I've come to the sad realization that Golden is stuck in the approach that he took while at Temple and is convinced that will work here.
I understood the reservation he had the first few years but this was the year that he needed to let the dogs loose.
His game plan and play calling should have been on full throttle. playing a Freshmen QB be damned.
the real answer is that F/A/G is just a ****ty coach. he only knows one thing and that is this terrible Al Groh defense. he does not have the level of football IQ that allows for creativity and innovation
he sucks. period
I do not believe we have the worst coaches individually...but collectively, yes. Nothing has been working with their philosophy and approach to the game...NOTHING!
The defensive philosophy is horrifyingly weak, the weakest I've seen @ Miami. They're not asking the D-Line to get vertical and be disruptive. The LB's should not be asked to repeatedly turn their backs to the LOS, nor should they be out covering a bunch formation.....Unless it's to smash a quick screen attempt.
The space left behind. It's a chess term, but it's applicable here. On the majority of snaps, you'll see LB's vacating their spot/alignment to cover an area, often with their backs to the LOS. Opposing TE's repeatedly settle in to the vacated spot and bingo...First down. Same goes with our interior linemen....They often stunt or the rush end will do as the LB's do and run out to the flat....Run play, there's no edge to set and they get burnt.
Underneath crosses are there any time a team wants to go to that well. A NT or rush end is asked to hold their point...essentially just stand and react to middle screens and QB/RB draws. The problem happening there, is....it's too effin easy for opposing offenses, 1) because you're not getting off a block by being stagnant 2) they never put that rush ends hand on the ground, so it's a horrible tendency.
Slant, skinny posts and 7 yrd curls go unchallenged and you will rarely if ever see a CB jump a route. Howard Jumped one last year and scored a TD...then promptly got reprimanded for freelancing.
I've made my feelings known about Coley...Who I believe has zero idea how to attack a offense....ZERO. He's a hash signal caller, which means....his little play call sheet has left has calls on one side and right hash plays on the other. The concept and personal packages are dictated by such and that's why he can't coordinate a first down or red zone score.
When Coley is scrimmaging against Dnof and whoever the heII is responsible for scout team...it's quite easy, because they're defensive concept is horrifyingly bad. And, you can't go broke taking a profit. Which is Coley's favourite offensive term. Problem is...he's offensively broke the minute he walks away from greentree.
While Heaps is clearly not the future, and has quit on two other programs. He's **** good at recognizing coverages and, after all, has learned under superior offensive minds, when compared to Coley.
It goes on and on and on....sadly, a Novel could be written about how bad it is...and it's worse at CB and Safety.
