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It does say “internal via a nine player competition”. It was the coaches decision to reopen the competition.
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And the coaches allow it. No accountability whatsoever.
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CMD, cannot get us were we need to go, last nights game was awful in terms of 8 weeks into the season and this is what we look like? D staff need a complete overhaul and the need to hire an LB coach and recruit speed at all levels.
also revamp your S&C program to compete with the rest of league, we lack explosive strength and get our but kicked way to many times.......
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Agree with most of this, but I don't know what you mean by saying Clark was solid. He was blown up on just about every run play. This is a team that needs to pass to set up the run, but Lashlee does the opposite because we ran on UAB with success
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We should just expect teams to copy and paste their defensive game plan against us. We were perfect from the red zone before yesterday, where we went 1 of 4, I believe. Hope the WRs keep that confidence up the rest of the way (sans wiggins, he doodoo).
I thought to myself, if we keep throwing the bubble screens, couldn’t we fake it, and have someon release on a vertical to that vacant space. Their DB jumped it and almost had a pick 6.
I just hope we have some OL that are maulers because to my untrained eye they are not run blockers, much better at pass blocking (relatively speaking), but Justice comes from a good OL coaching tree, so I’m hoping it’s the players skill level, which recruiting can fix
Y’all are better and dissecting and analyzing than I am, but I’m just happy we’re 5-1, because we need to keep this recruiting class together at all costs.
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And that’s your senior leaders????? SMFH!!
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It was last year's UNC game... Except we won this time.
I don’t understand when the main threat is their QB running the ball, why doesn’t Miami have a spy at all times? The LB’s would take themselves out of the play over and over.
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Something about UVA, it’s always that close tough game. It’s a bit of poor reference but sorta like what Syracuse is to Clemson.
It just doesn’t make sense but that’s how it is every time.
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Our linebackers would Fvck up and spy the offensive tackle
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The frustrating part of watching this team, is we keep waiting for them to take the next step. We're waiting for them to play their best ball in all facets of the game similar to the FSU game, but on a weekly basis.
On offense our passing game made a big leap forward but the running game is still stuck in the mud from a combination of sub par offensive line play and predictable run calling. Lashlee has to be better with his run calls. I completely agree with OP that we are wasting downs calling consecutive dive plays leaving us in 3rd & long far too often. We need to be a pass first offense to set up the run because teams are going to continue to stuff the box not respecting our passing game. As OP said, we were most successful with the run when we were in wide split formations with 4 WRs. We can run 4 wides even with 2 Wrs and TEs if necessary. This way you bring the LBs to the edges making them play in space. If they hedge inside, then you dump the ball to a TE or WR. If they hedge towards coverage, then you hand the ball off. This what an RPO is supposed to be. I've seen very few plays where the QB pulls the ball and passes it. We look like we're just doing a straight handoff dive play. I don't see King pulling the ball and keeping it either. Not enough to keep the defense honest. Overall, Lashlee needs his coaches to self scout and come up with schemes to force the defense to play in space.
Defensively, our stats were pretty good, but there were 2 busted coverages deep balls that could have cost us the game. The first one was on 3rd and goal from 30+ yards away were the UVA WR got behind the defense for a busted coverage TD that was called back for a lineman down field. That is completely 100% inexcusable and Blake Baker is to blame. Yes, the players didn't execute and blew the play, but Baker put us in that situation just like he did at UNC last year. From the defense he was playing on that 3rd & goal, he was trying keep UVA from having an easier field goal rather than just keeping them out of the endzone. All you need to know is the defensive alignment on the very next play was a prevent coverage with the safeties at the goal line which is where they should have been on the previous play. You dictate to the offense to have to throw short. UVA threw short. Got to the 20 and missed the field goal anyway. I absolutely hate when Baker takes unnecessary risk. He just shows his *** of NOT being a top level DC making these bonehead calls.
Lastly, our zone coverage scheme is way too soft. For two consecutive games we give away free catches with soft coverage. The coverage is so soft that we can't even make the tackle after the catch when the receiver is trying to get out of bounds to preserve clock. This is consistent throughout the game not just in crunch time. They are either coached this way or the coaches are not correcting them. It is clear they are being coached this way and it's frustrating to watch. Can our coaches please study how the best zone coverage teams play and implement their scheme. Jeff Leneord, the DC at Wisconsin, plays the best cover 2 zone defense I've seen any team play. It's their base defense. So does Iowa for that matter. Ed Reed should be in Baker's ear that our zone defense needs to tighten up. I think Baker and Diaz have too big of ego and it hurts them. If Dabo Sweeney can send his staff to Iowa State to learn their defensive scheme, why can't Diaz & staff go to other coaches and improve on the things we do poorly? Same for the offensive line. I'd get with Wisconsin and understand their whole philosophy from recruiting to developing offensive linemen. Be humble. Keep learning. Keep improving.
