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It's OK to disagree. But there are posters who disagree with EVERYTHING!
Not sure if they are trolls, generally negative people, think they are know-it-alls, etc. Makes one wonder why they go through the misery of being a Cyclone fan. Drink some Kool aid and find the joy in the possibilities. Even when the Cyclones go 4-8, the sun comes up!!
Many are jaded because they were frustrated after last year and fed a lot of promises about what was going to change and they didn’t get any of it. Yes, execution sucked, but they knew they weren’t being put in a position to succeed, voiced those concerns, and were promised x and o changes that didn’t materialize. That’s what started to fracture the offensive room.
Seriously, people think a ST coach is going to make a kid stop missing FG? These kickers have been in camps with experts in the mechanics of kicking. There’s not a GD thing a special teams coach is going to do for kicker mechanics. It’s like when our fans think the head basketball coach is responsible for making a guy a good three point shooter. This isn’t youth sports.
Unless the ST coach is a former kicker, he is going to know less about kicking mechanics than 99% of college kickers. They are there to figure out how to cover kicks, protect the punter and set up returns. The ST coach isn’t there to correct kicker mechanics.
Thinking about changes, I think we could do a lot with the following:
- Let QB be mobile. He doesn’t have to be Lamar Jackson, but let him be Alex Smith once in a while
- Throw the ball downfield (especially past the sticks on short yardage)
- Get RB involved in passing game. How many screens did we run?
- Tempo. Call the play and get moving
I’m just a guy on the internet, but these might be a nice place to start.
Nate was a mobile QB himself, I bet he lets Dekkers move around a little more than Manning, who was an OL guy himself and put more emphasis on protecting the QB.
It’s frustrating to see so many people thinking that this situation is a complete gut and remodel rather than some paint and new windows on what is a solidly built house.
Especially after what I thought before, during, and after the season was a rebuilding year.
That's... not optimal. Wonder where the "promised x and o changes" were coming from. Which position groups were asking, and who was answering.
Based on Bruns' podcasts, sounds like OL was being set up to fail. But OL coach, OC and HC all have to be aligned before a change gets made.
People think the HC makes all decisions, but there is a lot of collaboration that takes place in every phase from strategy to tactics. HC has final say, but has to trust his staff to make good decisions on minutiae and feed him good info for big decisions.
I don't think it uncommon. If you look at coaching staffs there are a lot of approaches.
- 1 DB coach or a S & CB
- 1 LB coach or ILB & OLB
That goes back to some of the questions/hesitations. The team absolutely wants that, but will CMC adapt enough or become hands off enough on offense (currently not the case) to let it happen? I hope so.
The amount of people on here that are acting like the program is in its final days is disturbing and amusing.
It was a bad year. Changes are being made. Are they the right ones? No one knows. But this isn't like McDermott hiring a few new assistants after 6 years of bad basketball.
And the bottom line with this program is that if the OL gets better and ST gets better we will win more games. That’s all there is to it.
It’s also disgusting to see people on here talk smack out of previous CMC quotes that they swallowed hook line and sinker before.
Such as 5* culture, ******** programs care about 6-6, fall in love the process and the process will love you back.
All great quotes. I think people on here have been so disrespectful of this program despite it being as good as it has ever been for the last 6 years or so.
I want to punch some of these posters in the face.
I've posted this before but QBs can be mobile and be smart about it. Just because a QB has the green light to run doesn't mean they need to put their head down and run 20 times a game and try and truck people. Coach and trust them to pick the proper spots and to slide appropriately or run out of bounds.
