H0RNEDFR0G
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not sure who internally would be a good candidate for a promotion when you consider the choices:
anderson was a oc who gary demoted
kelly is in his first year as a full time coach
luper is a recruiter
then your two offensive analysts are:
tony savino who is a former offensive lineman who played at tcu
rusty burns who was an oc that was demoted
that leaves any changes coming from organic change or someone who currently isn't in the program. as you pointed out all the coaches slots are taken which means you either have more staff changes or bring in an analyst
Offense:
7th in conference at total offense
8th in scoring offense
8th at sacks allowed
8th in 10+ yard plays
9th at passing offense
9th in Red Zone TD conversions
10th at passing completion %
But whooo doggie we're #2 at time of possession and #3 at rushing
Defense:
1st at 10+ yard plays (limiting big plays)
1st at passing completion% (QBs have bad completion % against us)
2nd in conference at total defense (yards allowed)
2nd at passing defense (yards allowed)
2nd passes broken up
2nd in interceptions
3rd in rushing defense (yards allowed) - I attribute this to great LB play
5th in scoring defense (points allowed)
6th in Opponent Red Zone TD conversions
7th in fumbles forced
7th at sacks
Basically our entire offense, outside of the running game, sucks. I think a lot of our running success could be attributed to Max Duggan's ability to scramble on a busted play. He accounted for 555 of our 2448 yards rushing this season. Without Max, we'd be #6 at rushing offense. This would put us in the bottom half of the conference at essentially every offensive metric.
Every aspect of our passing game is below average. We don't give the QB time to throw, WRs don't catch, we're not explosive, and we don't score TDs in the redzone. Cumbie, Anderson, Kelly, & Thomsen should all be under evaluation for demotion/termination as far as I can tell.
The only part of our Defense that sucks is the line. DB and LB play have been strong. According to footballoutsiders.com TCU had the 101st ranked defensive line in the nation:
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaadl/2019
Fitch and Sharp have got to get more out of their guys. Gonzales and Modkins are doing a great job. Glasgow is doing a pretty good job, he'd be doing significantly better if we were getting more production out of our D-line. I realize that we graduated a ton of D-line talent after the 2018 season, even taking that into account, 2019 was below the TCU standard for defensive line play.
But even with the substandard D-line play, we could've been 11-1, possibly even 12-1 conference champs, if we were 5th or 6th best at these offensive statistics. Unfortunately I don't think anything could've saved us from the debacle at Ames, IA.
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