orangepassion
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- What an effort by Shrader and Tucker. Shrader's definitely got some Tebow in him. If he can start to hit the occasional long pass, watch out
- I am concerned with him holding out for the year with how much we're asking him to do. 29 carries for a QB is insane
- Under the radar was how well our young OL Ilaoa and Ellis played. I don't think we missed a beat with them in there (Ilaoa arguably looked better than Servais), which is a testament to them and Coach Schmidt
- Remember when RB was our deepest position? With Howard gone and Adams supposedly hurt, Lutz was our only RB left. This is at least the 3rd time this year he has struggled to hold onto the ball in very limited carries-Don't remember it being a problem last year. Hope we can get Adams back ASAP
- I was disappointed to see so little of Alford. Let's make Garrett's life easier passing the ball and give him a 6-5 target instead of trying to squeeze in those long shots to Sharod. All I've seen from Alford this year is catching everything and breaking tackles
- Disappointed how we used Benson. He could help us with some intermediate looks.
- Like the way we implemented some slant passes this week-They were very effective
- While I'm disappointed in our kicking game, I'm higher on Pena as a returner than some here. I always feel like he can break one-good combo of speed and power. However, the WR coverage teams were excellent. They are a very well-coached team, in general
- Garrett really struggled this game
- Roscoe and Wax continue to make plays
- I know that the most controversial decision of the day for Dino was accepting the penalty to get WF out of FG range, but another decision bothered me at least as much. Soon after Wake converted that 3rd and 23, they had a 1st and goal with 2:40 left in the 1st half and 3 timeouts left. Wake had more than enough time to run 4 more plays, but if we use our timeouts on Defense, we get the ball back with 2 minutes left and plenty of time to have another good drive. Instead, we let them milk most of the clock and we got it back with only 43 seconds left. We then burn one of our 2 remaining timeouts before we even run a play on offense. So we're left with only 43 seconds and 1 timeout. We of course get some yards down the field, but run out of time before we can get into FG range. This is the second week in a row something like this happened and symbolizes Dino's continued struggles with clock management. It is very frustrating to watch. I want to believe in Dino and feel he has improved in some matters, but I have no confidence we can win a 50/50/close game. If not for a super play by Roscoe and Wax to cause a turnover late against Liberty, this would be our 3rd game in a row where we lost late with shoddy decision-making a big factor. I hope Dino can look at himself in the mirror and realize he needs to do something different for these clock management, end of half decisions.
- I also think he struggles at times to make a quick, decisive decision (ala George Mcdonald) in big situations. How many times over the years have we struggled to get the play off in time or get the special Teams on the field for a big play? How many times do we have to waste timeouts, particularly when we get to the red zone? How many of you believe in him in a close game? I want to believe in Dino, but he's got to fix this ASAP as this must be demoralizing to the guys and coaches in the locker room.
- Having said that, every game is still up for grabs the rest of the year. If we can beat Clemson, which I think we should be able to do at home, that hopefully gives the team a big boost in the arm and can save the season. Clemson has not been scoring a lot of points and have had a bunch of injuries to key players. Dino likes to pull out the stops against Clemson and in Friday night games. Don't think a moral victory will do it-Need a victory on Friday. Think we can pull it off.
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