Sunday morning QB- LaTech from the sideline

[Coach34]

1. Our OL right now is TERRIBLE. We get zero push upfront right now. Zero. Getting Carmon back for this week will be huge and should help- Clausell will be pretty good eventually, but he isnt ready to play full-time- he needs to be rotating. Day is playing ok- but he lacks the upper body strength a little still- he needs to be rotating in- not starting. But since we have had no choice- thats why we are struggling- I dont envy Hevesy at all- he has a tough 17'ing job right now- I bet he didnt sleep at all during LSU week. Jeez. We may need to become Auburn and not run hardly anything between the tackles- forcing the issue on the edges.<div>
</div><div>2. Ralph is in no way perfect- his INT was just a complete lack of knowing what coverage the defense was in- but our WR's are almost never open. The CB's are running step for step with our guys on those deep routes and there is not much of a window to throw to- but he could give them a chance to dive and catch it. Look at the Perkins TD to end it- perfect throw. He scrambled around and made some great throws. But you NEVER see any of our WR's running open like you do for other teams.</div><div>
</div><div>3. 3rd and 4- next to last drive in regulation- we went trips left- La Tech was confused on getting lined up- Bumphis was uncovered- Relf sees it-Relf thinks he is going to get the 4 yards and just turn around and catch the ball like you are supposed to do in that situation when you are uncovered-Bump just jogs off the line at the snap, andhas yet to figure out he was uncovered- Relf throws it and it lands at Bump's feet while he is still running- making Relf look stupid- but in fact Bumphis is the moron and cost us a 1st down in a critical situation.</div><div>
</div><div>4. The play we run where we fake it to Ballard and then he streaks down the middle of the field is a good play in theory, but its hard as hell to complete. You cant get enough angle for the back to be able to pick up the QB- you cant see directly behind you, the human neck doesnt allow that, but when you add shoulder pads and a helmet- that decreases visibility even more for the back as he is running full speed. Can any of you run full speed and look directly behind you? We have to do something to move the QB on the play to get a line of sight for the RB to pick the ball up</div><div>
</div><div>5. Our playcalling sux. Down right sux- no option or veer last night, no bubble screens, no regular screens....what-the-17-are we thinking????? La Tech's defensive staff was calling out our plays in the 2nd Q before we snapped the ball- we did better in the 2nd half- but not much.</div><div>
</div><div>6. La Tech's OC lost that game for them last night. 3rd and 2 or so late in the 4th and you are going to check to a fade against Banks? Really? When you have a FG locked up? 2nd and 5 in OT and you are going to force a 5'10 QB to make a throw over the middle on a straight drop???? Thank you. He did notice our coverage on short side trips though and exploited the hell out of it. They hurt us with that 6 or 7 times in the 2nd half alone. We were zoning and not getting anybody out in the flats- leaving the wide man open for 6-7-8 yards a pop.</div><div>
