Ahh. My bad. Well yeah, we had a chance and that’s great. And I would have loved it if we won. But I’m not ready to say we played a great game up there and celebrate it as a really close game. Would have gone down as somewhat of a miracle win had it transpired.
What can you say about a head coach making $2.8 million a year who obviously needs a remedial course in when to call time out?
Do you realize how what you wrote sounds? "coaches are learning just like the players". What recruit would want to commit to a program where the coaches don't know how to coach? Are you seriously saying that the coaches are recruiting as 'We can develop you into an NFL player', but they don't even know yet how to coach them into NCAA players?
There learning on a power 5 level. Like I said other than Collins and key they are not much experience on staff that’s coach on a power 5 team. Look up their bios on rambling wreck.com. If you don’t think the coaching staff is getting out coached the last 3 years then you must have not been watching. I believe in time they will get there but it takes time. Yes Collins should have gotten a better coaching staff but he got what he could afford.
They have been outcoached the last 3 years. However, you make it seem as though fundamentals of football change between G5 and P5 football. When you should call a timeout is no different in FCS, G5, or P5 football. When you should go for two is no different at any of those levels. Getting a play call in to the defense before the opposing offense snaps the ball is not something that only becomes important at the P5 level. IF the coaching issues were just that they weren't keeping up with adjustments, maybe that could be passed off as learning at a higher level of football. HOWEVER, this coaching staff is having problems with things that are not an issue at the high school level. Not an exaggeration. High school coaches regularly substitute players. High school coaches regularly send play calls in to the offense and defense. High school coaches regularly run two minute offenses/defenses and manage the clock. It isn't some high level of coaching that I am complaining about. It is fundamental football smarts that people regularly learn while playing high school football.
Agree. If the cord is not cut now, that’s one more year or two transitioning with a new staff.
I totally agree with you. What is the solution you think?
I don't really know. I don't know how a coach "learns" those things more than 20 years into coaching. The only thing I can think of is what I posted earlier. Get someone like O'Leary as an "analyst" in the press box with a set of headphones. Turn that level of decision making over to him. (when to call timeout, when to go for fourth/two, etc.) Get him to review how the team is making play calling decisions and how those play calls are getting transferred to the team. (I have no clue how they are doing that now, but it is taking forever for a decision to be made and/or to get the call to the sideline and then to the players.)
Jemea Thomas is one of my all time favorite jacket up there up Kelly Rhino. They both were badass!!!
I would expect that 5 years as a HC would be enough to calm the pressure situations. If it isn't, I don't know that any amount of experience would be.
He has already mishandled. It should have been taken care of by him before his hand got forced.
I think comparing Collins to Dabo is a stretch. I don't see the similarities. Dabo was high energy in games and worked refs.... Collins just looks lost and clueless and doesn't jump all over refs, for bad calls. Unless I have missed it. I guess both are good salesmen. One had a good product and surrounded himself with good coordinators, the other apparently hasn't. I think Collins is more interested in his image and culture than he is in winning. I get it... He is trying to bring a certain culture to GT. However; that culture isn't equaling wins. I didn't like the Collins hire, from day one. To date, Collins hasn't done much to sway my initial opinion. You are right about military and doing something, to where people are ready, when crap hits the fan. But, sadly not all military people were/are built that way. I recall my sergeant, folding like a chair, in 91, during a fire fight. I just don't have the same optimism regarding Collins. I see a man that rather blame, than take responsibility. I also dislike gimmicky catch phrases. In my line of work, its a cover for a poor product.