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Friday afternoon musings, now with less rage.
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<blockquote data-quote="H0RNEDFR0G" data-source="post: 2634812" data-attributes="member: 71931"><p>I'm firmly in the camp that SR is forcing it too much, but I don't blame him. The guy wants to make a play. But the pass protection is horrible. When QB gets in trouble, the receivers aren't coming back to the ball. SR's throws at receiver's feet last night indicates that they have been coached to come back to the ball when the QB is flushed from the pocket, but they aren't doing it. That's correctable. RB's are fumbling the ball, this is correctable.</p><p></p><p>But the biggest issue, that isn't a quick fix is that the o-line is killing us. I think we overestimated the o-line's potential in the off season and have had some injuries that have exacerbated the problem. We lost 4 lineman to the NFL last year. This was a known issue, but we bought Gary's quote about how good the new line was going to be. I didn't see the urgency to go back to the drawing board on our entire offensive scheme until last night.</p><p></p><p>After last night it seems clear that we need to adjust the offensive scheme. Cumbie had to have done the risk benefit analysis of a total offensive overhaul after losses to OSU and UT. He clearly determined that it would be best to stay with what we've worked on since spring camp. He couldn't have known for sure that an overhaul was needed until last night. The pocket doesn't hold up long enough for the types of plays we're attempting to develop. With the current state of our o-line, this is time we don't have. Tech has historically corrected this pocket integrity issue with a dink and dunk attack. But switching to this type of offense changes everything. You run a completely different set of plays. The routes and the rushing attack look completely different.</p><p></p><p><u><strong>I trust that Cumbie will figure this out.</strong></u></p><p></p><p>When coming up with this year's tweak on the base scheme, Cumbie set it up to take advantage of SR's arm strength. This is something we didn't have in 2017. Last year the scheme was adjusted to run the ball more and allow for easier throws for Kenny Hill; we threw the deep ball just enough to keep a defense honest. Succesfully throwing the deep ball opens up a lot of opportunities. We were all licking our chops at the possibilities. But the biggest difference between 2017 and 2018 offense is that we had an incredible o-line last year. Give Cumbie the '17 o-line for '18, and we'd 6-0.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="H0RNEDFR0G, post: 2634812, member: 71931"] I'm firmly in the camp that SR is forcing it too much, but I don't blame him. The guy wants to make a play. But the pass protection is horrible. When QB gets in trouble, the receivers aren't coming back to the ball. SR's throws at receiver's feet last night indicates that they have been coached to come back to the ball when the QB is flushed from the pocket, but they aren't doing it. That's correctable. RB's are fumbling the ball, this is correctable. But the biggest issue, that isn't a quick fix is that the o-line is killing us. I think we overestimated the o-line's potential in the off season and have had some injuries that have exacerbated the problem. We lost 4 lineman to the NFL last year. This was a known issue, but we bought Gary's quote about how good the new line was going to be. I didn't see the urgency to go back to the drawing board on our entire offensive scheme until last night. After last night it seems clear that we need to adjust the offensive scheme. Cumbie had to have done the risk benefit analysis of a total offensive overhaul after losses to OSU and UT. He clearly determined that it would be best to stay with what we've worked on since spring camp. He couldn't have known for sure that an overhaul was needed until last night. The pocket doesn't hold up long enough for the types of plays we're attempting to develop. With the current state of our o-line, this is time we don't have. Tech has historically corrected this pocket integrity issue with a dink and dunk attack. But switching to this type of offense changes everything. You run a completely different set of plays. The routes and the rushing attack look completely different. [U][B]I trust that Cumbie will figure this out.[/B][/U] When coming up with this year's tweak on the base scheme, Cumbie set it up to take advantage of SR's arm strength. This is something we didn't have in 2017. Last year the scheme was adjusted to run the ball more and allow for easier throws for Kenny Hill; we threw the deep ball just enough to keep a defense honest. Succesfully throwing the deep ball opens up a lot of opportunities. We were all licking our chops at the possibilities. But the biggest difference between 2017 and 2018 offense is that we had an incredible o-line last year. Give Cumbie the '17 o-line for '18, and we'd 6-0. [/QUOTE]
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