Aidan O'Connell

[Husker.Wed._rivals]

Rivals unranked 2017 QB. Walked on to Purdue. As of yesterday played in nine games in four years. Replaced starter Jack Plumber in September. Against NU 34/45 (76%), 233 yards, no picks, 3 rushes for -9 yards. More importantly, he made quick decisions on his throws that made it hard for our defense to defend. And most importantly, did not make mistakes to hurt his team. I'm no expert, but I don't buy the argument 2AM is our best chance to win and the backups are so bad, they aren't an option even if the starter is hurt or having a terrible game. We get carved up by unheralded backup QBs all the time who look like Joe Montana. Having a super athlete at QB is great if he also has good skills. If not IMHO a much less athletic game manager who doesn't hurt the team and makes the required throws and decisions. At least one of the backups not getting a legitimate shot is mind boggling.

 

[East Oak Street]

Purdue fan here. . . not real close to the inner workings at Nebraska but at Purdue no QB is safe in the starting job. Brohms philosophy is that QB job is constantly an open competition, which forces the QBs to constantly improve and be at maximum performance. Ideally you want one guy to set himself apart for purposes of team stability, and that is what has happened with O’Connell. Seems like there needs to be more competition at Nebraska. Every time these teams meet it seems to come down to the play of Martinez.

 

[cestrup]

Our offense is just randomly picked plays. It’s terrible. There’s no flow or even the best players on the field to execute said play, half the time.

We have a real coach with a game plan and can use practiced plays to create rhythm and flow; we’d be probably a 2 loss team right now.
These guys are clueless. They won bunch of games at UCF but learned nothing.

It’s almost as if he wanted to drag Nebraska across the bottom rather than bring us back. I saw nothing that reminded me of Oregon or UCF. And if we did have a series of looks that worked on offense they go away from it, for the entire game

 

[TruHusker]

Our offense is just randomly picked plays. It’s terrible. There’s no flow or even the best players on the field to execute said play, half the time.

We have a real coach with a game plan and can use practiced plays to create rhythm and flow; we’d be probably a 2 loss team right now.
These guys are clueless. They won bunch of games at UCF but learned nothing.

It’s almost as if he wanted to drag Nebraska across the bottom rather than bring us back. I saw nothing that reminded me of Oregon or UCF. And if we did have a series of looks that worked on offense they go away from it, for the entire game

So Frost once knew how to coach and call.plays but somehow forgot? You do realize that not every play works and teams adjust to what is working. I have seen literally thousands of plays written on paper, every single one should have worked. Execution was the problem, not the play written on paper.

 

[cestrup]

So Frost once knew how to coach and call.plays but somehow forgot? You do realize that not every play works and teams adjust to what is working. I have seen literally thousands of plays written on paper, every single one should have worked. Execution was the problem, not the play written on paper.

I believe our execution and play calling blow. Feel free to change my mind

 

[Husker_AMG63]

So Frost once knew how to coach and call.plays but somehow forgot? You do realize that not every play works and teams adjust to what is working. I have seen literally thousands of plays written on paper, every single one should have worked. Execution was the problem, not the play written on paper.

Frost sucks..

 

[Lets Go Brandon_rivals140683]

So Frost once knew how to coach and call.plays but somehow forgot? You do realize that not every play works and teams adjust to what is working. I have seen literally thousands of plays written on paper, every single one should have worked. Execution was the problem, not the play written on paper.

Scott Frost's offense takes a heisman-caliber QB to operate.

Which is fine.

So long as you can land and develop a heisman-level QB every couple years.

We don't have that guy on the roster.