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Message: [QUOTE="DomeStranger, post: 72698, member: 562"] The players are not ready to play and its mostly the coaches fault. Both sides of the ball. On offense: After a play the team walks or barely jogs towards the huddle, they know they are not in a hurry because they'll see Nassib running toward the sideline to get a play, after he [I]finally[/I] gets a play he jogs to the huddle, calls break and the players line up. At this point there is anywhere from 10-20 seconds left on the play clock. There is virtually no time for error (especially if an audible is called) there also isn't much time to call out defensive adjustments. You don't see the offense call many audibles and this may be a reason for it, there just isn't time to make an adjustment. However, I also wonder if the coaching staff trusts Nassib to call many audibles as he hardly ever does. Our "hurry-up" offense is pretty pathetic although we seem to do well when we attempt it. With all the success we have using it, it's very surprising that's it's only used when down by 2 scores in the 4th quarter. On Defense: Time after time, team after team, our defense will get caught sleeping when an offense goes into hurry up and gets to the line quickly. We have players not in position, still running onto the field and sometimes just getting the defensive play called long after the offense has it's play called and is running to the line. Inexcusable, the defense should know their play and where they should be soon after every play. I also don't want to go back and count how many times teams snap the ball before our lineman aren't even in their stances. This puts you at a huge disadvantage, especially for a line (save for #99) that isn't that good to begin with. These problems really bother me. Why? Not only does it make the team look unprepared and undisciplined, but it happens game after game. It's also very correctable. It doesn't matter how big, smart, experienced or fast your players are. This is something that is coached. Our schemes are slow getting in and getting set up. Even if it's the right call, its not going to be effective if the players aren't set up and ready to execute it. Am I over analyzing? Are all college teams guilty of this? Is it just me? Is this Marroneball? [/QUOTE]

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