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Hate to bring bad news after a win. But D'Onfrio is staying

OldhamA said:
How is that possible? Nebraska, Louisville and Georgia Tech pushed our **** in.
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Actually, despite the narrative to the contrary, no, they didn't. Nebraska ran well on us, but their total yardage was well under 400, and was only a couple of yards more than we had in that game. Same with GTech, who had tons of rushing yards, but their total yards were under 400. Louisville did not have a big offensive showing against us at all. There's a lot that needs to be fixed on both sides of the ball, and the coaches better do it quick or they will be searching for new jobs, but the idea that we've been blown out of any games is simply not true.
 
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dk72 said:
OldhamA said:
How is that possible? Nebraska, Louisville and Georgia Tech pushed our **** in.
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Actually, despite the narrative to the contrary, no, they didn't. Nebraska ran well on us, but their total yardage was well under 400, and was only a couple of yards more than we had in that game. Same with GTech, who had tons of rushing yards, but their total yards were under 400. Louisville did not have a big offensive showing against us at all. There's a lot that needs to be fixed on both sides of the ball, and the coaches better do it quick or they will be searching for new jobs, but the idea that we've been blown out of any games is simply not true.
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Our D against GT, Nebraska and UL was an abortion. 100 Points Allowed in total. Year 4, still the same *****!
 
dk72 said:
OldhamA said:
How is that possible? Nebraska, Louisville and Georgia Tech pushed our **** in.
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Actually, despite the narrative to the contrary, no, they didn't. Nebraska ran well on us, but their total yardage was well under 400, and was only a couple of yards more than we had in that game. Same with GTech, who had tons of rushing yards, but their total yards were under 400. Louisville did not have a big offensive showing against us at all. There's a lot that needs to be fixed on both sides of the ball, and the coaches better do it quick or they will be searching for new jobs, but the idea that we've been blown out of any games is simply not true.
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NEB and GT pushed our chit in. The only reason the total yards wasn't bad is cause they used a lot of clock on time consuming drives. The D sucked getting them off the field. GT and Neb had like 3 punts combined the D didn't play well in those games.
 
Actually, I don't think this means D'nofrio is safe. Didn't Pete rumor that internally Golden is frustrated with D'nofrio? If there is any truth to the rumor of Golden calling the defensive plays last night then I think D'no is out at the end of the season. The only way I see him staying is with a win vs FSU. Golden needs to keep the seat cool and traditionally that means coordinators get scapegoated
 
CaptJackSparrow said:
dk72 said:
OldhamA said:
How is that possible? Nebraska, Louisville and Georgia Tech pushed our **** in.
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Actually, despite the narrative to the contrary, no, they didn't. Nebraska ran well on us, but their total yardage was well under 400, and was only a couple of yards more than we had in that game. Same with GTech, who had tons of rushing yards, but their total yards were under 400. Louisville did not have a big offensive showing against us at all. There's a lot that needs to be fixed on both sides of the ball, and the coaches better do it quick or they will be searching for new jobs, but the idea that we've been blown out of any games is simply not true.
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NEB and GT pushed our chit in. The only reason the total yards wasn't bad is cause they used a lot of clock on time consuming drives. The D sucked getting them off the field. GT and Neb had like 3 punts combined the D didn't play well in those games.
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Our D has been a train wreck in every LOSS this year. In fact, since 2012 here is our defense performance in every LOSS:

UL in 2014 (31)
NEB in 2014 (41)
GT in 2014 (28)
Duke in 2013 (48)
VT in 2013 (42)
FSU in 2013 (41)
UL in 2013 (36)
KSU in 2012 (52)
ND in 2012 (41)
FSU in 2012 (33)
UVA in 2012 (41)
UNC in 2012 (18)

Average Points Allowed in a Loss: 37.67 Points
11/12 Games our D allowed 28+ or More!!!!
 
The D has looked good against anemic offenses like last night, do it against a decent UNC offense and against FSU, then I will start to believe.
 
