#3... suckatoligy 101 ...I bought in to all the hype and really never believed all the 49 to 51 % stuff about running two QB's. I will still follow for now but this was an ESPN national embrrassment!This was a very Pasqualoni-like performance. 15 year season ticket holder and this was one of the worst home losses in the Rent. Don't mean to be an energy vampire but you know what, this team pretty much sucked tonight.
1. Seemed like nobody had a spy on Hill
2. No urgency on offense
3. Two QBs means no QBs and the O and D plan was about as vanillla as it gets. Name a starter and run with it. The Cochrane, Whitmer rotation was a disaster.
4. Way too many snaps under center. O line is suspect and need to be in shotgun
5. Post game comments way too upbeat ... they just lost by 25 and they sound like they were one play away.
6. Why should I care about how many people were on the field tonight? Seriously, 50 players on the field tonight ...big ing deal. who cares ?
7. I guess Diaco gets a pass but you can't show that poorly in ur debut. Just can't
That was a piss poor performance and I refuse to allow them to blame youth and the former regime.
Bobby Diablo??Honestly, I believe one quarter of our problems go away when Bobby the Devil decides on a QB.
Let's faces we fumbled the ball on our 1st possession in their red zone that killed the mood out of the gate. A couple of better possessions and no fumble we might have been in the game, I think for all BS hype surrounding this game I think the kids hung with good program most of the game and I feel good about that,Diaco needs to stop burying all his mistake with a positive rant he needs to say " I f$&ked up"I'm trying very hard to control going off about tonight, because there are pieces there that I think we can really build on this year, and I don't want to let emotions dictate my analysis of tonight. But...my goodness!...there is so much that was wrong about the performance tonight, and a fair amount of it lies with Diaco, IMHO.
1) The QB switching has to stop. I mean, it HAS to stop!!! Both Whitmer and Cochran had very good moments and some not-so-good moments, but how in hell does a person build any flow or continuity at the helm when you are getting yanked every other series? The good news is that I think they both showed that they can help us win, but neither one looked fully comfortable. And that's on Diaco. How in hell do you pull the starting QB once you've entered the red zone???
2) Understanding when to go for it on fourth downs, or when to go for 7 instead of 3. This isn't rocket science. This is simple mathematics. When a crowd clears out after you've hit a field goal, it should tell you everything you need to know about your decision making. Again, that's on Diaco.
We had problems on D for sure, which maybe brings into question the defensive scheme put together to handle Hill. The OLine did an adequate job, I thought. The running backs all look very positive. Puyol looked good on the kick. I think that there are tools there to win. I really do. But the head coach has to do a better job than the one I saw today, which if I'm being honest, looked a lot like a Pasqualoni performance (time management issues, QB switching decisions, going for 3 when you need 7, running out the clock with 1 minute left and 3 time outs left in the 1st half down multiple scores, etc.). The bloom is definitely off of the Diaco rose, to be sure...
weyuo said:Excuse me but getting your a-s-s kicked in your own yard feels just as bad whether it's the 7 foot bully next door or the the 5 foot pain in the rear two doors down. It was just as painful.
Skiblets said:This was a very Pasqualoni-like performance. 15 year season ticket holder and this was one of the worst home losses in the Rent. Don't mean to be an energy vampire but you know what, this team pretty much sucked tonight.
1. Seemed like nobody had a spy on Hill
2. No urgency on offense
3. Two QBs means no QBs and the O and D plan was about as vanillla as it gets. Name a starter and run with it. The Cochrane, Whitmer rotation was a disaster.
4. Way too many snaps under center. O line is suspect and need to be in shotgun
5. Post game comments way too upbeat ... they just lost by 25 and they sound like they were one play away.
6. Why should I care about how many people were on the field tonight? Seriously, 50 players on the field tonight ...big ing deal. who cares ?
7. I guess Diaco gets a pass but you can't show that poorly in ur debut. Just can't
That was a piss poor performance and I refuse to allow them to blame youth and the former regime.
It's a message board so no harm in posting but I wish this board was locked down from game analysis and commentary until after 3 games. That will give us a good indication of how this year may play out. BYU was freaking huge up front. PP set us back very far. Breath deep everyone.it's going to get better.
1 - If we did have one QB who stood out as capable we wouldn't be experimenting with both. I like both kids and think very highly of each one's abilities but to be completely forthcoming, neither would be burning it up at the level we would like the program to reach. Cody is a bit more accurate and remains in the pocket a bit longer, Whitmer has a stronger arm and better legs. Last night was evidence that Cody's accuracy does not approach Tom Brady's and Whitmer's legs aren't exactly Michael Vick's.
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Well said but who is Cody?