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[...TrueColors...]

I was wondering too. Are they changing to Whipple offense and terminology?

Whipple likes to chuck it around the yard. It’ll be fun to see what they do. Run the ball guy didn’t have a chance.

 

[Adolph Coors]

we are running scott’s offense for the most part was my understanding. i could be off base with that

 

[Bootleg11]

we are running scott’s offense for the most part was my understanding. i could be off base with that

Yeah gotta be hard to have a 1 year test to keep a job and switch the entire offense's terminology.

But on the other hand, why bring in Whipple then?

 

[Adolph Coors]

Yeah gotta be hard to have a 1 year test to keep a job and switch the entire offense's terminology.

But on the other hand, why bring in Whipple then?

its about gameplanning, bringing new ideas to the table, management of the offense, etc.

 

[Bootleg11]

its about gameplanning, bringing new ideas to the table, management of the offense, etc.

I agree, but Whipple's playcalling....the actual process of calling the play and the nomenclature could be totally different. Is the offense going to learn his system? Or is Whipple going to be asked to learn the Frost system as far as what concepts are called and how they are relayed to the field?

I honestly don't know, I would think that if you bring in a guy like Whipple and likely pay him $1 Mil you let him use his system, his terminology. Plus with bringing Joseph and Raiola on, they have to learn something new no matter what, they might as well learn Whipple's system.

Who knows maybe his system is simpler. Lord knows Nebraska has had trouble getting good players on the field because apparently they can't grasp things.

 

[Adolph Coors]

its not the offense is a complete disaster, its about fixing the red zone issues

 

[CybrrMonky71]

The offense isn’t going to be overhauled. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s moved the ball on the best teams in the league but bogged down in the red zone & we had issues with the QB getting thru his reads quickly or just missing guys
Whipple (or whoever the new OC is), will be a QB coach 1st. Fix the QB issues (& kicking issues) & ur red zone issues become not as large
The only concern I have is who is addressing the run game problems
Maybe it’s as simple as landing a 20 touch a game RB. But not sure

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

its not the offense is a complete disaster, its about fixing the red zone issues

Get a FG kicker and you had one of the best red zone offenses in the B1G

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

The offense isn’t going to be overhauled. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s moved the ball on the best teams in the league but bogged down in the red zone & we had issues with the QB getting thru his reads quickly or just missing guys
Whipple (or whoever the new OC is), will be a QB coach 1st. Fix the QB issues (& kicking issues) & ur red zone issues become not as large
The only concern I have is who is addressing the run game problems
Maybe it’s as simple as landing a 20 touch a game RB. But not sure

Yeah, the thing that needs to be fixed with this offense is the run game. Outside of when we can get an extra guy in the QB run game, we have been an average to bad running team for three years. That's a bit of the head scratching element to the Whipple hire for me as I would think that we would want to bring someone in with ideas in the running game, rather than the pass game. Wonder if Whipple's name played better with QB targets at all.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I agree, but Whipple's playcalling....the actual process of calling the play and the nomenclature could be totally different. Is the offense going to learn his system? Or is Whipple going to be asked to learn the Frost system as far as what concepts are called and how they are relayed to the field?

I honestly don't know, I would think that if you bring in a guy like Whipple and likely pay him $1 Mil you let him use his system, his terminology. Plus with bringing Joseph and Raiola on, they have to learn something new no matter what, they might as well learn Whipple's system.

Who knows maybe his system is simpler. Lord knows Nebraska has had trouble getting good players on the field because apparently they can't grasp things.

Mickey is a god send for that WR room

 

[MtnHusker]

Isn’t hiring Whipple pretty much mean Frost has gave up on his offense? I assume Smothers is looking for a new home isn’t he?

Definitely a Catch 22. Frost is on the Hot Seat so can't afford to have an offense that struggles in the early stages of learning something new. But we know our offense isn't working plus will have 2-3 new coaches on offense so either way they will have a learning curve. I'm fine with the hire but some concerns on the application of it. Is Whipple going to be more of a Sounding Board for offensive ideas or Mentor to Frost or are we going to run his offense? Time will tell but when you are 3-9 there really isn't any change that is bad, or could make things worse.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

The offense isn’t going to be overhauled. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s moved the ball on the best teams in the league but bogged down in the red zone & we had issues with the QB getting thru his reads quickly or just missing guys
Whipple (or whoever the new OC is), will be a QB coach 1st. Fix the QB issues (& kicking issues) & ur red zone issues become not as large
The only concern I have is who is addressing the run game problems
Maybe it’s as simple as landing a 20 touch a game RB. But not sure

Red zone problems weren't offensive problems. They were special teams problems.

