tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post4393178711247880077..comments2024-03-24T05:21:33.293-04:00Comments on Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: Fire Spaz (2012 edition)ATL_eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-46377855355763044172012-09-16T18:49:07.396-04:002012-09-16T18:49:07.396-04:00I don't have much to say.
I thought this may ...I don't have much to say.<br /><br />I thought this may have been the year we learned how to win a close game. Not so - at least not let.<br /><br />Let's go players - keep fighting and don't pull an Arkansas. Those guys quit.<br /><br />Virginia Tech should be ashamed of itself.<br /><br />Is FSU really 52 points better than Wake?<br /><br />Take some time off - regroup and study Clemson film.<br /><br />We can score on those guys and maybe we'll get some more players back.<br /><br />Go BC - you have to keep fighting.<br /><br />Big Jack Krackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202172743722727956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-3769063428704146012012-09-16T17:47:13.998-04:002012-09-16T17:47:13.998-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-8644343644443914102012-09-16T16:17:48.220-04:002012-09-16T16:17:48.220-04:00I had to be away all yesterday afternoon, without ...I had to be away all yesterday afternoon, without access to TV or internet; thank God. These games that we should have won, but have been fumbled away, are inexcusable. End this now. dixieaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12923834034976250382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-6941693958117864732012-09-16T12:33:30.366-04:002012-09-16T12:33:30.366-04:00Mod,
I originally was wondering about the downed ...Mod,<br /><br />I originally was wondering about the downed punt call, if it was the NFL, that's a touchback. In college, I believe the ball has to cross the plane, doesn't matter about the player being in the endzone.<br /><br />That's my understandingAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983402505979397498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-80077144848803080632012-09-16T11:48:04.879-04:002012-09-16T11:48:04.879-04:00If they put as much energy into the quality of the...If they put as much energy into the quality of the product on the field as they do into selling sponsorships, merchandise and every possible pixel of the bceagles web site, we'd be contenders every year. In the meantime, they're killing the brand for a few short-term bucks.mod10aeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009617224575563986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-54669563291445469182012-09-16T11:18:44.396-04:002012-09-16T11:18:44.396-04:00Talk about irrelevance... even Yahoo sports taking...Talk about irrelevance... even Yahoo sports taking potshots at BC in an article about MIAMI being irrelevant!<br /><br />http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/thanks-showing-miami-fans-photo-175408799--ncaaf.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-34165990684561737862012-09-16T11:14:04.021-04:002012-09-16T11:14:04.021-04:00I just hope Rettig doesn't transfer after thes...I just hope Rettig doesn't transfer after these abominations. DO NOT let him get Russell Wilson's phone number.Adidaspetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080567123299552291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-66344536603125638032012-09-16T10:55:49.449-04:002012-09-16T10:55:49.449-04:00The head coach sucks. The rest of the coaches are...The head coach sucks. The rest of the coaches are decent - Martin, Al Washington, Bollman, McGovern to a certain extent. They are all out the door soon though.<br /><br />My only point is that the coaches cannot catch the passes the players dropped. The coaches cannot carry the ball for the running back.<br /><br />If we played a relatively clean game on offense then we certainly beat Miami and probably win this game.<br /><br />The defense did hold them to 5 field goals. They did all right.<br /><br />I mentioned the topic of being irrelevant. Check the box score in the Globe. They got the quarter by quarter breakdown wrong. Look closely. They have BC with 22 and NW with 13.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-43620991237740332772012-09-16T10:37:43.936-04:002012-09-16T10:37:43.936-04:00Clancy's perception may be skewed by his own p...Clancy's perception may be skewed by his own performance. I don't recall the exact number of tackles he made, but it was Keuchly-esque. As the MLB, he's also going to stand up for the DL guys, no matter what.<br /><br />Did anyone ever determine whether that downing of the NW punt on the 2 vs. touchback was reviewable? And, if so, was BC out of timeouts, in which case Spaz couldn't have challenged the call, anyway?mod10aeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009617224575563986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-12167511118351400472012-09-16T10:25:52.648-04:002012-09-16T10:25:52.648-04:00I don't like to pick on players, but Clancy...I don't like to pick on players, but Clancy's comments in the Globe this morning suggest that he harbors the illusion that the defense played well yesterday. He talked about the D-line getting push off the line. I must have missed those plays among those that gained them 566 yards.eddierockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706800941961218270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-68037995120814027422012-09-16T10:20:10.289-04:002012-09-16T10:20:10.289-04:00From Merriam-Webster ... "Coach: one who inst...From Merriam-Webster ... "Coach: one who instructs players in the fundamentals of a sport and directs team strategy". <br /><br />Players arrive as RAW 18 year-olds with some level of natural talent, size, speed and football IQ. Size and speed can't be coached, but everything else can be, must be, actually. And that's one area where BC is just not getting the job done. Finch is still the fumbler he was when he first arrived on campus, and the O-line still can't run block. With all due respect Knucklehead, players take crappy coaching to the field, too.