re: Briles apologists get in here

Agree. Bert did Bert. But we were solid passing after BAs first year under Bert as HC. AA was good too.

Our extremely poor red zone efficiency is the main culprit for that.

It doesn’t help when we have had multiple goal line fumbles, red zone stallouts, and drives deep into opponents’ territory netting zero points.

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Arkansas is 24th in the FBS in yards/game.

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Which is why we have people here treating those bitching about the offense and Briles like they are idiots who don't understand "modern football."

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Arkansas is 73rd in the FBS in points/game.

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Which is why we are bitching. The point of offense is to score points, and we aren't doing it. Yes, the defense is atrocious, and Odom probably should be fired, but if your offense can only score 2 or 3 touchdowns per game against any defense with a pulse, then it doesn't really matter how bad the defense is, does it?

Yeah… That’s pretty well known even anecdotally. Not sure what you’re getting at other than stating what we all already know - we move the ball pretty well but suck at scoring.

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Which is why we are bitching. The point of offense is to score points, and we aren't doing it.

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Normally I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt on this because most of the time when you don't score from inside the 10 yard line it's usually pretty fluky and if you keep getting there, odds are you're going to eventually score more times than not.

But we're developing a pattern of screwing up so much down there that it's fair to question if it's just something we're not coaching or preparing enough at. It's happened enough to where it's hard to say it's bad luck.

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Normally I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt on this because most of the time when you don't score from inside the 10 yard line it's usually pretty fluky and if you keep getting there, odds are you're going to eventually score more times than not.

But we're developing a pattern of screwing up so much down there that it's fair to question if it's just something we're not coaching or preparing enough at. It's happened enough to where it's hard to say it's bad luck.

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Things get pretty tight inside the 10, the passing windows shrink up, and it seems like we can't come up with a high percentage passing play to get the job done down there. So we generally try running it in, defenses play to our tendencies, and we get stuffed, whether it's with KJ or a running back.

For the life of me, I don't know why we don't stack all the receivers to one side, go play action and roll KJ or Malik out to the other side. If a receiver gets open coming toward the QB fine, if not, either of them should be able to get in, KJ with brute force and Malik with speed.

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The entire coaching staff needs to better.

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It would help if the players actually executed too. As popular as it is to (rightfully) bitch about Briles and his playcalling at times, the number of plays that didn't work because they were bad calls is vastly outnumbered by the number of plays that didn't work because someone on the field screwed up. Briles doesn't make KJ superman from 5 yards out or cause the runningbacks to inexplicably fumble inside the 5 consistently. He didn't cause the bad snap that pushed Little's kick back further against A&M. He's not the one that struggles to keep his eyes up to find the open receivers. He's not the one that gave Matt Landers bricks for hands. Y'all think it's coincidence that all of a sudden we had dudes open deep when Hornsby played after struggling to get any deep threat all year?

This isn't all on the coaches. At some point it's ok to say the players have fricked up a lot of good opportunities. Pittman's eluded to the same. Some of the shite they do in games he'll address and say "Well they got it right all week in practice.". What more do you want them to do at that point? If they've practiced and performed all week up to that point and then just shite the bed in the game, how are you going to blame the coach? The player fricked up when the lights came on.

All I know is I'd hate to have my reputation locked with the decision making and performance of a bunch of college kids on a week to week basis.

I should note this is more about the offense. The defense is its own can of worms. I don't fully blame Odom for not being able to weather the amount of injuries but we shouldn't be damn near dead last in all of D1.

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The ridiculous amount of motion penalties is a coaching issue.

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The lack of execution is a coaching issue too. Not calling plays that put the players and team in a position to succeed is a coaching issue. Not changing the scheme when you are getting gashed on defense is a coaching issue. Not having enough talent and players is a coaching issue.

I don’t know if Pittman’s “love ‘‘em up” attitude from previous years has turned into a reluctance to get in the players asses when they don’t execute, but it kind of seems like it. I think maybe it has. And I have to wonder if it has spilled over to the coordinators too. Briles was marginally better against Bama and State, but that isn’t good enough. Odom needs to be told that if he doesn’t do something to help the defense, he’s going to be fired before the season is over, and good luck with that next job.

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Idk the answer but how many of those are fumbles/turnovers within the 20?

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I think those stick in our head a lot stronger than the punts and TOD series. The inability to sustain drives is what is killing us. Only surpassed by our inability to score in the red zone. The turnovers just enrage everyone.

Get in here bishes

Please defend this coaching staff