Coaching Changes

[HRE Otto IV]

Could be the WR coach was not a good fit or did not "gel" with the culture and if Gattis is proving himself and players gravitate towards him and he has some different ideas for the offense you have the benefit of getting that moving now and not off season.

Gattis is there either way to "assist" and should have been all this time anyway. What can really change with 3 games left in the season? It seems odd to fire a position coach mid season if FB related. Especially for the best unit on the entire team.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Plus if we know we are going to move on from, doing it now helps him get a head start on finding a new gig. Better for everyone

Position coaches typically do not move until February. Usually after signing day.

 

[shu 49]

Waiting for D changes. Sorely needed

When u have 0 offense it multiplies the crap that the defense has to deal with. If Steve was at qb we wouldn’t really notice the defense as much. Don Brown will help ERob.

 

[Chip]

Sounds like Nunz and Johnson switching is quite literally a temporary thing for the remainder of the season.

Think everyone can breath a bit on this and why it does not make sense.

Fran literally said that some guys just respond better to other coaches.

Why bother even announcing this? Just reassign it in-house.

Is it doing something so people don't think you're doing nothing?

Meanwhile, we have the 2nd worst defense in P4. Oh well.

 

[Archbold44]

At least the special teams is working out well so far. Other than kickoff returns being abysmal.

 

[Archbold44]

When u have 0 offense it multiplies the crap that the defense has to deal with. If Steve was at qb we wouldn’t really notice the defense as much. Don Brown will help ERob.

Our defensive stop rate is 96 out of 136 on ESPN. The percentage of drives that end in: "punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs." Surprisingly, 15 P4 teams are worse than us in that category, including Tennessee.

I think a lot of what happens is the defense feels that it NEEDS to get a turnover because the offense cannot drive the field. We go for a strip, and the RB drags our guys turning a 2 yard run into an 8 yard run. Now, we are behind on down and distance... whereas a simple tackle would have been so much better overall. I have seen it all too often.

 

[sufandu]

lol, no amount of QB coaching is going to improve Collins vision and accuracy in a few months. Schemed wide open 20/25 yards down the field. Nixon has a propensity for all or nothing home run ball.

There were a lot of intermediate passes open last game that Filardi missed. Collins has had those available too. Regardless, if a guy is wide open deep, a D1 QB should be able to throw him the ball. We're not asking them to drop it over a guy's shoulder in stride 40 yards down field.

 

[Jcuse_44]

Have you been living under a rock there are no kings here.

If that's a Trump reference...touche'

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

You said “licks” not starts, but that is not an accurate measure of his experience.

In the metric system, licks is the same as starts.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Why bother even announcing this? Just reassign it in-house.

Is it doing something so people don't think you're doing nothing?

Meanwhile, we have the 2nd worst defense in P4. Oh well.

I agree with why bother announcing it. At this point I question whether we can believe what Fran tells us. Could these moves be similar to -- it is a real tight race for QB1 and we don't know how we're going to decide it. Really? [sarcasm emoji.]

 

[SuFTW]

I agree with why bother announcing it. At this point I question whether we can believe what Fran tells us. Could these moves be similar to -- it is a real tight race for QB1 and we don't know how we're going to decide it. Really? [sarcasm emoji.]

It was already leaking out.

 

[shu 49]

Our defensive stop rate is 96 out of 136 on ESPN. The percentage of drives that end in: "punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs." Surprisingly, 15 P4 teams are worse than us in that category, including Tennessee.

I think a lot of what happens is the defense feels that it NEEDS to get a turnover because the offense cannot drive the field. We go for a strip, and the RB drags our guys turning a 2 yard run into an 8 yard run. Now, we are behind on down and distance... whereas a simple tackle would have been so much better overall. I have seen it all too often.

I dont disagree with ya. The stats should include time on field and missed tackles also to help sum up whats going on

 

[Ttk.gman2]

When u have 0 offense it multiplies the crap that the defense has to deal with. If Steve was at qb we wouldn’t really notice the defense as much. Don Brown will help ERob.

Great point you can’t expect a defense to keep getting stops if it’s on the field more than half the game.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Great point you can’t expect a defense to keep getting stops if it’s on the field more than half the game.

That wasn't the case last game.

We had what felt like a 30 min drive in real time the first half. It was over 5 mins in game time but had the end of the 1st Q. Plus wasn't there an few injuries too?

Then there was a 6 min drive in the 3rd Q. When that ended there was 6:45 left and the score was 13-10. Heck they were only on the field for ONE play the whole 3rd Q to that point. I am sure the D was demoralized by that display of O, but they were playing a really bad O and down only 3 points while being well rested.

