So Wrong in So Many Ways

From the get-go, we all assumed that the Nebraska coaching staff knew what they were doing this year. It all seemed to be lining up with a big QB surrounded by exceptional offensive talent. Our defense had many players returning with game experience along with what appeared to be the best line backing corps in the Big 12. Coaches and players were saying all the right things. Bill Callahan had everyone believing without too much question what this team was going to be.

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I find it funny that at the beginning of the year, the Lincoln Journal Star called Keller a gunslinger who would might start winging it like crazy to make things happen. In fact, he said that he would tone it down - checking down to a secondary receiver when the time came. The reporters wanted to believe it. Keller was good at saying all the right things. Callahan’s words coming out of Keller’s mouth.

Joe Ganz was being described as not very physically impressive. Rich Gannon was who pundits compared him to - the same Gannon that wouldn’t leave the pocket if the end of the world were upon him. It’s interesting how wrong people were this year - a microcosm of college football right now. Big hulking QBs are on the way out. You’re seeing these gutsy, tough, small guys scamper and plow their way out of messes. And now, everyone’s switching to the unstoppable spread set with these prototypical QBs.

How could the Husker coaching staff have pegged players on this team so poorly? Instead of making the trends, we’re riding them. The next head coach will probably utilize the spread set with a talent like Ganz available. How did we go from JB Phillip (a converted fullback) being the only TE prospect on our team to having three guys who could block and catch? How did we not throw to Mo every time we needed an absolute sure catch on 3rd down or goal to go situations?

Simple. This year was the Peter Principle in full affect. Everyone on staff had been promoted to the highest level of their abilities. Then they were all promoted one more step up - right up to their highest incompetence. That last promotion was Nebraska. Let’s hope the new staff doesn’t have to convince us that what they’re doing is the best thing for the team. We should be able to see the results and judge them for ourselves.