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I watched the game in disbelief like most (while receiving random text's from my buddies telling me that my team is absolute trash, Asking where it Pasqualoni is? ect. ect.)It was very frustrating.
However I understand why Diaco did what he did.
He is trying to teach the team to stop shooting itself in the foot. Penalties, Turnovers, Missed Assignments are killing this team. And he basically came to the conclusion that he did not want to turn over the ball again. Meaning he figured as long as the defense did not give up another score he would not allow the offense to F up again.
Problem with his strategy was that he did the exact opposite of what he said that he would do.( Meaning he said that he would play to the strength of the team and not ask the players to do things they were not good at) This team's strength is at wide receiver: Between Davis, Foxx and the slew of young receivers. They should have used more short routes and screens to put the ball in the hands of play makers such as newsome.
With that being said, its easy to call a play its much harder to execute that strategy is bad whether with a very weak and punk OL that lacks attitude.
Probably the biggest factor is Diaco's playing not to lose by much strategy is that Whitmer is horrible at ball security.
I don't don't think anyone on this board would claim that whitmer would not have turned over the ball a couple more times. Be it via ints, strip-sack, or just dropping the ball without anyone touching him, Whitmer was going to have 2 more turnovers if he dropped back 20 times in this game.
Whitmer ( God bless his heart) is shell shocked. He is so scared of the rush, he struggles with the blitz. But what drives you crazy is that he also has made some really nice play's this year.
Diaco needs to develop Boyle. I was critical of Boyle after his first ever start saying that he was horrible ( in that game, not in terms of his potential as a player).
However, Boyle is a very talented kid and he can do things, such as see over the rush, that Whitmer will never be able to do. Boyle has a really strong arm. Right now he needs some snaps, I think he has developed as the 4 games he played against 2 top 25 programs helped him. He also had a chance to go through another year of development. This kid is the present and future right now. And if we want the program to be better next year, Boyle needs to get more experience.
Lastly, Don't sleep on USF, they had the best recruiting class in the AAC last year. They brought in alot of impact young players ( i.e. Mack 500 yds 5 tds in first 4 games). I watched them earlier this year and they are physically a better team. Diaco needs to continue to bring in more talent. Recruiting needs to step up!
However I understand why Diaco did what he did.
He is trying to teach the team to stop shooting itself in the foot. Penalties, Turnovers, Missed Assignments are killing this team. And he basically came to the conclusion that he did not want to turn over the ball again. Meaning he figured as long as the defense did not give up another score he would not allow the offense to F up again.
Problem with his strategy was that he did the exact opposite of what he said that he would do.( Meaning he said that he would play to the strength of the team and not ask the players to do things they were not good at) This team's strength is at wide receiver: Between Davis, Foxx and the slew of young receivers. They should have used more short routes and screens to put the ball in the hands of play makers such as newsome.
With that being said, its easy to call a play its much harder to execute that strategy is bad whether with a very weak and punk OL that lacks attitude.
Probably the biggest factor is Diaco's playing not to lose by much strategy is that Whitmer is horrible at ball security.
I don't don't think anyone on this board would claim that whitmer would not have turned over the ball a couple more times. Be it via ints, strip-sack, or just dropping the ball without anyone touching him, Whitmer was going to have 2 more turnovers if he dropped back 20 times in this game.
Whitmer ( God bless his heart) is shell shocked. He is so scared of the rush, he struggles with the blitz. But what drives you crazy is that he also has made some really nice play's this year.
Diaco needs to develop Boyle. I was critical of Boyle after his first ever start saying that he was horrible ( in that game, not in terms of his potential as a player).
However, Boyle is a very talented kid and he can do things, such as see over the rush, that Whitmer will never be able to do. Boyle has a really strong arm. Right now he needs some snaps, I think he has developed as the 4 games he played against 2 top 25 programs helped him. He also had a chance to go through another year of development. This kid is the present and future right now. And if we want the program to be better next year, Boyle needs to get more experience.
Lastly, Don't sleep on USF, they had the best recruiting class in the AAC last year. They brought in alot of impact young players ( i.e. Mack 500 yds 5 tds in first 4 games). I watched them earlier this year and they are physically a better team. Diaco needs to continue to bring in more talent. Recruiting needs to step up!
