Grab Bag examples: I-Form and Coker-T in 4th

[wacane]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

Good post

 

[Gatorhater]

Offense was nowhere near good enough. Defense played more than well enough to win. We have managed to flip what we suck at. Stadium was okay. We, the fans, on the other hand were championship ready!!!!!!

 

[Gatorhater]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

Good post

We lost and that is the only thing that matters. This is unacceptable. Mark will be very short-lived here if he doesn't get better and fast. This was his moment to shine and he did not, period. He is an long term experienced SEC coach from major power but some two-bit smuck shower-boy. You cannot excuse him and put on the players. I am not going to trash him because he is light-years ahead of what we had, but he has to do better and he has to do so on Miami time, not fsu or uga time. That means now not 5 years from now.

 

[NVA CANE]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

It's not a talent problem, if it were USF wouldn't have scored 35 on them, UL which is less talented overall than FSU wouldn't have racked up 63 points, UNC which isn't anywhere close in talent level to FSU scored 37.

Please don't insult everyone's intelligence by using the talent excuse. Coaches that get paid $4 million or more are supposed to make up for any talent deficiencies they may have which we didn't. We got out coached.

 

[The Franchise]

I'm shook. Badly. This isn't "oh, we kicked their *** in every phase but turned it over 6 times." This is fundamental core ****, and I'm scared we're stuck again.

That FSU defense was as prime for the picking as any since the late part of the Mickey Andrews era, and we put 88 yards on them in the second half. And we looked completely disjointed doing it.

That I formation 1st down run into the teeth of 8 guys throughout the night was an abortion. With our personnel and guys like Erma Lame out there for them trying to play defense it's fcking criminal to put 88 yards on them in a half.

I'd love to make some excuses and believe them, but I can't. Folden must be laughing his fat *** off right now.

 

[The Franchise]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

LOL. You make an OL look worse than it is when you put them in 2nd and 3rd and long all night and allow a defense to pin its ears back on you.

No excuses for that ****. Erma Lame sorry *** was out there running the wrong way as a fcking Safety, and you're yapping about our lack of talent. LULZ

 

[NVA CANE]

I'm shook. Badly. This isn't "oh, we kicked their *** in every phase but turned it over 6 times." This is fundamental core ****, and I'm scared we're stuck again.

That FSU defense was as prime for the picking as any since the late part of the Mickey Andrews era, and we put 88 yards on them in the second half. And we looked completely disjointed doing it.

That I formation 1st down run into the teeth of 8 guys throughout the night was an abortion. With our personnel and guys like Erma Lame out there for them trying to play defense it's fcking criminal to put 88 yards on them in a half.

I'd love to make some excuses and believe them, but I can't. Folden must be laughing his fat *** off right now.

Honestly, I think we are stuck again. The arguments many made about Richt doing less with more didn't just disappear. I hoped that they would with a new start for him but his insistence to run the I over and over was Golden and the Maryland game all over again only on the offensive side of the ball. His playing not to lose was goldenesque as well.

Kicking the field goal on 4th & 2 at the end of the first half was criminal and something golden would have been proud of. We were moving the ball with ease. Not only did we lose momentum but we gave them 1:30 to get a field goal.

And the no onside kick call. Jesus.

Richt looked in way over his head last night. Looked lost and scared. Jimbo coached circles around him. Another win that the coaches took away from the players.

Now we know why Richts reputation precedes him. He can't win the big games.

 

[Cane Dynasty]

I'm shook. Badly. This isn't "oh, we kicked their *** in every phase but turned it over 6 times." This is fundamental core ****, and I'm scared we're stuck again.

That FSU defense was as prime for the picking as any since the late part of the Mickey Andrews era, and we put 88 yards on them in the second half. And we looked completely disjointed doing it.

That I formation 1st down run into the teeth of 8 guys throughout the night was an abortion. With our personnel and guys like Erma Lame out there for them trying to play defense it's fcking criminal to put 88 yards on them in a half.

I'd love to make some excuses and believe them, but I can't. Folden must be laughing his fat *** off right now.

Honestly, I think we are stuck again. The arguments many made about Richt doing less with more didn't just disappear. I hoped that they would with a new start for him but his insistence to run the I over and over was Golden and the Maryland game all over again only on the offensive side of the ball. His playing not to lose was goldenesque as well.

