I Don't Think It's an Accident that the Defense Looked much Improved...

[Doc5120]

What’s sad is we have a good receiving corps and they are basically helpless. Collins can’t get the ball to them to make plays. The play calling on offense is unimaginative, predictable and confusing. No jet sweeps, no middle screens, no reverses or counters. Just plain awful.

Where is Johntay Cook's Uncle when you need him?

 

[Chip]

They were good at to begin with and when teams can load the box and all they do are inside zone, not a great combination.

I don't think it was the ol' 8 in the box though. But Pitt has really good LBs who were able to cheat to the run whenever they wanted.

Seemed like Pitt always had enough DBs back on pass plays.

They just play good sound defense, and it looks even better against bad unsound offenses.

 

[Millhouse]

What’s sad is we have a good receiving corps and they are basically helpless. Collins can’t get the ball to them to make plays. The play calling on offense is unimaginative, predictable and confusing. No jet sweeps, no middle screens, no reverses or counters. Just plain awful.

They're good enough where you can tell him one read, throw if they're open, and take off if they're not

You might still get some completions that way

Basically the opposite of last year

Spread everyone as wide as you can to give him a chance to run when nothing is immediately open

 

[GHLF]

I think you’re giving Fran too much credit regarding the defensive scheme. What we did in the second half at SMU and vs Pitt may be the type of defensive scheme and personality he has wanted for this team, but why did it take guys like Kevin Coyle and Don Brown to actually get it done? Fran wants an aggressive defense but he wasn’t able to implement it nor was ERob so he brought in Kevin Coyle who I hear was the architect behind the defensive game plan against Clemson, and later brought in Don Brown after Coyle left for UCLA. Coyle’s arrival at UCLA coincidentally coincides with UCLA improved play. I understand Don Brown simplified what we were trying to do and made a few personnel changes; Chestnut moved to Star and we actually used Grant and Buxton at LB in true dollar situations. I haven’t rewatched the game to confirm but someone here will and let us know if that’s accurate. I think we may have also locked Samuel’s on a receiver in certain coverages regardless of where said receiver was lined up moved to.

Fran is loyal to a fault. He repeatedly runs cover for ERob. The first time I noticed this was last season against Stanford on 4th and 9. It’s never ERob’s fault. While I respect the loyalty and taking the hit publicly for an assistant when are we going to see accountability?

Did I miss it? In all the discussion about the poor clock management at the end of the first half, has anyone addressed the poor tackling by the punt team that actually allowed the TD and the huge momentum shift?

The next time Fran runs cover or takes a bullet for one of his assistants I wish some reporter would ask him, ok coach you’re taking responsibility here for this just like you you’ve done in previous losses, so when are YOU going to stop making these mistakes?

I do not disagree with what you stated concerning defensive scheme, in any way. I simply stated that coach Fran Brown literally verbalized we deviated from what we wanted to do in the first half, against SMU, That was honestly I feel a blunder on his part concerning leaking that publicly. We all know exactly what that meant. I do not why that occurred. Concerning Kevin Coyle, Don Brown, great I never thought otherwise, however the head coach is definitively the one who is going to approve the scheme certainly with his own input. If the defensive coordinator is simply a figurehead, I have no idea, all I simply stated was we deviated from the approved plan and our own head coach stated as such. And I fully believe he had significant input in relation to that game plan. Verbalizing Grant at linebacker, essentially identical as a positional switch concerning Justin Barron last year. I like the scheme, significant improvement in relation to run support as well. Much more aggressive. That is why coach Fran Brown emphatically is recruiting a ton of defensive backs because he wants them skilled enough to make sure they are going to be able to cover out on an island, Right. I think he is very well aware and has massive input in relation to the defensive scheme and very importantly when we deviate from that game plan, I have no idea still why, that would be an issue to me... Lastly I have absolutely no idea why he is using clickbait comments in relation to we are going to get after the quarterback, Like we really need that. He is definitely learning on the job. Georgia Tech is going to attempt to run the ball down our throats. Definitely mismanagement concerning the clock, however overall I honestly feel that is 10 times better than it used to be. We scored touchdowns last year with that amount of time, we do not have a quarterback who can run that type of offense with precision and skill right now just like he said he put faith in his players, we still need to put them in positions to succeed and he did not. I still believe our overall clock management is 10 times better. After all he is the one calling the timeouts right? Enough said and I truly appreciate your feedback and support of the program.

 

[GHLF]

I give Fran credit for being open to having a guy like Don Brown come in and help. And, it certainly seemed like it did help. That shows that he is able to ask for help when he needs it. Many people in all walks of life are unable to admit they need help and ask for it.

For sure, def a good skill to have. He certainly needs it, all of us