Ball State Post Game Thread

[AllHusky]

No question, Brock can't change the scheme mid season. If you all think the defense sucks now and they play sloppy missing tackles and miss assignments and are not where they are supposed to be, you will see these issues 3x more with a scheme change.

Tweaks can be made to the scheme, but major changes will be akin to fighting out of quick sand-it will only make things worse.

Tackle the man with the ball. All better!

 

[AllHusky]

We would have been up 21, but a holding penalty took 7 off the board. Then we stalled and they scored to make it 7. But given how we have performed at winning time, the doom and gloom is somewhat justified.

The three man line has been awful. Moving up a LB to make it a four man line has worked a little better.

Would 4 DL would be considered changing horses in the middle of a stream?

 

[Buffett10]

Should be, could be, might be…..but aren’t.

........but arent?..... literally just proved facts the team isnt terrible. And you come up with the should be would be BS....stats/numbers dont lie. No were not terrible. I dont think you half supporting fans realize we lost i think 7 starters from last year's defense. Maybe 8... am I mad we blew 2 games? Yup.... was i there last night supporting the team post game? Sure was. And each and EVERY player thanked us for supporting them and the majority told us to "get home safe" yeah that's a team ill support and get behind. They are playing there asses off. Proven by the from behind tackle at the 1 yard line... where 99% of players would have given up cause it was a sure TD. Instead a hustle play stops them at the 1 yard line and eats up valuable clock.

 

[Buffett10]

Did you just compare UConn football to UConn basketball in terms of winning and expectations from fans?

Yeah I definitely did.... do you not remember the FiRe DaN HuRlEy fans? Come on you couldnt forget that. It was all over the yard. Soooooo many uconn football fans thought we would have 1 or 2 losses this year.....they never looked at the amount of starters on d we were losing..sorry im a ride or die blue blood uconn sports fan. Not just a supporter when uconn athletics are winning. Ill be at the rent 11/8 and 11/15 no matter our record... will you?

 

[Stinger92860]

I share everyone's concerns about the D, but for now I'll look at it this way. Ball State is probably not a bottom 10 team. Their 2 blowout losses came against P2 teams. Syracuse just beat Clemson on the road, and Delaware thumped our future opponent FIU by 22, also on the road. So overall. I think our competition to date has been better than their ratings would suggest. Plus, as was pointed out, we are still down a couple of key players on D. I believe Brock is a good DC and that we will see improvement going foward. That is how I'll look at our situation.....for now.

How is it that Delaware has better players and possibly a better staff than us? How is this possible?

 

[AllHusky]

........but arent?..... literally just proved facts the team isnt terrible. And you come up with the should be would be BS....stats/numbers dont lie. No were not terrible. I dont think you half supporting fans realize we lost i think 7 starters from last year's defense. Maybe 8... am I mad we blew 2 games? Yup.... was i there last night supporting the team post game? Sure was. And each and EVERY player thanked us for supporting them and the majority told us to "get home safe" yeah that's a team ill support and get behind. They are playing there asses off. Proven by the from behind tackle at the 1 yard line... where 99% of players would have given up cause it was a sure TD. Instead a hustle play stops them at the 1 yard line and eats up valuable clock.

Have you ever lost a game/match/meet and tried to tell your coach not to tell you the truth? That’s not the business they are in. Competitors compete and players make plays. Our kids have been in position to do just that, and they came up short twice. No one said they are not working or playing hard, they haven’t come up big in big moments. Maybe they will as the season goes on.

 

[huskymedic]

-> “I’m in (the locker room) and I’m talking to the players, we just won a game and everyone’s excited and I could hear the defensive guys. They were pissed,” Mora said. “They were pissed and they were embarrassed by that last play, where they just got bullied into the end zone. They got bullied into the end zone, there’s no other way of saying it. And we all take that very personally, starting with me and (defensive coordinator Matt Brock) and every coach and every player. At least they take it personal. If they didn’t take it personal, it’d be a real difficult time getting it fixed.” <-

-> UConn had to replace nine starters from a defense filled with veterans and long-time Huskies this offseason. They brought in talent, a number of older, experienced players, and didn’t anticipate there being a significant drop-off from last year’s nine-win team…

