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Zatechka made a podcast and outlined what he thinks are some problems with Frost's offense:
A guy on 247 summarized it:
A guy on 247 summarized it:
- Zatechka thinks that Frost's offensive system itself is a problem.
- Says the blocking schemes are hard to discern the first go around but once they get figured out they are easy enough to beat (I thought this was interesting considering the success running the ball in year 1 and the lack of success in the subsequent years)
- He wonders if Frost's offenses would start to regress even in the AAC because of that observation
- Says he hates the swing pass and wishes it would be eliminated from the offense entirely (I'm not sure I agree... there are positives when it comes to it, but you can't ONLY stretch the field horizontally either)
- Says that the running game isn't blocked for power but blocked for creases in the defense, the problem is that this means all 11 players have to do the exact right thing on every play for it to work and he hasn't seen that happen in Frost's time at Nebraska. He also indicated that there have been a substantial amount of missed blocking assignments by the OL this year.
- Says that you can't just give a guy a few carries. Believes that Mills is an above average back (not All-B1G, but good enough) and should be getting 20-25 carries a game and we barely try to give him 10. Says that Breece Hall looks great at Cockeye State because they allow him to be great, they make sure he gets his touches and he does the rest. (he does no think Mills is as good as Breece Hall, but the principle stands).
- Does not understand the lack of a vertical threat in the passing game. Says there is no excuse for not having guys able to stretch the field even a little bit. Wan'Dale can't be the only play maker and you have to develop guys around him. He says even if you just throw Betts out there and tell him to run the same route every time (I assume he means deep route, a post or skinny post or a fly) and throw it up to him that that would be an improvement. Doesn't understand way we move east-west so much in the offense.
- Finally, he thinks that Lubick is a horrible play caller that had lightning in a bottle at Oregon and also had the privilege of going against horrific defensive coaching while he was in the PAC-12. Says that B1G and SEC defenses beat Pac-12 and AAC offenses in the playoff (I found this a bit ironic considering Frost's UCF crew did beat a borderline playoff Auburn team in 2017).
- Defensively he doesn't like a 3-4 allignment, thinks you need 4 down linemen. (I think this is a bit biased to understanding defense though, Wisconsin does just fine with a 34 front, as does Alabama, Auburn and a host of others. Nebraska has been a 4-3 team since the late 80s early 90s so I think this is a bit of nostalgia. I know I am more comfortable with the 4-3 look on the field.)
I think that's about it. He doesn't think motivation is actually an issue, but he seems to think we don't recruit well, especially on offense and that we don't teach the fundamentals well. It's really interesting to listen to because you can tell how frustrated he is.