Popular Post JMR 2,118 Posted November 27, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2016 Things I Think I Saw: Auburn vs Alabama…. I watched the game once, and took pleasure in deleting the recording immediately after the final play. Unlike a lot of Auburn fans, I was not angry at any point during the game, although I was certainly disappointed a number of times. Here are some of the things I think I saw…. The rotating quarterback plan to begin the game was a disappointment, bringing back unpleasant memories of this year’s Clemson game, and indicating, at least to me, that we didn’t feel we had a QB available that we could win the game with. I did feel going into the game that we would pretty much have to play both Jeremy Johnson and John Franklin III, but I didn’t envision a change after each play, nor did I anticipate using Chandler Cox in the Wildcat role. I am no expert on secondary play. Never played DB or coached DBs in my life. But for a few games now, beginning (I think) with Vandy, I’ve watched teams manipulate our safeties in the passing game. I’m not knowledgeable enough to know what the problem is, but there appears to be one; hopefully that will be addressed and corrected before our bowl game, and certainly before next season. Alabama seemed to create openings in our coverage early in the game with ease. From an Auburn standpoint, it doesn’t matter now, but I don’t believe Jeremy Johnson’s passing problems are correctable. As a college senior, he is still staring down his intended target, and is almost always late throwing the ball. In the first half, JJ was 3-of-9 for 7 yards. One new (to me) technique I’ve noticed, opponents’ wide receivers using on the wide receiver screens is the grabbing of the front of a defender’s shoulder pads. Georgia did it over and over, and I saw Alabama’s Dietrich do it at least twice in this game. Very effective, and difficult for officials to see. Kamryn Pettway was somewhere south of 100% for the game. I appreciate that he did what he could, but in his physical state, it was not nearly enough. The Auburn offensive line lost both the battle and the war. Alabama has what is arguably the most talented defensive line in the country, and Auburn’s offensive linemen almost never won even an individual battle. This may have been the worst game I’ve seen Braden Smith play. He could not handle Jonathan Allen or Tim Williams, or even Calvin Tomlinson. I believe Smith can be as good as he wants to be, but this was not his day. I singled out Smith because I believe he is the best OL we have; none of the others were effective either, IMO, especially in the run game. Pass protection was hardly “good”, but was not all that bad, given the quality of the opponent. I got the impression from the exchange between Lashlee and Malzahn on the sideline after one JFIII series that JF was truly reading the read option play. If so, I thought he missed a couple of reads where he should have kept the ball. Alabama was running a scrape exchange on the outside, with the DE coming down for the dive back, and the LB scraping outside for the QB. I was hoping JF’s speed would allow him to beat the LB and possibly break a play. Apparently, Malzahn thought the same thing, while Lashlee and Herb Hand (the reason Lashlee pointed up…to the press box) felt the correct read was made. May not matter, as I’m not sure the LB would not have made the play anyway. Jeff Holland is listed at 250 lbs. on the Auburn roster, but he was manhandled like a 190-pounder by Alabama’s Cam Robinson. I’ve marveled all season in this column at the play of Marlon Davidson, but like Braden Smith and the offensive line, this was not his day. Marlon lost the edge multiple times, misjudged pursuit angles, and was just generally ineffective. I even saw him lined up in a 9 technique (outside shoulder of the tight end) and he got hooked by the offensive tackle. Nearly impossible to do. The read of the offensive tackle’s down block (and shuffle down inside) has resulted in Auburn losing the edge all season long, and that continued in this game. I have to assume that the LB on that side is supposed to be scraping outside in that situation, but I have yet to see that happen. Numerous times in this game I saw Davidson and Lawson both shuffle inside and lose the edge without being touched by a blocker. Something’s not right with that scenario, and that goes back all the way to last season. The play of young Daniel Thomas was impressive after he replaced Rudy Ford, who left with an injury. Thomas wasn’t perfect, of course, but he made plays when afforded the opportunity. Had to be gratifying for a youngster with little experience to play so well in such a big game. Once again, Tray Matthews was a huge factor in Auburn’s run defense. Javaris Davis, the redshirt freshman corner, made a half-dozen key tackles in the open field. His one-on-one tackles tackles in the open field were huge in the game, and made me think of Carlos Rodgers in 2004. I felt like Lane Kiffin’s play calling helped Auburn’s defense to a degree in the first half. Running 44 plays in the first half, Alabama threw the ball 26 times. On 20 first down plays, they threw 12 times and ran 8 times. After the first flurry to begin the game, their passing game was a little out of synch, and I felt like that helped the AU defense get settled in. Once again, Auburn was called at least a couple of times for a defensive lineman lining up offsides. Recently, Carl Lawson and Jeff Holland have had a couple of those, and this week it was Holland and Derrick Brown. Another youngster who’s played surprisingly well all season but had a difficult day this