What in the heck is wrong with our offense?

deedsker said:
You don’t remember how trash Zac Lee was, do you? He had a very talented receiving Corp and two very good backs that made TMart a easy freshman starter. A lot of other Nebraska QBs could have directed that 09 team to a BCS/national title shot.

Ganz was a gun slinger and although he had issues, he let it rip for better or worse. Most times it was better and that is what you will take when you can’t rely on your defense.
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Zac lit it up (admittedly against non-con creampuffs) before he played the entire rest of the season with a torn elbow.

Wasn't good but we never got to see if it was him or the injury.

 
To run this type of offense you have to be a well-disciplined, well-oiled machine with all parts working in perfect sync. With our current personnel - both coaches and players - it's nearly impossible to run this offense effectively.

 
I hate to keep laying it on Adrian but so much of it really boils down to him. He’s indecisive, can’t throw receivers open, and struggles to make the easy throws when they are there. He’s a great runner but is  a turnover machine. Just a recipe for disaster in Frost’s offense. And it’s just my opinion but it just doesn’t seem like he has the fire in his belly that you want your team leader to have. Drives me crazy how he never seems to have a sense of urgency until late in the game.

 
Smothers or Haarberg would have been throwing off their back foot too.  Too many missed protections from the OL and RB positions.  Protections are key to any offense, and we blew them regularly yesterday.

When Frost said he "guessed wrong" about the front they'd see from Illinois he was spot on.

It's part of the deal with a guy who is beginning his 6th season with the title of head coach in a league with some very very experienced head coaches 

 
I heard Damon make this point on the radio and it stuck with me. There is notable lack of trust between players and coaches.  Especially on offense. Morrison is told he has an awesome camp and is in the mix for the top spot, he doesn't get a carry. Rahmir is not brought up at all, becomes the lead back in crunch time. Betts is told he has an awesome camp, doesn't play a snap outside special teams. Frost wants to be a physical downhill running team, passes on 3rd and short. Frost wants to cut down on the QB runs to keep AM healthy, AM runs 5+ more times than any of the RBs. 

Frost's words are empty and players know it. I'm not surprised most of our attrition comes from one side of the ball. There is no consistency on what they want the offense to be, he never puts in motion the words that come out of his mouth. 

 
I said this on another thread that appears to have been deleted:

The problem with the offense is that you have predicated it on location of a "piece" that is nearly impossible to find: a true dual-threat QB.  That is what Martinez was supposed to be, and that is what McCaffrey was supposed to be.  But neither are.  They are running backs that can throw the ball a little bit.

True dual-threat QB's exist at a rate of about 0-2 per year nationally.  So predicating your offensive strategy on having the services of one is unwise.  That is why you lose and lose and lose.  It is a bad plan.

You CAN win.  First seek to possess the ball, play strong D, and prioritize mistake-free disciplined football.  Then add at least two #1 NFL-caliber WR's, plus a game manager QB.  Then you will compete for a title.

Stop with the dual-threat nonsense.  You will only lose again and again.  You are trying to build a machine that requires a "piece" that is simply too rare to locate.  Enough!

 
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