THE Solution for the Husker Offense

Cdog923 said:
You could never guess when Tom was going to run it, though. With Frank, everyone in the stadium saw it coming a mile away. 
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I always just rolled my eyes when people would claim this was a horrible play and should never be ran when Solich was here.  It was a great play when used correctly.

It wasn't the play that was bad.

 
The problem is the run game. There's zero creativity. It's like SF has forgotten himself. He's too in love with slinging it around sideline to sideline hoping JD or Wan'Dale will turn it into a glorified 25-50 yard run play. Where's the guard pulls? Where's the power formations from the shotgun? Do we have any veer/belly option plays? Counters? Draws? Screens?

We didn't see any of that. It's like they despise the run game and we just go inside/outside zones all game long hoping speed is enough. You can't always get away with that and it showed against both USA and CU. They had no answer for stunts and delayed blitzes. This is 2 weeks now of this BS. They've got to start looking at themselves in the mirror.

Maybe what worked at UCF won't work here. Maybe it's time to tweak their scheme a bit and start doing basic concepts kids are familiar with back in high school. While we do miss Morgan, Ozigbo, and a couple offensive linemen, there's no excuse. Players run out of eligibility, they have to find a way to reload and get better with what they have.

Really disappointed in the offensive performance through 2 games. The defense hasn't been consistent enough to compliment the offense either. It's like whenever we force a turnover on defense, our offensive staff craps the bed because they got caught off guard while thinking about what plays they'll call 3-4 plays in advance.

 
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K9Buck said:
I think offenses sometimes need time to progress.  Maybe it's not the fault of any one position or coach, but just a time-to-develop matter.  
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This was the case last season....I agree. While its not ideal we start like this, I highly doubt we look like this come seasons end

 
BigRedBuster said:
Seriously???

I was wondering when "run the damn ball" guy was going to show up.

FYI....46 runs to 26 passes.
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If you're going to quote someone at least quote everything. Because then you're reading it out of context. I know the stats. How many of those 46 runs were A) zone runs and B) QB runs because the O-Line failed to block on a passing down and AM was scrambling for dear life? Or how many of them were inside handoffs that went for 1-3 yards or a fumble? Zero creativity is the point. No delayed handoffs, no counters, no draws to the running back.

It's just lazy throwaway downs to get to a passing down. The offensive staff gets into a whirlwind if a run goes for 5-6 yards. They rely on what's called money plays in hopes of getting an explosive play and when it doesn't work they do it again. That's not indicative of a successful game plan.

 
FTW said:
If you're going to quote someone at least quote everything. Because then you're reading it out of context. I know the stats. How many of those 46 runs were A) zone runs and B) QB runs because the O-Line failed to block on a passing down and AM was scrambling for dear life? Or how many of them were inside handoffs that went for 1-3 yards or a fumble? Zero creativity is the point. No delayed handoffs, no counters, no draws to the running back.

It's just lazy throwaway downs to get to a passing down. The offensive staff gets into a whirlwind if a run goes for 5-6 yards. They rely on what's called money plays in hopes of getting an explosive play and when it doesn't work they do it again. That's not indicative of a successful game plan.
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Your comment about Frost being in love with slinging it all around wasn't accurate.

Your comments about the run game having major problems (and creativity might be part of it) was accurate.

I was simply pointing out a part of your post that wasn't accurate.  Frost wants to run the ball and he DOES run the ball.  He doesn't just "sling it from sideline to sideline" without trying to run it.  It's just not working right now and part of it is because of creativity in what you said.

 
It is already clear that we - the experts -  are on the right track. Lots of good comments here. Since we are all thinking the same thing, the wisdom of the crowd theory postulates that the best plays will be picked. 

I believe in science! 

 
BigRedBuster said:
I always just rolled my eyes when people would claim this was a horrible play and should never be ran when Solich was here.  It was a great play when used correctly.

It wasn't the play that was bad.
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The reasoning at least made sense for TO.  We were strong to the field so the defense would also line up with an extra defender to the field so we would run short side because there were fewer defenders.

Frank would often run Flex-Bone which is a balanced formation.  Maybe the defense was slightly shaded to the field but but not overloaded like they would be when the offense was also strong to the field.  And then he'd have the choice of running option to the field with Crouch and Newcombe or to the short side with Lance Brown (or someone like that) and he kept doing that.  So his decisions either had no reasoning or bad reasoning.  It honestly wouldn't surprise me if his reasoning was "Well Tom used to do it that way" because he really had no grasp of how to set up plays.

 
K9Buck said:
I think offenses sometimes need time to progress.  Maybe it's not the fault of any one position or coach, but just a time-to-develop matter.  
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I can't remember who but there were posters here who said the defense would need to carry this team early on this year while the offense gelled and figured it out. I think they were spot on and that's what we're seeing.

 
WyoHusker56 said:
I can't remember who but there were posters here who said the defense would need to carry this team early on this year while the offense gelled and figured it out. I think they were spot on and that's what we're seeing.
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You guys were one play away from winning against a solid opponent on the road.  The sky is not falling.

 
I love this idea! It never goes wrong when we have the internet make decisions. Sure we might end up with a play called Inside RunnyMcRunFace, But I love it!

 
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