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re: Post game thoughts.
Posted on 10/22/12 at 1:07 pm to LegacyAggie
Posted on 10/22/12 at 1:07 pm to LegacyAggie
Legacy,
There is a big difference between being satisfied with losing and saying that KK needs to be thrown under the bus. Our offense had more success against LSU than any team they have played so far. Our problem was execution, not scheme. You can blame that on the coaches and that's fair but it's not fair to expect that every play will work. KK has to work with Johnny on his decision making but that takes time. Certainly I felt there was a lot of improvement though in this game than we had against UF. We also weren't shut down in the 2nd half though we did repeatedly shoot ourselves in the foot.
I'm not happy with that loss. I felt sick leaving that game. You have to give a coach at least some time though. I have always made my judgements of Aggie teams based on 2 things:
1. Are we playing hard to the final snap and showing no signs of quit?
2. Are we improving?
I still feel good about the answers to those questions right now. I feel much better about Sumlin's ability to improve this team as well over Fran or Sherman. The question is how far can he take us? We just don't know yet.
There is a big difference between being satisfied with losing and saying that KK needs to be thrown under the bus. Our offense had more success against LSU than any team they have played so far. Our problem was execution, not scheme. You can blame that on the coaches and that's fair but it's not fair to expect that every play will work. KK has to work with Johnny on his decision making but that takes time. Certainly I felt there was a lot of improvement though in this game than we had against UF. We also weren't shut down in the 2nd half though we did repeatedly shoot ourselves in the foot.
I'm not happy with that loss. I felt sick leaving that game. You have to give a coach at least some time though. I have always made my judgements of Aggie teams based on 2 things:
1. Are we playing hard to the final snap and showing no signs of quit?
2. Are we improving?
I still feel good about the answers to those questions right now. I feel much better about Sumlin's ability to improve this team as well over Fran or Sherman. The question is how far can he take us? We just don't know yet.
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Posted on 10/22/12 at 2:36 pm to aggressor
I think that it's very easy to over-analyze football. Last season, I was measuring the ratio of yards to points in the 1st half versus the 2nd half of games. The results were interesting but really only showed that we typically put up fewer yards in the 2nd half, that the drop off was a lot less than generally thought, and that we moved the ball but rarely scored in the 2nd half... (and rarely for the same reasons from week to week).
Jump to 2012. In our first loss, in the 2nd half Florida put a spy on JFF and kept him in the pocket. It killed our offense.
In the 2nd quarter Saturday, LSU appeared to change from a 4-3 to a 3-4 (bizarre!) and we didn't move the ball nearly as well after the switch. JFF also had three interceptions after this switch, two of which were his fault.
Essentially, both defenses made changes to put the game in the JFF's hands, and he didn't take care of business either time. At this point in his development, he doesn't read defenses well. He looks at his primary receiver and then runs if there is nothing there, at least that's what I see watching us. With the athleticism of Florida and LSU, nothing much came from him running in those situations.
I didn't believe in this offense when Leach ran it at Tceh. In a way, however, it's worked better for us than I expected this season. It's just a matter of having a QB who can do his check downs and find the open man. Something which should happen for JFF as he gains experience.
Just my two cents.
Jump to 2012. In our first loss, in the 2nd half Florida put a spy on JFF and kept him in the pocket. It killed our offense.
In the 2nd quarter Saturday, LSU appeared to change from a 4-3 to a 3-4 (bizarre!) and we didn't move the ball nearly as well after the switch. JFF also had three interceptions after this switch, two of which were his fault.
Essentially, both defenses made changes to put the game in the JFF's hands, and he didn't take care of business either time. At this point in his development, he doesn't read defenses well. He looks at his primary receiver and then runs if there is nothing there, at least that's what I see watching us. With the athleticism of Florida and LSU, nothing much came from him running in those situations.
I didn't believe in this offense when Leach ran it at Tceh. In a way, however, it's worked better for us than I expected this season. It's just a matter of having a QB who can do his check downs and find the open man. Something which should happen for JFF as he gains experience.
Just my two cents.
This post was edited on 10/22/12 at 2:39 pm
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