We can all agree, talent is not there. But, as an ex coach (another sport) i am a firm believer that it is the coach's job and duty to find what can he do to make this work better with what he has. How can he squeeze as much juice from these players. My opinion is that Golden and Dnofrio are far too stubborn in the belief of "their process". Their process has showed results, but in year 4. They want to hold steady with all might to the process. The process is their system and teaching it, and letting the player grow through it. My problem with that is the inflexibility of it all. Your offense has a chance of winning games. But it is hampered by a defense that is limited as it stands. Why not be more flexible and say, "well, reality is that a team (based on two games with two completely different level of opponents) will score roughly 70/80% of the time they have the ball? Then why not be more aggressive. If the end result is going to be roughly the same, why not try to dictate the outcome a little bit. Why not realize that if I sit back, I will wear out my defense along with losing points and have my offense sit on the sidelines longer. Why not decide to get to the qb before he can release, why not make him make the quicker read and the faster throw, and force that offense to do the faster execution? The counter to that is that if the slant is not well covered, it will end up being a td. Yes, but we are going to get scored on eventually - more or less. Also, not ALL qb's and ALL wr in college are awesome. They are not going to hit on all cylinders under a ton of pressure all the time. Allow these kids to think a little less, play a bit downfield. But Golden and Dnofrio do not want to play like say the Dallas Cowboys style of D or how the Eagles did it (can't think of another one) because it is different then what their system and process is. So again, we go back to the stubbornness and inflexibility and above all their belief in their system.
Just my two cents. But limiting it to a couple of reads, cheating one safety up a bit to help in run support and crossing routs and leaving the other safety back would allow for the lb's and Dline to have easy tasks. Switch up a lb with a lineman dropping ala ohio st. when jacory got picked. Get creative with simple things. But we have not seen the ability nor the willingness of this staff to do that. We changed our offensive look dramatically from one year to the next, but we can't do it on Defense????? Baffled.
am i over simplifying the reasoning? I just see that the problem is not as big as the solution. The difference is the willingness to do it.
Just my two cents. But limiting it to a couple of reads, cheating one safety up a bit to help in run support and crossing routs and leaving the other safety back would allow for the lb's and Dline to have easy tasks. Switch up a lb with a lineman dropping ala ohio st. when jacory got picked. Get creative with simple things. But we have not seen the ability nor the willingness of this staff to do that. We changed our offensive look dramatically from one year to the next, but we can't do it on Defense????? Baffled.
am i over simplifying the reasoning? I just see that the problem is not as big as the solution. The difference is the willingness to do it.
