SOS is pissed

[Badazcock]

Originally Posted by Copperhead

Easy pitch and catch. No pressure on QB and not a single receiver payed for it in the middle....just poor attempts to tackle at shoulder pad level. They looked like jv high schoolers afraid to lay a hit. Better finds some dudes willing to lay some wood or we are in for a long season.

I was just trying to find the stats on qb pressures..I can on remember 2. One where Moore sacked Hill and one where he escaped pressure and threw for the 1st down..Maybe one or 2 more..

[RphBallCoach]

I remember Jawja's first year of the 3-4 defense....they got torched.

[Garnet Gamecock]

Originally Posted by RphBallCoach

I remember Jawja's first year of the 3-4 defense....they got torched.

Something tells me we're going to ditch it.

I don't think we need it, period.

Sometimes you've got to experiment just to prove that something should be avoided.

I swear that last night on at least two or three plays where they ran to the right I saw the biggest running lanes I've ever seen in forty-five years of watching football.

Their running backs could have broken to the second level in freaking wheelchairs!

What I didn't like was Whammy's look on the sideline. He reminded me of Todd Grantham with the "deer in the headlights... oh, shit, what do I do now" look that he normally has when he plays us.

Whammy did not have a clue how to stop A&M, yet he should have known exactly what they would do. Our adjustments at halftime were either nonexistent or not well thought out.

And moving forward, non one on defense should be named a starter. They should have to survive a knife fight to get out on the field. This team needs to get tough in a hurry.

[gamecock ray]

I agree with Garnet Gamecock wholeheartedly.

[b381l]

72% of our plays we ran the 3-4 giving up an average of 7.7 yards a play
28% of our plays we ran the 4-3 giving up an average of 4.4 yards a pay
Dump the 3-4 and play nickel in passing situations. We going to have to live with our DL play.

[snoopcockycock]

Originally Posted by EDISTOCOCK

When you don't tackle and block in practice, what do you expect in a game?

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by ColaCock

Because you don't freak out down by 10 and turn to "catch up" mode and abandon the run. A run game controls the clock and gives room for the field to open up for the pass. The team who controls the clock wins the game. Usually, that is from running the ball...but like we saw tonight, it can also be accomplished by a short passing game (screens, curls, quick outs, slants, etc). They established, we didn't...we tried to play catch up and veered from the gameplan I am sure SOS had in place.

Unfortunately, as the game progressed the defense shit the bed continually and we got deeper into a hole where no matter what...run or pass, we needed big gains and first downs.

Not only that, but the passing game never really got under control. Never had a rhythm and we didn't set a tempo with passing the ball around. Thompson was really erratic (high throws in the short game, underthrows in long game).

these are the two best posts in the thread. i agree 100% with both of the above statements.
first, you CAN NOT expect guys to be hardnose football players if you treat them like delicate dandelions in practice. the coaching staff not having guys hit hard in practice makes them soft. i understand the coaches don't want injuries, but guess what, this is a man's sport. and it is a tough hardnosed sport. successful coaches make the practices hellishly hard, so the games seem easy by comparison. we need to practice much, much, much more physically. how can you expect them to tackle in the games, if they don't tackle in practice????????? you can't. plain and simple.
and the running game would have kept their offense off of the field a lot more, than we actually did, by passing every down. we could have established the run, with four different rb's. but instead we abandoned it, and only down ten. going for a homerun ball, on a third and one????? really??????

[SuperCockMaster]

Originally Posted by Evilchicken3

Blaming the defense is futile. The offense was terribly one-sided...no run game, and all long balls. Is Spurrier going to call himself out?

You don't know football. You can't run the ball when are you down by a bunch because it keeps the clock running.

[yazoo]

Originally Posted by snoopcockycock

first, you CAN NOT expect guys to be hardnose football players if you treat them like delicate dandelions in practice.

a) I didn't know we were treating our players like "delicate dandelions" in practice. Maybe you mean you are calling for more frequent physical drills like the Oklahoma drill?

b) This is not the first year we have not been physical in pre-season practices. Spurrier has been doing this since he got here. If our previous defenses were physical, it seems that your logic is flawed. You may be engaged in a false cause fallacy here. It is like saying that before a rain you see more people carrying umbrellas. Therefore, people carrying umbrellas cause it to rain. IOW, I don't think your supposition is correct here.

That said, our defense played tentative. That should be corrected. I expect ECU to pay the price of an increased emphasis on physicality.

[ccured]

Originally Posted by yazoo

a) I didn't know we were treating our players like "delicate dandelions" in practice. Maybe you mean you are calling for more frequent physical drills like the Oklahoma drill?

b) This is not the first year we have not been physical in pre-season practices. Spurrier has been doing this since he got here. If our previous defenses were physical, it seems that your logic is flawed. You may be engaged in a false cause fallacy here. It is like saying that before a rain you see more people carrying umbrellas. Therefore, people carrying umbrellas cause it to rain. IOW, I don't think your supposition is correct here.

That said, our defense played tentative. That should be corrected. I expect ECU to pay the price of an increased emphasis on physicality.

Our defense has looked shaky in tackling the opener every year. That is due to not hitting. It's a timing issue. Our defense has not hit on all cylinders until later in the season. Practice like you play. I'm not saying Oklahoma drills just live practice ,

Yes I am talking about practice. Practice