Sounds pretty spot on to me. Offense has to do more to compliment the elite level the defense is playing at.
Iowa Game Thoughts and UNLV look ahead
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Sounds pretty spot on to me. Offense has to do more to compliment the elite level the defense is playing at.
Your lack of knowledge of even the rules regarding number of coaches allowed in Div. 1 speaks volumes on the credibility of your take here.
UNLV was giving Arizona State a game until their QB got injured. Dude was mobile and playing with his hair on fire. Hope he's still injured...
God I'm amazed how quickly people turn into fans resembling those at Nebraska, Texas, or Tennessee.
For those of you who are ready for wholesale change Here conference stats from last year. ISU was 3rd in both yards and points per game. And 1st in 3rd & 4th down conversions. And people want to fire Manning two games into the season????
https://static.big12sports.com/custompages/pdfs/football/2020OverallStats.pdf
We basically have the same staff and same players as 2020. So when you come down off the overreaction ledge I'd suggest trying to enjoy the rest of the season.
For those of you who are ready for wholesale change Here conference stats from last year. ISU was 3rd in both yards and points per game. And 1st in 3rd & 4th down conversions. And people want to fire Manning two games into the season????
https://static.big12sports.com/custompages/pdfs/football/2020OverallStats.pdf
We basically have the same staff and same players as 2020. So when you come down off the overreaction ledge I'd suggest trying to enjoy the rest of the season.
Forgot about the limits but it's not that hard to circumvent. I'd either can Manning or reassign Gordon as an "analyst" to stay within the limit. It's not nearly as difficult as you are making it seem.
Never said it was difficult. I was just pointing out that if you can't even figure out that you just can't add coaches without making room for them, maybe you should just let the coaches do the coaching.
But the larger point is that the coaches who brought you the best record in the conference, a conference championship berth and the school's first ever NY6 bowl win just last year don't owe you an apology for anything.
Not overreacting here. A lot of the issues, namely the the play calling of slow developing plays in games the pass protection was not there, have been ongoing issues. We decimate mid to low level competition, basically teams we have a line of scrimmage advantage over, as our play calling isn't limited. We are able to run at will and Purdy has time to throw the ball. But once we can't run and or Purdy gets pressured, it becomes obvious Manning struggles to adapt. One of Purdy's best games last year, the Texas game, was one of the few times where Purdy was pressured (extensively) and we won (his scrambling that game was sensational). The first Oklahoma game was another. But the 2nd OU game, OSU game, and Louisiana were all losses.
If we are talking about beating mid-level competiton then fine, Manning is great. But if the team aspires to be something more Manning has got to be able to adapt, something he hasn't shown he's been able to do since he's been here.
Hopefully he knows that "analysts" can't have any contact with the team members. So our QBs will not be without a coach like out STs are now.
Those accomplishments, and the praise they deserve, as well as the STs futility, and the admonishment that deserves, are not mutually exclusive. He's choosing, repeatedly I might add, to refuse to address an issue that is a constant problem, one that has cost us games. For someone who claims to be creative on the field (and he often is), I'm astonished he can't be as creative off the field in being able to address the issue without several compromising staff integrity.
Purdy and offense needs confidence, like in bball, just need to see the ball go through the hoop. Talent is all there, would like to see BP throw open more guys. Timing is a bit off, which leads to under throws deep or fast balls on short routes.
I'm aware. You shift the direct responsibility to Campbell or someone else. The "analyst" can do all of the same preparation and planning without the direct work. Look at teams like Alabama that have a slew of "analysts" (they have like 10 of those).
Look, I'm not saying you can make these changes today, which is the impression I'm getting from some of the responses. Figuring out a solution last offseason should have been a prirority, especially with the **** show we are seeing (yet again this year). Will doing so require letting go of some weak links or finding coaches that can excel in "dual role" coordinator positions? Possibly. But it's obvious the solution to our special teams issues does not lie internally. If it did we wouldn't have a 6 year **** show on our hands now, would we?
It's going great so far? Maybe Gordon isn't the answer (though that was never my point).
Look guys, you need to be able to read between the lines here. Something that's been obvious since Campbell's been here is that the solution to our special teams issues does not lie internally. If it did we wouldn't have the same issues year after year. We either need to bring someone in as a specific STs coordinator OR bring someone in that has success with that AND performs a dual role responsibility. Look at the other staffs around college football. It's like that all of the time.
Point is Campbell needs bring somebody in that can fix this mess and figure out BEST way to realign the staff to make that possible. Whether Campbell takes on coordinator duties or not isn't my place to say. I just used that and or Gordon as generic examples as to what you do in order to make that happen. Shifting people around in order to maximize performance happens all of the time. Loyalty shouldn't supersede addressing a longstanding weakness on the team. It needs to be addressed.
This. The defense is currently ranked 7th in football. Granted, UNI and Iowa are far from the Big 12 offensive teams that ISU will defend, but it certainly is going to keep us in the game. I'd go so far as to say this years defense is better than last years.
As for the offense, Iowa is likely the top defense the team will face this year, so I would expect improvement there as we line up against the same defenses that the Big 12 presented last year. Absolutely room for improvement though...in all areas.
While ST's are getting flak, I'm pleased with the kick off results...we may have more touchbacks in two games than all of last season. The punt team (mostly return) is my biggest b!tch...Iowa was aggressive...any punt fielded by an Iowa returner was returned. Zero fair catches...WTF. Us...zip. This needs fixing...immediately. As for FG's...the biggest mistake in the Iowa game was not calling TO when the team wasn't ready for the FG call at the end of the game. As a result, the FG kicker was rushed, took the wrong steps, and hooked the kick. You had the TO...take it...stupid. These kickers are going to kick some long FG's this season.
Take away a couple of deflected balls and we're probably 2-0. Our D is dominant. Bring on the UNLV chum.
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Fan-based play calls. CMC checks his phone and picks his favorites.
Think of the possibilities!
How's the wifi or connection at field level in JT?
You can "reassign" seomeone to an analyst role if you don't want to fire them. I don't believe there is a limit on the number of analysts (see Bama as an example).
Why I think our punting needs improvement. We had too many line drive punts that they could return for 5-10 yards (more sometimes) and let their's bounce and add another 10 yards. We flip those and now we have those turnovers happening out around our 40 or so and you can rip several points off the board. Even one less FG now has us driving to tie at the end and not needing two scores.