week was Darrell Williams. DW ducked his head and whiffed a tackle in the hole on a play that became a 20-yard gain at a key point in the third quarter. DeShaun Davis also missed a couple of tackles that would have been big plays, although he made several outstanding plays through the game. One of those was his recognition of a bama shovel pass to O.J. Howard, after they’d run it successfully earlier in the game. I may be just choosing to believe it, but I think some of the missed tackles, poor pursuit angles, etc. were the result of fatigue on the part of the Auburn defense. When you’re playing all out every play, against an excellent opponent, you expend a lot of energy and fatigue is magnified. I think that happened beginning about midway through the third quarter. I also think it’s important that nobody quit, despite the fatigue. Even when it became obvious the Auburn offense was not going to be able to keep up with Alabama’s scores, everyone continued to give all they had. I think the fatigue factor was summed up in one play, when Alabama’s Bo Scarborough ran over DeShaun Davis on a third and 9 when Alabama was coming off their own goal line. A less-spent Davis makes that tackle, Alabama punts, and Auburn has one more possession to try to put points on the board. A friend called me during the game to rant a little about using Chandler Cox in the Wildcat on a fourth and three. Thinking about it, it was meant to be somewhat of a trick play, with Cox throwing the ball deep on a two-receiver pattern. Unfortunately, Alabama was not fooled, and Cox was under a fair amount of pressure, and the play didn’t work. I think we all need to keep in mind, Auburn was playing basically without a quarterback, and desperate times sometimes bring out desperate behavior. I think there are things for Auburn fans to be upset/disappointed about relative to their football program, but I honestly think this one game is at most a small piece of that. The recruiting and development of quarterbacks has brought about a difficult situation, and now that Auburn has a quality defense, the offense is a glaring weakness. I don’t know what happens from here. Rumors are rampant, including Rhett Lashlee going to Georgia State as their head coach, and Kendall Briles replacing him at AU. No idea what’s true, what’s false, and what is just a malicious rumor started by someone seeking attention. In any case, I do believe our head coach is approaching a critical crossroads next season. Critical for both himself and for the program. Gus Malzahn is such an introverted man, I don’t think any of us truly know what might be in his head. Will he bring in key people to help address the issues that surfaced in 2016 and late 2015? Or will he stick to his guns and continue to do what he’s always done? I don’t think any of us knows, and I’m not sure he knows at this point himself. But over the next couple of months, the answers will begin to materialize for all of us. In the meantime, Auburn awaits its bowl destination. Most think we are likely headed to the Sugar Bowl to play the winner of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game. I hope that’s the case, but we’ll have to wait for everything to play out before knowing for sure. Regardless of the destination, we’ll get an additional 15 practices per NCAA protocol. Maybe between now and a bowl game, some of our wounded will heal, and we’ll be closer to full strength. More importantly, the staff will have a chance to work with some of the younger players who will be starters or at least in the rotation next season. There are several of those who have potentially excellent futures, and it’ll be fun to see those guys develop. This will be the last of the “Things I Think I Saw” columns for this season, obviously. I sincerely hope reading them has been worth your time.WAR EAGLE!! 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Things I Think I Saw: Auburn vs Alabama…. I watched the game once, and took pleasure in deleting the recording immediately after the final play. Unlike a lot of Auburn fans, I was not angry at any point during the game, although I was certainly disappointed a number of times. Here are some of the things I think I saw…. The rotating quarterback plan to begin the game was a disappointment, bringing back unpleasant memories of this year’s Clemson game, and indicating, at least to me, that we didn’t feel we had a QB available that we could win the game with. I did feel going into the game that we would pretty much have to play both Jeremy Johnson and John Franklin III, but I didn’t envision a change after each play, nor did I anticipate using Chandler Cox in the Wildcat role. I am no expert on secondary play. Never played DB or coached DBs in my life. But for a few games now, beginning (I think) with Vandy, I’ve watched teams manipulate our safeties in the passing game. I’m not knowledgeable enough to know what the problem is, but there appears to be one; hopefully that will be addressed and corrected before our bowl game, and certainly before next season. Alabama seemed to create openings in our coverage early in the game with ease. From an Auburn standpoint, it doesn’t matter now, but I don’t believe Jeremy Johnson’s passing problems are correctable. As a college senior, he is still staring down his intended target, and is almost always late throwing the ball. In the first half, JJ was 3-of-9 for 7 yards. One new (to me) technique I’ve noticed, opponents’ wide receivers using on the wide receiver screens is the grabbing of the front of a defender’s shoulder pads. Georgia did it over and over, and I saw Alabama’s Dietrich do it at least twice in this