On offense our passing game made a big leap forward but the running game is still stuck in the mud from a combination of sub par offensive line play and predictable run calling. Lashlee has to be better with his run calls. I completely agree with OP that we are wasting downs calling consecutive dive plays leaving us in 3rd & long far too often. We need to be a pass first offense to set up the run because teams are going to continue to stuff the box not respecting our passing game. As OP said, we were most successful with the run when we were in wide split formations with 4 WRs. We can run 4 wides even with 2 Wrs and TEs if necessary. This way you bring the LBs to the edges making them play in space. If they hedge inside, then you dump the ball to a TE or WR. If they hedge towards coverage, then you hand the ball off. This what an RPO is supposed to be. I've seen very few plays where the QB pulls the ball and passes it. We look like we're just doing a straight handoff dive play. I don't see King pulling the ball and keeping it either. Not enough to keep the defense honest. Overall, Lashlee needs his coaches to self scout and come up with schemes to force the defense to play in space.
Defensively, our stats were pretty good, but there were 2 busted coverages deep balls that could have cost us the game. The first one was on 3rd and goal from 30+ yards away were the UVA WR got behind the defense for a busted coverage TD that was called back for a lineman down field. That is completely 100% inexcusable and Blake Baker is to blame. Yes, the players didn't execute and blew the play, but Baker put us in that situation just like he did at UNC last year. From the defense he was playing on that 3rd & goal, he was trying keep UVA from having an easier field goal rather than just keeping them out of the endzone. All you need to know is the defensive alignment on the very next play was a prevent coverage with the safeties at the goal line which is where they should have been on the previous play. You dictate to the offense to have to throw short. UVA threw short. Got to the 20 and missed the field goal anyway. I absolutely hate when Baker takes unnecessary risk. He just shows his *** of NOT being a top level DC making these bonehead calls.
Lastly, our zone coverage scheme is way too soft. For two consecutive games we give away free catches with soft coverage. The coverage is so soft that we can't even make the tackle after the catch when the receiver is trying to get out of bounds to preserve clock. This is consistent throughout the game not just in crunch time. They are either coached this way or the coaches are not correcting them. It is clear they are being coached this way and it's frustrating to watch. Can our coaches please study how the best zone coverage teams play and implement their scheme. Jeff Leneord, the DC at Wisconsin, plays the best cover 2 zone defense I've seen any team play. It's their base defense. So does Iowa for that matter. Ed Reed should be in Baker's ear that our zone defense needs to tighten up. I think Baker and Diaz have too big of ego and it hurts them. If Dabo Sweeney can send his staff to Iowa State to learn their defensive scheme, why can't Diaz & staff go to other coaches and improve on the things we do poorly? Same for the offensive line. I'd get with Wisconsin and understand their whole philosophy from recruiting to developing offensive linemen. Be humble. Keep learning. Keep improving.
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He didnt blame the refs for Carter hit infact he even said Carter should be benched he was pointing out because of Carter history that refs know before the game which players to keep an eye on.
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Amari Carter is getting call for targeting every game BECAUSE HE'S TARGETING EVERY GAME! It drives me nuts. Personally, I think the rule needs to change, however, as it stands, they're calling it correctly. He simply has to do better. Or, move the kid to LB already.
We were SO fortunate we didn't also lose Bubba to it. That sure looked like targeting to me.
We were SO fortunate we didn't also lose Bubba to it. That sure looked like targeting to me.
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There’s no great teams but there’s a few that are more than good enough to beat us if we only score 19 points.
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LCE the way I read the part about Carter is like he was the victim. Fam, that dude has no intelligence. It is what it is. Has no business being here. The tackling form hasn’t changed and he’s a danger out there. He does this to himself. Need to start calling clowns like this out man. Remember when he he was recruited he was deemed as an “intelligent, high IQ” safety? BAMBOOZLED.
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There’s a toughest part of our schedule?
As crappy as the schedule is we can still lose to 2-3 of those teams. I honestly don’t know what to expect.
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That was Payton. Looked like he was just jubilant about catching a short yardage pass. He felt large and generous.
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That one was all arm, bad camera angle. Could have been a late hit though.
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The better question is whether they fully realized they were doing the bare minimum. Maybe they thought they were doing well enough. That's part of switching to a culture of excellence from a culture of "we're not the worst unit so that's good enough."
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