Very nice first post!!! Only problem is, I don't see (neither do many on here) Lee being able to get us to a North Title or even close to winning the Big Twelve. As I see it, Green gives us an added dimension that Lee never will. Green will make mistakes, but I do believe he gives us a better shot at those goals you mentioned than Lee will. I have to feel the coaches are thinking the same thing or he wouldn't be in there.
Thanks! In regards to the above, I think the coaches, like much of the fan base, were hoping that Green, (in front of all of his friends and family and what essentially turned out to be a "home" crowd...I was shocked at how poor Baylor's fan support was), would provide a "spark" on offense. I think Green had a good game, but I don't think he had a great game and unfortunately, if any spark was generated it faded before the second half and made no re-appearance.
Between Lee and Green and the effect each would have on how the remainder of the season goes, as I said above I think that Lee is the one that, imo, gives the Huskers the best chance of achieving the winning record, bowl game appearance, north title and Big 12 title mentioned above.
My thought process in choosing Lee, is that despite Green's mobility, his lack of experience running the offensive scheme makes Lee the better choice. My main point of focus with regard to experience is mistakes; to be more precise, it's the type of mistakes that each QB would be more prone to making. Lee's mistakes, though plentiful, have not directly resulted in opponent points; most of his interceptions have come due to deflections off receivers and/or hail mary type passes but have not been returned for a lot of yards or for points. Despite the offenses lack of redzone production, he has been pretty good at avoiding costly mistakes and moving the team up the field and into a position to score - before fumbles, drops, turnovers and penalties outside of his control have killed and/or eradicated these drives.
Green, through no fault of his own, is inexperienced with the current offensive scheme and the game at this level. He will, in time, gain experience in both and become an even more valuable part of the Huskers than he already is; however, the mistakes he is makes are more likely to be costly in terms of opponent points because of that inexperience. I don't hold the mistakes he will make against him (as long as he learns from them), but don't think that this was the right time to make the change (I do think that Green did deserve more playing time than he was getting though, just that he should not have been named starter).
I think that with so much season still to be played, you go with the guy who is playing mostly free of costly mistakes vs putting in the guy who in the future COULD (emphasis on could, because I've seen nothing definitive yet) be THE PLAYMAKER on offense, but who is more likely to commit costly mistakes that even with the Husker's defense could be too much for our offense to overcome.
The Husker's offensive woes go much deeper than either Lee or Green though, and I'm not sure what needs to be done to solve them, but the offense in addition to putting some points on the board, needs to have some sustained drives to keep the Blackshirts from being on the field the whole time - I think Lee does it better and with fewer costly mistakes than Green and thus gives us a better chance.
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