My rant...

[BlackKeysFan]

Maybe it's finally time people realized (Duke's) a very good back, but not nearly as good as people here think he is.

This.

I've been saying it for a while. I love Duke, but he isn't an elite college football RB. Very very good, but not elite.

You're crazy. He's as good as it gets. He just isn't an every down back live we've tried to use him as, and we ran him into the ground. Not his fault that in 3 recruiting classes we couldn't find a difference maker in SO Fla who weighs more than 200 pounds.

He would be Heisman good at a place like Oregon. He's also just a Soph. You will realize how good he is when you realize how bad our offense is without him.

 

[cane33]

Maybe it's finally time people realized (Duke's) a very good back, but not nearly as good as people here think he is.

This.

I've been saying it for a while. I love Duke, but he isn't an elite college football RB. Very very good, but not elite.

You're a ******* idiot. And so is anyone who agrees with you. He had 97yds on 23 carries against a top 10 defense through 2 and half quarters. With ****** *** run blocking at that. He had to make 2 players miss just to get back to the LOS most plays. He was on pace for 120+ before the injury on the road, against a top 10 d, with an overmatched OL that couldn't even get a yard on 4th and 1. And he was on pace to have a better season than Portis or Gore ever had here and the best since some guy named McGahee. But he's not elite? Please shut the **** up and stop posting.

 

[NVA CANE]

Maybe it's finally time people realized (Duke's) a very good back, but not nearly as good as people here think he is.

This.

I've been saying it for a while. I love Duke, but he isn't an elite college football RB. Very very good, but not elite.

You're a ******* idiot. And so is anyone who agrees with you. He had 97yds on 23 carries against a top 10 defense through 2 and half quarters. With ****** *** run blocking at that. He had to make 2 players miss just to get back to the LOS most plays. He was on pace for 120+ before the injury on the road, against a top 10 d, with an overmatched OL that couldn't even get a yard on 4th and 1. And he was on pace to have a better season than Portis or Gore ever had here and the best since some guy named McGahee. But he's not elite? Please shut the **** up and stop posting.

thank you.

 

[CANE4LIFE]

Am going to disagree on Coley. We really dont know what we have in him yet. Its his first season, and yes he's bound to make some mistakes, but he is really working with garbage at the QB spot. That would limit ANY OC in what they can do or call. Morris is an absolute liability throwing over the middle, or anywhere for that matter. So as an OC, what can you do? We threw the middle last night to Walford and look what happened. That's why we dont throw the middle.

MOST troubling to me, is Coach D. I thought we had finally started to turn the corner on D, but what I saw last night was sickening. Granted we lack playmakers and depth at key positions. Outside of DP and Gaines, our LBs are really mediocre, or situational players. Our DL should be doing MUCH more than they are. And our Safeties are a mess with lack of depth. Highsmith has NO business being on the football field. But the scheme last night was garbage. Very unimaginative, no disguised blizes, no creatitivty, VERY slow to adjust.

My doubts on Coach D have resurfaced BIG time after last night.

 

[canes732]

Agree Highsmith should never see the field he sucks hate when he plays literally the worst in coverage

 

[JimmyJohnsonsHair]

Am going to disagree on Coley. We really dont know what we have in him yet. Its his first season, and yes he's bound to make some mistakes, but he is really working with garbage at the QB spot. That would limit ANY OC in what they can do or call. Morris is an absolute liability throwing over the middle, or anywhere for that matter. So as an OC, what can you do? We threw the middle last night to Walford and look what happened. That's why we dont throw the middle.

MOST troubling to me, is Coach D. I thought we had finally started to turn the corner on D, but what I saw last night was sickening. Granted we lack playmakers and depth at key positions. Outside of DP and Gaines, our LBs are really mediocre, or situational players. Our DL should be doing MUCH more than they are. And our Safeties are a mess with lack of depth. Highsmith has NO business being on the football field. But the scheme last night was garbage. Very unimaginative, no disguised blizes, no creatitivty, VERY slow to adjust.

My doubts on Coach D have resurfaced BIG time after last night.

Yep, I feel the same way about Coach D.

 

[CanesAreAble]

I support the OP's post 100% but I would add that Kehoe needs to go as well. Once again our vaunted o-line got pushed around.

Oline outplayed FSU's for much of the night but they had no respect for our passing game as the night wore on and more defenders started getting closer to the line of scrimmage. Oline was fine.

This.

Duke would've gone over 100 if not for the injury.

I just don't know what else morris needs to be successful. The o-line was opening holes, they were pass-blocking well, and WRs were getting open.

 

[Coach Macho]

Does anyone honestly think D'Onofrio is running the defense independent of Golden? Changing DCs doesn't change the scheme.

