tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post2159146855370423420..comments2024-03-24T05:21:33.293-04:00Comments on Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: Second viewing thoughts and grades: LouisvilleATL_eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-55650622485982645122015-10-28T16:37:34.958-04:002015-10-28T16:37:34.958-04:00While not happy about the results, I'm fine wa...While not happy about the results, I'm fine waiting to see what 2016 and barring another abysmal season, what 2017 looks like. Give the man a full player cycle (4-5 yrs) before judging the state of the program. chicagofire1871https://www.blogger.com/profile/04269226877436965435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-51984331156143657102015-10-28T14:12:50.723-04:002015-10-28T14:12:50.723-04:00CT
He's been saying from day 1 that he's ...CT<br /><br />He's been saying from day 1 that he's had a 5 yr. plan to be competing for the league title in 2017. I for one am still in his corner and think he can get it done.Hoibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681823413809048599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-65598729805092564542015-10-27T16:56:08.917-04:002015-10-27T16:56:08.917-04:00You should acknowledge the fact that he's both...You should acknowledge the fact that he's both right and burying himself in a corner for '16 and '17. Some part of the Daz's Life Doesn't Matter crew should be content. CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783098791522341665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-3156331015857083472015-10-27T12:17:51.534-04:002015-10-27T12:17:51.534-04:00Coming in at #24 on www.coacheshotseat.com Daz. ...Coming in at #24 on www.coacheshotseat.com Daz. Moved ahead of McIntyre at CU. I realize he is not getting fired until 2017-18 unless we improve, but it's nice to see outsiders recognize what is happening with the offense at BCTeddyEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566676019885617973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-34274105421440784512015-10-27T11:50:41.669-04:002015-10-27T11:50:41.669-04:00 . . . Just like Stevie does for Jeffie . . . Just like Stevie does for JeffieKnuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-38305293147367894842015-10-27T11:38:27.846-04:002015-10-27T11:38:27.846-04:00No knock on Flutie. He should not right now. He ...No knock on Flutie. He should not right now. He is a first year player and is a third string QB, right? The coaches need to put him in a position to be successful. To me that means one play comes into the huddle and the coaches take responsibility for the outcome of it.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-73342644707168295032015-10-27T11:07:58.645-04:002015-10-27T11:07:58.645-04:00Good work herzlich is doing regarding abuse. Artic...Good work herzlich is doing regarding abuse. Article in ny times. Wife looks like a man though.bc1900https://www.blogger.com/profile/12154149459908542273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-22965123816743906062015-10-27T10:59:16.124-04:002015-10-27T10:59:16.124-04:00The most recent Daz excuse train: he's not mak...The most recent Daz excuse train: he's not making excuses, "almost counts", blame Spaz, blame injuries, blame age, blame recruiting, blame your opponents, blame future NFL level opponents, blame no early bye week, BC is always about defense (ha! Daz) and blame the players first approach, but the FUTURE IS BRIGHT... really please believe me.....<br /><br />But whatever you do "DO NOT HOLD DAZ ACCOUNTABLE." what a weasel.<br /><br /><br />This program is built on playing great defense. That was the number one thing I wanted to do when I took this program over. We had to become an elite defense<br /><br />I'm not making excuses<br /><br />We played against a really good football team, which we knew going in. <br /> <br />Obviously, on offense right now we are riddled with injuries. We had more injuries in the game. <br /><br />We are having a hard time getting a level of consistency playing a bunch of young guys upfront against good defenses <br /> <br />We are eight points from being 6-2 right now. We've lost three games by eight points. <br /> <br />Along the way we have a lot of freshmen on the offensive line. They're not used to the intensity level of the season.<br /><br />We don't have a lot of depth. <br /><br />We don't have a bye week. <br /><br />Although it gets difficult when, once again, we are dealing with injuries. <br /><br />Yet we are not that far off. We're eight points away in three games. <br /><br />We were right there in the end within 20 yards of striking position to either win the game or to kick it into overtime. <br /><br />We had a couple of young guys getting flat-out beat. And that happened. <br /> <br />Our guys got beat by some really good football players. Louisville has two defensive ends who are going to be pro football players. <br /> <br />If you see any smile on my face, it's because I know that we've got a tough football team that's going to grow. <br /><br />it's a team that will be strong in the future. I know there's frustration, especially on offense. But they'll get better. It'll happen. Just be patient. <br /><br />It doesn't happen in a day or a year, but in the big scheme of things, we know we've got a tough football team with talent. <br /><br />We are a byproduct of a tremendous void in those couple of classes. But we have a big void. <br /><br />There should be a bunch of linemen here who should be true seniors or fifth-year seniors, but they don't exist. <br /><br />There should be a quarterback around here that's a junior or senior, but that doesn't exist. <br /><br />There should be an older running back, but that doesn't exist. <br /><br />They get beat in man coverage and they get that deer in a headlight look, and you just have to roll them out of there. <br /><br />We had a few young guys who had that wide-eyed look on them.mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-20097037006771208072015-10-27T08:29:39.406-04:002015-10-27T08:29:39.406-04:00Knuck