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dk72 said:
OldhamA said:
How is that possible? Nebraska, Louisville and Georgia Tech pushed our **** in.
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Actually, despite the narrative to the contrary, no, they didn't. Nebraska ran well on us, but their total yardage was well under 400, and was only a couple of yards more than we had in that game. Same with GTech, who had tons of rushing yards, but their total yards were under 400. Louisville did not have a big offensive showing against us at all. There's a lot that needs to be fixed on both sides of the ball, and the coaches better do it quick or they will be searching for new jobs, but the idea that we've been blown out of any games is simply not true.
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Nebraska had 456 yards of offense against us, including 343 on the ground. Our run defense in the 2nd half was so ineffective that I think Nebraska had something like 7 passing yds in the 2nd half and still scored 17 offensive points, as they ran for about 175 yards in the 2nd half. GT had 371 total yards, with 318 of those being rushing. Who cares that they didn't get 400 yards? Their running game was able to help keep their offense on the field for more than 40 minutes. To suggest that limiting them to under 400 yards is some accomplishment when their running game clearly dominated and controlled the game is foolish. Louisville did have only 336 total yards - though their first time starting QB completed almost 75% of his passes, without their top WR, and their backup running back ran for 143 yards against us.

So, it's pretty clear that the "narrative" that those three teams dominated our defense, which is based on facts and statistics, is correct, especially with respect to GT and Nebraska.
 
SFbayCane said:
Temple has the #4 rated defense by those metrics.



Juuuussssayin'
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We all know that the stats are fluffed not taking in account we played nobody who cant run and throw. Nobody will not tell me we didn't play more aggressive last night with some better kids on the field CT, Grace
 
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Those metrics are once again the reason you have to watch film to give the numbers context. G Tech and Nebraska absolutely dominated our defense with four and five yards a pop every play. It was always 2nd & 5, 3rd & 2 and we just never got off the field. It was absolutely a slow bleed all game. Yards do not mean much when evaluating our defenses in those games because they just grinded all game and cut the clock off. It was helpless watching knowing you're never getting off the field until they score a TD on some six to ten minute drive.

Our D honestly was not that effective against V Tech either, as there were holes to run to, passes to be made and they just didn't hit them. Two of the fumbles V Tech had were soft fumbles as well when points were virtually inevitable. This fan base has a tendency to get caught up in numbers, outcomes and never understand the how or why they occurred. If two defensive backs cover the same WR and one runs free and the QB overthrows him was that good defense? If a RB has a cutback lane wide open because we overpursue and lose the edge but he continues to run into the defense's strength is that good defense?

We took a step forward against V Tech, but make no mistake, the defense still isn't anything resembling a team that forces action. Most of the time we simply pray for a mistake by the opponent. When they make them our numbers look good. When they don't, it's painful.
 
What this staff seems to not realize is that you can have an attacking front and still defend the "X" play. The two are not mutually exclusive.
 
RaiseCane said:
dk72 said:
OldhamA said:
How is that possible? Nebraska, Louisville and Georgia Tech pushed our **** in.
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Actually, despite the narrative to the contrary, no, they didn't. Nebraska ran well on us, but their total yardage was well under 400, and was only a couple of yards more than we had in that game. Same with GTech, who had tons of rushing yards, but their total yards were under 400. Louisville did not have a big offensive showing against us at all. There's a lot that needs to be fixed on both sides of the ball, and the coaches better do it quick or they will be searching for new jobs, but the idea that we've been blown out of any games is simply not true.
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Nebraska had 456 yards of offense against us, including 343 on the ground. Our run defense in the 2nd half was so ineffective that I think Nebraska had something like 7 passing yds in the 2nd half and still scored 17 offensive points, as they ran for about 175 yards in the 2nd half. GT had 371 total yards, with 318 of those being rushing. Who cares that they didn't get 400 yards? Their running game was able to help keep their offense on the field for more than 40 minutes. To suggest that limiting them to under 400 yards is some accomplishment when their running game clearly dominated and controlled the game is foolish. Louisville did have only 336 total yards - though their first time starting QB completed almost 75% of his passes, without their top WR, and their backup running back ran for 143 yards against us.

So, it's pretty clear that the "narrative" that those three teams dominated our defense, which is based on facts and statistics, is correct, especially with respect to GT and Nebraska.
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Great post. Anyone that actually watched the games knew what an abortion our D was. They couldn't stop a cold if they tried.
 
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