I had my whole rant written out and that disappeared with the click of a random key.
Guess I'll sum it up or just ramble off some more since I need to vent still. I can't get over this one.
I don't blame injuries at all, surprised anyone is. Sure it would have been nice to not be so banged up and the game would have been different. But, this was our game and we blew it. Fall on the fumble, game is probably over. Don't run a double reverse flea flicker from midfield or ever. Oh yeah, then the genius decision to punt from the 37 after a nice pickup on the 3rd down draw following that atrocious 1st down call. But, most of all, we came out and had them on their heels and were actually getting a push from the OL. They had to adjust in the 2nd half after we made some down field plays and they couldn't just focus on the run, along with the fact that their defense is terrible. We still had complete control even after the mistakes and the usual terrible play calling, game management, and general sense that the staff is lost.
Their D was ready to fold and on the retreat, so what do we do but pass it across the middle where AJ was struggling the most. After the kid got us right back in the game and we had all the momentum. Our defense helped, of course. But, with one play the game was over, just like it would have been had we made one play, just one, or had done anything but throw an INT. All on the coaches to me. Stick to what was working at the time. Adonis was ready to bulldoze right through the D and reach pay dirt. At least throw to the sideline if you want to take a shot. AJ had no accuracy or touch across the middle all day. We're against a terrible run D and we let the true frosh throw 42 times while the RB's get 24 carries combined.
I don't see how you don't just run the ball there on 1st down when you're in FG range, especially after another nice sideline throw to West on 3rd down followed by two quick runs for 5+ by Adonis and Erv to get the 1st down. You have the D on the retreat, not putting up much resistance and we put AJ in a situation that isn't conducive to him being successful. That's all she wrote. The team was done, after having all the momentum and on their way to at least an 8 point lead with no momentum shift even with just a FG or even a damn miss and the score stays the same, it was suddenly over after dominating the 3rd quarter.
I don't get the coaches, so hard to watch the same mistakes week after week and incompetence. Here's to hoping for 3 straight wins because this team can do it, but it may have to be in spite of the coaches.
