Mean Purple
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unless she is a quadriplegic or something ...Hope always springs eternal...
unless she is a quadriplegic or something ...Hope always springs eternal...
I've already predicted a 10 win season.Lol can’t wait for the prediction thread. 11-1 will probably be the most popular.
I'm not sure I understand why you're asking but I don't even know Jerry Kill's age. I am not terribly excited about his lack of innovation but I am not sure I equate that with age.How do you feel about Jerry Kill's age?
And time. You can't make a good roux in 10 minutes. It takes awhile.Football success, like the roux of a good gumbo, is based on its ingredients and the skill of the Chef.....
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Really? If not age, then how are you reaching the conclusion that he has a lack of innovation?I'm not sure I understand why you're asking but I don't even know Jerry Kill's age. I am not terribly excited about his lack of innovation but I am not sure I equate that with age.
unless she is a quadriplegic or something ...
And time. You can't make a good roux in 10 minutes. It takes awhile.
Because I have seen his teams play for the last dozen years.Really? If not age, then how are you reaching the conclusion that he has a lack of innovation?
I'm not even saying that you're wrong. Just curious what your process has been to reach that conclusion.
I don't think its a stretch to say that Kill has been the architect of football teams that traditionally out execute you rather than out think you. That in itself will improve us greatly because we haven't been able to do either under Cumbie. I think many though would rather us be able to do both and that does require some innovation to pair with a large helping of discipline and accountability.
I'll take whatever offense we need to win games but if I had to choose I'd rather play an exciting brand of football that gets chunk yards and is fun to watch. The line up, telegraph your call, and mow people down is fun with a lead under 5 minutes to go but is sucks to watch for a whole game. We also haven't show we are very good at pretty much anything we've tried.
RosemaryBraised in the crockpot of life.
The big question is how long will Jerry do this job for the Frogs and will this be enough for SC to learn from and get on track to where he can do it on his own?
I think Kill covers it well for us. He had a lot to do with the improvement that Va. Tech saw in some key areas. Execution has so much to do with the ability to play exciting football. Kind of hard to be creative on offense if you have to constantly make adjustments (including limiting the playbook) because players are missing basic parts of their assignments.
How has J. Kill improved offenses in the past? Has he improved the running game? Passing game? Is it the general leadership and organization of a strong willed coach who brings structure and responsibility to both players and coaches?
Anyone have knowledge of what to expect?
This is Jerry Kill's run/pass playcalling mix vs TCU's run/pass:
Kill has improved teams in the past by running the ball a lot.
Running the ball was not TCU's issue in 2019. The issue was having the worst passing offense in the B12 and one of the worst in the nation:
Running the ball TCU was:
- 10th of 10 in completion % (115/130 nationally in FBS football)
- 10th of 10 in yards per attempt (111/130)
- 9/10 in yards per game (90/130)
Source: http://cfbstats.com/2019/leader/national/team/offense/split01/category02/sort03.html
- 3/10 yards per rush
- 3/10 yards per game
Our offensive line did a decent job of run blocking. They ranked 24th in the country at line yards per carry. But much of our passing game stemmed from terrible protection from the offensive line. Our passing down sack rate ranking was 85/130 and sacks allowed were 94/130.
Source: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa/sp/overallol/2019
When we attempted a pass, things just looked sloppy. Many times the WR's didn't run routes very well and they had a lot of drops. Max Duggan definitely sailed a few balls, but it looked like the QB and the WR weren't on the same page. The protection was ghastly, Max did a good job of scrambling and by no means has lead feet, for us to be that bad at allowing sacks with such a mobile QB is unforgivable. Hopefully Kill can focus on technique and make some improvements.
would be interested in the frogs rushing numbers on called run play and minus scrambles by duggan
might be way off, but it seemed to me at times last year that when the frogs needed to run the ball they struggled and often times the numbers got skewed a bit from a big run by duggan