Bo's Way: Changing positions on the team

[Warrior]

As long as they give Turner reps at QB and Martinez is the man why not have him contributing with the ball in his hand.

 

[Hunter94]

kind of sounds like they have given up on Carnes?

 

[funhusker]

I have wondered about JT at qb too. He was one of the top qb prospects coming in, and we have seen how electric he is on the field. I would think he could easily take the job from tmart, assuming he can throw it a little better. He certainly has more moves. I think there must be some other reason he was not really given a shot at qb, curious as to what it is....

First of all, I like to believe JT was given a shot at QB, but in response to the bolded:

Because he has the chance to be the best "receiver type" player that Nebraska has seen since Irving Fryar...

Turner reminds me a lot of DeSean Jackson, with a much better attitude (x infinity). That is a talent that needs to be on the field, and apparently the coaches think the talents of the team can be maximized with Martinez at QB and Turner at WR. I would rather have Turner as a "disgruntled" receiver on the field than a "happy" backup QB sitting on the sidelines (assuming he is even "disgruntled").

Now enter the comments about, "if he is so good, then why wasn't he playing at the end of the year" That is a different question, and there is a thread for it somewhere else on Huskerboard.

 

[caveman99]

kind of sounds like they have given up on Carnes?

I don't get that sense from the rhetoric coming out this Spring, but who knows for sure until after Spring Ball is over. They may think JT could be better than Brion but that doesn't meat they don't think Brion won't be good or great either.

 

[da skers]

kind of sounds like they have given up on Carnes?

The main issue with Carnes seems to be between the earns. All last fall the plan was to play JT if TM went down based on who could learn things the fastest. I know there has been a lot written about Carnes improvement and I believe that is true, but I was told that Marsh is number #2 or at very least co-#2 (Now that JT will stat at WR) because of the way he handled the bowl prep and winter conditioning and drills. Carnes struggled to pick up the game plans and understand the adjustments he needed to call based on defensive sets. I think he's slowly getting it but the light is on dim rather than fully on.

 

[kchusker_chris]

kind of sounds like they have given up on Carnes?

The main issue with Carnes seems to be between the earns. All last fall the plan was to play JT if TM went down based on who could learn things the fastest. I know there has been a lot written about Carnes improvement and I believe that is true, but I was told that Marsh is number #2 or at very least co-#2 (Now that JT will stat at WR) because of the way he handled the bowl prep and winter conditioning and drills. Carnes struggled to pick up the game plans and understand the adjustments he needed to call based on defensive sets. I think he's slowly getting it but the light is on dim rather than fully on.

That's a little sacry considering JT was having practice issues at the WR position. If he's still better than Carnes at QB then we were very thin last year, and it's no wonder Martinez was playing timid all season.

That is good news about Marsh. I'm pulling for that kid. Would love to see him as a 5th year senior get a Ganz type of year.

 

[caveman99]

kind of sounds like they have given up on Carnes?

The main issue with Carnes seems to be between the earns. All last fall the plan was to play JT if TM went down based on who could learn things the fastest. I know there has been a lot written about Carnes improvement and I believe that is true, but I was told that Marsh is number #2 or at very least co-#2 (Now that JT will stat at WR) because of the way he handled the bowl prep and winter conditioning and drills. Carnes struggled to pick up the game plans and understand the adjustments he needed to call based on defensive sets. I think he's slowly getting it but the light is on dim rather than fully on.

That's a little sacry considering JT was having practice issues at the WR position. If he's still better than Carnes at QB then we were very thin last year, and it's no wonder Martinez was playing timid all season.

That is good news about Marsh. I'm pulling for that kid. Would love to see him as a 5th year senior get a Ganz type of year.

Bronson is only a RFr. so even Taylor starts this season and next, Bronson could start for 2 years if he earned the spot.

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I am also pulling for him as well, he seems like a tough kid. Very savvy leader as well.

 

[Scratchtown]

This struck me today when Bo was talking about Heard moving to DB and when Turner was brought up moving back to QB. Then i also threw in Stanley Baptiste from last year.

How does Bo and his staff work with changing positions on the team?

I guess with Stanley he had a year or two working at the WR position and we need playmakers at the DB spot when it came to Ohio St.

But the Heard move and Turner move almost seem like two of a kind.

Heard worked only 1 year at the RB before given the opportunity to move to DB. So why wouldn't Turner who worked 1 year at the WR not get an opportunity to move to QB?

Bo has spoken about when they approach someone on the team about a position change, they let the kid decide ultimately if that is something they are willing to do. But what if the kid wants to change spots? Is Bo just as open on the idea?

I guess my main point on Turner is, who is really tugging the strings when it comes to Turner staying at the WR spot? Is it that Bo/Tim not want Turner to play the QB spot and stick with WR/returning kicks? Or does not Turner want to stay and work on the WR spot and not give QB a shot?

My question is, why does everyone think we need to take a playmaker off the field and put him on the bench? Turner is done at QB, if there was ever a year he needed to be there it was last year, for depth purposes only. Now we have Armstrong in there too. No need to move Turner again. That would just be straight up unwise.