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3:1 we see at least 2 more skinned cats and a 7:1 we see a triple reverse half back pass in the remainder.
Too many OCs out there, including our own, who sat around playing tecmo bowl, drawing up backyard bs plays, and never acquired the discipline to call a f’ing game
Drinkwitz should pay the school just to allow him to coach the remainder of the year
dd should forfeit his pay for ever allowing the an OC the discretion to repeatedly call the gimmick plays, badly designed gimmicks, consistently called.
^if im not mistaken, Hines is one of the regular gunners and did not play special teams as a returner or gunner.
I thought Boone was the new rover, but it seems like morehead is often the other safety expected to provide run support.
I’m not that worried about next year. If the top Jrs. return, I think we should be competitive. At least not a big dropoff. You lose Tony Adams and Samuels on offense, but nobody else.
On defense, you lose your starting defensive line, but the 2-deep tackles in Bryant and Sug aren’t slouches, should improve, and with Smith-Williams and Roseboro (assuming he returns) we’ll be fine on the ends, with some quality but young depth since it looks like we’re adding some solid line recruits.
Pratt has played well at LB, but Fernandez will be a loss. Moore imo has not has his best year. On the backend, you lose Boone and Stevens and Alston. We’ll add the TN transfer at safety, and he’ll likely play. The cornerback depth is more of a concern. Hope they’re working out some people for possible position switches, if needed.
You saw the talent gap last night. We’re still at a place with roster where we’re not good enough to overcome poor play and questionable in-game coaching at times. Clemson overcame 4 turnovers, including a pick 6 and 2-3 red zone fumbles to beat us last year. This year, they had fewer turnovers, won the special teams, and out coached and outplayed us as much as I hate to admit it. We played a near perfect first half of Fb, other than the special and kicking team, and led by 4.
With the exception of the 85 yard Td, I thought the defense played well.
We missed a TD on a slant-and-go to Harmon in the 3rd quarter but other than that, the offense was putrid coming out of the break for the second straight weak. Defenses with better athletes in the back 7 are squatting on routes, trying to take away the lateral plays that utilize WR blockers, and daring us to throw the ball downfield and over the middle. after a strong first half mixing in run, slants, and down field passing, we reverted back to inexcusably bad play
calling. please, ditch the wildcat and stop handing it off to Samuels. Has to be Hines or Gallaspy at RBI did thing the officiating in this one was worse than last week.
I get the flip the field argument on the 4th and 1 punt in the 3rd, but we’d already
gone on 4th down earlier in the game, and you typically play field position battles if you have a reliable kicking game. Then you don’t play field position late and try to surprise Clemson with 3 timeouts and a straight ahead insides. I don’t get it.D could’ve played better but hard to pin a loss on them. Offense was putrid outside of 2-3 possessions.
For me, this game confirms the weaknesses.
1. Scheme doesn’t offset or aid Back 7
2. Our dependence on short perimeter passing game was taken away by aggressive athletic defense and well coached team
3. Passing game is effective but little used in middle of field and down field and deep. We consistently were behind chains because 2 and bad run game strategy tonight after Hines went out and gimmicks^yup, Lbs had bad showing today. I won’t name names but 2 of 3 especially. Took themselves out of plays altogether.
My bigger concern is that we got physically beat up all to hell and how injuries impact next week
Clemson is every bit as good on defense as Irish, if not bettet
Drink gets a d today. If not for Hines, I’d give him an f. Irish d was well prepared but we’ve done little to counter them. Inability to move ball has kep defense on the field too much
RG is the best back option we have with Hines out. I’m a big samuels fan, but he doesn’t accelerate north and hit hole like Gillespie. Samuels needs space.
Gillespie goes 3 for 20 then doesn’t touch it. Gotta go power run, mix in some screen, and push the ball down the field, including on first down
I wonder if we’ll see any base d changes where we play Fernandez, Moore, and pratt and same time in 2nd half. with d line beat up and offense not able to move the ball, Irish Oline was starting to push our line around late in half
Win the special teams, was h on the turnovers, and down a TD. COUld be worse. Gott make some big adjustments on the offensive side to have a shot
Problem now is offense. Gillespie has to be the RB if Hines is out. he looks good on one series but hasn’t touched it since. Got to continue to stretch the field with throws and utilize the whole field. Irish still squatting on routes, and we’re trying to run wide with the wrong personnel
^What Grey said, Game Day don’t mean chit. But Grey, you can have all of the above, and if you don’t win, then the recruiting plateaus or spirals. That was my initial concern with Doeren. Not enough “W’s” to help build momentum. It appears we’re in for our best season in years, and like Mac say, the W’s will do more for recruiting and coaching and program relationships than anything else. Staff has a great plan, and it is paying dividends. Now just be in these next two games with a shot to win.
