Is your trust in CMC lost to fix this offense in 2023 and beyond?
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The point I'm making is halftime adjustments aren't the solution and other teams don't seem great at them either.
It's not that we are losing it's how we are losing. Its good that we are not hopelessly outclassed from a talent standpoint but its not good at all that we do the same dumb **** game after game. In years past, we have gotten better as the season progressed. The last couple of years that has changed.
It's a good point though our defense does such a good job of making adjustments at half time that any offensive adjustments at half would be great. Like that drive we saw on Saturday but not just for the script.
Looking simply at other offense's ability to do that against our elite defense probably isn't the best metric to say that.
Most of the defenses we play are nowhere near that level.
Good talent to start with >>>>>> bad talent but good adjustments. Talent wins games.
I'm thinking more and more he couldn't care less if he's in Ames past this year anyway. Id rather have a bottom tier SEC or Big 10 job than coach in the Big 12 in NIL era.
Iowa would be lucky to have 2 wins with Petras behind our offensive line. He would get murdered. Dekkers is at least some what mobile. I feel horrible for Dekkers when Manning is not smart enough to play to Dekkers strengths.
My point wasn't that CMC needs to make more halftime adjustments. It's that he needs to make adjustments, period. We are watching the same bad decisions happen again and again, week after week. It's starting to feel like Groundhog Day, and it's indicative of a coaching failure -- not a talent problem.
It is ******* bewildering. Maybe we are missing some perspective. But honestly its like we went from winning games because we had excellent coaching to losing games because of poor coaching with the same coaches.
Campbell has fired coaches and overhauled schemes in the past. I think we will be fine, despite this year's massive frustrations. If Manning and Myers are retained and our first play from scrimmage every game next year is a -2 yard rush from shotgun between the center and guard, then come talk to me
The most important position group in football is the OL. You need to build your entire team around the OL. 2nd most important is DL, but our DL is fine. I'd give our OL a grade of D.... at best.
So, at a minimum, the person in charge of the OL has to go IMO..... and that is Myers.
If CMC feels that's the only issue with the offense, then maybe you don't get rid of Manning.... but I'd have to disagree with that. Manning has shown, IMO, that he doesn't know how to draw up a good game plan that utilizes what you have to work with, and has shown no ability to make in game adjustments either.
If you know your OL is a weakness, then you come up with a game plan to work around that.... but we have done no such thing. We continue to run our RB's right up the middle behind a poor OL and expect to get results from that. No misdirection or anything. Especially on short yardage.... that alone is a reason to get rid of Manning as far as I'm concerned. Continually going in shotgun and running delayed handoffs or QB runs up the middle in short yardage only shows that you have no clue what you're doing.
So IMO, Manning has to go too.... if for no other reason than to give fans some hope and promise going into next year to buy tickets.
So, at a minimum, the person in charge of the OL has to go IMO..... and that is Myers.
If CMC feels that's the only issue with the offense, then maybe you don't get rid of Manning.... but I'd have to disagree with that. Manning has shown, IMO, that he doesn't know how to draw up a good game plan that utilizes what you have to work with, and has shown no ability to make in game adjustments either.
If you know your OL is a weakness, then you come up with a game plan to work around that.... but we have done no such thing. We continue to run our RB's right up the middle behind a poor OL and expect to get results from that. No misdirection or anything. Especially on short yardage.... that alone is a reason to get rid of Manning as far as I'm concerned. Continually going in shotgun and running delayed handoffs or QB runs up the middle in short yardage only shows that you have no clue what you're doing.
So IMO, Manning has to go too.... if for no other reason than to give fans some hope and promise going into next year to buy tickets.
In case there hasn't been a "Paul Rhoads running out of gas" comment, here it is.
A completely fair perspective, honestly. But if we look around the entire CFB landscape are there a high percentage of teams making significant in-season adjustments? What are the biggest adjustments we as fans from our offense in a season? Actual personnel changes (e.g. Purdy becoming QB) have the highest variability, but that doesn't appear to be in the cards anywhere.
So then what?
Yes, if they lose to UNI and Iowa to open the '23 season that would be a problem for everyone...
What the what. Start by NOT LINING UP IN SHOTGUN ON 3RD/4TH AND INCHES. I'm not talking about launching nukes from orbit. There are dozens of things right now that are broken, correctable, and have not changed, despite the fact that we are losing game after game.
You can adjust before halftime, ISU just doesn't. That's what we're unhappy about. Offense hardly makes any adjustments. Ffs no one is this dense...
I was having this conversation with a couple friends over the weekend. CMC has to find a way to transition the overall offensive gameplan to someone other than Manning - perhaps even some new coaching blood in general. CMC has had essentially the same staff for most of his tenure, and on the offensive side it is just not working at this point. This could be an easy fix, but it likely requires CMC to go outside his long time coaching tree.
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