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Message: [QUOTE="Ozone!, post: 3957924, member: 7358"] Let’s look at a number of things here: 1. Our D played good enough for a win; certainly in the back end of the 4th quarter they were fading some, too much time on the field.Coach White has them fired up and flying to the ball. Young but very talented at DB and LB, especially. The do need better DL pressure although they played well at times and had good effort through out. 2. Offensively we are all over the place. Tommy still has problems with moving beyond his primary target, when that’s not available. Some of his throws were off and some should have been caught by the WR. I don’t get why we won’t throw to the TE’s; especially Benson who has good hands and speed. It seems that play calling is by committee; that will never work and isn’t currently. Why have an OC if he is not calling the plays? OL is healthy and improved from last year; this is only the 2nd game Coach Schmidt has coached for us so he needs more time to see how the line develops. Very few OL penalties that were legit. Those officials got bullied by Schiano and their calls, in crucial situations favored Rutgers. Today RB’s we’re not a factor; Rutgers was keying on stopping our run game and OL wasn’t able to dominate Rutgers DL enough for a sustained ground effort. Tommy did show he could run some but he is not an instinctive runner. Wr’s need to help out the QB by catching the throws that they should. Again, no throws to TE’s which makes no sense. 3. Coaching: Coach White has his D flying to the ball and gang tackling. They are getting pressure on the passer and, for the most part covered Wr’s well and they are young. LB’s a solid unit aggressive and decent tacklers. DL needs to be able to apply consistent pressure though they had some good moments. The Offense by committee has to go; the play calling way too predictable and they don’t seem to be able to find a way to keep the defense confused and guessing. The best offenses are aggressive, unpredictable, with speed, power and determination. Think Oregon and others. To punt, in the 4th quarter is like giving up. Coaches need to show the players that they trust them to come through in times like that! Special Teams: How do you switch punters in the game like that? They are so lucky that the D bailed them out! Kick off coverage, good. Some of the penalties were bogus calls. Mostly a good effort. Do you switch coaches now; IMO, no. We are 1-1 and he need to see more games to see what develops. Plus, we would likely loose significant young talent to transfers and many of our best talent is found in our younger players. Plus, I would hate to loose Coach White. Nick Monroe is a recruiting machine. A new system means another steep learning curve. Am I saying we go with HCDB if noticeable improvement is not seen as the season progresses, no! Yes we are frustrated losing to Rutgers; but, let’s assess as we move throughout the season. Go Orange! [/QUOTE]

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