List of issues that have been present the entire run of CMC

madguy30

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What it comes down to is that we preach winning in the margins, and we almost never win in the margins, even when we win the game.

It's usually a pretty haphazard looking deal.

When things ARE succinct, ISU has been really, really good, but it's not consistent.
 
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Gunnerclone

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Poor O-Line play
Not taking chances downfield
Poor playcalling
Special teams, especially kick and punt coverage
Weird/stupid unforced mistakes(bad drops, bad snaps, dropped INTs, missed sacks leading to other teams getting 1st downs)
Penalties at dumb times
Poor defense at the end of the 1st half
Losing on the final drive of the game

I love Campbell but holy **** how do we have so many constant problems year to year.

You’re just describing every perennial non-top 15 team in cfb. This is a transition year.
 

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Poor O-Line play
Not taking chances downfield
Poor playcalling
Special teams, especially kick and punt coverage
Weird/stupid unforced mistakes(bad drops, bad snaps, dropped INTs, missed sacks leading to other teams getting 1st downs)
Penalties at dumb times
Poor defense at the end of the 1st half
Losing on the final drive of the game

I love Campbell but holy **** how do we have so many constant problems year to year.

Manning is completely useless. I can't emphasize completely enough.

Our play design is ******* atrocious, starting at the line of scrimmage. If you are going to ONLY have 5 offensive lineman in pass protection you cannot have tight splits. Baylor mauled us by using 4 DL, splitting them wide, and angling their ends straight at Dekkers. Often the tackles were beat off the line and Dekkers has no where to go. Just as worse, the route design of the WRs completely gives him little in the way of hot routes. If you watch the film we often have 4-5 ******* guys running routes in the same depth of the field. Often none of our receivers are in/out of their breaks, hanging Dekkers out to dry. Teams consistently bring the house, Manning doesn't adjust protection schemes, and Hunter is a sitting duck. It's infuriating.

I'm not even going to talk about the **** show we call "special teams". This team refuses to make schematic adjustments and makes WAY too many mistakes to ever get over the hump. Campbell has been great for the program but he has a lot of flaws: special teams arrogance/ineptitude, loyalty to suspect coaches, and a propensity for his teams to beat themselves. I used to think it would change but this year has convinced me that it won't.

Going to be a frustrating season and Campbell needs to take responsibility for that.
 

Acylum

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Young team this year. Last year blew chunks. Big chunks. I could take this years struggle if we'd kicked a$$ last year.
And if our deficiencies were different. But they’re not. It’s always the same stuff.
 
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Thomasrickj

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Manning is completely useless. I can't emphasize completely enough.

Our play design is ******* atrocious, starting at the line of scrimmage. If you are going to ONLY have 5 offensive lineman in pass protection you cannot have tight splits. Baylor mauled us by using 4 DL, splitting them wide, and angling their ends straight at Dekkers. Often the tackles were beat off the line and Dekkers has no where to go. Just as worse, the route design of the WRs completely gives him little in the way of hot routes. If you watch the film we often have 4-5 ******* guys running routes in the same depth of the field. Often none of our receivers are in/out of their breaks, hanging Dekkers out to dry. Teams consistently bring the house, Manning doesn't adjust protection schemes, and Hunter is a sitting duck. It's infuriating.

I'm not even going to talk about the **** show we call "special teams". This team refuses to make schematic adjustments and makes WAY too many mistakes to ever get over the hump. Campbell has been great for the program but he has a lot of flaws: special teams arrogance/ineptitude, loyalty to suspect coaches, and a propensity for his teams to beat themselves. I used to think it would change but this year has convinced me that it won't.

Going to be a frustrating season and Campbell needs to take responsibility for that.
Manning is the absolute biggest joke of a play caller. I don’t understand that there are still people that like him and think he deserves to still be here. If Manning isn’t gone this off-season, then I give up.
 
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quasistellar

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Manning is the absolute biggest joke of a play caller. I don’t understand that there are still people that like him and think he deserves to still be here. If Manning isn’t gone this off-season, then I give up.

But we had the most yards per game one year, so he's un-fireable, I guess
 

cyclo120

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Obviously no one is calling for Campbells job but enough of putting him on this Pedestal. He has been severely out coached 2 straight games. Don’t throw some raise at him just because his name comes up for jobs this off season, why would any of these teams want him right now?