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Bad Play Calling versus Bad Execution

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This board of football coaches seems to believe that poor execution is really just bad play calling/coaching.... Every time Brad Kaaya killed a drive, held on to the ball too long, missed easy throws, it was bc Richt shouldve called a better play??

The usual suspects/trolls bashed the "RPO" made critical comments like "why arent we using Njoku more" and "we need more routes inside" whatever fake narrative you want to bx about. Why does that matter when every OC has their own tendencies, no OC is constantly throwing inside and no OC uses their TEs more than Richt did, even if our TEs "shouldve been used more"??

All season the coaches have pushed Kaaya to overcome his major flaws and some of yall didn't like that... Lol whining about what Coach Brown said or Richt smh that's bc you're soft.

Kaaya is one of those guys that have to settle down before he can play to his potential, like the ones in the movies that throw up before every game. Coaching was never the problem it was all on Brad Kaaya this season, which i said before the season started.

When the plays are beimg executed properly, The RPO is a thing of beauty which is what we saw against West Virginia. Its a perfect subsititute to an inconsistent run game, it helps out a struggling ol, and it gets Kaaya to settle down in order to make those vertical passes down field. WV didn't know how to stop the passing game bc of how versatile it is with the RPO being apart of it.

In conclusion, EXECUTION / Brad Kaaya was the biggest problem with the offense not the OC and the West Virginia game shouldve made that fact obvious to the fake coaches on this site . You may not like Coach Richt's style of offense but deal with it, its still a very explosive and hard to figure out when the players execute.
 
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just to add... Execution is also something that's coached (obviously) and if we folded the season limping to the finishing line after that 4 game losing streak then some of the blame would've been on Richt and the coaching staff.

But the team didn't do that at all, fought through Kaayas struggles and not only won a bowl game but dominated a team that thought they were out of our league. That's the mark of a grade A fb program / coaching staff.

Kaaya has never shown the awareness and willingness to scramble until this season, and his footwork / coolness in the pocket was visibly better than at any point under the previous coaching staff. That's all Coach Richt the HC/OC putting in work and you fake Stephen A Smiths can't handle it.
 
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If execution is the problem then it's probably OL. Because can't remember any passing plays that were called at bad times. The frustrating calls were usually hand offs up the middle on first and second down. Most of those being RPO's and even though the numbers said to run the ball, we couldn't get my lanes for our backs because our OL was historically bad.
 
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I refuse to criticize a coaches for his play calling when he hasn't called plays in like 10 years. Did Richt struggle the first 1/2 of the season? Yeah ,but so would anyone who has not practiced his craft in so long.

This will not be an issue going forward as Richt got his mojo back the 2nd half of the season.

With that said--Kaaya's inability to run cannot be understated and limits the playbook considerably.
 
OP remember when you said that every WR on the team besides D'Mauri Jones was more talented than allen Hurns?

Stop trying to lecture people. You're a clown FSU fan who doesn't know ****.
 
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Tony Perps said:
OP remember when you said that every WR on the team besides D'Mauri Jones was more talented than allen Hurns?

Stop trying to lecture people. You're a clown FSU fan who doesn't know ****.
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You were a Golden cheerleader until the Clemson game you have no credibility
 
KevinCaneFace said:
If execution is the problem then it's probably OL. Because can't remember any passing plays that were called at bad times. The frustrating calls were usually hand offs up the middle on first and second down. Most of those being RPO's and even though the numbers said to run the ball, we couldn't get my lanes for our backs because our OL was historically bad.
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Kaaya didn't do a good job executing the RPO in terms of decision the 1st half of the season. When it came to him deciding to hand the ball off or throw it.
 
Rocketcane said:
Bad execution means Richt is doing a bad job heading practices. Either way it's his fault.
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He should've kept them longer than NCAA rules dictate and then followed them all home and made sure they were studying the playbook. Will not win until that kind of savagery returns. All of the great coaches have their teams playing for national titles their first season. Richt is a fail. Should've hired Butch who won 10 games several times throughout his career here.
 
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Rocketcane said:
Bad execution means Richt is doing a bad job heading practices. Either way it's his fault.
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No lol see why do we even have to go through this in a website full of "experts"??? Smh

It takes time for an offense to gel in terms of players learning a new system over again. Learning the offense is one step and then getting comfortable executing it consistently in a real game is another step. Its Coach Richts "fault" that the offense executed better later in the season and even better during the bowl game. Its no ones fault that a new offense isn't being executed perfectly from day one??

What slowed it even more was the fact that Brad Kaaya is a nervous wreck in games as the qb of the team. Which was something I'm sure Richt didn't expect but did a great job working wth Kaaya on.
 
3rd and 6 and having all go routes when our OL is not the best is bad play calling. Having minimal short crossing passes is bad play calling. If you have Njoku and Herdnon you pass them the ball with short crossing passes until the defense is completely selling out on it.

With that said, yes, Kaaya held on to the ball way too much and when he sensed pressure would quit on the play. But Richt needs to realize that and give Kaaya shorter and quicker developing plays. Execution and Play calling were bad this season no doubt about it and things need to change.
 
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Novacane32000 said:
I refuse to criticize a coaches for his play calling when he hasn't called plays in like 10 years. Did Richt struggle the first 1/2 of the season? Yeah ,but so would anyone who has not practiced his craft in so long.

This will not be an issue going forward as Richt got his mojo back the 2nd half of the season.

With that said--Kaaya's inability to run cannot be understated and limits the playbook considerably.
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Look, I'm all about believing his play calling will keep improving with more situations, but if your going to accept a $4 million dollar check from UM and then make the executive decision to call plays on your own and not hire a quality OC, then criticism is more than fair, rust is no excuse....though it very well may be the reason.

There were times in October in our most important games that I was wondering if Richt had any clue what he had to work with...which in my opinion should be consideration #1 in game planning for what you have to know is going to be constant pressure on top of a weak OL.

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johnnytsunami01 said:
3rd and 6 and having all go routes when our OL is not the best is bad play calling. Having minimal short crossing passes is bad play calling. If you have Njoku and Herdnon you pass them the ball with short crossing passes until the defense is completely selling out on it.

With that said, yes, Kaaya held on to the ball way too much and when he sensed pressure would quit on the play. But Richt needs to realize that and give Kaaya shorter and quicker developing plays. Execution and Play calling were bad this season no doubt about it and things need to change.
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Richt gave Kaaya short developing plays all season, he missed on those a lot early on as well... You bring up one situation where it was a 3rd and 6 and sent the wrs on a go route, you act like that's been the norm on that down and distance all season??

How is not having "short crossing passes bad playcalling" lol and if all Richt did was call dink and dunk plays targeting Njoku and Herndon that shx would've been figured out before conference play. Then you would've had something else to complain about

I'm sure there were more plays for the TEs that we left out on the field not bc Richt didn't say don't throw it to them but bc Kaaya didn't decide to throw it to them...

Brad Kaaya is the one with the ball not Richt, when the plays move the ball up the field its all good, when the plays stall out it's bad play calling?? Doesn't add up...

Bad play calling won't work no matter if you execute it or not, you think Richt has a playbook that he can constantly change his philosophies and tendencies on a dime??

I've seen him do the same things primarily week in and week out maybe with some slight adjustments based on what the defense is giving them but Its up to Kaaya to execute, that's been the #1 issue this season.
 
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