game. Very effective, and difficult for officials to see. Kamryn Pettway was somewhere south of 100% for the game. I appreciate that he did what he could, but in his physical state, it was not nearly enough. The Auburn offensive line lost both the battle and the war. Alabama has what is arguably the most talented defensive line in the country, and Auburn’s offensive linemen almost never won even an individual battle. This may have been the worst game I’ve seen Braden Smith play. He could not handle Jonathan Allen or Tim Williams, or even Calvin Tomlinson. I believe Smith can be as good as he wants to be, but this was not his day. I singled out Smith because I believe he is the best OL we have; none of the others were effective either, IMO, especially in the run game. Pass protection was hardly “good”, but was not all that bad, given the quality of the opponent. I got the impression from the exchange between Lashlee and Malzahn on the sideline after one JFIII series that JF was truly reading the read option play. If so, I thought he missed a couple of reads where he should have kept the ball. Alabama was running a scrape exchange on the outside, with the DE coming down for the dive back, and the LB scraping outside for the QB. I was hoping JF’s speed would allow him to beat the LB and possibly break a play. Apparently, Malzahn thought the same thing, while Lashlee and Herb Hand (the reason Lashlee pointed up…to the press box) felt the correct read was made. May not matter, as I’m not sure the LB would not have made the play anyway. Jeff Holland is listed at 250 lbs. on the Auburn roster, but he was manhandled like a 190-pounder by Alabama’s Cam Robinson. I’ve marveled all season in this column at the play of Marlon Davidson, but like Braden Smith and the offensive line, this was not his day. Marlon lost the edge multiple times, misjudged pursuit angles, and was just generally ineffective. I even saw him lined up in a 9 technique (outside shoulder of the tight end) and he got hooked by the offensive tackle. Nearly impossible to do. The read of the offensive tackle’s down block (and shuffle down inside) has resulted in Auburn losing the edge all season long, and that continued in this game. I have to assume that the LB on that side is supposed to be scraping outside in that situation, but I have yet to see that happen. Numerous times in this game I saw Davidson and Lawson both shuffle inside and lose the edge without being touched by a blocker. Something’s not right with that scenario, and that goes back all the way to last season. The play of young Daniel Thomas was impressive after he replaced Rudy Ford, who left with an injury. Thomas wasn’t perfect, of course, but he made plays when afforded the opportunity. Had to be gratifying for a youngster with little experience to play so well in such a big game. Once again, Tray Matthews was a huge factor in Auburn’s run defense. Javaris Davis, the redshirt freshman corner, made a half-dozen key tackles in the open field. His one-on-one tackles tackles in the open field were huge in the game, and made me think of Carlos Rodgers in 2004. I felt like Lane Kiffin’s play calling helped Auburn’s defense to a degree in the first half. Running 44 plays in the first half, Alabama threw the ball 26 times. On 20 first down plays, they threw 12 times and ran 8 times. After the first flurry to begin the game, their passing game was a little out of synch, and I felt like that helped the AU defense get settled in. Once again, Auburn was called at least a couple of times for a defensive lineman lining up offsides. Recently, Carl Lawson and Jeff Holland have had a couple of those, and this week it was Holland and Derrick Brown. Another youngster who’s played surprisingly well all season but had a difficult day this week was Darrell Williams. DW ducked his head and whiffed a tackle in the hole on a play that became a 20-yard gain at a key point in the third quarter. DeShaun Davis also missed a couple of tackles that would have been big plays, although he made several outstanding plays through the game. One of those was his recognition of a bama shovel pass to O.J. Howard, after they’d run it successfully earlier in the game. I may be just choosing to believe it, but I think some of the missed tackles, poor pursuit angles, etc. were the result of fatigue on the part of the Auburn defense. When you’re playing all out every play, against an excellent opponent, you expend a lot of energy and fatigue is magnified. I think that happened beginning about midway through the third quarter. I also think it’s important that nobody quit, despite the fatigue. Even when it became obvious the Auburn offense was not going to be able to keep up with Alabama’s scores, everyone continued to give all they had. I think the fatigue factor was summed up in one play, when Alabama’s Bo Scarborough ran over DeShaun Davis on a third and 9 when Alabama was coming off their own goal line. A less-spent Davis makes that tackle, Alabama punts, and Auburn has one more possession to try to put points on the board. A friend called me during the game to rant a little about using Chandler Cox in the Wildcat on a fourth and three. Thinking about it, it was meant to be somewhat of a trick play, with Cox throwing the ball deep on a two-receiver pattern. Unfortunately, Alabama was not fooled, and Cox was under a fair amount of pressure, and the play didn’t work. I think we all need to keep in mind, Auburn was playing basically without a quarterback, and desperate times sometimes bring out desperate behavior. I think there are things for Auburn fans to be upset/disappointed about relative to their