Horrible 2nd half playcalling

[sj4life17]

Can anyone tell me what adjustment we made in the second half?

Jay Walker said in his broadcast that he thought MTSU blitz 80% of the time. I would think the offensive coordinator would have some HOT ROUTES (Hint: SLANTS). I did not see any running back screens or any other plays to slow down the blitz. We continued to run, run then 3rd and whatever, when we were averaging 2.28 yards per run.


I think the offensive coordinator should call meeting with the team so he can apologize to them for being out-coached and he should issue a special apology to Chris Masson.

[ULtimateCajun]

That has been the story of the season and it's not just the offense. As a team we make no adjustments. NONE. we come out for the second half the same way we do for the start of the game. High school coaches can see that adjustments need to be made at halftime. Why can't our coaches who are making alot of money do there job not finish a game?

[zephyr]

_ Can anyone tell me what adjustment we made in the second half?

Jay Walker said in his broadcast that he thought MTSU blitz 80% of the time. I would think the offensive coordinator would have some HOT ROUTES (Hint: SLANTS). I did not see any running back screens or any other plays to slow down the blitz. We continued to run, run then 3rd and whatever, when we were averaging 2.28 yards per run.


I think the offensive coordinator should call meeting with the team so he can apologize to them for being out-coached and he should issue a special apology to Chris Masson. _

Oh, we have hot routes. The problem is, MTSU knows what they are and they jumped them all night as you saw them jump the short screen and take the INT to the house. They know that we run these bubble screens all game and they also know that when a DL is aggressive and putting pressure on a QB, one way to combat that is to run misdirection and screens to throw them off. That's fine except we run those all of the time anyway so MTSU is waiting on it. We have no variation in our offense and its frustrating. I think we have some quality young players that will be very solid in their time here but I think the major problem is scheme. How long will it take Bustle and staff to note that the Zone read is obsolute in our current state due to lack of playmakers. Its rediculous. I screamed this in the offseason and I don't know nearly what a coach knows. Its not hard to see that success will be limited running this offense with current personnel.

Defensively, we are just not physical enough. Against spread offenses, you have to have a good, physical DL that can pressure the QB without blitz help and allow the guys behind you to make plays and cover. We don't have that. It's funny to see MTSU's DL getting 5 sacks, most of them when running a 3 man line!!! They sacked Masson time after time with only 3 men rushing and often double teamed. They made Decoster and Pirtle look like little boys. We don't have the physical nature to do this. I haven't seen athletes like Hall Davis and Terrell Richardson not be able to get to the QB like these guys.

[VObserver]

_ Oh, we have hot routes. The problem is, MTSU knows what they are and they jumped them all night as you saw them jump the short screen and take the INT to the house. They know that we run these bubble screens all game and they also know that when a DL is aggressive and putting pressure on a QB, one way to combat that is to run misdirection and screens to throw them off. That's fine except we run those all of the time anyway so MTSU is waiting on it. We have no variation in our offense and its frustrating. I think we have some quality young players that will be very solid in their time here but I think the major problem is scheme. How long will it take Bustle and staff to note that the Zone read is obsolute in our current state due to lack of playmakers. Its rediculous. I screamed this in the offseason and I don't know nearly what a coach knows. Its not hard to see that success will be limited running this offense with current personnel.

Defensively, we are just not physical enough. Against spread offenses, you have to have a good, physical DL that can pressure the QB without blitz help and allow the guys behind you to make plays and cover. We don't have that. It's funny to see MTSU's DL getting 5 sacks, most of them when running a 3 man line!!! They sacked Masson time after time with only 3 men rushing and often double teamed. They made Decoster and Pirtle look like little boys. We don't have the physical nature to do this. I haven't seen athletes like Hall Davis and Terrell Richardson not be able to get to the QB like these guys. _

As usual, you are half right. The zone read could be very productive with our current personnel, just not with the QB we are using, as he reads very poorly. Of course, with McGuire injured and Gauthier clearly not ready, we don't have too much choice.

Defensively, we just need to be consistantly aggressive. Anytime we play read and react instead of attack on defense, we will get burned. This year, we have been above average defensively when we play aggressively [lsu, the first half of KSU] and have essentially sucked when we read and react [FAU, UNT]. A coaches job is to determine what his charges need to do to have a chance to win, then teach them to do it, and have the fortitude [the coaches, not the players] to stick with what works best. I think our coaches have done ok on the first two, but are failing miserably in the third.

[MetryCajun]

One of my pet peeves is people blaming playcalling after a loss. In the games I have watched, I have seen some good misdirection plays, waggle plays and excellent utilization of the TE. What I have not seen is a playmaker. Has a RB other than Sails made anybody miss this year? Are any of our WR able to consistently make plays? Can our QB's make the right reads?
Last year we had an explosive team. I KNOW Chery would have brought one of those kickoffs to the house. I KNOW the 6 yard run by Masson would have been a 40yd run by Des. We don't even need to talk about the difference at RB.