 

[DomeHolmes]

lol, no amount of QB coaching is going to improve Collins vision and accuracy in a few months. Schemed wide open 20/25 yards down the field. Nixon has a propensity for all or nothing home run ball.

I agree. Nixon has not adapted at all. Seems to run the same offense for Collins, then Filardi, that he ran for Angeli, and hasn’t changed it. It’s maddening.

One time he ran Ross behind LOS and rolled QB to his side. Easy 8 yard gain. That is the offense we need. Never did it again!!!

Kept going 5 wide with RB widest, rather than 4 wide with option to release RB for outlet. Why?

Fran is equally to blame. He let it happen. When it was 13-10 we were in field goal range. A safe call for 3-5 yards was REQUIRED to keep us in the game. Instead we ran 4 verticals on 3rd and 12, with a QB who was 1-12 on the day! Coaching malpractice by Fran not stepping in. Literally every coach at every level knows what to do there, except ours. Sack, no FG, game over.

 

[PhatOrange]

There were a lot of intermediate passes open last game that Filardi missed. Collins has had those available too. Regardless, if a guy is wide open deep, a D1 QB should be able to throw him the ball. We're not asking them to drop it over a guy's shoulder in stride 40 yards down field.

I don't disagree that guys aren't wide open but that's only part of it. Explain his running game scheme when 95% of his runs are over the 1 and 2 hole, in other words, up the middle. This does nothing but keep teams loading the box and bringing pressure. There is literally no threat of an outside run, because he's literally never called one.

 

[PhatOrange]

Fran is equally to blame. He let it happen. When it was 13-10 we were in field goal range. A safe call for 3-5 yards was REQUIRED to keep us in the game. Instead we ran 4 verticals on 3rd and 12, with a QB who was 1-12 on the day! Coaching malpractice by Fran not stepping in. Literally every coach at every level knows what to do there, except ours. Sack, no FG, game over.

These are the type of things I'm talking about with Nixon.

We have 2nd and 4 or 5 a few times and he runs up the middle for no gain and now it's 3rd and 5 and everyone knows what's coming next. A deep vertical.

The best play call I thought he had last weekend was the short like rpo toss sweep on 3rd and whatever. Willis (?) ran for an easy first down. He mixed it up and something positive happened.

Typically he doesn't mix anything up. We're all still waiting for a jet sweep to mitigate pressure and force a LB or safety to leave the box.

 

[RyanCuse44]

These are the type of things I'm talking about with Nixon.

We have 2nd and 4 or 5 a few times and he runs up the middle for no gain and now it's 3rd and 5 and everyone knows what's coming next. A deep vertical.

The best play call I thought he had last weekend was the short like rpo toss sweep on 3rd and whatever. Willis (?) ran for an easy first down. He mixed it up and something positive happened.

Typically he doesn't mix anything up. We're all still waiting for a jet sweep to mitigate pressure and force a LB or safety to leave the box.

I thought one of the biggest bonehead calls came when UNC went up 20-10. We go to the run game and it's working nice. Have a second and four and he calls for a pass. That's when Filardi got hit, lost the ball, and UNC recovered. If they somehow continue to drive by running the ball and get some kind of points it could have changed things.

 

[sufandu]

I don't disagree that guys aren't wide open but that's only part of it. Explain his running game scheme when 95% of his runs are over the 1 and 2 hole, in other words, up the middle. This does nothing but keep teams loading the box and bringing pressure. There is literally no threat of an outside run, because he's literally never called one.

I'm with you on the running scheme, but I responded to your comment about the QB coach taking the fall for him. Angeli was leading the country in passing before he got hurt, and that was with a slow start. Nixon has faults, but he isn't the problem.

 

[PhatOrange]

I'm with you on the running scheme, but I responded to your comment about the QB coach taking the fall for him. Angeli was leading the country in passing before he got hurt, and that was with a slow start. Nixon has faults, but he isn't the problem.

I mean if Angeli is leading the country in passing does the QB coach get any credit?

 

[sufandu]

I mean if Angeli is leading the country in passing does the QB coach get any credit?

Good question? I guess only the coaches know that. What does it say when the guy coached by our staff for the shortest amount of time is so much better than guys that have been here longer? Is it his innate ability, is it the coaching he recieved for 3 years at his previous school, is it the coaching he recieved here for 2 months, is it a QB friendly scheme and play calling?

 

[BKCuse]

What exactly does a “passing game coordinator “ do?

Fran said those titles don’t really mean much on the staff so Maybe it’s just a way to cash an extra check.