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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 185991" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Two things:</p><p></p><p>"I don't believe in excuses. You have to win with who you have (which is who you recruited) against who you have to play. Winning with the deck is stacked against you is good coaching."</p><p></p><p>Well, yes, provided that the players you recruited aren't pretty well wiped out by injury. No amount of good coaching will help with that, especially if you don't have the pre-season to coach players up. If you slowly see your entire offensive backfield wiped out game by game and you run a finesse O that depends on your players knowing where to go and what to do under game conditions, you are in coaching Hell and no doubt about it. I don't believe in excuses either and I don't think Coach is making any, but "it is what it is". We are so banged up that all the good coaching in the world is caught playing catch-up with events. That's not an excuse; it's the cold, hard facts.</p><p></p><p>"At the same time, I hold the staff accountable for not melding the veteran starters and the young guys into a winning combination. In other words, I believe our issues are multifaceted."</p><p></p><p>Well, yes, provided you have some experienced players around to meld the young ones with. Our problem is that in the one area that has plagued us from the start - offensive execution - we started the year with the cupboard almost bare and things have gotten <em>worse</em>.</p><p></p><p>To see what I mean take our OL. I hear a lot here about how the OL has underperformed. I don't see much difference myself. In our first 5 games last year the OL did ok, but nobody was touting them as world beaters. Then the O began to speed up. Dramatically. All of a sudden, the OL was the greatest thing since sliced bread. We have pretty much the same OL this year - losing Shaq hurt, but it shouldn't make this much difference - and suddenly they are underperforming. What's the difference? The speed and cohesion of the O hasn't picked up, largely due to a continuing drain of athletes with talent and game experience in our O skill positions. I'm an old OL myself. If I had had to hold blocks as long as our OL did after the UNC game last year, I'd have made - well, maybe all-city. Any old brush or pick would do when the play was going past you in 2 seconds or less. Only more game experience, more emphasis on "the basics" (which the youngsters don't know), and the return of some of our players (unlikely, unfortunately) can fix it. The staff can't hurry this along by leading with leadership.</p><p></p><p>Well, enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 185991, member: 265"] Two things: "I don't believe in excuses. You have to win with who you have (which is who you recruited) against who you have to play. Winning with the deck is stacked against you is good coaching." Well, yes, provided that the players you recruited aren't pretty well wiped out by injury. No amount of good coaching will help with that, especially if you don't have the pre-season to coach players up. If you slowly see your entire offensive backfield wiped out game by game and you run a finesse O that depends on your players knowing where to go and what to do under game conditions, you are in coaching Hell and no doubt about it. I don't believe in excuses either and I don't think Coach is making any, but "it is what it is". We are so banged up that all the good coaching in the world is caught playing catch-up with events. That's not an excuse; it's the cold, hard facts. "At the same time, I hold the staff accountable for not melding the veteran starters and the young guys into a winning combination. In other words, I believe our issues are multifaceted." Well, yes, provided you have some experienced players around to meld the young ones with. Our problem is that in the one area that has plagued us from the start - offensive execution - we started the year with the cupboard almost bare and things have gotten [I]worse[/I]. To see what I mean take our OL. I hear a lot here about how the OL has underperformed. I don't see much difference myself. In our first 5 games last year the OL did ok, but nobody was touting them as world beaters. Then the O began to speed up. Dramatically. All of a sudden, the OL was the greatest thing since sliced bread. We have pretty much the same OL this year - losing Shaq hurt, but it shouldn't make this much difference - and suddenly they are underperforming. What's the difference? The speed and cohesion of the O hasn't picked up, largely due to a continuing drain of athletes with talent and game experience in our O skill positions. I'm an old OL myself. If I had had to hold blocks as long as our OL did after the UNC game last year, I'd have made - well, maybe all-city. Any old brush or pick would do when the play was going past you in 2 seconds or less. Only more game experience, more emphasis on "the basics" (which the youngsters don't know), and the return of some of our players (unlikely, unfortunately) can fix it. The staff can't hurry this along by leading with leadership. Well, enough. [/QUOTE]
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