football program, but I honestly think this one game is at most a small piece of that. The recruiting and development of quarterbacks has brought about a difficult situation, and now that Auburn has a quality defense, the offense is a glaring weakness. I don’t know what happens from here. Rumors are rampant, including Rhett Lashlee going to Georgia State as their head coach, and Kendall Briles replacing him at AU. No idea what’s true, what’s false, and what is just a malicious rumor started by someone seeking attention. In any case, I do believe our head coach is approaching a critical crossroads next season. Critical for both himself and for the program. Gus Malzahn is such an introverted man, I don’t think any of us truly know what might be in his head. Will he bring in key people to help address the issues that surfaced in 2016 and late 2015? Or will he stick to his guns and continue to do what he’s always done? I don’t think any of us knows, and I’m not sure he knows at this point himself. But over the next couple of months, the answers will begin to materialize for all of us. In the meantime, Auburn awaits its bowl destination. Most think we are likely headed to the Sugar Bowl to play the winner of the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game. I hope that’s the case, but we’ll have to wait for everything to play out before knowing for sure. Regardless of the destination, we’ll get an additional 15 practices per NCAA protocol. Maybe between now and a bowl game, some of our wounded will heal, and we’ll be closer to full strength. More importantly, the staff will have a chance to work with some of the younger players who will be starters or at least in the rotation next season. There are several of those who have potentially excellent futures, and it’ll be fun to see those guys develop. This will be the last of the “Things I Think I Saw” columns for this season, obviously. I sincerely hope reading them has been worth your time.WAR EAGLE!!
muxi87 148 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I've looked forward to your thread every week. Always well written and to the point. Thanks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMR 2,118 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, muxi87 said: I've looked forward to your thread every week. Always well written and to the point. Thanks! Thanks, muxi! Appreciate it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUld fAUx@ 2,584 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) 30 minutes ago, JMR said: ...I sincerely hope reading them has been worth your time. WAR EAGLE!! Worth every minute. Many Thanks, and WDE back at'cha Edited November 27, 2016 by AUinTLoosa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auctoritas 2,826 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 War Eagle, coach! 31 minutes ago, JMR said: Javaris Davis, the redshirt freshman corner, made a half-dozen key tackles in the open field. His one-on-one tackles tackles in the open field were huge in the game, and made me think of Carlos Rodgers in 2004. This was the brightest spot for me yesterday. It was wonderful to see open field tackles. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javaris Davis, the redshirt freshman corner, made a half-dozen key tackles in the open field. His one-on-one tackles tackles in the open field were huge in the game, and made me think of Carlos Rodgers in 2004.
AU64 10,122 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Thanks for an excellent report . It was nice to read an analysis and commentary from someone who did not appear to be caught up in the emotion of the game . Just my opinion but considering Auburns injury problems the team did pretty well. Fatigue was definitely a factor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman334 56 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 very good read. thx for posting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 7,559 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Thanks for the article, I enjoyed each weeks "Things I think I saw". Please continue next year, I'm looking forward to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RunInRed 16,163 Posted November 27, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2016 @JMR - I just want to add my thank you. You not only bring obvious knowledge but a voice of reason to the madness. You make this board better. War Eagle! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jptiger 481 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Love these. Thanks WDE and God bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFAN78 3,857 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Well done coach! Many thanks. WDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamsHouseCat 43 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Thank you JMR. I really enjoy your insights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaolgatiger 520 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I appreciate your insight! I'm not as down on my team as some on here and other places. I think we have a bright future. We have a few week spots that need to be addressed and hopefully, CGM will handle them. We definitely need some help at QB and our DE's let way to many plays get outside of them. I have noticed a particular player that you mentioned whiff on several occasions in a few games this year and I hope it motivates him to come back and get better. Thanks again and WDE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8nautiger 0 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Sometimes also the ball just doesn't bounce your way