Gus' bad QB decision, 1 weapon offense, no discipline team, defense like last year and

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

a national embarrassment at home tonight is enough for me.

Gus is not the coach to take us forward. His play calling sucks (where's this genius), his QB choices suck.

After 3 years, I'm convinced he cannot advance us forward.

His bullsh*t answers after tragedies like tonight are lame and over.

We have no passing game, so the defense never has to line up outside the box.

The offensive line is terrible. Defense is right back to where it was last year....here we go.

Honestly, we may not win another game this season. Gus had 2 weeks to prepare for this Shit show!

 

[beelit47]

Nailed it. Im so sick of commentators calling him an offense genius

 

[lawknight]

How dare you, he is a genius .. did you see that comeback against TCU.. Colorado is just a juggernaut. We will win out..🙄

 

[ReturnOf]

Shedeur completed 80% of his passes?? We knew what was coming and still had no answer...

 

[HartfordWhalersFan]

I know a lot of UCF fans and alumni hate Dillon Gabriel but I miss his skills. UCF had awesome success with our Hawaiian QB's. KZ and DG. I remember our road game in Louisville and DG's injury. A bad look for Malzahn and UCF at that particular time. Hawaiian players have a warrior spirit. BYU was successful for years because they recruited badass and tough Island boys.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

I know a lot of UCF fans and alumni hate Dillon Gabriel but I miss his skills. UCF had awesome success with our Hawaiian QB's. KZ and DG. I remember our road game in Louisville and DG's injury. A bad look for Malzahn and UCF at that particular time. Hawaiian players have a warrior spirit. BYU was successful for years because they recruited badass and tough Island boys.

Totally! Jefferson is slow, can't pass. This ancient type offense with this QB is a joke. Another bad decision by Malzan. Every team, including florida, knows to load the box on defense. Jefferson can't throw. And Gus' play calling is the same as huepel, run, run, pass punt. And what a waste of good receivers too.

 

[HammerB08]

The defense sucking again is probably what I'm most disappointed about. We know what the QB situation will look like under Gus, but there's a ton of room for improvement on the D side of the ball that just isn't happening.

 

[Poolside Knight]

 

[connerito]

How bout Gus calling a fade in the end zone on the first series when your quarterback can’t throw ? He needs to take responsibility for that call

 

[LoboCane]

Let’s wait for Gus Malzone nut hugger to comment here.

 

[LoboCane]

How bout Gus calling a fade in the end zone on the first series when your quarterback can’t throw ? He needs to take responsibility for that call

1st and goal and the 5 and UCF doesn’t score. 1st and goal at the 5 and YOU RUN HARVEY 4 TIMES.

 

[Willie Knightime]

Yep. Gus dried up our Hawaiian pipeline.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

O Line is good but not in pass pro. When we get down we have to throw and O line isn’t great and KJ is erratic with throws. Not a good recipe.

 

[HammerB08]

Seems like the ball skills of the DBs is a problem. When they've been in position to make a play on the ball at TCU and against CU they couldn't break up the pass. Really disappointing and has led to several TDs that could have been prevented.

 

[Asphalt.Jungle]

Seems like the ball skills of the DBs is a problem. When they've been in position to make a play on the ball at TCU and against CU they couldn't break up the pass. Really disappointing and has led to several TDs that could have been prevented.

truly horrendous ball skills. i hate watching them play. also DBs who start off with a 10 yard cushion and keep retreating so that they maintain the 10 yard cushion are cowards. that might work in practice because KJ is not accurate, but in real games any competent QB will just look at that and say easy pickings.

 

[akhenaten]

The bottom line is that this is Year 4 for Gus and it's clear that he's not building a program. A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players.

The other thing that jumps off the page is UCF's horrendous turnover margin under Gus, which has gone from bad to worse. Only 3 fumble recoveries all last season, ZERO fumble recoveries so far this season. There aren't many stats that determine wins or losses more than turnover differential, and we suck at it.

2021 -- 4 losses
2022 -- 5 losses
2023 -- 7 losses
2024 -- ??

Headed the wrong direction.

 

[Willie Knightime]

Seems like the ball skills of the DBs is a problem. When they've been in position to make a play on the ball at TCU and against CU they couldn't break up the pass. Really disappointing and has led to several TDs that could have been prevented.

Yeah. That first Colorado TD blew my mind. Was in position to get an interception and didn't play the ball at all.

 

[PositYourself]

@akhenaten: "A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players."