Flutie's been practicing w/ the team a ...Knuck<br /><br />Flutie's been practicing w/ the team a year and a half. Smith 2 months. Shouldn't Troy be able to handle more?Hoibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681823413809048599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-65040028566996573992015-10-26T20:41:42.728-04:002015-10-26T20:41:42.728-04:00Bill O'Reilly had Urban Meyer on tonight promo...Bill O'Reilly had Urban Meyer on tonight promoting his new book.<br /><br />He said he creates 4 groups on offense(WR,Line,QB's, RB) and four groups on defense(line, lb's, corners and safteys). He tries to create a family/group/accountability concept to the people in the group because it keeps the players focused on successes that they can control in their group.<br /><br />Interesting kind of selfish/selfless concept. Not corny all-for-the team crap or individualistic crap. Middle of the road philosophy. Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-54079052849753196762015-10-26T20:40:55.129-04:002015-10-26T20:40:55.129-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-29229350438492381992015-10-26T20:11:42.612-04:002015-10-26T20:11:42.612-04:00ATL,
Did you notice Flutie telling the coaches lat...ATL,<br />Did you notice Flutie telling the coaches late in the Louisville game that he needed another player on the field even after the delay of game call/timeout aversion call(I forget which one it was)?<br /><br />Don't you think the coaches give Flutie an audible call to run when there are 6-7 upfront which he needs to check to? Have you noticed his audibles mostly end up with dives up the middle. Seems forced to me given he threw for 100 TD's in high school. <br /><br />I think Addazio/Fitch give Flutie 2 plays and they give Smith 1. Flutie needs to audible based on what these idiots tell him to do based on the presnap read. If Addazio dumbed down the playbook for Flutie like he does for Smith Flutie would look less perplexed. <br /><br />I don't see Smith audibling at the rate Flutie does. There is something behind that and I think it has to do with the coaching staff. They are either overloading Flutie consciously or subconsciously. Either way it needs to stop. They need stop micromanaging him and let him play like they let Smith play.<br /><br /><br /><br />Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-31896413653095322212015-10-26T18:53:54.223-04:002015-10-26T18:53:54.223-04:0022 punts in the last 2 games. Howell is our MVP o...22 punts in the last 2 games. Howell is our MVP on offense.Big Jack Krackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202172743722727956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-88015895402076285882015-10-26T17:42:56.854-04:002015-10-26T17:42:56.854-04:00Howell punted 12 times, that was 12 times, for an ...Howell punted 12 times, that was 12 times, for an average of 42.3. I would have to say that that was pretty good even for Flo of Progressive Insurance.JBQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344181644293746758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-58320837544288795482015-10-26T15:52:40.452-04:002015-10-26T15:52:40.452-04:00Its honestly pretty hard for me to say Smith or Fl...Its honestly pretty hard for me to say Smith or Flutie are D1 Qbs today(if ever). Smith has D1 speed - but otherwise looks kinda lost out there. I dont get a sense that he grasps the offense all that well. Flutie doesnt seem to do any particular thing well either. this still falls on the staff for not having a viable backup on the roster Hariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05590323517409541782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-19791763361833923872015-10-26T14:21:32.529-04:002015-10-26T14:21:32.529-04:00more stats vs FBS competition
Tackles per Loss al...more stats vs FBS competition<br /><br />Tackles per Loss allowed: BC is 128/128<br />Plays from scrimmage over 10 yards : BC is 128/128<br />Total offensive plays: BC is 120/128<br />Avg. yards per play: BC is 128/128<br />Total First Downs gained: BC is 128/128<br /><br />shocking conclusion; Daz/Fitch are worse than Spaz/Tranquil. BJK mentioned this. It is hard to believe anybody could be worse that Tranquil when he was at BC.mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-30822120143699666732015-10-26T13:42:07.591-04:002015-10-26T13:42:07.591-04:00interesting to look back and consider if we had go...interesting to look back and consider if we had gone after Matt Campbell at Toledo. he was mentioned by ATL (http://atleagle.blogspot.com/2012/11/ranking-mac-candidates.html) and by Pat Forde in a Yahoo article (which i quote in the comments in http://atleagle.blogspot.com/2012/10/revisiting-under-armour-white-stripe.html). since that offseason he's gone 23-9 and Toledo is currently in the top 20. he turns 36 in November.<br /><br />RE: Smith, I agree with GP that I think the coaches are holding him back from the designed runs because he's so small. that said, i think Joseph is onto something in that Smith may not be a D1 QB.EL MIZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042895353703675136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-29695214983858297352015-10-26T13:39:54.804-04:002015-10-26T13:39:54.804-04:00El Miz