<br /><br />That stuff is all depressing, but what really pissed me off yesterday, as someone else mentioned above, is how irrelevant BC football has become in the Boston market (nevermind the rest of the country). The Globe doesn't even bother to include BC's games in the upper left corner of the Saturday sports section under the day's "highlights". Worse yet, the effing administration is so utterly without juice that we can't even get a game against a Big Ten team streaming on the 'net! Nevermind having it actually televised! That's just pathetic. In the meantime, NBC will broadcast every Notre Dame game and Comcast carries the weekly Notre Dame football show. It's no wonder ND fans just scoff at BC fans. I'm ready to be done with this crap until someone cleans out the house. Hockey just can't start soon enough.mod10aeaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009617224575563986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-83269327190524639272012-09-16T10:11:10.798-04:002012-09-16T10:11:10.798-04:00In the radio broadcast yesterday St. Pierre mentio...In the radio broadcast yesterday St. Pierre mentioned that the coaching stafff was working with Finch et al on ball protection and that it was a matter of them taking the coaching to the game. The coach cannot take the handoff and wrap has hand around the tip of the ball for the backs. They need to do it.<br /><br />As for Barber. He was coached by Coughlin how to protect the ball and then applied what he learned to the games by minimizing his fumbles. Our backs have not done that yet.<br /><br />It is the players when it comes to dropped passes and fumbles. And those issues are the reason for the Miami and NW losses.<br /><br />The recruiting rankings only further my argument. It is not Spazs' deficient recruiting. It is that the players who have not performed THIS SEASON.<br /><br />Again, LAST SEASON was an unmitigated disaster because of Spaz. This season Spaz has been mitigated by the new coaching hires. The players have yet to play a good game.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-64539801568695290482012-09-16T10:10:34.457-04:002012-09-16T10:10:34.457-04:00In the radio broadcast yesterday St. Pierre mentio...In the radio broadcast yesterday St. Pierre mentioned that the coaching stafff was working with Finch et al on ball protection and that it was a matter of them taking the coaching to the game. The coach cannot take the handoff and wrap has hand around the tip of the ball for the backs. They need to do it.<br /><br />As for Barber. He was coached by Coughlin how to protect the ball and then applied what he learned to the games by minimizing his fumbles. Our backs have not done that yet.<br /><br />It is the players when it comes to dropped passes and fumbles. And those issues are the reason for the Miami and NW losses.<br /><br />The recruiting rankings only further my argument. It is not Spazs' deficient recruiting. It is that the players who have not performed THIS SEASON.<br /><br />Again, LAST SEASON was an unmitigated disaster because of Spaz. This season Spaz has been mitigated by the new coaching hires. The players have yet to play a good game.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-15794189002730611522012-09-16T09:40:15.169-04:002012-09-16T09:40:15.169-04:00Knucklehead says: "Dropping passes and fumble...Knucklehead says: "Dropping passes and fumbles in a game CANNOT be coached out of a player."<br /><br />So wrong. Just look at Tiki Barber of the Giants a few years back. He was coached about his fumbling and he improved dramatically. Fumbling and drops are mental/concentration issues.<br /><br />How about bad tackling? <br />How about bad play calling? <br />How about bad defensive strategy?mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-40173755098039837972012-09-16T09:32:35.053-04:002012-09-16T09:32:35.053-04:00For those that think this is more of a talent issu...<br />For those that think this is more of a talent issue (outclassed by more highly regarded NWUrecruits ) think again. <br /><br />Just look at the Rivals recruiting data over the last 5 classes. BC has out recruited NWU by a wide margin. BC's bad play is coaching issue <br /><br />Rivals Team Recruiting Ranks <br /><br />2008>>>BC 33 -- NWU 73<br />2009>>>BC 70 -- NWU 58<br />2010>>>BC 47 -- NWU 77<br />2011>>>BC 38 -- NWU 87<br />2012>>>>BC 63 -- NWU 60<br /><br />Average over last 5 classes<br /><br />BC >>>>48th rank<br />NWU>>>> 71st rank<br />mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-53886616306285588072012-09-16T08:14:37.443-04:002012-09-16T08:14:37.443-04:00Atl,
