The announcers kept complaining that we threw the ball too much and didn't get Scarlett enough touches, but the play calling was the one thing that didn't bother me tonight, at least on offense. The o-line blocking, Frank's bad throws, Scarlett's terrible hands, the lack of tempo, the entire defense... those things bothered me. The offensive play calling didn't.
The announcers kept harping on how bad the play calling was, but I didn't have a problem with it
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I’m not sure what we have to feature. We can’t block the run, Franks apparently can’t run the option, and he’s inaccurate throwing.
It was bad. It’s not just the fact that we threw so much, we couldn’t run so it’d be excusable if we used a short passing game as a substitute for the run. But we kept taking deepshots just about every time we passed. Those are low percentage passes. Besides the fact we couldn’t run it’s one of the reasons we stayed in 2nd and 3rd and long all night. Beyond that though Franks should not be throwing 40 times in a game. That’s not a winning play.
They were getting Franks experience, win or lose. That is what the play calling is about a lot of times. If you do not get your QB experience in his reads, his footwork and many other things, he will never grow in that position.
I didn't have any issues with the play calling I knew they couldn't run the ball well, not with this OLine. Here is the way I see it, if all the passing helps the OLine get better, then do it. Maybe Mullen knew this and he realized they have to work on one thing at a time, this week was all aspects of passing the ball, next week they may come and not throw a single pass and run the ball. Practice doesn't give you experience, game play does..
I didn't have any issues with the play calling I knew they couldn't run the ball well, not with this OLine. Here is the way I see it, if all the passing helps the OLine get better, then do it. Maybe Mullen knew this and he realized they have to work on one thing at a time, this week was all aspects of passing the ball, next week they may come and not throw a single pass and run the ball. Practice doesn't give you experience, game play does..
I think it was not smart. Seemed like we had a bunch of 2nd and 10s due to all that 1st down passing which gets you behind the chains especially not being a good passing team.
Exactly. If you’re gonna do it at least mix in a lot of short passes as a substitute for us not being able to run. But we were dropping back doing things like going max protect and sending two men deep with no underneath checkdown. We turned into an air raid team over one week...with a QB who’s still developing and an oline who lets rushers through with 3 men. How does it make sense to drop back 38 times knowing that? And for the second straight week it cost us points on the goaline.
How freakin' clueless can you both/all be???
Franks - 17 of 38, 44.7% for 2342 yds, 2 TD's, 1 Int, 2 sacks
Rushing - 11 for 44 yds, 4.0 ypc, 0 TD's
Perine - 4 for 34 yds, 8.5 ypc, 0 TDs, L-15
Rec - 1 for 18 yds (18.0)
Toney 2 for 10 yds, 5.0 ypc, 0 TD's, L-8
Rec - 2 for 35 yds. (17.5)
Davis 4 for 15 yds, 3.8 ypc, 0 TD's, L-10
Rec - 2 for 25 yds. (12.5)
Scarlett - 7 for 25 yds, 3.6 ypc, 0 TD's, L-9
Rec - 2 for 34 yds. (17.0)
~ 4th in ypc, 3rd in yds/rec
Roughly, 38 passing to 28 rushing,(58% to 42% lack of balance) and Franks had 11 of the runs, so only 17 rushing attempts by the runners, and the one with the least ypc (Scarlett) got the most (7) of those few.
Perine 4 for 8.5 ypc
Toney 2 for 5.0 y[c
Davis 4 for 3.8 ypc
Combined 10 for 59 yds, 5.9 ypc <<< OL seemed to be blocking.
Franks 11 for 4.0 ypc
Scarlett 7 for 3.6 ypc <<< lowest ypc of the 5 runners.
Combined 18 for 69 yds, 3.8 ypc <<< Blocking, or something else?
While 9.4 ypc Pierce sat on the freakin' bench...
So it's obviously on the OL, not on Franks/Scarlett/Coaches
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The announcers were partially correct imo.
The coaches needed to call more running plays than pass plays, or at least something closer to a balance (P-38 -- R-28)
Scarlett 3.6 ypc needed to swap places on the bench with Pierce 9.4 ypc.
A QB that can complete more than 44% needed to be in the game.
How freakin' clueless can you both/all be???
Franks - 17 of 38, 44.7% for 2342 yds, 2 TD's, 1 Int, 2 sacks
Rushing - 11 for 44 yds, 4.0 ypc, 0 TD's
Perine - 4 for 34 yds, 8.5 ypc, 0 TDs, L-15
Rec - 1 for 18 yds (18.0)
Toney 2 for 10 yds, 5.0 ypc, 0 TD's, L-8
Rec - 2 for 35 yds. (17.5)
Davis 4 for 15 yds, 3.8 ypc, 0 TD's, L-10
Rec - 2 for 25 yds. (12.5)
Scarlett - 7 for 25 yds, 3.6 ypc, 0 TD's, L-9
Rec - 2 for 34 yds. (17.0)
~ 4th in ypc, 3rd in yds/rec
Roughly, 38 passing to 28 rushing,(58% to 42% lack of balance) and Franks had 11 of the runs, so only 17 rushing attempts by the runners, and the one with the least ypc (Scarlett) got the most (7) of those few.
Perine 4 for 8.5 ypc
Toney 2 for 5.0 y[c
Davis 4 for 3.8 ypc
Combined 10 for 59 yds, 5.9 ypc <<< OL seemed to be blocking.
Franks 11 for 4.0 ypc
Scarlett 7 for 3.6 ypc <<< lowest ypc of the 5 runners.
Combined 18 for 69 yds, 3.8 ypc <<< Blocking, or something else?
While 9.4 ypc Pierce sat on the freakin' bench...
So it's obviously on the OL, not on Franks/Scarlett/Coaches
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The announcers were partially correct imo.
