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Mario, Josh Gattis and Kevin Steele Media Monday 10/3

ItsAUThing.com said:
The offense is without Rambo and Harley from last year, lost Chaney and Citizen before the season, lost Restrepo before aTm and George before MTSU—and now Parrish is banged up, as Knighton has been.

The "regression" chatter is a bit much considering the amount of talent last year's 7-5 team has since lost going into 2022. This program can hardly afford to lose players of this caliber with such a weak-*** two-deep.
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We've played 3 cupcakes and one mediocre P5 team in Texas A&M. We've looked worse in every single aspect on the field even before the injuries started popping off.

Injuries don't even explain the things we are doing schematically either, which are the main issues this year. We could have all of the players you mentioned back on the team 100% healthy and we'd still be struggling on offense because our scheme is dated and simply not good.

Add all of the players back, even bring Rambo and Harley back onto the team. Guess what? We're still going to struggle in the red zone with this play calling. We're still going to get stuffed by MTSU if we're constantly running into loaded boxes and doing nothing to counter what MTSU is doing. Unless we somehow get 5* talent at every position throughout our roster, we'll always struggle on offense with this scheme.

Some of you all really go to great lengths to excuse the **** poor coaching we've seen so far.
 
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ItsAUThing.com said:
The offense is without Rambo and Harley from last year, lost Chaney and Citizen before the season, lost Restrepo before aTm and George before MTSU—and now Parrish is banged up, as Knighton has been.

The "regression" chatter is a bit much considering the amount of talent last year's 7-5 team has since lost going into 2022. This program can hardly afford to lose players of this caliber with such a weak-*** two-deep.
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Allegedly Arroyo is dealing with an injury as well. Really wanted to see him get some more burn.
 
Yards/play
2022: 4.8
2021: 5.6

Points/play
2022: .278
2021: .409

Yards/point
2022: 17.2
2021: 13.7

Red Zone %
2022: 76.92
2021: 85.42

Yards/Rush
2022: 3.4
2021: 3.3

Yards/Pass Attempt
2022: 6.4
2021: 7.8

Sack %
2022: 6.11%
2021: 5.79%

1st half pts/game
2022: 7.7
2021: 15.7

2nd half pts/game
2022: 15.7
2021: 15.2

That type of regression is not excused by a few injuries. That's absolutely terrible regression, especially when you consider who we've played to this point in the season while the 2021 numbers are after we played a full schedule that had 10 P5 teams on it.
 
TheProf said:
Steele isn't going to receive the same heat as Gattis because he hasn't take one side of the ball that produced last year and turned them into one of the worst in the country. The defense is no worse than it was last year and has slightly improved in some areas.

The offense hasn't really improved at all anywhere and has regressed heavily in multiple areas.
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Sorry, heat should be equally distributed. Gattis is obviously running an offense the head coach and OL coach have signed up for. He's without his top 2 receivers from a year ago and replacements Restrepo & George are gone until who knows when, Chaney & Knighton are hurt and non-factors, our hot RB recruit Citizen was lost before the first snap, his No. 1 tight end can't block and routinely stumbles over his own feet on the occasion he catches the ball, our projected 1st round pick left tackle is still recovering from surgery. The WR group was described as trash as early as spring ball.
Meanwhile, the defense was projected to be much improved with portal additions all over the place - 4 on the DL, a linebacker and a CB. Maybe not All-Americans, but solid players to blend in with the young talent. We had depth everywhere but LB. We stole the CB coach from national champion Georgia. We had a Hall of Famer volunteering to tutor our DEs.
The loss to Middle Tennessee State falls as much on the defense & Steele as it does the offense. So, spread the blame around & don't trash one coach and let the other slide because he's a good-natured guy willing to take 100% of the blame.
 
Steele deserves some heat, but not near the heat Gattis deserves is all I am saying. Our defense is no worse than it was last year. Our offense is significantly worse than it was last year. That's why they are going to get varying levels of heat.
 
He says getting enough people in the box to block or protect both edges.....******* kidding me?? Like, the O coordinator can scheme to spread them out where the D cant then load the box etc. That looks like coaching reactive rather than dictating the narrative & making them respond...He didnt address the pace of play either. It doesn't need to be tempo, but theres zero rhythm getting the play in and run, not allowing TVD to get in a little groove.....I cant stand the generic coach speak they speak with...Accountability isn't generic coach speak.
 
m-vac said:
He says getting enough people in the box to block or protect both edges.....******* kidding me?? Like, the O coordinator can scheme to spread them out where the D cant then load the box etc. That looks like coaching reactive rather than dictating the narrative & making them respond...He didnt address the pace of play either. It doesn't need to be tempo, but theres zero rhythm getting the play in and run, not allowing TVD to get in a little groove.....I cant stand the generic coach speak they speak with...Accountability isn't generic coach speak.
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That answer was so bad , I mean really bad. Wtf
 
TheProf said:
Defense loads the box up to stop the run giving the offense an advantage on the outside.

Gattis' answer is to condense the set to bring more defenders into the box.