Kicking the field goal on 4th & 2 at the end of the first half was criminal and something golden would have been proud of. We were moving the ball with ease. Not only did we lose momentum but we gave them 1:30 to get a field goal.

And the no onside kick call. Jesus.

Richt looked in way over his head last night. Looked lost and scared. Jimbo coached circles around him. Another win that the coaches took away from the players.

Now we know why Richts reputation precedes him. He can't win the big games.

ding.ding. winner

 

[BigCaneAl]

I'm shook. Badly. This isn't "oh, we kicked their *** in every phase but turned it over 6 times." This is fundamental core ****, and I'm scared we're stuck again.

That FSU defense was as prime for the picking as any since the late part of the Mickey Andrews era, and we put 88 yards on them in the second half. And we looked completely disjointed doing it.

That I formation 1st down run into the teeth of 8 guys throughout the night was an abortion. With our personnel and guys like Erma Lame out there for them trying to play defense it's fcking criminal to put 88 yards on them in a half.

I'd love to make some excuses and believe them, but I can't. Folden must be laughing his fat *** off right now.

Once they realized we couldn't protect Kaaya, and we didn't have time to play action, they just loaded the box and played man. We had no answer. Our Oline got their asses kicked, and Kaaya is just too immobile. There is a reason they struggle against any QB that can move, because you have to cover for more that 3 seconds.

 

[Rellyrell]

The middle of the field is being flat out IGNORED.

My kingdom for some crossing routes, digs, seams, and more slants. He basically chose to attack this FSU defense in the WORST possible way you can attack them....laterally. Bubbles, shotgun draws, and off tackles.

It's almost 4 in the morning and I'm sitting here still trying to process what I just saw. James Coley's offenses looked better against a more talented and cohesive FSU defensive unit.

He needs to temporarily hand off playcalling duties to Brown and then find a permanent solution at years end.

Yup, crossing routes are FSU's weakness and we didnt exploit it whatsoever

It's not like we didn't have film on that either...UNC ate them alive with it and Richt went the exact opposite. Smh...I still can't believe that we loss that game and how we lost it.

Richt isn't anywhere near being an elite coach. Absolutely nowhere near that whatsoever. Also I want to be crystal clear. This isn't some sore loser ****ed off fan knee jerk reaction. I didn't drink during the game and I'm stone cold sober now. There is no way to spin this outside of finding out Kaaya was playing with a concussion all game. James Carville himself couldn't spin this inexcusable abortion.

OK the OL sucks and your QB isn't mobile, can't throw on the run and folds up at the first sign of pressure. Yet this same QB can be deadly accurate at times and when given time can catch fire and carve up secondaries. If that is the hand you are dealt you game plan around it and make FSU pay for their aggressive play and garbage secondary. Everyone has lit up this crap defense. Everyone so far has made them look like a Junior college yet with the weapons we have we never threatened or tried to exploit their weaknesses. Never tried to exploit them down the middle with Njoku and Herndon when they had a WR(Lane) playing safety and true freshmen at CB? How can anyone defend this atrocious coaching performance. How can anyone just chalk this up as Richt having a bad game?

I like to think that I'm a reasonable man not given to the Monday morning rants typically associated with the irrational knee jerk hysteria seen after tough losses. This however was something all together different. This was one of the most inane, inept, incompetent and inexcusable game day coaching performances that I can remember and this is coming after 9 years of Shannon and Golden. This from a coach that averaged 10 wins a year in the SEC(yeah I said it). This from a coach that was the OC for one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the nation at FSU in the 90's. No, this game had a "This is who I am" vibe to it in terms of the play calling.

I have learned a ton about football and how important coaching is over the last 20 years. One of the biggest reasons I learned is that great head coaches are fairly easy to spot. A good coach doesn't lose to this fsu team with that mess of a defense and NFL talent on the offense at many positions. This was just a flat out disgrace. This was flat out incompetence plain as day. I've got to be honest with everyone here. If this is who Richt is then we will never win a conference much less a national title with him. If that is indeed the case then he can either admit it to himself and everyone else and hire an elite OC or he can get out of my face. Harsh you say? Yes it is! **** right it is but it's honest.