The coaches needed to call more running plays than pass plays, or at least something closer to a balance (P-38 -- R-28)
Scarlett 3.6 ypc needed to swap places on the bench with Pierce 9.4 ypc.
A QB that can complete more than 44% needed to be in the game.
Not only that, but the players were to EARN their plays and carries?
Must be doing the earning somewhere other than on the field in games...
2019 RB Rushing Stats:
RB Lamical Perine (6) 10.3 ypc, L-27
(take away his L-23, it's still 5 for 39, 7.8 ypc)
RB Dameon Pierce (9) 8.3 ypc, L-23
(take away his L-27, it's still 8 for 48, 6.0 ypc)
RB Malik Davis (10) 5.3 ypc, L-16
RB/WR Kadarius Toney (2) 5.0 ypc, L-8
RB Iverson Clement (1) 5.0 ypc, L-5
RB Jordan Scarlett (13) 3.8 ypc, L-9
(why the hell is he still getting the majority of the touches?)
Not only that, but the players were to EARN their plays and carries?
Must be doing the earning somewhere other than on the field in games...
2019 RB Rushing Stats:
RB Lamical Perine (6) 10.3 ypc, L-27
(take away his L-23, it's still 5 for 39, 7.8 ypc)
RB Dameon Pierce (9) 8.3 ypc, L-23
(take away his L-27, it's still 8 for 48, 6.0 ypc)
RB Malik Davis (10) 5.3 ypc, L-16
RB/WR Kadarius Toney (2) 5.0 ypc, L-8
RB Iverson Clement (1) 5.0 ypc, L-5
RB Jordan Scarlett (13) 3.8 ypc, L-9
(why the hell is he still getting the majority of the touches?)
Carrying the ball 13 of the 41 rushes from RBs we've had this year, is not he majority of The touches.
And he only has three more carries than Davis, 4 more than Pierce.
For someone that lauds statistics. You sure don't know how to use them.
Pitiful little attention beggar, kinda sad really, but here ya go,,, yet again.
Here to foul up yet another thread with his always village idiot smelly crap.
Never need to read his posts, because they are always going to be,,, what they are, and what he will always be. This asswipe stalker arrives to spread his usual crap, and to be the lonely despised drunk loser that he is...
There once was a goater named dunny,
who was always trying to be funny.
But with his head up his butt,
and a load of beer in his gutt,
when it came to the girls he got nunny...
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Here to foul up yet another thread with his always village idiot smelly crap.
Never need to read his posts, because they are always going to be,,, what they are, and what he will always be. This asswipe stalker arrives to spread his usual crap, and to be the lonely despised drunk loser that he is...
There once was a goater named dunny,
who was always trying to be funny.
But with his head up his butt,
and a load of beer in his gutt,
when it came to the girls he got nunny...
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz
Easy to sit there and call the plays from a booth.
Mullen will show them a thing or two
Not sure why Perine isn't getting more carries? Did not follow the program over the summer. Was he in some kind of trouble or the coaches doghouse or something? Why was Davis the starter in the first game of the year? He looks small.
Davis is probably our best back when 100% healthy and runs pretty hard for a guy his size.
Davis, Perine & Pierce have looked the best to me, although I'm not sure Pierce saw the field against KY. Scarlett dropped 2 passes, but it seemed the coaches decided in game preparation that we couldn't run the ball so they never made a concerted effort to try to establish a running game. I think about half our rushing attempts were QB scrambles. Toney needs to be on the field more and they need to figure out how to get the ball in his hands. Franks doesn't have the accuracy, nor does he read defenses well enough, for us to be a pass first team. I thought the play calling and the game plan in general was very poor.
2019 (2 Gms) RB Rushing Stats:
RB Lamical Perine 5-11 227 (6) 10.3 ypc, L-23
(take away his L-23, it's still 5 for 39, 7.8 ypc)
Rec - 1 for 18 yds
(4.0 character, never in trouble, never suspended)
RB Dameon Pierce 5-10 216 (9) 8.3 ypc, L-27
(take away his L-27, it's still 8 for 48, 6.0 ypc)
RB/WR Malik Davis 5-11 191 (10) 5.3 ypc, L-16
Rec - 3 for 33 yds, 11.0 yds/rec
~ Davis and Toney are the same size with similar running styles.
WR/RB Kadarius Toney 5-11 190 (2) 5.0 ypc, L-8
Rec - 2 for 35 yds, 17.5 yds/rec
RB Iverson Clement 5-11 202 (1) 5.0 ypc, L-5
RB Jordan Scarlett 5-11 210 (13) 3.8 ypc, L-9
Why the hell is Jordan still getting the most touches?
Because like Franks, he gives the coaches the best chance to win NOW...
Rec - 2 for 34 yds, 17.0 yds/rec -- + drops
RB/KR Adarius Lemons 6-0 207 So -- 7.2 ypc, but ZERO carries after 2 games.
So, now we lose Lemons, in order to keep the least productive (ypc) RB that is (likely - hopefully) gone after this season.... FREAKIN' GENIUS THAT IS...
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TE's
Stephens - 1 for 18 yds, 1 TD -- then back to the bench...
Krull - 2 for 33 yds, 16.5 yds/rec, 0 TD
Gamble - 2 for 19 yds, 9.5 yds/rec, 0 TD
Lewis - NADA - the one time he got open, dropped...
R.J. Raymond - ZERO rec, just drops...
So of course, Lewis is again the starter with Raymond as his primary backup...
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Anyone still wanna try to tell me that there's no such thing as politics in football, or that rampant 'favoritism' never happens???
I'm beginning to think that the Clinton's bought the UAA, and now Hillary is making the calls and decisions, while Bill roams around campus and,,,, oh never-mind...
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