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Message: [QUOTE="Ttk.gman2, post: 5556557, member: 10621"] I really hope Fran takes a long, honest look at this staff after the season because the issues we keep running into aren’t from lack of effort — it’s coaching, development, and game management.Offensively, the O-Line speaks for itself. We can pass block at times, but when we need to run the ball and actually move people, it just isn’t there. We need an OL coach who knows how to teach run blocking at a high level. I’m talking power, counter, pulling guards, finishing at the second level — not just holding up in pass pro. If you want to compete in this conference, you have to be able to line up and get 3–4 yards when the defense knows it’s coming. Right now we can’t do that consistently, and that falls on coaching. On defense, the D-Line room has talent, but the development hasn’t matched. We need a DL coach who can take guys where they are and actually improve them. Get their hands right, teach pass-rush plans, set edges with discipline, win leverage, stack blocks — the details that turn potential into production. Too many guys look the same in November as they did in September, and that’s a problem.Erob is valuable, no question about it. But he needs to just be the Defensive Coordinator. That’s it. Let him focus on the full defense — the scheme, the adjustments, the pressure packages, the in-game chess match. The D-Line needs its own coach, someone who can give that group 100% of their attention. Right now Erob is doing too much at once, and it makes everything less sharp than it could be. We also need a veteran defensive assistant, somebody experienced who can help with the timing of calls, recognizing what offenses are setting up, and collaborating on adjustments before drives start slipping away. Every good defense has more than one brain in the operation — we only have one right now.Same thing on offense. Nixon shows flashes, but sometimes the sequencing is off, or we get away from what’s working, or the offense feels like it loses its rhythm. He needs a seasoned offensive assistant in his ear. Not someone to take over, but someone who can help him manage the game — the timing, the feel, the momentum, the situational calls. [/QUOTE]

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