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Message: [QUOTE="Crusty, post: 314200, member: 2265"] What is the evidence to support the position that Hackett is a good OC? I can't find any objective data to support that Hackett is anything but somebody's son. So, tell me what makes you believe that Hackett is a good OC? The object is to score points - if a team cannot do that stats don't mean much. Last year we were 84th in the nation with 24.2 points (20.9 vs BE opponents). Our Big East Rankings (And let's face it the Big East sucks.) Total Yards 7 Yds/Game 5 Total Passing Yds 6 Passing Yards/Game 5 Total Rushing Yards 6 Rushing Yards/Game 6 Points 7 Points/game 7 Nassib. First of all I do not think Nassib is the problem. If he is compared to other Big East QB's he stacks up pretty well. The stats are pretty representative of the problem. We are in the middle of the pack with pass attempts but we had the second highest completions together with the 2nd lowest average yards per attempt. We simply are playing dink and dunk. I have been a critic of Nassib's long passing accuracy but, in fairness, we seldom throw long who knows if he might improve if we threw more bombs. Big East Quarterbacks 2011 QB Rating Nassib 4th Passing Attempts 4th Completions 2nd Total Yards 2nd Completion % 4th Yards Per Attempt 7th Longest 7th TDs 2nd Interceptions 4th Sacks 4th It seems to me that a couple of things jump out. [LIST] [*]Nassib had the 4th highest QB rating so he was middle of the pack. I think this is pretty good becasue there were some very good QB's last year. [*]As mentioned above, Nassib had the 2nd most completions and 2nd highest total yards but 7th best yards per attempt meaning that his passes were mostly short and we didn't get many yards after the catch. His longest was also 7th. [*]As a side note Nassib was sacked (as measured by sacks per attempt) was 5th in the BE. The OLine may have done a better job than most observers thought. [/LIST] I think that by any reasonable standard the passing game taken as a whole is not the problem but its shortcomings contribute to the problems in the running game. Last year we were 6th in total rushing yards and yards per game. Over 60 yards per game less than BE rushing leader South Florida. I believe that a lot of the reason is that opponents stack the box against us and do not fear the long pass. Every coach will tell you that they will stay in the defense that works until the opponent forces them out of it. We have never been able to do that. (Only West Virginia played that silly 3-3-5 passive garbage and we all know what happened.) IMO Hackett was never able to design plays that worked against defenses that we consistently saw all year. He was also unable to change things at half time much less on-the-fly. Nassib does not call the plays so the fault does not rest with him. I could be wrong but everything I look at tells me the fault lies with Hackett and, to the extent that he imposes his will on the offensive plan, Doug. I don't like to unfairly criticize the players or the staff but I just can't see that these observations are wrong. If someone gives me objective reason to change my conclusion I will gladly do so. I am hopeful that the much publicized O changes will yield results. If not we need to go back to the drawing board with respect to everything we are doing on offense. [/QUOTE]

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