in the, I believe, 5 or 6 fumbles in the first half by Bama ALL recovered by them. I don't think the end result would have changed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronCrazy 1,032 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 This truly is a "team" game. If the offense stays on the field longer in the 1st half then maybe the defense isn't as tired in the 2nd half. The one thing that I was most disappointed about was the ineffectiveness of Lawson & Adams. Our DL in general really let me down, but I truly expected those two guys to make some plays. Overall I really wasn't that angry after this game, just frustrated. The game that really pissed me off was Georgia. We have to take care of business against the teams that we are supposed to beat next year. UAT & the leg humpers come to the plains next year. If we can make it through our early away games then I think we'll be much more successful next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicTree 143 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I thoroughly enjoyed reading your thoughts and looked forward to them each week! Please don't wait until next year to offer your insight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUloggerhead 2,178 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 2 hours ago, JMR said: The rotating quarterback plan to begin the game was a disappointment, bringing back unpleasant memories of this year’s Clemson game, and indicating, at least to me, that we didn’t feel we had a QB available that we could win the game with. I did feel going into the game that we would pretty much have to play both Jeremy Johnson and John Franklin III, but I didn’t envision a change after each play, nor did I anticipate using Chandler Cox in the Wildcat role. From an Auburn standpoint, it doesn’t matter now, but I don’t believe Jeremy Johnson’s passing problems are correctable. As a college senior, he is still staring down his intended target, and is almost always late throwing the ball. In the first half, JJ was 3-of-9 for 7 yards. Thanks Coach, for posting this all season long. I think I can safely speak for all other AU fans in saying none of us would mind if you would kindly consider adding one more of these posts for the bowl game. I'd like to comment on your QB observations. I know a lot of people don't like Gary Danielson but his analysis is usually spot on and devoid of fluff. He said AU needed consistent QB play to beat uat, and that he thought JFIII gave them the best chance to do that. I agree with your assessment that the constant revolving door at QB is a huge disappointment, especially this late in the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The rotating quarterback plan to begin the game was a disappointment, bringing back unpleasant memories of this year’s Clemson game, and indicating, at least to me, that we didn’t feel we had a QB available that we could win the game with. I did feel going into the game that we would pretty much have to play both Jeremy Johnson and John Franklin III, but I didn’t envision a change after each play, nor did I anticipate using Chandler Cox in the Wildcat role. From an Auburn standpoint, it doesn’t matter now, but I don’t believe Jeremy Johnson’s passing problems are correctable. As a college senior, he is still staring down his intended target, and is almost always late throwing the ball. In the first half, JJ was 3-of-9 for 7 yards.
WDG 109 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 December 2015 waiting to see if QB will be healthy for Bowl game December 2016 waiting to see if QB will be healthy for Bowl game Are we the only team in SEC without a backup QB? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubaseball 2,522 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Things I think I saw through out the year and why a change is needed to take step forward. 1.) I believe AU needs a new dline coach. A coach that has actually played the position at a high level and is a great teacher. 2.) new OC. Someone that brings multiple styles and blends some of the plays Gus likes with his own style. Gus has to let them develop and implement their own game plan and play calls. 3.) the head coach has got to step up to the microphone and take responsibility when things aren't going right and never should publicly place any of the fault with players. 4.) recruit nasty dline men and linebackers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumterAubie 3,027 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Always good stuff in this OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUMASTERS 555 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 3 hours ago, Auctoritas said: War Eagle, coach! Javaris Davis, the redshirt freshman corner, made a half-dozen key tackles in the open field. His one-on-one tackles tackles in the open field were huge in the game, and made me think of Carlos Rodgers in 2004. This was the brightest spot for me yesterday. It was wonderful to see open field tackles. I also enjoyed reading these post after every game Coach, I would like to add that in addition to Javaris Davis making good plays, that Stephen Roberts has really come on the last couple of weeks, he always seems to be around the ball, and especially reads the runs very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc4aday 1,887 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 1 hour ago, aubaseball said: Things I think I saw through out the year and why a change is needed to take step forward. 1.) I believe AU needs a new dline coach. A coach that has actually played the position at a high level and is a great teacher. 