I find the constant bashing of these two guys to be pure ignorance on the part of the fans. first to the offense, I see alot of people ****ing about the play calling inside the red zone, but they seem to ignore the fact that the TEs dropped two passes in the end zone yesterday, while they were open. So I dont know how you argue with a play call that results in a guy being open in the end zone and has a ball hit him in the hands. the fact they dropped the ball is not on fisch, the fact morris had a guy open to throw to means that the play call was fine. as for this balanced offense argument, its a case of playing to the strength of the offensive line and what the defense is giving you (we ran 32 times and averaged 2.7 yards per). we were much better pass blocking than run blocking, so why try and force the run? if we are throwing the ball well, keep throwing it. I dont care if he took a knee for 2 out of every 4 downs, as long as we score points. scoring points and winning games is far more important than having a more balanced offense. besides, those of you crying about the lack of a balanced offense could get what you want but would then be screaming about how bad fisch is because we would score less points. you cant have it all. one other thing that is ignored for the convenience of a fisch bashing is the fact that hes proven himself to be a great QB coach. harris was a much improved QB last year working with him, and this year morris doesnt even look like the same qb as he was prior to this year.
as far as the defense goes, having that much youth, you are going to struggle. period. we saw on the first TD they scored yesterday that paul tried to make a tackle with his shoulder and didnt attempt to wrap up, we saw crawford out of position, bush has taken bad angles in the last 2 games and tried to compensate by reaching back and got flagged for a face mask, etc. mistakes that freshmen are going to make. welcome to a defense loaded with inexperience. we are young up front and as a result have been beaten up by bigger and more physical guys which is why we have struggled to get pressure. which again is going to happen when you are loaded with youth and inexperience up front. we have 2 issues at DB, lack of talent and lack of experience. we have plenty of young kids with potential, but we also have guys with plenty of experience but not enough talent. we have depth issues at LB that have lead to more inexperienced guys getting alot of time, including a walkon.
I expect this defense to be much improved next year and could be a top 10 group in 2 years. the positives that i see are that despite giving up a bunch of yards, they still fight every play refusing to quit and we are something like top 10 or 15 in takeaways. Those are things we havent seen from a defense here in awhile.
Its so easy to just be ignorant and bash these guys, but the reality is that they are absolutely making the best out of what is a really difficult situation and the reality is that what they have been able to accomplish thus far while having to rely so heavily on true and red shirt freshmen actually speaks volumes about their abilities, but Im sure that even if we do manage to make the ACC title game (which we havent sniffed since joining the conference), Im sure you mopes will still find things to **** about and be calling for them to get fired. Im not saying they are perfect by any means and dont often make calls that are sometimes a WTF moment, but I cant think of any coach or manager in any sport that doesnt have those moments.
