That’s because our receivers never ran down field or did any crossing routes. That’s what a well coached team does when you put out a dog$&@! Offensive scheme. Was Clemson suppose to give us 10 yards like we gift to everyone.
Their secondary are NFL level talent. You think our receivers are going to win matchups against them? Georgia scored 10 points against them.
So does that mean we should just bubble screen them all day.
Against a team like that, you take what the defense gives.
Give Nick special teams on top of his current duties and pay him more money. He has great energy and is one of our best coaches. He would be my choice
I find myself disagreeing with nearly everything in this thread.
Enjoyable? I don’t care about enjoyable just win games. I would rather go 6-6 with 6 blowout losses then 4-8/5-7 with close losses
Tough call. Have 2013 where we get our asses kicked when we lose or 4-8 where we lose close games and are close to being a legit Top 25 team. Long term 2013 for sure. One season though where you have higher hopes for the following season is tough.
Dino can't hire another coach for special teams. They're at the limit for asst coaches.
He could either:
- Assign special teams coaching to an existing coach. For example, Lustig at Vandy coaches special teams and TE. And he's assistant HC. At Clemson, special teams are coached by the same guy who coaches safeties. The only SU coaches with some ST coaching experience appear to be Terrence Samuel and Dino.
- Get a better analyst to coach ST. There's no limit to the number of analysts you can have. Alabama supposedly has 11. SU currently has Jeff Hammerschmidt as the analyst for special teams:
They also have Blair Cavanaugh as special teams quality control coach.
Jeff Hammerschmidt - Football Coach - Syracuse University Athletics
Jeff Hammerschmidt was hired by head coach Dino Babers in the spring of 2021, bringing a wealth of collegiate and NFL coaching knowledge to the Orange progra...cuse.com
If they open up the checkbook, higher profile/more experienced options must be available.
The buyout isn’t paid all at one time.
He is going to be our coach next year
This like my posts is an opinion and not a fact.
And let's not forget the students are turning out like never before. And if you tell them to wear white, they wear white. If you tell them to wear Orange, they wear Orange. Oh, and they stay for the ENTIRE game because we are playing an entire game. There is a movement bubbling up here and I agree we need to be a little more patient. Do these close loses hurt? You bet they do. But they are not embarrassing blow outs where you want to forget what school you went to. Oh and we probably lead the nation in covering the point spread. #BetSU.
I posted this in another thread. When a school goes for a big buyout to protect the coach from being poached and create a war chest in the event he leaves the school has to be prepared to handle the negativce flip side of the coin and have the balls to fire a losing coach and eat the buyout. SU didnt expect this fall at all and now they are stuck because the dont have the stomach to fire him
Oh jeez I didn't even know Lynch was still with the program. I thought he left years ago. Haven't heard his name in a long time.
GS is not an elite passer but he is a good passer. He showed he can throw the deep pass. It is difficult when your receivers do not get open or seems to fall on the ground before the ball arrives. Did he throw some bad passes? Yes. Did he miss some open receivers? Yes. Was he under pressure on a lot of passes but moved around to get the pass off? Yes. Did his receivers drop catchable balls. Yes. Did the receivers get open consistently. No
I’m in favor of keeping Dino despite him causing me to break my remote last night (can I invoice SUAD?). I think he’s gotten the hard/most important things right with this program - he’s built a talented team and has a solid coaching staff. That’s like 95% of what a head coach does.
Captains of massive tanker ships dont park them.