Boston College football has been burned by du...Atl,<br />Boston College football has been burned by dual threat quarterbacks for generations from Major Harris to Mike Vick to Kain effing-Colter.<br /><br />It is not a surprise that NW went up and down the field on the Defense. Did the defense play Great in the redzone? YES. Several drives for scores by NW only 5 field goals given up. That kept Boston College in the game.<br /><br />Dropped passes and the fumble were the difference.<br /><br />Dropping passes and fumbles in a game CANNOT be coached out of a player. A coach can focus on them but a player has to make the play when it matters. These guys have proven they can make the plays at this level. They need to make them more consistently because as has always been the case with Boston College the margin for error is thin.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-63094417019272549472012-09-16T08:03:52.313-04:002012-09-16T08:03:52.313-04:00The game kept me up all night.The game kept me up all night.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-17791271333488774682012-09-16T01:33:37.739-04:002012-09-16T01:33:37.739-04:00this game put me to sleepthis game put me to sleepJasminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234785595620514883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-180033412187179282012-09-15T23:27:53.058-04:002012-09-15T23:27:53.058-04:00The defense was the absolute worst. Defensive gam...The defense was the absolute worst. Defensive game plan is bad, bad, bad. We can't tackle. Wow.<br /><br /> I cringe at the thought of our our worst-in-the-FBs defense (or so it seems) trying to stop FSU, GT, Clemson. DL is surpringly awful. Real stinkers <br /><br />We can't run because we can't block. Seems like Bollman only had enough time to teach the guys to pass block and never got to run blocking. WTF. <br /><br />The shitty line pay is on the coaches, the drops are on the coaches, the fumbles too. The drops and fumbles are purely mental errors that are correctable/preventable by good coaching. Offensive and defensive game strategy is an abomination. <br /><br />I fear that this was such a bad performance today that the players will lose heart and things are going to go downhill fast. The players must now realize they are a bad football team coached by incompetents. <br /><br />I am on board with firing Spaz now as a gesture of hope. A fish rots from the head first. Our fish's head is long since rotted.<br /><br />GDF: Why did you do this to BC?mod34bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129365485893573618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-28555898781589501592012-09-15T23:12:07.861-04:002012-09-15T23:12:07.861-04:00ATL, I don't think schemes have much to do wit...ATL, I don't think schemes have much to do with it. I don't think our team could stop Colter & Mark even if they knew what play was coming. It's a talent issue. We have a roster made up of mid-level MAC players and a few three-star players. This bunch is two and three steps too slow on almost every play, besides the fact they can't tackle, catch, block and run to daylight. In other words, they suck big time. The coach sucks big time, most of his assistants suck, the AD sucks, the facilities suck, the game experience sucks, the whole program sucks from the top down. Everyone shares in the blame.Scoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775371005877183144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-88585126404805232422012-09-15T22:23:28.768-04:002012-09-15T22:23:28.768-04:00Knucklehead:
We gave up 538 total yards and allow...Knucklehead:<br /><br />We gave up 538 total yards and allowed 97 total plays. It is not about players making plays. It is about not having the right schemes for Colter -- two years in a row!!!!ATL_eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-31203393276978617602012-09-15T22:06:02.329-04:002012-09-15T22:06:02.329-04:00If we were losing 35-10 and there was an obvious m...If we were losing 35-10 and there was an obvious mis-match in talent then I would be on-board for blaming Spaz for having crummy players. The fact is that the players are not crummy. We are in these games. The PLAYERS need to make the g.damn plays.<br /><br />Spaz has not called pooch kick-offs, has not meddled in Martin's offense and has not blown games like last season.<br /><br />Even the bend but don't break defense which is irritating has been effective. If the offense could play a clean game . . . only2-3 dropped passes and 1-2 turnovers that do not crush a drive or give the opponent points then we have these games.<br /><br />It is not Spaz/Martin dropping the passes and fumbling the ball. <br /><br />At this point Spaz needs to bench Finch.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847627726401491567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-66208647563086160392012-09-15T21:07:10.597-04:002012-09-15T21:07:10.597-04:00The loss to Miami was disappointing, but not dishe...The loss to Miami was disappointing, but not disheartening. <br /><br />This loss was disappointing and disheartening. <br /><br />I would say our players couldn't execute today. Outside of Rettig, Amidon, and KPL,no one executed well. The fumbles are intolerable. The drops are ridiculous. The missed tackles hurt.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896667472435291267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-47639861395840216442012-09-15T20:44:23.635-04:002012-09-15T20:44:23.635-04:00Player blame = spaz blame at this point. You recr...Player blame = spaz blame at this point. You recruit and coach them, no more excuses. Sleep in the bed you make.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135806261199062006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9512562.post-56204474039773902152012-09-15T20:41:35.827-04:002012-09-15T20:41:35.827-04:00I think the drops and fumbles can be corrected via...I think the drops and fumbles can be corrected via coaching. But if you are blaming the players, that is on Spaz too. This is Year 4 and 85% of the roster is officially his and he and Siravo were around for the last few "Jags recruits."ATL_eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16014348799382628049noreply@blogger.com