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Message: [QUOTE="Van111, post: 812073, member: 1851"] I have to say, attending both the Maryland and FSU games, our defensive scheme in the secondary set up the guys for failure. I counted on 6 occassions in Florida, considering there were only 45 offensive snaps by FSU, were we didn't have a DB covering a wideout. On two of these occassions, Winston simply didn't go to it, and once was actually sacked with a wide open receiver to his left. On the other 4, he went 3 times to this wide out for gains of 27+ yards and 1 TD. Frankly, as bad as the score was, FSU did nothing special at all. Almost evreything were quick screens to wideouts and have them make plays. After it was 28-0, they had us so spread out they were gashing us for long runs right up the middle. We took no chances and really never played any press coverage to even attempt to get Winston out of his comfort zone. It was pitch and catch to virtually wide open receivers for most of the day. Very much like the Georgia Tech game, we had the wrong coverages and spreads throughout the game. In the MD game, it could have been exposed as well, as MD continually dropped passes and the QB simply missed them on multiple occassions, so the game plan actaully looked better than it actually was. Yes we are way over matched talent wise and it showed against FSU, but you have to take some chances with your corners to get in the mind of the opposing teams QBs. As for the offense. as much as I like what TH has been able to accomplish this year, we simply don't make downfield plays, and don't have a system in place to get the ball to our best athletes in space. They shut us down easily in the run department by having 7 in the box and an occassional blitzing CB or Safety. We had one opportunity down field to a wide open TE and it was thrown 10 yards over his head. Other than that, we never threw more than 15 yards down field in the game, and I think that was only on one other occassion. How can you go 6 conference games without a TD pass, and quite frankly, I don't even think we have been close to having one. Both the MD and Wake Games could have been loses if not for a steller perfomance by our defense. In a nutshell, Coaching needs to look at the plays we are calling, and also bring some discipline to a team that is just racking up the penalties. Grading is one aspect for sure, but you have to have sound system in place with team discipline to carry it through in order to get better, both players and coaching. [/QUOTE]

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