FloridaFrog76129
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We should get rid of this guy….add another name to the list of people that should be fired.
Fire Joe Gillespie
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JugbandFrog
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We had film from his kent state days. That speed option they scored a td on is not new.
Strat Frog
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Business majors, do you hear the possible sound of silence? 1,000 Ft. Worth related merchants, retailers, restaurants and hotels fear to hear it—the silence of dollars and credit card transactions that could occur if TCU football doesn’t perform on the road ahead or reverts. It’s only one game, so let’s not get crazy, but municipal and local dollar pressure for the Fort can help influence change ultimately if things are not corrected…. A lesser crowd expected now next week? Sure, and now less revenue for people who bank on TCU dollars. Fewer flights, fewer Ubers, fewer drinks, fewer tips, fewer Drover guests, etc.? If UH and SMU don’t turn out well for us, expect even less income for our local businesses, which is what makes our fair FtW and the economy go round. This is a business after all…
Big Frog II
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We never seem to make adjustments.
LVH
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My biggest gripe at the time we hired Dykes is that his teams have always been poor defensively, going all the way back to Louisiana Tech and then Cal and then SMU. I remember his 2012 LA Tech team losing 58-56 to Texas A&M for example.
I told everyone when the hire was made that this is what we are going to get, winning by outscoring teams instead of stopping them.
Personally I'd rather be a good defensive team than a good offensive team like we were in the GP glory days, but football in 2023 is different than it was in 2008. I am not sure if its possible to win anymore with a lockdown defense and an offense that gets the job done anymore like our 2010 Rose Bowl team, so its about finding the best balance between offense and defense
BrewingFrog
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Evidently it is too much to ask to have a semi-decent pass rush. We didn't have any pass rush at all.
When a defense cannot tackle, play their positions, know where to be in situations, the people (allegedly) coaching them are the problem.
Full stop.
When a defense cannot tackle, play their positions, know where to be in situations, the people (allegedly) coaching them are the problem.
Full stop.
dawg
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This is what bothered me, too. We never adjusted.
TooColdU
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Imagine if Morris didn't get hurt vs Colorado last year.
JugbandFrog
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froglash88
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Where could we find a replacement during the season? What a mess!
FloridaFrog76129
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Sonny will have to get involved and tell him to bring 4 or 5 on most plays…the team was exposed and can’t rush 3 again this year…
FloridaFrog76129
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Agree…this was an amateur hire from the start. Gillespie coached at Stephenville HS for 20 years and got his start with Briles…says something that Briles never brought him to Baylor.
NewFrogFan
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I vote to make strength coach, dual hat position for this year!!!
Bizarro Frog
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Odd thing is his defense seems to work well against the run but horrible against the pass. Seems like it would be opposite. Not sure in any universe just rushing 3 against the pass on almost every attempt would be effective.
mrnicefrog
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Did it ever occur to y’all that maybe we just had some young guys making their first start and they made a couple mistakes?
As young players do.
As young players do.
FloridaFrog76129
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We don’t. There are 9 guys in defense that played significant time last year or started…new guys are DL
Bizarro Frog
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The last 3 games we have given up 155 points. His scheme does not appear to work unless you have 3 first rounders on the line. Insanity to think you can cover for 10+ seconds even with 8 people dropping back. They have 5 in the pattern and there are just guys running free almost every play. There were players guarding empty spaces of the field while CU players were wide open.
Needs to be fixed quick or we will be in a track meet trying to score 60 a game just to have a chance to win.
Needs to be fixed quick or we will be in a track meet trying to score 60 a game just to have a chance to win.
phrynosoma
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THIS
hfhmilkman
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A comment about defenses in the modern world of football. All defenses providing not exotic can work. They will have a strength and they will have weakness. The key is can you be multiple. This is hard in college football because you are limited by practice time and have younger players who have to also put time into class.
A lot of the defenses we see today are in response to spread, air raid, and speed-in-space. Spread and speed-in-space are simple and easy to implement. Air raid requires more work. A 3-3-5 and 4-2-5 is the logical solution verses the three most popular offensive sets I observe today. To my untrained amateur eye, CU looked speed-in-space.
A lot of what I saw was one team playing their bowl game and another just not ready for the intensity the other team brought. One team was crisp and the other team was generating a penalty every 5th play. I thought that after the 2nd half TCU would make adjustments and win going away. That did not happen. If anything the YAC failures instead of turning into 1st downs turned into TD's.
I concur not only were there no in game adjustments but that there did not appear to be strategic changes to throw a curve ball at the CU offense. That all said if Max Duggan were the QB, TCU wins 49 to 42 and no one cases what the defense did.
A lot of the defenses we see today are in response to spread, air raid, and speed-in-space. Spread and speed-in-space are simple and easy to implement. Air raid requires more work. A 3-3-5 and 4-2-5 is the logical solution verses the three most popular offensive sets I observe today. To my untrained amateur eye, CU looked speed-in-space.
A lot of what I saw was one team playing their bowl game and another just not ready for the intensity the other team brought. One team was crisp and the other team was generating a penalty every 5th play. I thought that after the 2nd half TCU would make adjustments and win going away. That did not happen. If anything the YAC failures instead of turning into 1st downs turned into TD's.
I concur not only were there no in game adjustments but that there did not appear to be strategic changes to throw a curve ball at the CU offense. That all said if Max Duggan were the QB, TCU wins 49 to 42 and no one cases what the defense did.
