UMFarArcher
All-ACC
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It's as plain as the sun at noon.
From Morris to the DL's, we're not playing. Think for a moment.
Our coaches have them so restrained, so pre-programmed, wound up so tight with all the thinking they demand, they can't play.
I noted in pre-game, they're still packing in the coaching, 'don't forget this, don't forget that, remember your ####, and watch for the %%%%%. I hate Lou Holtz, but when he was at Arkansas, he had a habit of loosening up the players to encourage them to PLAY the game. Coaching is done. Reminders are done come game time.
Stephen Morris is doing so much thinking, he's not playing. Jameis Winston is a redshirt freshman, he's loose, and instead of THINKING, Jameis is PLAYING.
The Defensive Scheme is beyond pitiful. Too much demanded, too much thinking by everyone on defense. "See this, go here. See that, go there." Everyone's thinking, and the thinking has everyone hesitating, and NO ONE IS PLAYING FOOTBALL, NO ONE IS USING THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS!
We had a new West Point lieutenant who had studied tactics and thought he was a Hannibal Barca. We locked up with a larger force one day, and because they had the numbers, they were trying to work around and flank us from the right. This dumbass ordered a squad to 'recon by fire,' or shoot and see if you can get anyone to shoot back' in order to determine their progress in turning our flank.
Now no one could see thirty meters in a straight line, as terrain was thick. I yelled, 'forget that siht! Use your ears, stick with 'em, and just keep them from getting around us.' It was then left up to them. And they slaughtered the flanking force.
You gotta coach, but your scheme MUST allow them the flexibility to PLAY, and not THINK.
Bear Bryant was playing a team and they were getting slaughtered the first half. He said on the way off the field at half time, he was completely out of ideas, as none of his other ones had worked yet.
He walked in and told his players, words to the effect, "Sorry boys, I let this one get out from under us. So rather than fret, I just want you to just go back out there the second half, and have fun."
They won that game.
Our players are bound up too tight. You can see it on the sidelines, you can see it on the field. Look at FSU. Loose, comfortable, using their talents and skills, and free to do so. They're having fun.
We've yet to have fun. Not one game this entire year.
Watch it again.
Too much thinking, too much hesitation, and not enough playing football.
From Morris to the DL's, we're not playing. Think for a moment.
Our coaches have them so restrained, so pre-programmed, wound up so tight with all the thinking they demand, they can't play.
I noted in pre-game, they're still packing in the coaching, 'don't forget this, don't forget that, remember your ####, and watch for the %%%%%. I hate Lou Holtz, but when he was at Arkansas, he had a habit of loosening up the players to encourage them to PLAY the game. Coaching is done. Reminders are done come game time.
Stephen Morris is doing so much thinking, he's not playing. Jameis Winston is a redshirt freshman, he's loose, and instead of THINKING, Jameis is PLAYING.
The Defensive Scheme is beyond pitiful. Too much demanded, too much thinking by everyone on defense. "See this, go here. See that, go there." Everyone's thinking, and the thinking has everyone hesitating, and NO ONE IS PLAYING FOOTBALL, NO ONE IS USING THEIR TALENTS AND SKILLS!
We had a new West Point lieutenant who had studied tactics and thought he was a Hannibal Barca. We locked up with a larger force one day, and because they had the numbers, they were trying to work around and flank us from the right. This dumbass ordered a squad to 'recon by fire,' or shoot and see if you can get anyone to shoot back' in order to determine their progress in turning our flank.
Now no one could see thirty meters in a straight line, as terrain was thick. I yelled, 'forget that siht! Use your ears, stick with 'em, and just keep them from getting around us.' It was then left up to them. And they slaughtered the flanking force.
You gotta coach, but your scheme MUST allow them the flexibility to PLAY, and not THINK.
Bear Bryant was playing a team and they were getting slaughtered the first half. He said on the way off the field at half time, he was completely out of ideas, as none of his other ones had worked yet.
He walked in and told his players, words to the effect, "Sorry boys, I let this one get out from under us. So rather than fret, I just want you to just go back out there the second half, and have fun."
They won that game.
Our players are bound up too tight. You can see it on the sidelines, you can see it on the field. Look at FSU. Loose, comfortable, using their talents and skills, and free to do so. They're having fun.
We've yet to have fun. Not one game this entire year.
Watch it again.
Too much thinking, too much hesitation, and not enough playing football.
