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rvalenza

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Half Full
TAMU is in year 5 of a rebuild and we dominated the stat sheet

Half Empty
TAMU has about 20 guys hurt in their secondary and still covered our WRs

Half Full
Oline stood up well to a very good defense - supposed SEC type D

Half Empty
WRs either couldn't get open and or coaches couldn't scheme them open. I don't remember one play over the middle. Too many long out patterns. TEs should've been more involved.

Half Full
Coaches kept the team in the game where in the past they may have lost by 3 scores

Half Empty
Same coaches were too conservative on red zone play calling and not going for two 4th and 5s late in the game down by two scores.

Ok, this was after game therapy session. Feel free to add on. If we lean towards half full, they should not lose again until they play Clemson. No hickups to UVA, UNC, VT, etc...If half empty, then its another 7-5 season. I will lean towards half full. This team will have more discipline that teams in our recent past.
 
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TVD coulda easily thrown 3-4 INTs last night. Looked lumbering, and slow with his decision-making. Of course, our receivers inability to get open didn't help.

TVD very well could be overrated. Who exactly did he post those "four 300 yard games" (that we keep hearing the announcers mention) against? To my mind, this was his first real test and he was not impressive at all.
 
Half full
We played pretty awful yet still was in position to possibly tie the game late in a hostile environment, against a team with better overall talent. Something that with previous staffs would have likely resulted in a blowout loss.

Half empty
It's still the same result we've been dealing with for nearly 20 except one or two games.

The jury is still out on A&M. This can look like a good loss or a pretty bad one at the end of the year depending on what they do. It's frustrating because this game was there for the taking if we executed.
 
Agree with most of this. Much to be happy with and equal amounts to be frustrated or concerned about. UNC game will tell us a lot.
 
rvalenza said:
How do you fix it?
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I intend to continue to point out general inconsistencies I see being posted and be a pain in the *** reminding people that we have a high money staff and they need to coach like a high money staff…especially when I see posters evaluating Mario different than Manny or Richt or Miami differently than the other teams of the week.
- Ex: how this board watched games Friday night and all day yesterday and saw hot garbage and then watched last night’s performance and saw a good product is orange and green colored goggles or a Mario World Warp Zone

I will also not accept we lost by less as a cool story for a game we gave away. That is weak and not Miami being back to work.

From a coaching standpoint:
- They all need to look at themselves in the mirror and figure this out.
- Figure out why we cannot scheme open WRs when we knew the room was a problem since we failed to bring in a #1 since December
- Figure out how we have ruined our #1 weapon
- Figure out why we keep allowing Special Teams gaffes
- Figure out who we have on defense and instill the concept that special teams is defense and the value of both is tremendous.

I would take the crown off TVD and ensure Jake gets the entire second half against Middle Tennessee State. For too long we have kept games too close to tell if the backup was a gamer who could compete and surpass the starter. That ends today.

If I am TVD and Jake, I work the next 2 weeks straight with the WRs, TEs and RBs on their relationships, routes, timing and mindset. I want them closer than Coach Moe and a 5 star recruit’s pajamas.

If I am the WR room, there needs to be an all hands (yikes) on deck, room meeting to dedicate themselves the next two weeks to committing to be great. Call KJ, call Harley, call Rambo ask them every question you have on turning it around.

To that end, if I am Gattis, and I play the “I adjust to my players” tape, you see what you ACTUALLY have right now, adjust your players or plays to meet what you have NOW.

I want a full analysis of the lack of urgency in the later part of the game and clock management. From the naked eye, and the really well paid eye of Herby, Miami lacked urgency and wasted a massive amount of time in the 4th Quarter.

But #1, I get back to work looking to make the necessary adjustments, not to be stubborn or bury my head in the sand. All positions are open.
 
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