</div><div>7. Speaking of their OC- it was killing me last night that I had his signals figured out to the point I could tell if they were going to run or pass- and had the signals for the G-play and the inside zone. I wanted to yell what was coming to our defense so bad I was going out of my mind. Shirley our defensive staff had someone watching him trying to decode as well.</div><div>
</div><div>8. Chris Wilson needs a better plan vs Spread teams. What we are doing now isnt working. Our DE's cant penetrate and force a bubble for the offense to have to run around on the G-play (g-play is when the guards pull and kick out) or sweeps- we get a stalemate at best with the DE's. We are going to have to adjust what we do vs those formations or Spread teams will continue to hammer us with it.</div><div>
</div><div>9. We ran a coverage last night- I **** you not- that had Cam Lawrence playing deep at F/S. I'm hoping that was a sight adjustment for that one play because we knew what they were going to run coming out of that time-out. If it wasnt and that was an actual plan- then Wilson- you are an idiot- dont ever 17'ing do that **** again</div><div>
</div><div>10. Our LB's are confused. I think they could be better- but they are playing tentative because it looks like they arent sure of wtf to do except for Lawrence. And he is busy before every snap making 3-4 calls and getting everyone lined up- I've never seen a LB making that many calls and **** before a snap. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH ON DEFENSE- and because of that- we are tentative at LB. Also, not settling on starters means less reps for each guy in practice- which also hampers you. Think about it- 1st group last year was always White, KJ, and Gatling- and they got all the 1st team reps. This year- we are constantly rotating people getting reps because we cant figure out who needs to be playing- which ends up shorting all of them on quality reps.</div><div>
</div><div>11. Our secondary lacks some speed and quickness in coverage- but they lay the 17'ing wood on WR's. Dont think that doesnt play a part in WR's heads seeing that **** on film before they play us- that critical drop La Tech had on their last drive of regulation, he took his eyes off the ball because he knew someone was coming to knock his 17'ing head off</div><div>
</div><div>12. Our defense will play better vs conventional 0ffenses- less thinking and less pressure on the DE's to make plays like you have to in the Spread. Thats why we played better vs LSU and while they will play better vs Georgia.</div><div>
</div><div>13. I love that Mullen put Farvuh in on punt return. There's your chance- not shut your leprechaun mouth.</div><div>
</div><div>14. I dont know what we are going to do on offense- our OL isnt very good- our QB is not a dropback passer- and even if he was, our WR's have a helluva time getting open and cant even figure out if they are uncovered or not. Hopefully we can figure out something quick- Georgia is beatable.</div><div>
</div><div>15. And for those of you bitching- thats the 1st time we have beaten La Tech in a long damn time is it not? Just sayin</div><div>
</div><div>Coach34</div>