2.) new OC. Someone that brings multiple styles and blends some of the plays Gus likes with his own style. Gus has to let them develop and implement their own game plan and play calls. 3.) the head coach has got to step up to the microphone and take responsibility when things aren't going right and never should publicly place any of the fault with players. 4.) recruit nasty dline men and linebackers Coach Garner is a solid defensive line coach and replacing him would be a huge mistake. CRG can recruit with the best of them. Bammer has pretty much shut down about any offense they have faced this season except Ole Miss early on in the season. OM would likely get shut down if they played today. I wish we could face them the 1st game of the season at least every 2 to 3 years. This would be fun no doubt. I do think that Gus needs to have a new OC for 2017. Kendall Briles would be an excellent hire no doubt. Another OC choice could be Lincoln Riley who is the OC for Oklahoma. He could take our offense to the next level as well as Briles. I think CKB (coach Kendal Briles) would likely be the best choice we could bring on board. He will cost us at least 1.5 million per year no doubt, but this would be money well spent. If I was Jacobs, I would give Gus notice that he needs to hire an excellent OC, and let him run the offense without Gus breathing down the new OC's neck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye 7 2,535 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Thanks again coach for your input and you were point on for all of it. The thing that bothered me is that they beat us all night on the behind the line pass. Usually a man in motion or a back or OJ out of the backfield. All night long we never accounted for this person even though it continued to happen. The bad part is that it is something uat has done all year. The majority of passes Hurt is completing are these type of passes. The only other thing is I usually try not to pick on a player but C. Davis has regressed from what I saw last year. Losing his man and missing tackles. Last year he was extremely good and I thought surely he would be a lock-down corner this year but he has not. J. Davis is actually a better corner this year than CD. Can you see what is happening with him ? He has the talent and the hustle. Just looks like he is allowing himself to get out of position. Again thanks for your thoughts. WDE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFAN78 3,857 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 34 minutes ago, Eagle Eye 7 said: Thanks again coach for your input and you were point on for all of it. The thing that bothered me is that they beat us all night on the behind the line pass. Usually a man in motion or a back or OJ out of the backfield. All night long we never accounted for this person even though it continued to happen. The bad part is that it is something uat has done all year. The majority of passes Hurt is completing are these type of passes. The only other thing is I usually try not to pick on a player but C. Davis has regressed from what I saw last year. Losing his man and missing tackles. Last year he was extremely good and I thought surely he would be a lock-down corner this year but he has not. J. Davis is actually a better corner this year than CD. Can you see what is happening with him ? He has the talent and the hustle. Just looks like he is allowing himself to get out of position. Again thanks for your thoughts. WDE Good catch. Bothered me too and zero adjustments to the trend by Coach Steele. I suspect he was playing safe against the deep ball and Hurts running ability. A bend don't break mentality. Regardless, it was frustrating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUjamstan 2 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) Hey coach, great post and good discussion from many of the AU Faithful who like myself are obviously distraught and looking for answers after a disappointing loss to an admittedly great team. Leadership/coaching behavior "under fire" can be very telling. We were certainly under fire and I was not impressed save for a punt return, two interceptions and a few decent offensive plays called during desperate times. You nailed it when you say that we lost this game at the line of scrimmage. We did. However, I'm troubled that we did not learn from QB rotation mistakes in the Clemson game and seemed to revert to this silly behavior in the face of another strong opponent. Any QB will tell you that they need to find a rythm to be successful. This was as painfully obvious in the Clemson game as it was in the IB. Malzahn does not seem to have faith in Lashlee or his QBs and it seems likely he is coaching scared. if that is the case then maybe GA State for Lashlee is the best move for all. To be fair, Lashlee just started calling the plays, but there is something toxic between the two of them that becomes obvious when it hits the fan. Last night would be no exception. When a QB comes off the bench after sitting all season, JFIII or JJ, they need to be given a chance, but truthfully UAT started running stunts on D and delayed blitzes that were killing of us. Surprised that we did not stick with JJ on some quick release patterns and JFIII should have tucked it on more than one occasion. We were playing a great team and just did not have any answers, but many of us thought we could have dug deeper for a better showing. Not whining, just saying what I think I saw. Edited November 28, 2016 by AUjamstan Auto correct typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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