wushah
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One of the most concerning aspects of the game came early when Cristobal and Gattis didn't seize the opportunity to go uptempo once A&M lost 2 players to targeting. Those players plus the suspended ones severely decimated their defense. There was simply no way that those guys on defense could have kept up with an uptempo pace the entire game. If we would have transitioned to no huddle/ uptempo, A&M would have been gassed by early 2nd half.
I told the story today to a few guys about when Richard Sherman, during his all-pro years, described defensive back lungs being on fire on B2B deep routes and how DBs often used run plays to catch up. In a situation where teams can't substitute because of no huddle/ uptempo or don't have the players to substitute, we should have gone full throttle. It would have opened up the passing game and the run game. There's simply no way that A&M could have effectively managed that deficit, and it would have turned into a major tactical advantage for us. Just a tremendous missed opportunity. Instead, we fed right into their weakness by literally taking 35 seconds per play. I still don't understand how Cristobal and Gattis missed this. The lack of awareness by those 2 is perhaps the most disturbing thing to me. It just confirmed my fears that those 2 coaches might be too stubborn to easily change their ways. Disappointing.
I told the story today to a few guys about when Richard Sherman, during his all-pro years, described defensive back lungs being on fire on B2B deep routes and how DBs often used run plays to catch up. In a situation where teams can't substitute because of no huddle/ uptempo or don't have the players to substitute, we should have gone full throttle. It would have opened up the passing game and the run game. There's simply no way that A&M could have effectively managed that deficit, and it would have turned into a major tactical advantage for us. Just a tremendous missed opportunity. Instead, we fed right into their weakness by literally taking 35 seconds per play. I still don't understand how Cristobal and Gattis missed this. The lack of awareness by those 2 is perhaps the most disturbing thing to me. It just confirmed my fears that those 2 coaches might be too stubborn to easily change their ways. Disappointing.