This was the same exact thing fans said about GOL and now it seems like the board sees him as the second-coming.

 

[muckdawg24]

At least with GOL ball we had a good defense.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

How bout Gus calling a fade in the end zone on the first series when your quarterback can’t throw ? He needs to take responsibility for that call

Just plain dumb. I mean geeze.

 

[KnightDiver21]

The bottom line is that this is Year 4 for Gus and it's clear that he's not building a program. A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players.

The other thing that jumps off the page is UCF's horrendous turnover margin under Gus, which has gone from bad to worse. Only 3 fumble recoveries all last season, ZERO fumble recoveries so far this season. There aren't many stats that determine wins or losses more than turnover differential, and we suck at it.

2021 -- 4 losses
2022 -- 5 losses
2023 -- 7 losses
2024 -- ??

Headed the wrong direction.

7. That’s your answer.

 

[akhenaten]

@akhenaten: "A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players."

This was the same exact thing fans said about GOL and now it seems like the board sees him as the second-coming.

GOL absolutely ran a boring offense and it was maddening at times. But:

1) He was working with a roster of 2-star players and limited team speed;
2) He had a ball-hawking defense that was exceptional at creating turnovers;
3) He coached here in an era when you could win with a game-manager at QB and a great defense.

None of those things apply to Gus in 2024.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

@akhenaten: "A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players."

This was the same exact thing fans said about GOL and now it seems like the board sees him as the second-coming.

I wouldn't say anyone sees GOL as a second coming. We lost way too many games under GOL. but, he did advance the program significantly. My opinion 😊

 

[FTUKNIGHT74]

@akhenaten: "A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players."

This was the same exact thing fans said about GOL and now it seems like the board sees him as the second-coming.

Long time Knight fans have not forgotten about the miserable years of GOL offense. He achieved our greatest success when he turned the offense over to Charlie Taaffe. Both here and at Auburn, Gus has shown that he cannot give up control.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

Long time Knight fans have not forgotten about the miserable years of GOL offense. He achieved our greatest success when he turned the offense over to Charlie Taaffe. Both here and at Auburn, Gus has shown that he cannot give up control.

THIS^^^^^^^

 

[gb6049]

All you naysayers…Gus is an offensive genius! How many high schools have this offense? He’d kick the ass of 99% of the high schools out there!

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

It's just blows my mind that a guy like Gus can make such bad QB decisions. Why does his staff not tell him? Is it the King has no clothes on syndrome? First it was JRP, a wide receiver. Now it's a QB Arkansas no longer wants...and for good reason. Losing to Navy at home. Bowl disaster against Ga Tech. Ugh. KJ had 3 turnovers on him last week. Hard to win with 4 turnovers.

 

[PositYourself]

Fire everyone.

 

[NestaKnight1]

Fire everyone.

Or just replace KJ with EJ.

 

[PositYourself]

Or replace KJ with DJ, MJ or PJ.

 

[lawknight]

or RJ

 

[Knight59]

O Line is good but not in pass pro. When we get down we have to throw and O line isn’t great and KJ is erratic with throws. Not a good recipe.

He moves like a slug and his decision making is even slower. Just can’t understand how Arkansas could let such a treasure go….?!?

 

[80'sKnight]

The bottom line is that this is Year 4 for Gus and it's clear that he's not building a program. A large part of the problem is this antiquated, run-heavy offense that bores fans and players.

The other thing that jumps off the page is UCF's horrendous turnover margin under Gus, which has gone from bad to worse. Only 3 fumble recoveries all last season, ZERO fumble recoveries so far this season. There aren't many stats that determine wins or losses more than turnover differential, and we suck at it.

2021 -- 4 losses
2022 -- 5 losses
2023 -- 7 losses
2024 -- ??

Headed the wrong direction.

I want Gus gone, but that's a bad analysis (the loss list that is, not what you wrote). Be fair, we entered a new conference and in my opinion did better than I thought we'd do. The real list of fire Gus, is what Dali wrote in his article (another thread). TEN (10) losses when we were the favorites. 10. And many of those, like CU, were obvious wins. AND after 1, he got an extension.

Gus does Less with More. The players aren't bad the Has-Been coaches are.

 

[BlakNGoldAllDay]

He moves like a slug and his decision making is even slower. Just can’t understand how Arkansas could let such a treasure go….?!?

Highlights of him last year against Gators he moved pretty well and hit open receivers. Not like he looks in Gus offense.