 

[Coach34]

1. Our OL right now is TERRIBLE. We get zero push upfront right now. Zero. Getting Carmon back for this week will be huge and should help- Clausell will be pretty good eventually, but he isnt ready to play full-time- he needs to be rotating. Day is playing ok- but he lacks the upper body strength a little still- he needs to be rotating in- not starting. But since we have had no choice- thats why we are struggling- I dont envy Hevesy at all- he has a tough 17'ing job right now- I bet he didnt sleep at all during LSU week. Jeez. We may need to become Auburn and not run hardly anything between the tackles- forcing the issue on the edges.<div>
</div><div>2. Ralph is in no way perfect- his INT was just a complete lack of knowing what coverage the defense was in- but our WR's are almost never open. The CB's are running step for step with our guys on those deep routes and there is not much of a window to throw to- but he could give them a chance to dive and catch it. Look at the Perkins TD to end it- perfect throw. He scrambled around and made some great throws. But you NEVER see any of our WR's running open like you do for other teams.</div><div>
</div><div>3. 3rd and 4- next to last drive in regulation- we went trips left- La Tech was confused on getting lined up- Bumphis was uncovered- Relf sees it-Relf thinks he is going to get the 4 yards and just turn around and catch the ball like you are supposed to do in that situation when you are uncovered-Bump just jogs off the line at the snap, andhas yet to figure out he was uncovered- Relf throws it and it lands at Bump's feet while he is still running- making Relf look stupid- but in fact Bumphis is the moron and cost us a 1st down in a critical situation.</div><div>
</div><div>4. The play we run where we fake it to Ballard and then he streaks down the middle of the field is a good play in theory, but its hard as hell to complete. You cant get enough angle for the back to be able to pick up the QB- you cant see directly behind you, the human neck doesnt allow that, but when you add shoulder pads and a helmet- that decreases visibility even more for the back as he is running full speed. Can any of you run full speed and look directly behind you? We have to do something to move the QB on the play to get a line of sight for the RB to pick the ball up</div><div>
</div><div>5. Our playcalling sux. Down right sux- no option or veer last night, no bubble screens, no regular screens....what-the-17-are we thinking????? La Tech's defensive staff was calling out our plays in the 2nd Q before we snapped the ball- we did better in the 2nd half- but not much.</div><div>
</div><div>6. La Tech's OC lost that game for them last night. 3rd and 2 or so late in the 4th and you are going to check to a fade against Banks? Really? When you have a FG locked up? 2nd and 5 in OT and you are going to force a 5'10 QB to make a throw over the middle on a straight drop???? Thank you. He did notice our coverage on short side trips though and exploited the hell out of it. They hurt us with that 6 or 7 times in the 2nd half alone. We were zoning and not getting anybody out in the flats- leaving the wide man open for 6-7-8 yards a pop.</div><div>
</div><div>7. Speaking of their OC- it was killing me last night that I had his signals figured out to the point I could tell if they were going to run or pass- and had the signals for the G-play and the inside zone. I wanted to yell what was coming to our defense so bad I was going out of my mind. Shirley our defensive staff had someone watching him trying to decode as well.</div><div>
</div><div>8. Chris Wilson needs a better plan vs Spread teams. What we are doing now isnt working. Our DE's cant penetrate and force a bubble for the offense to have to run around on the G-play (g-play is when the guards pull and kick out) or sweeps- we get a stalemate at best with the DE's. We are going to have to adjust what we do vs those formations or Spread teams will continue to hammer us with it.</div><div>
</div><div>9. We ran a coverage last night- I **** you not- that had Cam Lawrence playing deep at F/S. I'm hoping that was a sight adjustment for that one play because we knew what they were going to run coming out of that time-out. If it wasnt and that was an actual plan- then Wilson- you are an idiot- dont ever 17'ing do that **** again</div><div>
</div><div>10. Our LB's are confused. I think they could be better- but they are playing tentative because it looks like they arent sure of wtf to do except for Lawrence. And he is busy before every snap making 3-4 calls and getting everyone lined up- I've never seen a LB making that many calls and **** before a snap. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH ON DEFENSE- and because of that- we are tentative at LB. Also, not settling on starters means less reps for each guy in practice- which also hampers you. Think about it- 1st group last year was always White, KJ, and Gatling- and they got all the 1st team reps. This year- we are constantly rotating people getting reps because we cant figure out who needs to be playing- which ends up shorting all of them on quality reps.</div><div>
</div><div>11. Our secondary lacks some speed and quickness in coverage- but they lay the 17'ing wood on WR's. Dont think that doesnt play a part in WR's heads seeing that **** on film before they play us- that critical drop La Tech had on their last drive of regulation, he took his eyes off the ball because he knew someone was coming to knock his 17'ing head off</div><div>
</div><div>12. Our defense will play better vs conventional 0ffenses- less thinking and less pressure on the DE's to make plays like you have to in the Spread. Thats why we played better vs LSU and while they will play better vs Georgia.</div><div>
</div><div>13. I love that Mullen put Farvuh in on punt return. There's your chance- not shut your leprechaun mouth.</div><div>
</div><div>14. I dont know what we are going to do on offense- our OL isnt very good- our QB is not a dropback passer- and even if he was, our WR's have a helluva time getting open and cant even figure out if they are uncovered or not. Hopefully we can figure out something quick- Georgia is beatable.</div><div>
</div><div>15. And for those of you bitching- thats the 1st time we have beaten La Tech in a long damn time is it not? Just sayin</div><div>
</div><div>Coach34</div>

 

[Coach34]