 

[kenyanfeline]

Red zone problems weren't offensive problems. They were special teams problems.

I would disagree. The field shrunk dramatically for Martinez in the red zone and his normally slow blinking turned downright sloth-like.

Was that a Martinez issue or a scheme issue? Who knows.

 

[Irv]

Without looking it the numbers it felt like NU had a lot of big plays that led to yards, but not points. The big plays created numbers that somewhat masked the difficulty in sustaining drives. Not sure the problems were just in the red zone.

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

I would disagree. The field shrunk dramatically for Martinez in the red zone and his normally slow blinking turned downright sloth-like.

Was that a Martinez issue or a scheme issue? Who knows.

I think the facts just say the opposite...

Nebraska was #1 in the B1G in conference play in RZ TD rate.



You missed 6 RZ FGs. You hit your gimmes and your scoring % goes to top 3 in conference. That doesn't include maybe kicking 2 FGs vs Wiscy and instead of being down 7 you are down 1 late in that game ready to kick another RZ FG.

It is a FG kicker problem not an offense problem.

Again, just looking at the facts.

 

[Goskers07]

I think the facts just say the opposite...

Nebraska was #1 in the B1G in conference play in RZ TD rate.

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You missed 6 RZ FGs. You hit your gimmes and your scoring % goes to top 3 in conference. That doesn't include maybe kicking 2 FGs vs Wiscy and instead of being down 7 you are down 1 late in that game ready to kick another RZ FG.

It is a FG kicker problem not an offense problem.

Again, just looking at the facts.

I'm inclined to agree with this. Hell, the Oklahoma game is the perfect example. We went blow for blow with em, losing strictly on the points we lost on field goals and extra points.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

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70% completion and 0 interceptions on a 1-11 team is actually kind of hard to do

Our OL is probably worse than his barring any improvements made by Raiola

 

[kenyanfeline]

I think the facts just say the opposite...

Nebraska was #1 in the B1G in conference play in RZ TD rate.

View attachment 6062

You missed 6 RZ FGs. You hit your gimmes and your scoring % goes to top 3 in conference. That doesn't include maybe kicking 2 FGs vs Wiscy and instead of being down 7 you are down 1 late in that game ready to kick another RZ FG.

It is a FG kicker problem not an offense problem.

Again, just looking at the facts.

Good data. I would not have guessed that.

I’m guess I’m just speaking from an observational perspective. We were very solid in the run game, but something was majorly off with our passing attack in the red zone. We were pretty one-dimensional. I think of a few times Martinez missed open guys in the end zone that could have completely flipped games.

Of course I can’t remember the exact games because it all blends together when we lose the same way every single time.

 

[Bootleg11]

I think the facts just say the opposite...

Nebraska was #1 in the B1G in conference play in RZ TD rate.

View attachment 6062

You missed 6 RZ FGs. You hit your gimmes and your scoring % goes to top 3 in conference. That doesn't include maybe kicking 2 FGs vs Wiscy and instead of being down 7 you are down 1 late in that game ready to kick another RZ FG.

It is a FG kicker problem not an offense problem.

Again, just looking at the facts.

Jesus Cockeye 39% and won 10 games. Fuck

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

Good data. I would not have guessed that.

I’m guess I’m just speaking from an observational perspective. We were very solid in the run game, but something was majorly off with our passing attack in the red zone. We were pretty one-dimensional. I think of a few times Martinez missed open guys in the end zone that could have completely flipped games.

Of course I can’t remember the exact games because it all blends together when we lose the same way every single time.

I think it takes either a really good scheme or a really special QB to be really good in the RZ passing the ball. You need to be able to run the ball. We did a lot of QB run inside the 5 to gain a blocker and gap in the running scheme.