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VT game will tell us what to expect from Enos the rest of the year.

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I realize people are down on the offense and rightfully so, Saturday was awful in so many respects. With that said we are only 4 games into Manny's tenure here and I'm not ready to jump ship even though there are some serious red flags with his game-day coaching.

One of Diaz's strengths as a DC was his willingness to adapt and change to get results. This brings me to Enos and the offense. If we see more slow-developing play-action 8 step drops against VT we are in for another long day. Enos must show that he truly is willing to tailor the offense to the skill set of the QB. Let's see Jarren in the shotgun and spread the offense out a little more. Enos called this offense the spread-coast but I have seen very little spread and packing everything in so tight is killing the running game because our OL is a huge liability. Would also love to see Enos have Jarren use his legs more, Williams needs that internal clock to go off and then take off an get some yardage. If Enos doesn't change anything I will be terribly disappointed.
 
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We continue to give rope to Enuts. Why? Four games in is a good sample size to evaluate this "****-poor" performance. Enuts has let us down. I will not make excuses for the players either. Football is about domination and entertainment. Sadly folks, we have been let down.
 
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AL CANE said:
Foster is gonna have a field day with our OL. Enos really needs to adjust IMO by relying more on operating out of the gun and utilizing the RPO game from there. We need Jarren turning his back to the defense as little as possible with this OL.
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RPO outta the gun is gonna look very reminiscent of our offense last year. Maybe this is why richt didn't run play action from under center. O line is porous AF. I think we're shooting ourselves in the foot playing the short and intermediate pass game without spreading the D, but that's been discussed ad nauseam.
 
SgtBone said:
RPO outta the gun is gonna look very reminiscent of our offense last year. Maybe this is why richt didn't run play action from under center. O line is porous AF. I think we're shooting ourselves in the foot playing the short and intermediate pass game without spreading the D, but that's been discussed ad nauseam.
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Agree - and you could be on to something with why Richt was so married to it. Either way i'd rather see us be more heavily weighted to that style given the OL issues.
 
the thing is he does show it in flashes. It seems he is being variable for the sake of being variable. Under center and shot gun. Tight and wide alignments. I formation, etc. Even though they are not working in certain situations.

It's like he wants to dictate things to the defense but he doesn't yet have the personnel to do what he is trying to do. But I do agree he came here saying he was willing to adapt his offense to his personnel. He should know what he has by now.
 
you'll know nothing has changed on the first play JW goes under center - either we run up the middle or he gets sacked after dropping back and looking like a deer in headlights with the .5 seconds he has to get rid of the ball..
 
What's VT going to tell you that the 4 games so far have not? I can tell you what VT game will tell you - nothing will change. Our issues we've been having won't all of a sudden get fixed.
 
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He's going to have to adjust or it's going to be ugly the rest of the way. I don't understand the idea of playing in a phone booth when our top advantage is our speedy skill players. Get rid of the I formation, get rid of the fullback, get rid of the tight sets with the quarterback under center. That stuff all relies on the offensive line to be dominant and clearly, that's not happening this year. Put Jarren in the gun and spread the field out with receivers and tight ends. give them space to operate instead of relying on intricate blocking schemes that need to be executed perfectly.
 
There's a small part of me that hopes we didn't open the playbook much against bethune and CMU to keep our conference opponents guessing. There's a bigger part of me that's punching that smaller part in the face for being a ******* idiot. I really hope we adjust though instead of beating our heads against the wall. VT game can't get here fast enough.
 
SgtBone said:
RPO outta the gun is gonna look very reminiscent of our offense last year. Maybe this is why richt didn't run play action from under center. O line is porous AF. I think we're shooting ourselves in the foot playing the short and intermediate pass game without spreading the D, but that's been discussed ad nauseam.
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The difference is at least now, we run more than two route combinations. The problem with Richt's offense, besides poor quarterback play, was the predictability. They only ran like 3 different types of routes and always in the same combinations.
 
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