skinnykilmer17
Well-Known Member
Like to watch the replay but I don't believe you can blame Ricky for not spiking the ball. This OC has a history of late game paralysis. See LSU in Capitol One. People were screaming for a timeout and the chaos actually worked in our favor as it probably caught LSU off guard as well.
A well coached or average coached team would have immediately got to the line of scrimmage in the "spike the ball" formation that they would have practiced as part of their hurry-up offense since the start of fall practice. Correct? Every single day we see at least one team whether at the collegiate or professional level do exactly this: spike the ball to kill the clock. Do we even practice this? How often? It should be second nature. There should be no looking at the sideline by the QB or the coaches shouldn't be confusing the situation by screaming or signaling anything. Period. You get to the line of scrimmage and SPIKE IT. And this is following a QB sneak which followed a time-out where not only spiking the ball should have been reinforced, the following play should have been discussed and called.
What is going on here? An indecisive OC who suffers in critical game-time situations? or is he getting to much input and blowback from KF or someone else confusing the situation? If you don't have an OC whom you trust to step up in critical situations or if he continues to fail in critical moments then that needs to be addressed. KF needed to take responsibility in the post game because his excuses or rationale was weak. Just a horriblly coached game in every aspect. Should we be having these issues in week 8 of the season?
Ricky did err in shoveling the ball to ARob. Was that a called play or did Ricky just panic? I thought it was the latter.
I would love to know what our practice sessions are like. This shouldn't happen to a well-coached offense. Especially in your home stadium, i.e. not a hostile crowd.
A well coached or average coached team would have immediately got to the line of scrimmage in the "spike the ball" formation that they would have practiced as part of their hurry-up offense since the start of fall practice. Correct? Every single day we see at least one team whether at the collegiate or professional level do exactly this: spike the ball to kill the clock. Do we even practice this? How often? It should be second nature. There should be no looking at the sideline by the QB or the coaches shouldn't be confusing the situation by screaming or signaling anything. Period. You get to the line of scrimmage and SPIKE IT. And this is following a QB sneak which followed a time-out where not only spiking the ball should have been reinforced, the following play should have been discussed and called.
What is going on here? An indecisive OC who suffers in critical game-time situations? or is he getting to much input and blowback from KF or someone else confusing the situation? If you don't have an OC whom you trust to step up in critical situations or if he continues to fail in critical moments then that needs to be addressed. KF needed to take responsibility in the post game because his excuses or rationale was weak. Just a horriblly coached game in every aspect. Should we be having these issues in week 8 of the season?
Ricky did err in shoveling the ball to ARob. Was that a called play or did Ricky just panic? I thought it was the latter.
I would love to know what our practice sessions are like. This shouldn't happen to a well-coached offense. Especially in your home stadium, i.e. not a hostile crowd.