The points is...we are hurting at the skill positions. Play calling can always be better, but it is not the main reason we sometimes struggle on offense.

[Gbbaseball7]

McGuire was ready to play saturday. Why they didn't use him...?

As usual, you are half right. The zone read could be very productive with our current personnel, just not with the QB we are using, as he reads very poorly. Of course, with McGuire injured and Gauthier clearly not ready, we don't have too much choice.

Defensively, we just need to be consistantly aggressive. Anytime we play read and react instead of attack on defense, we will get burned. This year, we have been above average defensively when we play aggressively [lsu, the first half of KSU] and have essentially sucked when we read and react [FAU, UNT]. A coaches job is to determine what his charges need to do to have a chance to win, then teach them to do it, and have the fortitude [the coaches, not the players] to stick with what works best. I think our coaches have done ok on the first two, but are failing miserably in the third.

igeaux.mobi

[Choppie29]

_ That has been the story of the season and it's not just the offense. As a team we make no adjustments. NONE. we come out for the second half the same way we do for the start of the game. High school coaches can see that adjustments need to be made at halftime. Why can't our coaches who are making alot of money do there job not finish a game? _

Up to this point in the year we have been outscored 145-64 in the second half. 5 times this year we have put up 3 points or less in the second half, including getting outscored 20-0 against MT. Pretty pitiful.

[rhineaux]

_ That has been the story of the season and it's not just the offense. As a team we make no adjustments. NONE. we come out for the second half the same way we do for the start of the game. High school coaches can see that adjustments need to be made at halftime. Why can't our coaches who are making alot of money do there job not finish a game? _

This has been the story of most of the last 3 years.

[cajun_civil]

_I think the offensive coordinator should call meeting with the team so he can apologize to them for being out-coached and he should issue a special apology to Chris Masson. _

Lay off the OC...

This is the third OC the Cajuns have had, but we are still running the same 4 or 5 plays, so in my opinion it is all Bustle.

[VObserver]

_ McGuire was ready to play saturday. Why they didn't use him...?




igeaux.mobi _

Hello, my friend.

I have been asking that question every week for a good while now. Of course, I have been asking myself, so I haven't gotten a good answer.

Come see us at the Eauque Saturday. We've missed you this year.

[Hammer58]

_ McGuire was ready to play saturday. Why they didn't use him...?




igeaux.mobi _

According to Coach at the QB club even though Brad said he was ready to go they were not convinced that he was able to cut effectively. I guess that is the story and they are sticking to it.

But if that is the story then it doesn't hold water for this week so we better see him in there.

As VO said, stop by the Eauxk. Its been too long.

[Just1More]

_ One of my pet peeves is people blaming playcalling after a loss. In the games I have watched, I have seen some good misdirection plays, waggle plays and excellent utilization of the TE. What I have not seen is a playmaker. Has a RB other than Sails made anybody miss this year? Are any of our WR able to consistently make plays? Can our QB's make the right reads?
Last year we had an explosive team. I KNOW Chery would have brought one of those kickoffs to the house. I KNOW the 6 yard run by Masson would have been a 40yd run by Des. We don't even need to talk about the difference at RB.

The points is...we are hurting at the skill positions. Play calling can always be better, but it is not the main reason we sometimes struggle on offense. _

Metry, the whole reason you make playcalling adjustments is when you cannot succeed on talent alone. We make decisions on how to play an opponent by working on what we do best, watching film and making pregame opponent preparations. You also have to include, when you are not dominating another team... gametime adjustments.

We came out and initially played well on both sides of the ball for two reasons. 1) We were aggressive, and 2) MT played their standard packages in order to test and adjust accordingly.

Once the two opponents took a couple of each other's best punches... MT adjusted and took the game to our weaknesses... and we decided that we did not need to make adjustments.

I do not consider this team as undertalented as some have expressed. I think we are not utilizing them very well. They are not in any way "dominating talent". We field a team of players that require really good coaching, including gametime management, to win most of our games. Regardless, I think your point of not having the "playmakers" is precisely the reason you have to coach your way to victory. It is possible.

I am mostly upset with our defense and special teams. Defensively... there is no reason why we do not get into opponent's backfields more often. Our opponents open up holes a truck can drive through. We are not talented enough defensively to not stunt and run blitz packages to attempt disrupt. I'm also not impressed with how our OL has been coached this year. That ridiculous underproductive dive blocking is terrible. I recorded and watched our OL pile up and create a wall that no RB can get around. What the heck is that all about? We couldn't make Adrian Peterson look talented behind our line right now.

Oh well, I'm just disappointed that we didn't get aggressive and take the FIU and MT games. I will be at the ULM and Troy games... to back these young guys... but I sure wouldn't fault our coaches... even in a loss... if they came out swinging for the fences for a full 60 minutes... on both sides of the ball... in both games.