1. Our OL right now is TERRIBLE. We get zero push upfront right now. Zero. Getting Carmon back for this week will be huge and should help- Clausell will be pretty good eventually, but he isnt ready to play full-time- he needs to be rotating. Day is playing ok- but he lacks the upper body strength a little still- he needs to be rotating in- not starting. But since we have had no choice- thats why we are struggling- I dont envy Hevesy at all- he has a tough 17'ing job right now- I bet he didnt sleep at all during LSU week. Jeez. We may need to become Auburn and not run hardly anything between the tackles- forcing the issue on the edges.<div>
</div><div>2. Ralph is in no way perfect- his INT was just a complete lack of knowing what coverage the defense was in- but our WR's are almost never open. The CB's are running step for step with our guys on those deep routes and there is not much of a window to throw to- but he could give them a chance to dive and catch it. Look at the Perkins TD to end it- perfect throw. He scrambled around and made some great throws. But you NEVER see any of our WR's running open like you do for other teams.</div><div>
</div><div>3. 3rd and 4- next to last drive in regulation- we went trips left- La Tech was confused on getting lined up- Bumphis was uncovered- Relf sees it-Relf thinks he is going to get the 4 yards and just turn around and catch the ball like you are supposed to do in that situation when you are uncovered-Bump just jogs off the line at the snap, andhas yet to figure out he was uncovered- Relf throws it and it lands at Bump's feet while he is still running- making Relf look stupid- but in fact Bumphis is the moron and cost us a 1st down in a critical situation.</div><div>
</div><div>4. The play we run where we fake it to Ballard and then he streaks down the middle of the field is a good play in theory, but its hard as hell to complete. You cant get enough angle for the back to be able to pick up the QB- you cant see directly behind you, the human neck doesnt allow that, but when you add shoulder pads and a helmet- that decreases visibility even more for the back as he is running full speed. Can any of you run full speed and look directly behind you? We have to do something to move the QB on the play to get a line of sight for the RB to pick the ball up</div><div>
</div><div>5. Our playcalling sux. Down right sux- no option or veer last night, no bubble screens, no regular screens....what-the-17-are we thinking????? La Tech's defensive staff was calling out our plays in the 2nd Q before we snapped the ball- we did better in the 2nd half- but not much.</div><div>
</div><div>6. La Tech's OC lost that game for them last night. 3rd and 2 or so late in the 4th and you are going to check to a fade against Banks? Really? When you have a FG locked up? 2nd and 5 in OT and you are going to force a 5'10 QB to make a throw over the middle on a straight drop???? Thank you. He did notice our coverage on short side trips though and exploited the hell out of it. They hurt us with that 6 or 7 times in the 2nd half alone. We were zoning and not getting anybody out in the flats- leaving the wide man open for 6-7-8 yards a pop.</div><div>
</div><div>7. Speaking of their OC- it was killing me last night that I had his signals figured out to the point I could tell if they were going to run or pass- and had the signals for the G-play and the inside zone. I wanted to yell what was coming to our defense so bad I was going out of my mind. Shirley our defensive staff had someone watching him trying to decode as well.</div><div>
</div><div>8. Chris Wilson needs a better plan vs Spread teams. What we are doing now isnt working. Our DE's cant penetrate and force a bubble for the offense to have to run around on the G-play (g-play is when the guards pull and kick out) or sweeps- we get a stalemate at best with the DE's. We are going to have to adjust what we do vs those formations or Spread teams will continue to hammer us with it.</div><div>
</div><div>9. We ran a coverage last night- I **** you not- that had Cam Lawrence playing deep at F/S. I'm hoping that was a sight adjustment for that one play because we knew what they were going to run coming out of that time-out. If it wasnt and that was an actual plan- then Wilson- you are an idiot- dont ever 17'ing do that **** again</div><div>
</div><div>10. Our LB's are confused. I think they could be better- but they are playing tentative because it looks like they arent sure of wtf to do except for Lawrence. And he is busy before every snap making 3-4 calls and getting everyone lined up- I've never seen a LB making that many calls and **** before a snap. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH ON DEFENSE- and because of that- we are tentative at LB. Also, not settling on starters means less reps for each guy in practice- which also hampers you. Think about it- 1st group last year was always White, KJ, and Gatling- and they got all the 1st team reps. This year- we are constantly rotating people getting reps because we cant figure out who needs to be playing- which ends up shorting all of them on quality reps.</div><div>
</div><div>11. Our secondary lacks some speed and quickness in coverage- but they lay the 17'ing wood on WR's. Dont think that doesnt play a part in WR's heads seeing that **** on film before they play us- that critical drop La Tech had on their last drive of regulation, he took his eyes off the ball because he knew someone was coming to knock his 17'ing head off</div><div>
</div><div>12. Our defense will play better vs conventional 0ffenses- less thinking and less pressure on the DE's to make plays like you have to in the Spread. Thats why we played better vs LSU and while they will play better vs Georgia.</div><div>
</div><div>13. I love that Mullen put Farvuh in on punt return. There's your chance- not shut your leprechaun mouth.</div><div>
</div><div>14. I dont know what we are going to do on offense- our OL isnt very good- our QB is not a dropback passer- and even if he was, our WR's have a helluva time getting open and cant even figure out if they are uncovered or not. Hopefully we can figure out something quick- Georgia is beatable.</div><div>
</div><div>15. And for those of you bitching- thats the 1st time we have beaten La Tech in a long damn time is it not? Just sayin</div><div>
</div><div>Coach34</div>

