thoughts on backfield

[AUld fAUx@ 2,584]

1 hour ago, SaltyTiger said:

Get it Mcloofus. Sorta like the wife's chicken casserole that always does a good job yet we whine because we see it once a week. My wife does throw in a new ingredient to give a different twist now and then. Maybe Gus needs to learn cooking.

So,

talk to the Hand?

[Randman5000 4,226]

13 hours ago, AUld fAUx@ said:

So,

talk to the Hand?

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[SCTimbo 28]

The problem with the way we have been running it are the personnel utilized on the goal line situations. Does any defensive player really believe that Stidham, in motion, will get the hand-off from KJ? Of course not..it's a worthless fake that fools absolutely no-one.

Now replace Stidham with Stove, or Willis, and then you have a run or run/pass threat. But having Stidham motion to freeze an LB from crashing the line is as useless as tits on a boar hog. Nobodies buying it whatsoever. Against Mizzou several of the WC runs were nearly blown up in the backfield because not a single LB/Safety was buying the fake and merely crashing the line at the snap. One of KJ's TD's was only because a  d-back missed a wide open tackle which should have gone for a  5 yard loss on the play instead of a TD. On another the play was designed to go to the right side, but Mizzou.(MIZZOU people!) had way more defenders at the point of attack than we had blockers. That play as well would have gone for another 4-5 yard loss inside the 5 but for KJ's cutback, which he did on his own, to score.

Yes... the stats say the WC did exceptionally well last Sat. Reality and a rewatch of the game shows at least 3 ,if not 4, of those WC TD's would have gone for big losses inside the Red Zone against any reasonably talented defense.

I guess we will find out this Sat.against Miss St...but don't expect the WC to work worth a damn unless Gus and Chip make adjustments in both personnel and philosophy when running it.

[McLoofus 35,182]

6 hours ago, SCTimbo said:

(MIZZOU people!)

Um, exactly? Gonna take a wild guess that the staff (now that Gus is less involved in the offense) knew who we were playing and called the plays accordingly.

Also, once again, had Mizzou ever stopped it- even once- or if the outcome of the game had ever been in question, for even one second, we probably would've tried something else. 

It's going to be amusing when we surprise opponents with different looks out of the WC as the season goes on and people say that Lindsey is finally learning how to call plays. 

Now if folks want to complain about the fact that we're still not running any drag routes or slants...