Well said and 100% spot on.

 

[Jedi Master Cane]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

There's so many things wrong in this post it's silly.

Guess what..I've been watching football closely for over 30 years...and I disagree with just about every ******* syllable you typed in this post.

If you can't see that the playcalling was garbage...then you shouldn't be commenting on the play calling. Slants, by definition are quick 3 step drops and man killers...we ran THREE ALL ******* game. All three resulted in positive outcomes and were part of our best, most cohesive drive.

Shallow crosses don't take a ton of time to develop either. Seam routes are reads off the line and can be hit quickly even in the face of pressure.

So in short..this is one of the worst posts I've read on this board in quite some time. The line gave enough time to run proper MAN KILLER plays...which weren't called and just further accentuates how **** poor Richt is as a play caller and game planner. The worst part about this is that FSU didn't even try to disguise it's coverage. They showed their hand early and it was clear they were going to play man to man the majority of the evening.

I'll sit with anyone on this board and go play and play and point out how ******* retarded the play calling was last night.

Talk to me about the 2 consecutive run calls in the face of a 1st and 20, with good field position, immediately following the bs holding call on Walton's TD run.

Talk to me about the 3 CONSECUTIVE RUN CALLS in the red zone at the end of the game where Richt's retardedness was BAILED OUT by Kaaya on a great 4th down throw.

Just stop dude. We're not starting the excuses again for a new coach. Nobody gets a pass and he has to be held accountable for what we saw last night. If him being the play caller is a package deal and a requisite for him being here I'll be creating the "Fire Mark Richt" thread in the very near future. He needs to hire a dedicated OC quickly.

 

[the storm]

AGAIN, WE DON'T have the depth, don't have the elite players, OL bad, no receivers. The holes in this team were exposed. Richt's play calling another matter (if he's actually calling the plays & not his son Jon). Would like to see film of the blocked kick; snap did look right looked like we were 'in a hurry' rather than getting set.

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

Good post

 

[ScubaCane]

I'm shook. Badly. This isn't "oh, we kicked their *** in every phase but turned it over 6 times." This is fundamental core ****, and I'm scared we're stuck again.

That FSU defense was as prime for the picking as any since the late part of the Mickey Andrews era, and we put 88 yards on them in the second half. And we looked completely disjointed doing it.

That I formation 1st down run into the teeth of 8 guys throughout the night was an abortion. With our personnel and guys like Erma Lame out there for them trying to play defense it's fcking criminal to put 88 yards on them in a half.

I'd love to make some excuses and believe them, but I can't. Folden must be laughing his fat *** off right now.

This right here, the worst part of this loss is the realization that Richt is a coRch

 

[GreenBeans]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

Good post

We lost and that is the only thing that matters. This is unacceptable. Mark will be very short-lived here if he doesn't get better and fast. This was his moment to shine and he did not, period. He is an long term experienced SEC coach from major power but some two-bit smuck shower-boy. You cannot excuse him and put on the players. I am not going to trash him because he is light-years ahead of what we had, but he has to do better and he has to do so on Miami time, not fsu or uga time. That means now not 5 years from now.

You had UM going 12-0?

 

[GreenBeans]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

There's so many things wrong in this post it's silly.

Guess what..I've been watching football closely for over 30 years...and I disagree with just about every ****ing syllable you typed in this post.

If you can't see that the playcalling was garbage...then you shouldn't be commenting on the play calling. Slants, by definition are quick 3 step drops and man killers...we ran THREE ALL ****ING game. All three resulted in positive outcomes and were part of our best, most cohesive drive.

Shallow crosses don't take a ton of time to develop either. Seam routes are reads off the line and can be hit quickly even in the face of pressure.

So in short..this is one of the worst posts I've read on this board in quite some time. The line gave enough time to run proper MAN KILLER plays...which weren't called and just further accentuates how **** poor Richt is as a play caller and game planner. The worst part about this is that FSU didn't even try to disguise it's coverage. They showed their hand early and it was clear they were going to play man to man the majority of the evening.

I'll sit with anyone on this board and go play and play and point out how ****ing retarded the play calling was last night.