 

[State82]

Hard to argue with any of that, right there. Unfortunately, like you said, these are issues that will not get rectified quickly, hence a 6-6 record if we are lucky.

 

[BehrDawg]

I'm still baffled on the zone coverage against a **** team

 

[Mjoelner]

<div>5. Our playcalling sux. Down right sux- no option or veer last night, no bubble screens, no regular screens....what-the-17-are we thinking????? La Tech's defensive staff was calling out our plays in the 2nd Q before we snapped the ball- we did better in the 2nd half- but not much.</div>

Last year, did Hud have any input on play calling or was it strictly just Les with Mullen listening in with the ability to override? What was it somebody said about the headsets coming off at Auburn? With Les out of the picture and Mullen calling plays from the sideline we gained 170+ yds in no time didn't we? I don't understand why we even threw the ball at all lastnight. We beat them to the edge on runs 90% of the time we tried it last night but we would immediately follow up with a drop-back deep pass or run up the middle.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Your boyfriend gave you sideline passes. Congrats.

 

[57stratdawg]

Might be a part of it. Might also be why he threw the ball 30 times last night.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

Quinten Burfict at ASU gets all this pub for being the biggest hitter in the NCAA, but I dont think there is a bigger hitter than Whitley out there. We need a Youtube montage to start getting the word out. He had at least 3 last night.

 

[DirtyLopez]

in the future, anyone showing any wool growth needs to immediately shave that **** off. Good report coach, I enjoy them and learn a good bit. Now, this I do know about football.If we don't start recruiting better, Mullen is going to learn that being a "developmental program" isn't going to get himanywhere in this league.

 

[Columbus Dawg]

A few thoughts:

1. Wilson uses the corner blitz like it's our base defense. The corner blitz is easily exploitable. It shouldonly be used one or two times per game.

2. No one respects our WR's. Why not move Bumphis out wide and let Jameon and Heavens get all the reps in the slot? It's seems like a waste to have our 2 best playmakers splitting reps.

3. Note to Mullen: A fake punt works when the other team isn't expecting it. La Tech was in "safe" mode. It's 4th and inches. Just line up and run it.

4. I think Relf's confidence was shaken a little and he played tight. It was a carry-over from Mullen's questionable decision to yank him last week with the game in balance against LSU.

5. I guess Dillon Day at center is better than Damien Robinson at guard. That's what it comes down to.
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[weblow]

I swear I saw him out there against LSU and I even think that Marcello discussed it in one of the blogs about his Favre's tweet.

 

[Maroon Flounder]

But it's not like everything you just told us is some big revelation. Ray Charles could see most of what this team fell short on last night. You just had a close up view of it. Georgia will clean our clocks. Mullen is losing confidence in his staff and this team.

