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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 362601" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Imho, this business of distributing the ball and OL blocking are tied together.</p><p></p><p>First, as many have pointed out, TM is in his first year as a starter. He's close to the best runner on the team - I'd put Benson first - and his first recourse is to run his way out of trouble. (This, imho, is why he takes more sacks then he should; he hasn't learned to get rid of the ball effectively yet.) So when he sees anything resembling a crease outside on the TO he tends to keep it for himself. We've had a QB like this in the past - Nesbitt did the same thing. We got used to a riverboat gambler on the edge for three years with JT and we forgot that it took him awhile to get to that. This will cure itself over time.</p><p></p><p>Second - and this is the big problem - the DLs are holding our OLs all along the line and the refs aren't calling it. No surprise there; the new "holding" rules allow both sides of the line to grab each other and nothing is called unless they tackle their opponent. VT started this; you hold our OLs for a moment to stop them from getting to their second level blocks, put your LBs (especially the MLB) deep and get them to key on particular backs to get to the TO before it can cause trouble. This <em>can</em> work, though it leaves you wide open to the midline. (Problem = TM isn't as good at that now as he will be in the future.) Then you take the games where we've had trouble and throw in lousy field conditions and rain. When OLs are trying to make blocks while their feet are sliding from under them or simply slip when they pull - that happened to Parker in the Miami game; he makes his block and TM would <em>still</em> be running - and you have a recipe for not pitching the ball on the TO. In fact, I've thought that TM is handling this pretty well; at least, we haven't seen many arrant pitches that turn into fumbles. A lot of this is due to field conditions, however. As Coach pointed out, Wake was doing exactly the same thing as Miami and Clemson (and UVA) and we rushed for 427 yards on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 362601, member: 265"] Imho, this business of distributing the ball and OL blocking are tied together. First, as many have pointed out, TM is in his first year as a starter. He's close to the best runner on the team - I'd put Benson first - and his first recourse is to run his way out of trouble. (This, imho, is why he takes more sacks then he should; he hasn't learned to get rid of the ball effectively yet.) So when he sees anything resembling a crease outside on the TO he tends to keep it for himself. We've had a QB like this in the past - Nesbitt did the same thing. We got used to a riverboat gambler on the edge for three years with JT and we forgot that it took him awhile to get to that. This will cure itself over time. Second - and this is the big problem - the DLs are holding our OLs all along the line and the refs aren't calling it. No surprise there; the new "holding" rules allow both sides of the line to grab each other and nothing is called unless they tackle their opponent. VT started this; you hold our OLs for a moment to stop them from getting to their second level blocks, put your LBs (especially the MLB) deep and get them to key on particular backs to get to the TO before it can cause trouble. This [I]can[/I] work, though it leaves you wide open to the midline. (Problem = TM isn't as good at that now as he will be in the future.) Then you take the games where we've had trouble and throw in lousy field conditions and rain. When OLs are trying to make blocks while their feet are sliding from under them or simply slip when they pull - that happened to Parker in the Miami game; he makes his block and TM would [I]still[/I] be running - and you have a recipe for not pitching the ball on the TO. In fact, I've thought that TM is handling this pretty well; at least, we haven't seen many arrant pitches that turn into fumbles. A lot of this is due to field conditions, however. As Coach pointed out, Wake was doing exactly the same thing as Miami and Clemson (and UVA) and we rushed for 427 yards on them. [/QUOTE]
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