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We clearly needed more short-side option mixed with the smoke draw, especially during that last drive.
I’ve never heard the hiring of a D1 coordinator being all that loud, except in rare cases. It’s usually a pretty low key deal. It’s like some of you expected a press conference or something.
How many years have we mocked him? And here we go and pull a Bielema.Honestly we could have called all running plays and won the game. Literally.
I do blame the offense. You got 4 min. to go down and win the game, and you can't figure out a way to get another first down--that's on the offense.Who is going to be the judge? There are people here who most put the blame for yesterdays loss on the offense.
If that’s the bar for each unit, I’m gonna disagree with you on who gets the blame.
hell, that might have worked as over against what we did do on that last series.We clearly needed more short-side option mixed with the smoke draw, especially during that last drive.
We'll see how things go from here. Chandler was only in his third start, and I'm sure there are lots of reasons he was a four star recruit that Lincoln Riley wanted in Norman. But there were also probably reasons why he transferred out. Sometimes transfers get a fresh start and reach new heights in an environment that's better for them, sometimes they prove why they didn't win the job in their last place. I hope Chandler is a case of the former, but maybe he won't be.I was at the game and just watched the replay. The second interception was the QBs fault. Very conservative play call, any trouble can only come from the corner leaving his man and jumping the route. Which he did from the snap.
Yes we had been running the ball easily all day. A run would have worked just fine. But that ball should have never been thrown, lucky it wasn't a pick 6.
Now Colorado has some excellent receivers and a great QB. But no running game and no defense. Honestly we could have called all running plays and won the game. Literally.
Colorado's last 4 drives.....TD, TD, TD, Victory Formation.I do blame the offense. You got 4 min. to go down and win the game, and you can't figure out a way to get another first down--that's on the offense.
I don't think a particular play where he could have pump faked and tucked. It wasn't really any kind of read option with a QB run being an option if I recall. Most likely if he pump faked and tucked he'd have been tackled for a loss on 3rd and 1 from the 3-yard line. Not ideal at all.How much latitude does Morris have to change the play? Thinking the 2nd INT could he have pump faked and tucked or would he have gotten his ass chewed out? I mean this sincerely...something tells me that is what Max would have done. I truly feel bad for Chandler as I think he has talent but it was not his best display for sure.
This is more a fan philosophy take here than an Xs & Os analysis, but I've been think about this axiomatically:Colorado's last 4 drives.....TD, TD, TD, Victory Formation.
Blaming the offense is like losing a baseball game 15-13 and saying it was the hitting and not the pitching that cost you the game. We couldn't stop them. We even had to kind of very carefully manage the clock on our last drive (at least the coaches thought we had to) because we knew we couldn't give the ball back to them with time on the clock. I do think that at least had some effect on our offense on that drive, it's kind of hard when you are in a position where you absolutely have to score but you also have to worry about doing it too quickly.
I don't think there is much resemblance here at all to a Mike Leach Texas Tech team, or even a Mike Leach WSU or MSU team. Chandler Morris threw 42 passes and he handed the ball off 32 times (and ran 5 times himself, although I'm not sure any of those were designed runs). A Mike Leach team never did that. His QB would have thrown the ball 60+ times Saturday.This is more a fan philosophy take here than an Xs & Os analysis, but I've been think about this axiomatically:
1. Transitions from a legendary head coach to "the guy after the guy" are almost always a disaster.
2. Those transitions are often the most difficult when the next guy tries to replicate his predecessor, i.e., to win in the exact same way.
3. Some programs can be good at offense and defense, but most tend to be better at one than the other.
4. Over long periods of time, fanbases take on a collective identity shaped by the way in which their team wins (e.g., a preference for "hard-nosed defense" at "linebacker U").
5. Fans who are accustomed to winning one way are likely to be especially upset by losing in a way that unfavorably mirrors the way they are accustomed to winning (e.g., witness Florida fans right now: Graham Mertz and Billy Napier aren't Spurrier's "fun & gun," and the locals are very restless).
TCU made a change from a defensive-minded head coach to an offensive-minded guy, from an amped-up sideline screamer to one who is always calm unless he's yelling at a referee, etc. Sonny isn't GP, and now TCU is playing like a Mike Leach team at Texas Tech. It's not my preferred style; I'd rather win 17-3 every week. Losing the way we lost on Saturday sucks, but losing the way Nebraska lost to Minnesota is still a loss, too. This Mike Leach type program DNA doesn't really suit Frog fans after two decades of GP. But the transition from a legend to the next guy hasn't been a disaster: it went rather well last year, as everyone may recall. We could be much worse off, like what K-State looked like under Ron Prince. Sometimes the best way to move on is to find someone who does it exactly the opposite way it has been done. I wonder if we're all just struggling to cope with what that looks like on the weeks when it doesn't work. Maybe the pressure of ingrained program/fan culture is making this feel worse than it is.
I'm not saying the defense doesn't need to more be tackle-y, that the pass rush situation isn't courting catastrophe, or that Johnny Tape-fingers isn't still a little poop on a stick. I'm just saying we might be overreacting here, and it may help to remember that things could be a lot worse. We haven't lost to Texas State or Wyoming, yet.
Like I said, not an Xs & Os analysis. I meant a Mike Leach team DNA in that we lost 45-42; liveth by the offense, dieth by the lack of defense.I don't think there is much resemblance here at all to a Mike Leach Texas Tech team, or even a Mike Leach WSU or MSU team. Chandler Morris threw 42 passes and he handed the ball off 32 times (and ran 5 times himself, although I'm not sure any of those were designed runs). A Mike Leach team never did that. His QB would have thrown the ball 60+ times Saturday.
I "think" he has been told to avoid contact if at all possible. If so, it seems they may be taking his best skill, the run pass option, away from him.How much latitude does Morris have to change the play? Thinking the 2nd INT could he have pump faked and tucked or would he have gotten his ass chewed out? I mean this sincerely...something tells me that is what Max would have done. I truly feel bad for Chandler as I think he has talent but it was not his best display for sure.