 

[Coach34]

A few thoughts:

1. Wilson uses the corner blitz like it's our base defense. The corner blitz is easily exploitable. It shouldonly be used one or two times per game.

2. No one respects our WR's. Why not move Bumphis out wide and let Jameon and Heavens get all the reps in the slot? It's seems like a waste to have our 2 best playmakers splitting reps.

3. Note to Mullen: A fake punt works when the other team isn't expecting it. La Tech was in "safe" mode. It's 4th and inches. Just line up and run it.

4. I think Relf's confidence was shaken a little and he played tight. It was a carry-over from Mullen's questionable decision to yank him last week with the game in balance against LSU.

5. I guess Dillon Day at center is better than Damien Robinson at guard. That's what it comes down to.
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he's a mean tough kid and going to be good- he is just pressed into action a little more than he is ready for. He is working his *** off and I love watching him- when he gets some more upper body strength he will be a good one

 

[SyonaraStanz]

And I've lost most confidence in his Staff. Late in the game we were tied on our own 35 or so, and we had 3rd and short. What do we do? Well, we run Perkins up the middle of course....... For no gain. Why in the he'll run Him, instead of Ballard, on this play? Perkins is not good between the tackles. Ballard is our best player and work horse.

Oh and I'm a 98 %er, and I was calling a lot of our plays before we were running them, including the punt fake, so you know La Tech was doing the same. Our play calling is so pathetic and predictable.

 

[Coach34]

But it's not like everything you just told us is some big revelation. Ray Charles could see most of what this team fell short on last night. You just had a close up view of it. Georgia will clean our clocks. Mullen is losing confidence in his staff and this team.

that arent as smart as you Coach Felker

 

[aerodawg.sixpack]

He scrambled around and made some great throws.

He is a much better quarterback in space. Plus it gives our receivers a good bit more time to get open for him. You would think Mullen would understand this and make a change after watching Alex Smith be in pretty much the same situation in San Fransisco. Trying to turn a good "rollout into space" quarterback into a pocket passer is like fitting a square peg into a round hole. The inadequacy of the coaching staff has been the most disappointing thing to me all season. Especially after two solid seasons with only a few head scratching calls.

 

[mstatefan88]

But I keep reminding myself that Day, Robinson, and Clausell aren't supposed to be playing right now. From the beginning these guys were going to be projects. Especially Robinson, who everyone keeps complaining about when we knew coming out of high school there were problems with his footwork. These guys are all freshman getting significant playing time onan SECOL, so how can we realistically expect them to be a solid unit?

They haven't gotten a bunch of reps together, and they haven't had the time necessary for most OL to really understand what they need to do within our system to be successful offensive linemen. This experience right now will help them down the line, but for this year, there are going to be some rough times. I'm not as hard on those 3 because they shouldn't be in this position to begin with.

 

[8dog]

They seem to get worse every game. They cause no disruption at all.

 

[drt7891]

Does it not make sense to you that we are in game 4 and our coaches that we are paying millions of dollars can't seem to find SOME way to get pressure on opposing QBs? If not pressure, at least penetration in the offensive backfield? To me, our defense is allowing plays to develop (whether they be runs, sweeps, passes, anything at all) then go defend it? It was frustrating that I don't think our defense saw their backfield but only a handful of times last night (Auburn was the same way). We aren't using the blitz NEAR as much and the few times we got to their QB last night, he was obviously rushed and would panic. That is not only up front, but in coverage, as well. He found our zone all night last night and it is simply because he had zero pressure. We gave them the outside on stretch plays and sweeps. That seems to me to be a fundamental issue with this scheme. If we are going to "bend but not break," we have got to either lock down on coverage downfield and send 4, or send 6 and give cushions, but what I see, is "send 4 and give them plenty of cushion." On top of that, we have ZERO containment... again, a lack of penetration in the backfield and our outside linebackers playing back. Auburn KILLED us doing that. So do you think it is as much scheme as lack of talent up front? Or do you think the scheme is sound and we just aren't executing? I'm thinking it is more scheme than anything, but I haven't seen this discussed much.

