'm concerned.

For as much as tu fans dislike Greg Davis, at least he could figure out how to attack our defense, which is something that Watson couldn't do against tu's defense. I'd trade Watson for Davis any day of the week.

And I'm tired of hearing about how great Watson's offense was against our defense in 2001. That was more about a blind squirrel finding a nut, not some genius plan that he conconcted.

 

[sd'sker]

I thought Watson called a good game. Plays were there to be made and they didn't get made. I don't think you can ask too much more of a coach. Put your players in position to win.

i think you are right. and why keep bringing up callahan? he was under callahan one year, this is his third year under bo. not too mention, the offense was never the problem under callahan.

 

[suh_fan93]

I am so sick of this worthless offence. It is not Lee, and Green is not the answer at this point. We are just a weak offence period and it is due to leadership in my opinion. The Callahan era had no "Balls" and it showed. Our offence at this point is the same way. NO BALLS AND AT THIS POINT NO HUSKER HEART!

Callahan cancer is still effecting us 2 years later.

I disagree with your statement, there are 11 players who needed to execute with precision and work as a team. The players did not execute the system well enough. This premature assessment of Watson is completely wrong. You have to be patient. This system will work when the Huskers start executing it with precision. We still have a lot of games to play and I believe that the coaches will get this problem fixed.

'Our system' is exactly what the problem is against good competition and I'm not just talking about the game this weekend. I always remember Steve Young saying that the NFL wasn't a players league but that it was actually a 'coaches' league meaning teams who are successful aren't necessarily 'successful' because of star players but moreso because of coaching, scheme and the 'system' in which the players are operating.

Watson's offense doesn't give a defense a lot to think about and as in the Texas game for example throw in some dropped balls, fumbles, penalties what have you it just makes things ten times worse. It's shocking to me that other people don't believe this to be true. People need to realize that the 'system' and/or scheme your running is in essence a strategy. The bottom line is that a predictable strategy can equal defeat against a talented and savvy opponent. You need more than just a plan 'A' when things aren't working.

I hear coach Pelini calling himself out all of the time when our team plays lousy. Our offensive coordinator should have done this last year when we had the 99th ranked offense in the country coupled with the nations best defense. Regardless of what other people think even if we had beaten Texas my opinions about Watson would still be the same. It goes well beyond the Texas game. We may get lucky and win out the rest of our games but I cannot help in thinking we should be a much better team offensively (last year included) and that in the big picture the bulk of it isn't necessarily the players faults for their lack of success vs good teams.

 

[quitou]

Let’s be honest… this isn’t about the team. In some ways it is, but you still have to remember that we’re watching groups of college kids play a sport. I don’t have a problem if the kids don’t have what it takes to win, but that’s not what we saw last game. What we saw was a team that wasn’t prepared to play; we’ve seen them play their hearts out, but for some reason they weren’t there on Saturday. And that’s the coach’s and coordinators’ job to get them ready.

I’m seeing a tragic symptom with Shawn Watson. Ever since he’s been the OC of the Huskers, there’s been at least one game a year where the offense was just unprepared to play. Last year it was Iowa State at home. This year it was the last game and the embarrassing SDSU game. Shawn has floated along with his coaching capacity for a while, but I’m really getting sick and tired of watching his offense get embarrassed once or twice a year due to nothing but what seems like poor preparation. The Pelinis can stay; their defense has at least been consistent all year long and doesn’t self-destruct on national TV.

My vote for concern is that Shawn Watson isn’t a consistent OC, and the Huskers need to remove the last clinging members of the Callahan era soon. If you don't think it's Watson, then riddle me this... why is it only the offense that wets the bed when NE has lost in embarrassing fashion lately?