I have no idea if it's coaching or between the ears, but Ive seen enough to know that there are major issues with the schemes. Simmons on a toss last game pulled out and basically tried to turn sideways instead of hitting one of the three possible tacklers coming in. Always hit the first guy to at least give the back a chance. Lineman are supposed to get mad if you DON'T hit them, not try to avoid contact.
It wasn't talent. Even Walden said he had not seen the level of talent that he had when he stepped onto ISUs campus.
Simmons is really really bad. The sad part is that he's that bad and is still playing. I don't think Clanton's the issue at all. I think it's probably 20% scheme and 80% talent. We're running inside zone right at stacked boxes where we won't even show the option to run the QB. And if it's 1st down I'd say our tendency to run is incredibly high so you might as well just give us the ball at 2nd and 9.
The coaches didn't think it was a talent issue based on lack of effort in the portal pursuing offensive linemen.
I’d take 2nd and 9. We were 2nd and 14 a lot Saturday.
Maybe losing Remsburg was a bigger deal than we thought? Also Hasert was projected to start and sounds like he's out for the year. But yeah, looks like not going to the portal there hindered any potential improvement.
Wonder if we were going to be a heavier passing team. Our pass blocking has been okay, but running block has been awful. Issue with the pass blocking is we don't go down field so they everyone in tight and it creates a lot of traffic for everyone. We gotta let it fly a little to open thing up.
Have we seen enough pass blocking to say that its okay? We certainly haven't seen enough long routes to know if these guys can hold blocks.
It is similar to getting a penalty in the red zone or on an attempted game winning drive.
We’ve given up one sack through three games which is really solid. But that’s also because Rocco’s getting the ball out early and he’s been pretty good at escaping pressure. He’s not exactly sitting in clean pockets for 5 seconds.
I didn't see Hasert projected to start anywhere. Maybe I missed it somewhere. But I don't think a true freshman on the OL would have made much of a difference at all. Regarding Remsburg they knew he was caught up in the gambling deal so you would have thought they would hit the portal if they thought he was a big loss.
Yep, his reaction was not appropriate.
Yeah I’m in agreement that either way, hitting the portal seems like it definitely shouldn’t happened. Our guys look flat out lost. Our guys aren’t even touching people.
Ya I think what set him off in particular was yelling it at him in front of the players more than anything else.
I can somewhat understand Campbell's reaction now. You got kids out there puking between drives and still trying to play and coming up short and you have some drunk fan yelling stuff at players and staff.
Idk, we guys who couldn't even get a body on a defender. Neal in particular doesn't look like a d1 player, I felt embarrassed for him Saturday. He looked totally in over his head against a Mac d line.
FWIW, CW and Blum both agreed that he was probably going to he a starter. They said it in their most recent podcast this week.