Talk to me about the 2 consecutive run calls in the face of a 1st and 20, with good field position, immediately following the bs holding call on Walton's TD run.

Talk to me about the 3 CONSECUTIVE RUN CALLS in the red zone at the end of the game where Richt's retardedness was BAILED OUT by Kaaya on a great 4th down throw.

Just stop dude. We're not starting the excuses again for a new coach. Nobody gets a pass and he has to be held accountable for what we saw last night. If him being the play caller is a package deal and a requisite for him being here I'll be creating the "Fire Mark Richt" thread in the very near future. He needs to hire a dedicated OC quickly.

You need skilled athletes to beat press coverage. We are just not elite there.

 

[gfer1988]

The middle of the field is being flat out IGNORED.

My kingdom for some crossing routes, digs, seams, and more slants. He basically chose to attack this FSU defense in the WORST possible way you can attack them....laterally. Bubbles, shotgun draws, and off tackles.

It's almost 4 in the morning and I'm sitting here still trying to process what I just saw. James Coley's offenses looked better against a more talented and cohesive FSU defensive unit.

He needs to temporarily hand off playcalling duties to Brown and then find a permanent solution at years end.

Yup, crossing routes are FSU's weakness and we didnt exploit it whatsoever

This. This has been an epidemic in both college and pro football. The quality of the game has gone down and there only seems to be a few teams that actually game plan based off the other teams weaknesses. Even some successful teams don't do this bc they can get away with out talenting them

 

[streetja]

It's easy to blame Richt and talk about the play calling becuase the plays didn't work. But how can anyone ignore how bad this Oline is?

Jimbo fisher didn't make any huge adjustments at half time. They primary ran it when under center as well. But he looks like a genius becuase we couldn't stop it for less than a 4 yard gain. And he occasionally called PA becuase you have to commit to stopping dalvin cook.


I hear that you said the plays he called had no rhym or reason but at that point I think he was looking for anything that our team could run effectively. We just don't have elite players. Our WRs and TE were blanketed all night.

Everyone keeps saying run crossing routes, they take time to develop and the oline sucks.


our top 2 offensive players (Kayaa and coley) are overrated. Neither one of them forces the defense to play a certain way which opens up other areas of the field and the offense for these "genius" play calls everyone is expecting.

Richt isn't perfect and I'm sure there are a lot of plays he wants back but you don't have to be super aggressive offensively to win these games Nick saban has proven that.

There's so many things wrong in this post it's silly.

Guess what..I've been watching football closely for over 30 years...and I disagree with just about every ******* syllable you typed in this post.

If you can't see that the playcalling was garbage...then you shouldn't be commenting on the play calling. Slants, by definition are quick 3 step drops and man killers...we ran THREE ALL ******* game. All three resulted in positive outcomes and were part of our best, most cohesive drive.

Shallow crosses don't take a ton of time to develop either. Seam routes are reads off the line and can be hit quickly even in the face of pressure.

So in short..this is one of the worst posts I've read on this board in quite some time. The line gave enough time to run proper MAN KILLER plays...which weren't called and just further accentuates how **** poor Richt is as a play caller and game planner. The worst part about this is that FSU didn't even try to disguise it's coverage. They showed their hand early and it was clear they were going to play man to man the majority of the evening.

I'll sit with anyone on this board and go play and play and point out how ******* retarded the play calling was last night.

Talk to me about the 2 consecutive run calls in the face of a 1st and 20, with good field position, immediately following the bs holding call on Walton's TD run.

Talk to me about the 3 CONSECUTIVE RUN CALLS in the red zone at the end of the game where Richt's retardedness was BAILED OUT by Kaaya on a great 4th down throw.

Just stop dude. We're not starting the excuses again for a new coach. Nobody gets a pass and he has to be held accountable for what we saw last night. If him being the play caller is a package deal and a requisite for him being here I'll be creating the "Fire Mark Richt" thread in the very near future. He needs to hire a dedicated OC quickly.

:ibis-roflmao-sm4::ibis-roflmao-sm4::ibis-roflmao-sm4::ibis-roflmao-sm4:

 

[MiamiVice7]

Lu's halftime comment is exactly where I was, and why this hurts so bad. The game absolutely felt in our control. The defense was playing EXACTLY how it needed to win this game.