… “It’s really bothersome. It is. I thought that we’d play better on defense at this point in the season,” Mora said. “Thought there might be some growing pains as we assembled nine new starters, but I didn’t think that it would be like this, especially at critical moments. I think what’s really disappointing for me is that we work so hard on our two-minute stuff. So maybe we’re not doing the right things as a coaching staff, so we have to look at that. And I’m not second-guessing Matt, I’m saying us as a coaching staff, me – am I doing the right thing in our two-minute drills, putting our defense in the right situations to learn so they can go out there on Saturdays and perform the way they should perform? But it’s very disappointing.” <-

 

[AllHusky]

Buffet110 read Mora from CT Isider
Sounds like he was honest, and more importantly, the kids were honest with themselves. Nobody’s getting thrown under the bus there’s just an acknowledgment that we’ve got to do better. No wine before it’s time, but sure hope we can open that bottle soon!

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

-> “I’m in (the locker room) and I’m talking to the players, we just won a game and everyone’s excited and I could hear the defensive guys. They were pissed,” Mora said. “They were pissed and they were embarrassed by that last play, where they just got bullied into the end zone. They got bullied into the end zone, there’s no other way of saying it. And we all take that very personally, starting with me and (defensive coordinator Matt Brock) and every coach and every player. At least they take it personal. If they didn’t take it personal, it’d be a real difficult time getting it fixed.” <-

-> UConn had to replace nine starters from a defense filled with veterans and long-time Huskies this offseason. They brought in talent, a number of older, experienced players, and didn’t anticipate there being a significant drop-off from last year’s nine-win team…

… “It’s really bothersome. It is. I thought that we’d play better on defense at this point in the season,” Mora said. “Thought there might be some growing pains as we assembled nine new starters, but I didn’t think that it would be like this, especially at critical moments. I think what’s really disappointing for me is that we work so hard on our two-minute stuff. So maybe we’re not doing the right things as a coaching staff, so we have to look at that. And I’m not second-guessing Matt, I’m saying us as a coaching staff, me – am I doing the right thing in our two-minute drills, putting our defense in the right situations to learn so they can go out there on Saturdays and perform the way they should perform? But it’s very disappointing.” <-

Mora really does say the right things…let’s hope this leads to better play on the field.

 

[huskymedic]

Mora really does say the right things…let’s hope this leads to better play on the field.

They need to stay healthy… every game so far has been missing noticeable key players on defense and the defensive depth wasn’t strong to start with.

 

[UConnJim]

Would 4 DL would be considered changing horses in the middle of a stream?

We don't have the DL depth.

 

[ZooCougar]

How is it that Delaware has better players and possibly a better staff than us? How is this possible?

The same reason it took JMU three seconds to pass us in football.

They do football better.

 

[ZooCougar]

-> “I’m in (the locker room) and I’m talking to the players, we just won a game and everyone’s excited and I could hear the defensive guys. They were pissed,” Mora said. “They were pissed and they were embarrassed by that last play, where they just got bullied into the end zone. They got bullied into the end zone, there’s no other way of saying it. And we all take that very personally, starting with me and (defensive coordinator Matt Brock) and every coach and every player. At least they take it personal. If they didn’t take it personal, it’d be a real difficult time getting it fixed.” <-

-> UConn had to replace nine starters from a defense filled with veterans and long-time Huskies this offseason. They brought in talent, a number of older, experienced players, and didn’t anticipate there being a significant drop-off from last year’s nine-win team…

… “It’s really bothersome. It is. I thought that we’d play better on defense at this point in the season,” Mora said. “Thought there might be some growing pains as we assembled nine new starters, but I didn’t think that it would be like this, especially at critical moments. I think what’s really disappointing for me is that we work so hard on our two-minute stuff. So maybe we’re not doing the right things as a coaching staff, so we have to look at that. And I’m not second-guessing Matt, I’m saying us as a coaching staff, me – am I doing the right thing in our two-minute drills, putting our defense in the right situations to learn so they can go out there on Saturdays and perform the way they should perform? But it’s very disappointing.” <-

Jim Mora can’t be right. I was told the defense was actually good and that they just got tired.

 

[Skies2018]

This is crazy. Get a win. Team has some issues on defense and can get better. Should be 4-0, but 4-0 or 2-2, destination is same place. I would shoot for 9-3 as an expectation. They end up there, we happy?

No. The loss to Delaware was embarrassing. Barely beating a bottom 25 Ball State team was too. We’re playing for a spot in the P4 not an invite to the QuickRate bowl. 10 win seasons with consistent wins over bottom and mid tier P4 opponents should be the goal.