You can't make it up.
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Yep. When I talk about the spread and the advantages I‘ve seem it first hand. Spreading the field makes things so much easier. From making reads , throwing lanes , stretching the defense vertically / horizontally , harder for the d to disguise and more room for wr‘s to run routes to get separation. All condensing the offense does is make it shooting fish in a barrel.
 
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Cribby said:
Yep. When I talk about the spread and the advantages I‘ve seem it first hand. Spreading the field makes things so much easier. From making reads , throwing lanes , stretching the defense vertically / horizontally , harder for the d to disguise and more room for wr‘s to run routes to get separation. All condensing the offense does is make it shooting fish in a barrel.
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It's common sense and it is literally what all top offenses are moving towards. The most effective offenses these days spread the defense out. If the defense has the numbers advantage inside, then the offense has it on the outside and will throw the ball. if the defense has a light box, then the offense will run the ball.

It really isn't rocket science. Look at what Heupel is doing at UT. His system is extremely simplified, but it uses modern concepts and doesn't try to force what isn't there.

Instead of all this check with me crap we do, I'd rather we just have more RPO's built in the system. Not all RPO's need to be post-snap reads either. Literally let Tyler count the hats in the box and decide if they're throwing or running based off that.
 
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m-vac said:
He says getting enough people in the box to block or protect both edges.....******* kidding me?? Like, the O coordinator can scheme to spread them out where the D cant then load the box etc. That looks like coaching reactive rather than dictating the narrative & making them respond...He didnt address the pace of play either. It doesn't need to be tempo, but theres zero rhythm getting the play in and run, not allowing TVD to get in a little groove.....I cant stand the generic coach speak they speak with...Accountability isn't generic coach speak.
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Truly unbelievable
 
Canestomp said:
Not sure how sustainable he (Gattis) is here. His scheme is getting national attention for the wrong reasons, his length of his recruitment to UM was questionable. There have been several reports out now that then co-offensive coordinator at Alabama didn't call plays after claiming he did (Mike Locksley called them) and his contribution to the offense at Michigan is suspect after that team has moved on/improved in aspect since his departure. Now his attitude here is to be this stoic and immovable coordinator sticking to what doesn't work because--stubborn.

I don't know. Each day that goes by, I like his style of coordinating less and less. His offense better start clickin' or he's one-and-done.
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I'll honestly be ****ed if he makes it a full year if this crap doesn't vastly improve.
 
BS85 said:
Truly unbelievable
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It's Dan Enos all over again. You put that many guys in a small area, it allows the D to do the same. Then the D can tee off from everywhere, because they are all close to the LOS. It's freaking insanity. If this is what Mario wants, he's a damned fool. An overpaid one at that.
 
ThomasM said:
It's Dan Enos all over again. You put that many guys in a small area, it allows the D to do the same. Then the D can tee off from everywhere, because they are all close to the LOS. It's freaking insanity. If this is what Mario wants, he's a damned fool. An overpaid one at that.
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Our OL has shown that when they actually communicate well they can hold their own in most block situations. We've struggled communicating assignments with some frequency this year.

You know how you help that OL out? You spread the defense out so any pressure they bring cannot be disguised. You know how you make it even harder on them? By going to a condensed set.

Condensed sets are not the devil. They have their advantages, but with the personnel we have, and the weaknesses we have as an offense, they do not fit us at all.
 
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This is Mario cristobal’s offense. The quicker the fanbase gets that the easier the acceptance stage will become. If/when Gattis gets canned be prepared for another moorehead disciple type to take the reigns and run what Mario wants…. Which is what we’re seeing in 2022

This is no different than Baker with Diaz
 
BS85 said:
Lmao, that's EXACTLY what i was thinking too. Guy clearly doesn't know wtf he's doing.
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Makes me scratch my head even more as to how he got hired. If Mario’s legendary 12 hour interviews breaking down film are true, how did this guy pass? I’m surprised Mario didn’t sniff out his bull$hit.

I’m hoping Gattis is really a good bull$hitter because the alternative explanation is something I don’t want to consider right now
 
Like others have said, if gonna attack Gattis you better be prepared to go after Mario. He sure as **** isn't running an offense, whether want to chide him for condensed formations or not, without Mario's approval. Also, if listen to Mario's response to SMD question - she must have gotten help with this one - the head coach isn't giving much consideration to a faster tempo, spread, no-huddle offense that TVD thrived in last year.

Mario: "Well, we are a power spread offense. Sometimes we have condensed sets, sometimes they're spread out. We have some tempo plays. We are not a fully committed tempo offense where you're running a play every 12-14 seconds . . . can't get to a place where scrap things we can get better at.''

Again, not a Gattis fan, but attacks on the offense should probably be viewed from a wider lens.
 
WaterburyCane said:
Makes me scratch my head even more as to how he got hired. If Mario’s legendary 12 hour interviews breaking down film are true, how did this guy pass? I’m surprised Mario didn’t sniff out his bull$hit.

I’m hoping Gattis is really a good bull$hitter because the alternative explanation is something I don’t want to consider right now
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I mean he convinced Mario that we are currently running a power spread so.......I agree with your two scenarios
 
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