SpecialKHawk
Well-Known Member
I wish I could sum up how absurdly maddening this program is. I find it so upsetting that the head coach is always 'jotting down in-game' notes on a piece of paper yet this program continues to make the same mistakes over and over again. Why bother?
# 1 We are just too 'soft' as a program. You can tell this program has little or no contact in practices. I'm not saying every practice has to be a knock-down drag out but we need to find out who is tough enough to play on game day and who wilts under pressure.
Offensively -> What are we honestly trying to do?
-We are soft in the trenches and play an under-sized offensive line but yet want to run the football?
Like most games our lineman took turns getting blown up and there was little effort to generate a push after engagement (it looks too often like our offensive play resembles a practice walk-through). How many down field blocks do our receivers make? We certainly cannot spring any runs that begin to reach the second level. With Coker speed might be an issue but not with Canzeri or Bullock.
- We do so much of everything formation wise I am not sure we really have an identity or any continuity Shotgun, under center, I formation, single back, 5 wide, 3 wide, double tight-ends. How about a few more plays off of a standard of formations instead of a lot more formations with fewer plays? Often the formations make little sense given the down and the distance; Shotgun on first down, under center on third and long.
- When a play is blown up we tend to come back to it but a play that works we go away from.
Great example was the short yardage zone play we ran on the first 4th and 1 to the right side that was blown up. We ran the same play two more times in short yardage and it was blown up two more times. The bootleg waggle where Vandy hit our CJ (TE) for a nice gain was executed once. The beautiful screen pass we ran in the 4th was the only time we ran it... granted not many possessions left in the game but come back to it instead of just handing the ball off up the middle in the two minute offense.
- After a nice drive featuring a nice emphasis on running the ball and we come out and throw the ball 3 times only to punt? Did we just not move the ball on the previous possession with the run and mixing a little pass?
- Dropped passes galore ---- how many seasons does this happen.
The final analysis is this program is wilting because the offense can never-ever be counted on to lead this program. Defense was not stellar this season but we ended up getting more mileage out it than I ever thought we would.
# 1 We are just too 'soft' as a program. You can tell this program has little or no contact in practices. I'm not saying every practice has to be a knock-down drag out but we need to find out who is tough enough to play on game day and who wilts under pressure.
Offensively -> What are we honestly trying to do?
-We are soft in the trenches and play an under-sized offensive line but yet want to run the football?
Like most games our lineman took turns getting blown up and there was little effort to generate a push after engagement (it looks too often like our offensive play resembles a practice walk-through). How many down field blocks do our receivers make? We certainly cannot spring any runs that begin to reach the second level. With Coker speed might be an issue but not with Canzeri or Bullock.
- We do so much of everything formation wise I am not sure we really have an identity or any continuity Shotgun, under center, I formation, single back, 5 wide, 3 wide, double tight-ends. How about a few more plays off of a standard of formations instead of a lot more formations with fewer plays? Often the formations make little sense given the down and the distance; Shotgun on first down, under center on third and long.
- When a play is blown up we tend to come back to it but a play that works we go away from.
Great example was the short yardage zone play we ran on the first 4th and 1 to the right side that was blown up. We ran the same play two more times in short yardage and it was blown up two more times. The bootleg waggle where Vandy hit our CJ (TE) for a nice gain was executed once. The beautiful screen pass we ran in the 4th was the only time we ran it... granted not many possessions left in the game but come back to it instead of just handing the ball off up the middle in the two minute offense.
- After a nice drive featuring a nice emphasis on running the ball and we come out and throw the ball 3 times only to punt? Did we just not move the ball on the previous possession with the run and mixing a little pass?
- Dropped passes galore ---- how many seasons does this happen.
The final analysis is this program is wilting because the offense can never-ever be counted on to lead this program. Defense was not stellar this season but we ended up getting more mileage out it than I ever thought we would.
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