I thought it would be interesting to hear from folks what we think we need to be better.
I’ll get my broad brush opinion out of the way
BIAS:
- I think our offensive scheme is great, but at times we fail to adjust playcalling and/or players don’t execute together.
- For the most part and most games I felt our defense was the core issue. I am actually surprised we were bowl eligible with how our defense played.
- While I believe playcalling matters, fundamentals and talent have a bigger impact.
11 5-star guys are going to beat 11 3-star guys running sweep left and dive plays. You get it.
OPPORTUNITIES:
- It would be interesting to hear from others on what we think was wrong with our defense. I have to agree against Georgia tech they seemed to get to the second level a lot. My memory may not be great here, but it seemed like our defense regressed starting second half of TWILL and it’s been sliding ever since. Our DLine seemed so hot and cold. Was it that we didn’t see good penetration by linebackers? Did we ever stack the box. OJT by Addison?
- Intermediate passing game. Tight Ends. Here is where I do think recruiting will make a difference. Our tight end room isn’t that intriguing. We need 3 or 4 really good recruits here and one dominant player. It just seemed to me that JRP struggled to dump the ball over the middle. Is this by design?
- Oline didn’t play bad this year but I do think we will see this position improve with raw talent. This may be enough to put us over the edge on some games.
- Linebacker. We have all said it. Jason Johnson makes a lot of plays, but how much does this position affect both secondary and dline. It just seems like we didn’t have true dawgs here. Imagine having just one second team or first team all conference player here.
Special teams. Coverage good. Kicking- wtf boomer.
Consistency and gameday management. There were some questionable calls and decisions this year. I don’t think there are as bad as some say, but still too many.
WRAPUP
I know this has been a tough year and I think there are some good reasons to be frustrated.
I’m optimistic even as I look at talent alone.
There weren’t many games where we were completely out of it and talent improvement across all positions will have a multiplier / compounding effect.
I would like to see Gus address the lack of creativity and capability on defense as well as lack of using the middle of the field in the passing game. We need better quick options for our quarterback. Some of that might just mean we weren’t that strong in the middle of the field. O’Leary used to talk about that and it does make playcalling harder.
What do you agree with, disagree with..
I’ll get my broad brush opinion out of the way
BIAS:
- I think our offensive scheme is great, but at times we fail to adjust playcalling and/or players don’t execute together.
- For the most part and most games I felt our defense was the core issue. I am actually surprised we were bowl eligible with how our defense played.
- While I believe playcalling matters, fundamentals and talent have a bigger impact.
11 5-star guys are going to beat 11 3-star guys running sweep left and dive plays. You get it.
OPPORTUNITIES:
- It would be interesting to hear from others on what we think was wrong with our defense. I have to agree against Georgia tech they seemed to get to the second level a lot. My memory may not be great here, but it seemed like our defense regressed starting second half of TWILL and it’s been sliding ever since. Our DLine seemed so hot and cold. Was it that we didn’t see good penetration by linebackers? Did we ever stack the box. OJT by Addison?
- Intermediate passing game. Tight Ends. Here is where I do think recruiting will make a difference. Our tight end room isn’t that intriguing. We need 3 or 4 really good recruits here and one dominant player. It just seemed to me that JRP struggled to dump the ball over the middle. Is this by design?
- Oline didn’t play bad this year but I do think we will see this position improve with raw talent. This may be enough to put us over the edge on some games.
- Linebacker. We have all said it. Jason Johnson makes a lot of plays, but how much does this position affect both secondary and dline. It just seems like we didn’t have true dawgs here. Imagine having just one second team or first team all conference player here.
Special teams. Coverage good. Kicking- wtf boomer.
Consistency and gameday management. There were some questionable calls and decisions this year. I don’t think there are as bad as some say, but still too many.
WRAPUP
I know this has been a tough year and I think there are some good reasons to be frustrated.
I’m optimistic even as I look at talent alone.
There weren’t many games where we were completely out of it and talent improvement across all positions will have a multiplier / compounding effect.
I would like to see Gus address the lack of creativity and capability on defense as well as lack of using the middle of the field in the passing game. We need better quick options for our quarterback. Some of that might just mean we weren’t that strong in the middle of the field. O’Leary used to talk about that and it does make playcalling harder.
What do you agree with, disagree with..