BTW I don't have a problem with the scheme. Guys aren't executing. You mentioned the AJ Highsmith play. He made at least 3 or 4 negative plays today. AQM had Winston in the backfield twice on 3rd downs, but he didn't bring him to the ground. You have to make plays when the opportunities are there.

As for the spot-dropping, I don't know. I think it's more likely our LBs suck at pattern recognition. Cornileus has ZERO awareness, and yet he seems to be a trusted Nickel LB.

For me it's most certainly a talent issue.

I agree with the your statement about making plays but my point remains...we often have nobody near the ball. Our LB's sit there and stare at the QB while they're playing zone, they don't find WR's.

And is that the scheme or lbers not doing their job?

Both falls on coaching IMO. Why are the LB's not doing their job? They're not young.

 

[M3N]

Green spot dropped and let freeman cross his face. He ran a flare route for an easy 8 yards. We look very slow and unathletic on defense.

FSU seemed to have no problem playing man and keep passing windows tight.

We insist to run that sofft zone based defense that kils us. We were dominated on the ground and in the air. We didn't let **** throw it deep, but we gave everything else up. Drags from the 1, button hooks, and flares were open for days. NO ONE COVERED THE BACK OUT OF THE BACKFIELD! This was pathetic.

Coach D/ AG scheme was exposed to the max last night. Jimbo ran circles around us. The scored basically on every possession. We were dominated in the run and pass game.

0-3 against FSU. Good first half and ****** second half. Every team we play with a competent OC, we get exposed for fraud D we are.

 

[User-4525]

The play action on 3rd and 14, 3rd and 12, etc. was a complete joke.

I agree with coley actually doing a better job in the first half.

Call it D'Onofrios defense or Goldens, I hate it either way.

 

[BlackKeysFan]

Theres some kinks that need to be worked out on both sides of the ball and we will improve as Golden's classes get in. No question still for the next 2 years that more talent will be coming in the program every year than will be leaving, as has been the case for the past 2 seasons. We aren't there yet, but we are better so i'm not too shaken up about it.

Gotta beat VT though.

 

[Pennmed Canefan]

Agree Highsmith should never see the field he sucks hate when he plays literally the worst in coverage

Bush is playing that much better?

Until Rodgers comes back those two are essentially interchangeable right now.

 

[Coach Macho]

VT is not gonna be a cake walk IMO simply cause of the reasons I'm noting in this thread. (coaching)

 

[DaU83]

Am going to disagree on Coley. We really dont know what we have in him yet. Its his first season, and yes he's bound to make some mistakes, but he is really working with garbage at the QB spot. That would limit ANY OC in what they can do or call. Morris is an absolute liability throwing over the middle, or anywhere for that matter. So as an OC, what can you do? We threw the middle last night to Walford and look what happened. That's why we dont throw the middle.

MOST troubling to me, is Coach D. I thought we had finally started to turn the corner on D, but what I saw last night was sickening. Granted we lack playmakers and depth at key positions. Outside of DP and Gaines, our LBs are really mediocre, or situational players. Our DL should be doing MUCH more than they are. And our Safeties are a mess with lack of depth. Highsmith has NO business being on the football field. But the scheme last night was garbage. Very unimaginative, no disguised blizes, no creatitivty, VERY slow to adjust.

My doubts on Coach D have resurfaced BIG time after last night.

jedd fisch was able to figure out what to do with Morris.

 

[JimmyJohnsonsHair]

VT is not gonna be a cake walk IMO simply cause of the reasons I'm noting in this thread. (coaching)

VT will give us fits if we do not find a way to put pressure on Thomas.

 

[CaneHammer]

Am going to disagree on Coley. We really dont know what we have in him yet. Its his first season, and yes he's bound to make some mistakes, but he is really working with garbage at the QB spot. That would limit ANY OC in what they can do or call. Morris is an absolute liability throwing over the middle, or anywhere for that matter. So as an OC, what can you do? We threw the middle last night to Walford and look what happened. That's why we dont throw the middle.

MOST troubling to me, is Coach D. I thought we had finally started to turn the corner on D, but what I saw last night was sickening. Granted we lack playmakers and depth at key positions. Outside of DP and Gaines, our LBs are really mediocre, or situational players. Our DL should be doing MUCH more than they are. And our Safeties are a mess with lack of depth. Highsmith has NO business being on the football field. But the scheme last night was garbage. Very unimaginative, no disguised blizes, no creatitivty, VERY slow to adjust.

My doubts on Coach D have resurfaced BIG time after last night.

jedd fisch was able to figure out what to do with Morris.

Go back and watch Kansas State and Notre Dame. Morris is no different now then he was two years ago.