Petrino, a pretty good offensive mind, rot...El Miz<br /><br />Petrino, a pretty good offensive mind, rotated QBs in the game.Hoibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681823413809048599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-63477481971839739242015-10-26T13:26:42.848-04:002015-10-26T13:26:42.848-04:00Interesting thinking back to the HC search when Sp...Interesting thinking back to the HC search when Spaz left. How many posters were all hot over getting Golden. How did that work out at Miami?<br /><br />Does anyone honestly think that Smith is that good? He seems lost too often and he is NOT as good a runner as we all hoped. Flutie was a great high school QB-period. Just like Tebow was a great college QB- period. The Oline will only get better, but maybe not good enough. Coaching may be some part of the problem, but player ability is the major component for sure.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426170247468782374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-88946505304174504132015-10-26T13:14:41.461-04:002015-10-26T13:14:41.461-04:00GP - i was referring to the QB rotation that we ha...GP - i was referring to the QB rotation that we had going in the previous few games.EL MIZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042895353703675136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-44807940902043975702015-10-26T13:05:30.491-04:002015-10-26T13:05:30.491-04:00El Miz - They aren't rotating QBs, Smith got h...El Miz - They aren't rotating QBs, Smith got hurt. He's the starter (but if he's healthy and Daz goes back to the rotation I agree that it would be very frustrating).<br /><br />I imagine they aren't running Smith as much as Murphy for injury fears. We would have been in a lot of trouble had Murphy gone down but Murphy was 6'2", 210lbs and 22 years old vs. Jeff Smith at 6'1, 182lbs and 18 years old. The play he got hurt on took guts, and he got absolutely drilled for it. Maybe it's worth it to risk injury in order to get the 6 points. With more experience though he'll understand when to take the hits and when to get down and with more strength he'll be able to withstand the hits it takes to run in 10-15 times a game. <br /><br />A previous comment brought up bringing Golden in as the OC. I can't imagine he gets a good HC offer next year after how brutal his tenure at Miami was. Would probably be a win/win for both parties to let him rebuild his value for a year or two before he goes for a new top job. I've absolutely been an apologist for the coaching staff given the youth and injury issues that they have no control over, but it's pretty clear that Daz needs to cede control of the offense to someone with more creativity than Fitch. The big question would be if Daz would consider such an option though. It would be a big risk for Daz to hire a potential replacement onto his staff. I hope Daz has the guts to do something like that and trust that he can do a good enough job to not worry about it. GP11https://www.blogger.com/profile/18114348784688324267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-27131689002572833602015-10-26T12:32:22.532-04:002015-10-26T12:32:22.532-04:00A "D" for our offense.
No, a "F&q...A "D" for our offense.<br /><br />No, a "F" is what they deserve.<br /><br />Overall a "C" - maybe D- (because we have a good D, but a D that cannot win the game for us given the F-ness of the O!)<br /><br />Epic fail<br /><br />The stats to prove our worst-ness<br /><br />Scoring O: still last of all 128 FBS teams<br />RedZone success: 3rd to last (126) (up 2 spots)<br />Total O : Dead last 128 (down 3 spots)<br />FGs: 124/128 (up 2)<br />First downs: dead last (128) (down 3)<br />Yards per Rush 118/128 (down 28 spots)<br />Rushing O - 90/128 (down 45 spots! )<br />Passing O - 125/128 no change<br />3rd down conversion - 127/128 down 2 spots<br /><br />The D is still "statistically" excellent<br /><br />scoring D 8th same <br />total D 4th (-2)<br />rushing d 3rd (-1)<br />passing D 25th (-2)mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-20028697087913292332015-10-26T12:28:37.102-04:002015-10-26T12:28:37.102-04:00the QB and now OL rotation is truly puzzling. Ohi...the QB and now OL rotation is truly puzzling. Ohio State this year is rotating QBs because they have 2 NFL-caliber QBs on the roster, ok i get that. Meyer did it at Florida when they had a senior (Leak) and the top QB recruit coming out of HS (Tebow) who went on to be one of the best college football players of the decade. i get it if the talent is so overwhelming that you decide "we are gonna get both of these guys opportunities because they are so good."<br /><br />the inverse of that - these guys are so bad so we are going to rotate them so that they can all be bad - makes no sense to me, ESPECIALLY on the OL and at QB. i can't think of two other units where consistency and letting guys get into a rhythm matters more. the idiotic QB rotation finally ended and Addazio starts rotating the OL. just truly baffling stuff, and coming from an OL coach, even more troubling.<br /><br />i am not ready to give up on Addazio yet (although I do think that the complete ineptitude of the offense this year is bad enough that it is worth looking for potential replacements for Fitch as OC). but the confidence I had in Addazio (probably an A- or B+ going into this season) is so far down (probably like a C-) after the mismanagement of the clock in game after game, these idiotic rotations, and the total regression we underwent this year. the good news, if there is any, is that next year will be put up or shut up time for him, and he if he fails he needs to go, so at least we'll have some closure.EL MIZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042895353703675136noreply@blogger.com