This thread is a good indication of why nobody on this board will ever be a coach at the University of Nebraska. The solutions to our problems at QB, as posted on this board, are:
1. Benching the starter in favor of a redshirt freshman against arguably the best defense we'll see this year
2. Retooling Taylor's throwing mechanics mid-season
3. Running the ball and not letting Taylor throw anything beyond 3 yards,
4. Changing offensive systems again and not recruiting running/dual-threat QBs
Does that pretty much cover it?
Pretty much.
The internet genius crowd as always has everything figured out. Dump the starting qb for an unproven freshman, dump Bo for another some other Clownahan we can find, dump the "run first" offense to go back to fluffball with pocket qbs who "make their reads" and run like a three toed sloth so once again we can enjoy the endless thrills of 2004 - 2007.
Ho hum.....just another day in HuskerNation.
GBR!!
bshirt, you're casting a pretty wide net here. I know this is an incredibly charged topic, but I bet if you went back through all the posts regarding TM (and that would be a lot), it would be a fairly small percentage that is saying bench him now in favor of Carnes. Yes there are a few that take it that far, but not most. The majority have presented legimate concerns about aspects of his game and again most are saying that they would just like to see Carnes at least get a little game time. I don't think it's as drastic as some make it seem
On the other hand, most of the supporters simply say that Carnes is not ready because Bo says so...really how often does Bo give the entire or true story about the team. The one single absolute fact that we know about Carnes, is that we do not know how he will perform in the heat of the game. There is no way we can know because no one has seen him. There are players that do perform better when they get under the lights. But there is really only one way to find out. And really those saying it might damage TM mentally, if he's not strong enough to handle coming out for one or two series, is he strong enough to be a D1 QB?
Sometimes TM appears to get pretty rattled out there, what would be wrong with giving him a series off just to get a little bit settled? That is one place I really think it would be good to have your QB coach on the sideline.
And how come it's only "internet genius" on one side of the debate? Isn't that all of us? :lol: As you always say....GBR