Number1CanesFan
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I watched Holsum 1 Holloway's excellent break down of the Clemson game. You can really understand why the coaches were preaching "do your job" during the week preperation for Pitt as Holsum states many times in his break down of nearly 50 plays from the game.
After watching the entire break down, I came away feeling like we beat ourselves more than Clemson beat us. There were individuals not doing their job on certain plays that gave up 1st downs or touch downs that should have been little or no gain. Not that they were defeated by a Clemson player. NO. They were just not in the place they were supposed to be.
You can also see why some of our young players earned and deserve more playing time.
I don't think the coaching staff is holding enough accountability of certain players because I saw those players on the field against Pitt when their play at Clemson should have resulted in a benching or a reduction of playing time. I need to rewatch the Pitt game to see who got snaps at LB and WR and how many.
On defense we were night and day better against the run against Pitt than Clemson, but that's to be expected given the drop off in talent from Clemson to Pitt. Nonetheless, a job well done.
LB play was still disappointing against Pitt's passing game. Certain players look lost in coverage literally staring in the backfield as a Pitt WR or TE runs right past them.
If we can correct our mistakes and get the younger players more snaps on both sides of the ball, I think we'll have a much more competitive game against Clemson if we get that opportunity in the ACC Championship game.
Check out Holsum's break down and post your thoughts.
After watching the entire break down, I came away feeling like we beat ourselves more than Clemson beat us. There were individuals not doing their job on certain plays that gave up 1st downs or touch downs that should have been little or no gain. Not that they were defeated by a Clemson player. NO. They were just not in the place they were supposed to be.
You can also see why some of our young players earned and deserve more playing time.
I don't think the coaching staff is holding enough accountability of certain players because I saw those players on the field against Pitt when their play at Clemson should have resulted in a benching or a reduction of playing time. I need to rewatch the Pitt game to see who got snaps at LB and WR and how many.
On defense we were night and day better against the run against Pitt than Clemson, but that's to be expected given the drop off in talent from Clemson to Pitt. Nonetheless, a job well done.
LB play was still disappointing against Pitt's passing game. Certain players look lost in coverage literally staring in the backfield as a Pitt WR or TE runs right past them.
If we can correct our mistakes and get the younger players more snaps on both sides of the ball, I think we'll have a much more competitive game against Clemson if we get that opportunity in the ACC Championship game.
Check out Holsum's break down and post your thoughts.