Thoughts...
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:27 pm
Couple of things from today's debacle:
1. How many years does this go on? We play no defense…D coordinators come and go, players come and go…with the same results. Players are not in the right position to make plays, and when they do have a chance to make a play…they don’t get it done.
Either one of two things are happening or a combination of both…(a) we aren’t recruiting talented enough players on the defensive side of the ball…too many high school offensive players moved to defense once in college. Or, (b) we do an absolute horrible job of coaching the defense, we don’t make adjustments during the game, and we draw up defensive game plans that stink. We’ve wasted some really great offensive talent the last 5-7 years due to a defense that couldn’t stop its own shadow.
2. How can we not be able to make adjustments to our spread offense when they drop 7 or 8 people into coverage? What, we’ve never seen this before? Omar or Josh never faced this defensive tactic when Brandon was OC? Ok, I can see having trouble with it for half a game, but this is our second game where we haven’t had an answer? And, didn’t we spend all week in practice working on this s**t?
3. I am not ready to give up on Sheehan. I still think he is our QB for the future. He’s got a gun for an arm and shows the necessary mobility to avoid a pass rush. Moving on to his second and third receivers will come with experience, as will knowing when to dump the ball off. Just needs a little coaching and better play calling. And, I don’t buy that the spread needs a mobile (J5) QB. Omar ran the spread better than Josh IMO and he wasn’t mobile at all. I think Omar benefited from having PJ Pope where Tyler has nobody…empty backfield…not even a threat of the run to keep the linebackers honest.
“The fish rots from the head”…Brandon has to go.
1. How many years does this go on? We play no defense…D coordinators come and go, players come and go…with the same results. Players are not in the right position to make plays, and when they do have a chance to make a play…they don’t get it done.
Either one of two things are happening or a combination of both…(a) we aren’t recruiting talented enough players on the defensive side of the ball…too many high school offensive players moved to defense once in college. Or, (b) we do an absolute horrible job of coaching the defense, we don’t make adjustments during the game, and we draw up defensive game plans that stink. We’ve wasted some really great offensive talent the last 5-7 years due to a defense that couldn’t stop its own shadow.
2. How can we not be able to make adjustments to our spread offense when they drop 7 or 8 people into coverage? What, we’ve never seen this before? Omar or Josh never faced this defensive tactic when Brandon was OC? Ok, I can see having trouble with it for half a game, but this is our second game where we haven’t had an answer? And, didn’t we spend all week in practice working on this s**t?
3. I am not ready to give up on Sheehan. I still think he is our QB for the future. He’s got a gun for an arm and shows the necessary mobility to avoid a pass rush. Moving on to his second and third receivers will come with experience, as will knowing when to dump the ball off. Just needs a little coaching and better play calling. And, I don’t buy that the spread needs a mobile (J5) QB. Omar ran the spread better than Josh IMO and he wasn’t mobile at all. I think Omar benefited from having PJ Pope where Tyler has nobody…empty backfield…not even a threat of the run to keep the linebackers honest.
“The fish rots from the head”…Brandon has to go.