One more point for the Apologists' Parade

[IthacaMatt]

Some of you have been talking about how our team gets exposed on film and that has led to our demise late in the season after starting fast. Go posted this, and perhaps others. And it is somewhat of a good point.

But as I think about it more, we aren't getting "exposed" until six or seven games into the season. I don't know about you, but I don't see a ton of trickery out there on offense or special teams, so I'm not so sure where we are fooling people and it takes them 2 months of football to figure out our complicated game plans and tactics.

Rather, we have been getting worn down from injuries, suspensions and defections, leaving us with short squads at the midpoint of each of Doug's 3 seasons so far. Part of that is because he has these guys hitting hard in practice, because we had turned into such a soft team under Robinson - he of the infamous "thud" drills. Injuries mount when you are going 100% all the time in practice. To me, this is a factor as well.

One would hope that they can teach these kids how to tackle, without having to keep beating each other up in practice late in the season, so as to avoid further injury.

For once this year, I don't want to hear how we are down so many men that we can't hold a full practice because of injury, suspension and defection. Time to start being smart about these things.

 

[ImperialOrange]

The other part of getting "exposed" later in the season is that we are playing teams familiar with us vs OOC teams that haven't seen us before. We need to throw in a few wrinkles to keep conference opponents honest because last year it was apperent that alot of other teams knew exactly what we were going to run at them.

 

[rosconey]

The other part of getting "exposed" later in the season is that we are playing teams familiar with us vs OOC teams that haven't seen us before. We need to throw in a few wrinkles to keep conference opponents honest because last year it was apperent that alot of other teams knew exactly what we were going to run at them.

its called no balls offense- a conservative style would be a upgrade- we are generic conservative -

 

[RoysRunts]

IMO He puts players in positions to succeed,trains them and then when the game is on the line he dosen't trust them.

 

[ImperialOrange]

its called no balls offense- a conservative style would be a upgrade- we are generic conservative -

It's the same field position game that worked for us the year prior but we didn't have the defense to back it up last year. I agree it's way too conservative but saying things like "no balls offense" is why people trash you on the board vs actually agree with alot of your statements. There's a thought process behind the play calling but it obviously needed to be abandoned after game 9 last year.

 

[rosconey]

do you agree with what i said just dont like the lingo?

if way too conservative isnt another term for lack of balls what is it?

if the way i state my opinion isnt high class enough for you - im sorry

 

[ImperialOrange]

do you agree with what i said just dont like the lingo?

if way too conservative isnt another term for lack of balls what is it?

so its alright to trash a guy who makes sense as long as the term isnt pc enough?

Bingo. You're statements aren't all bad but the negativity oozing out of them, coupled w/ what appears to be personal vandettas gets you written off by many. Feel free to post as you want but thats the reason alot of people seem to bash on everything you say. If your name is attached it is expected to be overwhelmingly negative at this point. Noone is happy about the way last year went, and noone isn't looking for many improvements but your points all get lost in the midst of how you say it.

 

[GHLF]

do you agree with what i said just dont like the lingo?

if way too conservative isnt another term for lack of balls what is it?

if the way i state my opinion isnt high class enough for you - im sorry

What a life you have, nothing would ever be good enough. You have no idea, repeat no idea the task at hand. If marrone does not succeed I would be concerned. Go somewhere else with your whining.