 

[dawgstudent]

as I said in a previous post - the D last night - even though they played well enough to win - reminds me of a Torbush D right now.

 

[SnakePlissken]

Maybe they are being doubled every play but they aren't taking up enough blockers to free up our DE's and LB's as far as I've seen. Maybe I am completely wrong on that though.

 

[Columbus Dawg]

we are the only school in the SEC whose D-coordinator is also the sole D-line coach. That's too much responsibility and I don't think the D-line is getting the coaching that it needs. At the same time, it's just too redundant to mention our D-ends again so I won't.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

We need to find another Many for next year.

 

[AzzurriDawg4]

Although we could use some more talent at DE as well. We just dont attack the backfield. If our players dont just square up and try to bullrush the O-line, they try a speed rush, THEN STOP, then try to bull rush the o-line again. <div>
</div><div>For the love of GOD, for once, I would just like to see our ends rush all the way upfield all the way behind the QB, even if they miss him completely and leave running lanes on the edges, I just want to see them finish a pass rush. Hell, with our tackles, you would think we would like to force the QB to step up anyway. </div><div>
</div><div>I have way too many details and criticisms to type them out here, but the problem is coaching. </div>

 

[markymark.sixpack]

This is a guy who jazzed his pants from sideline access at a low level HS game last year. I'd say he's been pretty bearable considering.

 

[Coach34]

This is a guy who jazzed his pants from sideline access at a low level HS game last year. I'd say he's been pretty bearable considering.

because I mentioned being on the sideline to watch Prescott play- and I didn't realize 4A was "low-level" - learn something new on The Pack everyday

 

[markymark.sixpack]

I didn't give a **** about your sideline experience last year. I simply found it humorous that you did. But, hey, that was a good analysis and write up. I was just making a funny.

 

[KurtRambis4]

markymark[/b]] I was just making a funny.

you failed.

 

[bulliegolfer]

Any chance we fix enough of these problems in time to win next week? Hard to envision, but maybe GA will have a big turnover day.......keeping us in the game.

 

[DavidKellumNicknameGenerator]

7. Speaking of their OC- it was killing me last night that I had his signals figured out to the point I could tell if they were going to run or pass- and had the signals for the G-play and the inside zone. I wanted to yell what was coming to our defense so bad I was going out of my mind. Shirley our defensive staff had someone watching him trying to decode as well.

The Georgia defensive coordinator (or whoever signals in the plays) gets a trainer to hold up a white towel in front of him while he calls the plays. It's looks really weird and could only be marginally effective at best.

 

[wofat]

Is pretty much spot on. Bad game all the way around, coaches down to the players. We looked two steps slow all night. Like the entire team and staff had a giant hangover. Glad for a W...but thats it.

 

[FlabLoser]

Maybe they are being doubled every play but they aren't taking up enough blockers to free up our DE's and LB's as far as I've seen. Maybe I am completely wrong on that though.

Our star players are about as good as most SEC teams' depth players. We like the feel good about how good Cox, Bumphis, Ballard, etc are. But face it - they are average SEC players.

 

[Todd4State]

I don't know why they aren't or can't get open either. We didn't have that problem last year when Hud was coaching them. I might have just answered what's going on or not going on, though.

I'm also confused about the playcalling as well- I agree 100% that we need to run more screens and we need to run more types of option.

To me then defense played OK. It seemed to me like we got more aggressive as the game went on and that's when we started to have more success. But I do agree that out game planning needs to improve- coming out vanilla is not the way to approch a spread offense. Now, the defense is not where I want it to be- I would give them a C right now. Maybe trying to do less is the answer there- also agree that they will play well against Georgia.

