I'm sorry but McDonald blows...

[Deano]

What kind of playing is that in the last 3 series, better yet most of the day. Leave him as a recruiter but give me someone that can call a game better.

This is on him today!!!

 

[Bayside44]

There's not a ton to work with. Shame that Hunt got the ball on guys in the endzone and they couldn't squeeze it.

Giving up 17 should be good for a W.

 

[NineOneSeven]

There's not a ton to work with. Shame that Hunt got the ball on guys in the endzone and they couldn't squeeze it.

Giving up 17 should be good for a W.

Regardless, GM had an AWFUL game calling plays. Just frustrating.

 

[BostonOrange]

Regardless, GM had an AWFUL game calling plays. Just frustrating.

I didn't love some of the calls but..

- your QB can't throw an accurate screen so none of those plays work
- your receivers dropped two td passes
- your line can't block #97 AT ALL

I mean...what plays are going to work?

 

[orange79]

There's not a ton to work with. Shame that Hunt got the ball on guys in the endzone and they couldn't squeeze it.

Giving up 17 should be good for a W.

Agreed there's not a lot to work with. That's still no excuse for the hot mess (in terms of play calling) that was displayed on the field today.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I didn't love some of the calls but..

- your QB can't throw an accurate screen so none of those plays work
- your receivers dropped two td passes
- your line can't block #97 AT ALL

I mean...what plays are going to work?

- Stop running screens repeatedly then.
- One was a defensive back, one looked interfered with. Both great passes though.
- Dude is going to win awards at the end of the year. STOP running directly at him.

 

[orangecuse]

Maybe the game calling was questionable, but bottom line is, you can't miss an extra point & a 40 yard indoor field goal! We should of won 20-17...this team isn't talented enough to overcome any missed scoring opportunities, especially against an opponent as equally matched as Pitt.

 

[OrangeAggieArmy]

Get John Reagan from Rice!

 

[orangemass]

Norton lost this game.


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[BostonOrange]

- Stop running screens repeatedly then.
- One was a defensive back, one looked interfered with. Both great passes though.
- Dude is going to win awards at the end of the year. STOP running directly at him.

Well that is kind of my point - you are throwing passes to defensive backs. And as for running right at him we tried a lot of perimeter runs and they didn't work either. I don't know...I just think it's easy to blame play calling after the plays don't work. The main reason why we don't have a good offense is we don't throw it well, catch it well, or block it well. And oh yeah we can't kick it either.

 

[orange79]

Norton lost this game.


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Missed EP was not his fault. The line blocks like they were supposed to and we're in OT.

 

[djcon57]

I don't know...I just think it's easy to blame play calling after the plays don't work. The main reason why we don't have a good offense is we don't throw it well, catch it well, or block it well. And oh yeah we can't kick it either.

I can only speak for myself, but I've been consistent all year long that I think WR screens, read option, and no huddle with this level of talent is absolutely ridiculous

 

[All4SU]

No one player lost this game.

 

[Orijinal]

You wanna know why the offense was mediocre today? 2 reasons: #1 Aaron Donald. #2 G Mcdonald is a FIRST TIME offensive coordinator at a BCS school. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT????????????

 

[BostonOrange]

I can only speak for myself, but I've been consistent all year long that I think WR screens, read option, and no huddle with this level of talent is absolutely ridiculous

So what plays should we run?

 

[djcon57]

So what plays should we run?

Let's see...we have a 2 giant RBs. How about more power inside runs? How about running plays w/ a FB in the game? How about more play action with the WRs going DOWN THE FIELD vs popping back for screens. How about more two TE sets vs 3 WRs when you have very little talent at WR? How about huddling to make sure everyone knows the play and count to fix the penalty issues we've seen ALL SEASON LONG?

 

[iommi]

So what plays should we run?

Quick slants, which we almost never do and more throws to our TEs. Wales has been under-utilized all year. if we are going to run WR screens ( and IMO we run them too much), why not fake off of that and hitch and go? There is no ingenuity.

 

[iommi]

And I'll add: Why not put our QB under center on occasion?

 

[BostonOrange]

Quick slants, which we almost never do and more throws to our TEs. Wales has been under-utilized all year. if we are going to run WR screens ( and IMO we run them too much), why not fake off of that and hitch and go? There is no ingenuity.

Seems like our success rate on slants is pretty low though? Brolyd certainly has caused at least one pick that I can think of by not competing for the ball on one. We ran one today on a 3rd down and Hunt threw it into the d-lines face mask. We ran one on another third down and Clark didn't sit down in the zone and Hunt threw it behind him. So not sure the slant is the answer. Like an occasional go off the WR screen. Not sure the D respects it enough to come up hard enough to make it work though. All goes back to lack of playmakers in my opinion.

 

[BostonOrange]

Let's see...we have a 2 giant RBs. How about more power inside runs? How about running plays w/ a FB in the game? How about more play action with the WRs going DOWN THE FIELD vs popping back for screens. How about more two TE sets vs 3 WRs when you have very little talent at WR? How about huddling to make sure everyone knows the play and count to fix the penalty issues we've seen ALL SEASON LONG?

You really think we don't run enough power inside runs? We run more of that than any other play don't we? I mean...I don't entirely disagree with you on the play calling. But it's more of a personnel issue.

 

[djcon57]

All goes back to lack of playmakers in my opinion.

We have 1 NFL level playmaker. He touched the ball 16 times in a game he should've touched it 25 times.

 

[djcon57]

You really think we don't run enough power inside runs? We run more of that than any other play don't we? I mean...I don't entirely disagree with you on the play calling. But it's more of a personnel issue.

I don't consider read option a power inside run

 

[BostonOrange]

We have 1 NFL level playmaker. He touched the ball 16 times in a game he should've touched it 25 times.

I would say we have zero. Smith had one 36 yd run and 15-50 on the rest of them. I don't mind Morris getting some carries

 

[orangemass]

Missed EP was not his fault. The line blocks like they were supposed to and we're in OT.

Disagree. Very slow execution by norton


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[Bayside44]

We have 1 NFL level playmaker. He touched the ball 16 times in a game he should've touched it 25 times.

We do?