 

[Coach Macho]

This is the kind of schematic ****ery I'm talking about. (1:46)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juwDwY-UQrE

3rd and 5. Our DE up top crashes inside, leaving us without an edge rusher to Winston's right. Winston scrambles right for an easy 1st down. Now, if I hadn't seen this already during D'Onofrio's tenure then I would just chalk it up on the players, however I've seen it a million times. This is completely UN-SOUND.

Also notice how Luther Robinson is dropping into a zone and standing right next to Cornelius. They're both covering the same patch of grass together. LOL.

 

[Notsince1985]

Does anyone honestly think D'Onofrio is running the defense independent of Golden? Changing DCs doesn't change the scheme.

BTW I don't have a problem with the scheme. Guys aren't executing. You mentioned the AJ Highsmith play. He made at least 3 or 4 negative plays today. AQM had Winston in the backfield twice on 3rd downs, but he didn't bring him to the ground. You have to make plays when the opportunities are there.

As for the spot-dropping, I don't know. I think it's more likely our LBs suck at pattern recognition. Cornileus has ZERO awareness, and yet he seems to be a trusted Nickel LB.

For me it's most certainly a talent issue.

I agree with the your statement about making plays but my point remains...we often have nobody near the ball. Our LB's sit there and stare at the QB while they're playing zone, they don't find WR's.

And is that the scheme or lbers not doing their job?

Both falls on coaching IMO. Why are the LB's not doing their job? They're not young.

They're not that good. How about that. And I'm including Perryman in that. He's having an average year. One great game, Florida, aside from that, nothing. He makes a lot of tackles, but they're 6, 7, 10-12 yards down the field. He still takes plays off, and doesn't impose his will on the game. He would be good if we had 2 other good LBs playing next to him. Instead we have Gaines and Cornelius. Or Armbrister. Or Figs, who is a true frosh.

 

[Big Sky Cane]

This is the kind of schematic ****ery I'm talking about. (1:46)



3rd and 5. Our DE up top crashes inside, leaving us without an edge rusher to Winston's right. Winston scrambles right for an easy 1st down. Now, if I hadn't seen this already during D'Onofrio's tenure then I would just chalk it up on the players, however I've seen it a million times. This is completely UN-SOUND.

Also notice how Luther Robinson is dropping into a zone and standing right next to Cornelius. They're both covering the same patch of grass together. LOL.

Looks like McCorrd just freelanced to me. I'm sure Coach D's scheme calls for Robinson and Cornelius to cover the same zone. You're a ******* broken record.

 

[Coach Macho]

Does anyone honestly think D'Onofrio is running the defense independent of Golden? Changing DCs doesn't change the scheme.

BTW I don't have a problem with the scheme. Guys aren't executing. You mentioned the AJ Highsmith play. He made at least 3 or 4 negative plays today. AQM had Winston in the backfield twice on 3rd downs, but he didn't bring him to the ground. You have to make plays when the opportunities are there.

As for the spot-dropping, I don't know. I think it's more likely our LBs suck at pattern recognition. Cornileus has ZERO awareness, and yet he seems to be a trusted Nickel LB.

For me it's most certainly a talent issue.

I agree with the your statement about making plays but my point remains...we often have nobody near the ball. Our LB's sit there and stare at the QB while they're playing zone, they don't find WR's.

And is that the scheme or lbers not doing their job?

Both falls on coaching IMO. Why are the LB's not doing their job? They're not young.

They're not that good. How about that. And I'm including Perryman in that. He's having an average year. One great game, Florida, aside from that, nothing. He makes a lot of tackles, but they're 6, 7, 10-12 yards down the field. He still takes plays off, and doesn't impose his will on the game. He would be good if we had 2 other good LBs playing next to him. Instead we have Gaines and Cornelius. Or Armbrister. Or Figs, who is a true frosh.

So LB's aren't covering the flats cause they're not good?

The fact that we sit back and allow a RB to catch a flare route for 8 yards has nothing to do with us not being good. The fact that receivers run through our zone without being contested has nothing to do with talent. THERE'S NOBODY IN THE AREA!!!

Not being good/talented is when a player is (atleast) in the right area but can't make a play. When they're not even in the right area THAT'S COACHING AND SCHEME.

I've had countless "bad" football players on my squads and we always fielded a top-15 defense, one year reaching as high as 4th in the county. Our players were almost always in the right spots but when we played against teams like Miramar we would struggle because we couldn't catch their guys and/or tackle them despite being in the right spot. THAT is a lack of talent. You're in the right spots but you got a 5'8" LB who runs a 4.9 forty trying to tackle a kid who's got a D1 scholarship. That's not what's going on here.

Leaving areas completely void of defenders is SCHEME. There's holes in this defense. It's easily exploitable. We got defenders sitting there watching the QB while WR's are running right through their zone. I'm looking at the LB's eyes/head and he's starring at the QB. THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY BEING TAUGHT THAT.