It’s a real shame you aren’t a coach. Lots of openings this year!
Coaching Staff In The First Half
- Thread starter Thomasrickj
- Start date
It’s a real shame you aren’t a coach. Lots of openings this year!
He's just trying to minimize errors.
It's what Brad Childress and Mike Zimmer did as coaches of the Vikings.
It is what Ferentz does at Iowa, Franklin at PSU, Dantonio did at MSU, Chryst did at Wisconsin.
Not quite sure how that system would work at a place like ISU once your opponents know that is your strategy.
Oh, and that's why apparently Sama is in the doghouse.
I mean, wouldn't want a gamebreaking carry, he fumbled once!
Not to mention Kansas was playing for a lot too. It’s not like they weren’t trying. They laid their egg against osu. A team we beat.
Careful: there's still a few that think this KU team is the same thing as the majority of the last decade and there's no way an average football team or program could ever lose to them.
You know, I love comments like this.
St. Matthew has some real flaws with his strategy, and it appears they are never going to change.
Instead of responding to specific and obvious critiques, we get immature taunts.
Probably because deep down, everybody knows I'm right, and refuses to admit anything about the Emperor's wardrobe.
You don't think home games, at night, in November, on National TV, aren't controlling your destiny?
I love Coach Campbell...but found this tweet interesting:
I’d be a lot more interested in the complaints if people like you would not act like they know the solution.
As I said, the first half was bad. Something needed to change. I don’t know what it was. You don’t either. I don’t know how fast it could change. You don’t either.
The point still stands, people think you do x, y and z and it "maximizes your chance to win", whatever the **** that means. It's still not that simple.
Against a better team with 3 games left afterward?
No.
None of those factors have anything to do with the game at hand on the field.
That’s not great. If one accepts that a down year was acceptable last year, I guess I don’t mind it.
Most teams have to build and get stronger as the season goes on. Look at OSU, they lost the first conference game and now it looks like they are going to win out and be the number one seed in the championship game. This was the same OSU that had kids leaving left and right before the season, and spent the first 3 games switching out quarterbacks. They had one of the best backs in the conference and they were not giving him carriers.
Now look at them, they are a completely different team, they are running the ball, the QB is still nothing special, but he plays winning football, and they have cleaned up their mistakes where we have not.
Coaching means that you play to your strengths and take those same strengths away from your opponent. The best way to run the ball is to throw deep 6/8 times a game to keep the DB's back, when do not do it enough, so they come flying up and cut the running play down before it can get started. Twice at least this year against EIU and KU we have thrown that quick out, and got it jumped for a pick six, you cannot throw that pass when they do not expect you to go deep and make the defender turn his hips, allowing the receiver to break out of his route and catch the ball.
Not arguing with this but it doesn't have anything to do with ISU. I have no idea what was going on with OSU earlier but they've got more playmakers out there.
Does ISU have anyone in the 'best ______ in the conference' conversation? Maybe Tampa and Cooper?
OSU is one that could be put in that 'control their own destiny' column because their schedule is pretty weak for the last 3 games after beating OU.
To be fair with the pick 6 vs KU: Rocco threw it *directly* to the defender 5 yards off the receiver.
The pick 6 against KU did not get jumped, Becht threw it as if Higgins was running a slant, but he ran a hitch. The ball was right to the CB who didn't even have to move.
Yeah it was a miscommunication between the WR and Becht. Not sure who was right or wrong, but Rocco clearly thought Higgins was running a different route.
"Sports-wise" (i.e. not in the grand scheme of life, family, happiness, etc. - but from a "sports" passion perspective) I find it extremely disappointing to lose to that Kansas program, yes. I find it embarrassing, actually. Night game. National audience. HUGE stakes. I think that it absolutely sucks (and is embarrassing the sports-side of me) that Kansas has already passed us so quickly into their rebuild.
I am really frustrated with our coaching staff and the common themes in these losses, year after year after year. I am not frustrated with the players - they are young men (some kids) that work hard and play hard. I am frustrated with the coaching, strategy, and scheme decisions that put them in positions that make our margins razor thin.
I really for the life of me cannot fathom how their are fans here that are so ANTI that sentiment. Like, are you offended? Are you mad at people that are frustrated with these specific types of losses? Can we really not be frustrated with our coaches?
And assuming I will get the "OH WeLL iF YoU ARE So SMArt THen mAYbe YOU ShouLD CoAcH!" response, I will 100% admit I probably should not be a coach (given that I am not qualified). I am though qualified to vent and b*tch about the team/school I love on a free sports message board.