The worst call to me was Dan's fake punt attempt. If he had done that at the 50, I would have been better with that.

 

[FlabLoser]

Generally speaking on the WRs, and other talent for that matter...<div>
</div><div>A while back it was "well Croom & McCorvey just suck".</div><div>
</div><div>Then it was "they've improved under Dan, but they still have a long way to go".</div><div>
</div><div>Now I'm at a realization that our talent is just average at best. Granted average SEC talent can be pretty good. But we have average talent at almost all positions. Guys we think are stars stand out because we compare them to other people on OUR roster.</div><div>
</div><div>This team should bowl every year. When things go well, we can win 8 or 9 like last year.</div><div>
</div><div>But the idea that last year's team would improve and have a chance to be a 10 win team is just wrong.</div><div>
</div><div>Plain and simple, we need better players.</div><div>
</div><div>I am happy with Dan. I'm happy with the direction of the program. Dan has turned the ship around and made us winners. The next step is going from "good to great", as Dan has said. That doesn't happen in a year. It happens with winning. It happens with attracting better players.</div><div>
</div><div>I think Croom was right post-Liberty bowl when he said a bowl game isn't going to make an instant improvement in recruiting. By "instant" I mean, the February right after the bowl game isn't going to see a sea of change. The recruiting impact comes the year after the bowl game, especially if the team keeps winning. I tihnk we're on track for great recruiting this February.</div><div>
</div><div>But when those guys get here, they'll need a year or two to be good. So I think we're at least 2 years away from having a realistic shot at "great". But we can be plenty good until then (7 to 9 wins).</div><div>
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[thatsbaseball]

booing your ***. Nice job by the way.

 

[re1297id]

how does the pack feel about our ability to be deeper along the lines and other key positions next year? Building a quality program takes time and we are only in year three under Mullen but I would hope that we'd start closing the gap on some of the SEC programs with another signing class or two. I ask becauseI'm not a talent evaluator as some other on here.

 

[LightninInside]

12. Our defense will play better vs conventional 0ffenses- less thinking and less pressure on the DE's to make plays like you have to in the Spread. Thats why we played better vs LSU and while they will play better vs Georgia

This was the point I was making to my crew last night. Defensively, we looked worse than we are.

Now on offense, I have no idea why we ran the plan we did. What happened to Relf and his running abilities?

 

[clydefrazier]

2. Ralph is in no way perfect- his INT was just a complete lack of knowing what coverage the defense was in- but our WR's are almost never open. The CB's are running step for step with our guys on those deep routes and there is not much of a window to throw to- but he could give them a chance to dive and catch it. Look at the Perkins TD to end it- perfect throw. He scrambled around and made some great throws. But you NEVER see any of our WR's running open like you do for other tea

How in the hell would you know what lead him to throw the pick? He has zero pocket preference and he kills any chance for any of our wrs to catch the ball on the run and do anything. the ball is either low or behind them. defenses have figured out how to stop our running between the tackles and we have to get something that resembles a consistent passing game

 

[Todd4State]

Coaching and scheming can only take us so far. I thought we did a great job at both of those last year, and we won 9 games. But we also had a first round pick o-lineman, as well as a couple of NFL caliber linebackers, and a NFL caliber DE- here again, we had better talent last year as compared to this year.

As far as recruiting, it's not only making sure that we bring in great players, we have to manage the roster better. Most teams that are unfortunate enough to have a ton of injuries on the o-line are replacing juniors and seniors with sophomores. We're trying to replace them with redshirt freshmen. That is a fail in roster management to me- I blame that on Croom because we should have more upper class o-linemen than we do right now, and we are paying the price for that. I do blame Dan for not getting more JUCO o-linemen and linebackers to try to fill in the gaps and allow guys like Blaine Clausell a chance to grow up. A JUCO OT and a couple of JUCO linebackers that can play sure would be nice right about now.