I was thinking Man if we could just play at B level on offense we win this going away. Let alone if we started clicking we would've hammered those guys. Instead, we **** the bed bigly. I really wasn't ready for that. Not after all these years of doing that. There was every reason for it to go down differently last night. Every reason.

 

[TpaBayFlyFisher]

The middle of the field is being flat out IGNORED.

My kingdom for some crossing routes, digs, seams, and more slants. He basically chose to attack this FSU defense in the WORST possible way you can attack them....laterally. Bubbles, shotgun draws, and off tackles.

It's almost 4 in the morning and I'm sitting here still trying to process what I just saw. James Coley's offenses looked better against a more talented and cohesive FSU defensive unit.

He needs to temporarily hand off playcalling duties to Brown and then find a permanent solution at years end.

Yup, crossing routes are FSU's weakness and we didnt exploit it whatsoever

It's not like we didn't have film on that either...UNC ate them alive with it and Richt went the exact opposite. Smh...I still can't believe that we loss that game and how we lost it.

Richt isn't anywhere near being an elite coach. Absolutely nowhere near that whatsoever. Also I want to be crystal clear. This isn't some sore loser ****ed off fan knee jerk reaction. I didn't drink during the game and I'm stone cold sober now. There is no way to spin this outside of finding out Kaaya was playing with a concussion all game. James Carville himself couldn't spin this inexcusable abortion.

OK the OL sucks and your QB isn't mobile, can't throw on the run and folds up at the first sign of pressure. Yet this same QB can be deadly accurate at times and when given time can catch fire and carve up secondaries. If that is the hand you are dealt you game plan around it and make FSU pay for their aggressive play and garbage secondary. Everyone has lit up this crap defense. Everyone so far has made them look like a Junior college yet with the weapons we have we never threatened or tried to exploit their weaknesses. Never tried to exploit them down the middle with Njoku and Herndon when they had a WR(Lane) playing safety and true freshmen at CB? How can anyone defend this atrocious coaching performance. How can anyone just chalk this up as Richt having a bad game?

I like to think that I'm a reasonable man not given to the Monday morning rants typically associated with the irrational knee jerk hysteria seen after tough losses. This however was something all together different. This was one of the most inane, inept, incompetent and inexcusable game day coaching performances that I can remember and this is coming after 9 years of Shannon and Golden. This from a coach that averaged 10 wins a year in the SEC(yeah I said it). This from a coach that was the OC for one of the most potent and explosive offenses in the nation at FSU in the 90's. No, this game had a "This is who I am" vibe to it in terms of the play calling.

I have learned a ton about football and how important coaching is over the last 20 years. One of the biggest reasons I learned is that great head coaches are fairly easy to spot. A good coach doesn't lose to this fsu team with that mess of a defense and NFL talent on the offense at many positions. This was just a flat out disgrace. This was flat out incompetence plain as day. I've got to be honest with everyone here. If this is who Richt is then we will never win a conference much less a national title with him. If that is indeed the case then he can either admit it to himself and everyone else and hire an elite OC or he can get out of my face. Harsh you say? Yes it is! **** right it is but it's honest.

 

[The Franchise]

I'm shook. Badly. This isn't "oh, we kicked their *** in every phase but turned it over 6 times." This is fundamental core ****, and I'm scared we're stuck again.

That FSU defense was as prime for the picking as any since the late part of the Mickey Andrews era, and we put 88 yards on them in the second half. And we looked completely disjointed doing it.

That I formation 1st down run into the teeth of 8 guys throughout the night was an abortion. With our personnel and guys like Erma Lame out there for them trying to play defense it's fcking criminal to put 88 yards on them in a half.

I'd love to make some excuses and believe them, but I can't. Folden must be laughing his fat *** off right now.

Once they realized we couldn't protect Kaaya, and we didn't have time to play action, they just loaded the box and played man. We had no answer. Our Oline got their asses kicked, and Kaaya is just too immobile. There is a reason they struggle against any QB that can move, because you have to cover for more that 3 seconds.

Our pass pro wasn't nearly as bad as people are trying to make it seem. We hold the ball too long on some plays, and when you run for no yards on 1st down you put yourself in predictable situations. We did nothing to keep that wretched defense off balance.