Top 6 reasons we are 5-3.
1. Coaching: The defense should be kept in a small dark closet and not be shown the light of day. There should be one voice saying "Tackle" over and over again until their thick skulls can process that.
2. Coaching: 2 strengths of the South Carolina game besides tackling- safety play and pressure on the QB. Myles Garrett and Armani Watts have gone from Heroes to Zeroes. Maybe the coaches should have been less concerned with telling them how great they are (breaking Clowney's record) and Watts trying to make a play on that punt return. And more concerned with the fundamentals of football on the defensive side to get better play as the season goes on.
3. Coaching: maybe the coaches should have followed if it ain't broke don't fix it. Devante Harris should not have arms to play football. They need to be taken off and he should not be allowed around a football field, EVER. So Victor Davis is playing well with Burns and Watts, and you bring in these "veterans" to play instead. Absolutely pathetic.
4. Coaching: the WR against South Carolina- that was a thing of beauty. And yet they continued to do the same thing against (Lamar, SMU, Rice) and you thought the SEC West teams weren't going to pick up on it? Maybe the coaches should have taken some risks and establishing a presence in some vertical, deep threat play calls to give these "young and talented" WRs and Kenny Hill at QB some experience and more importantly CONFIDENCE throwing the ball more than 15 yards downfield.
5. Coaching: Kevin Sumlin at SEC media days cracks me up. Not the "Cleveland Browns" comment but the fact that he brought up Cam Clear more than any other player on the team. "Clear is a mismatch at 6-6, 260 lbs". Cam Clear stats to date (4 receptions for 35 yards). And yet the main target over the middle without Kennedy has been a walk on Boone Niederhoffer. ALL THAT TALENT. RSJ, CLEAR, NOIL, REYNOLDS, POPE. AND YOUR OFFENSIVE SECURITY BLANKET IN THE MIDDLE IS BOONE NIEDERHOFFER.
6. Coaching: The OL is totally dominant in the first game and you think it is a good idea to just insert Jarvis Harrison back on the line. I get it. He's a veteran. But he was not playing for a reason.
So it is blatantly obvious of who is to blame. THE COACHING STAFF. All this #WRTS, #WHAT, THE WATER CELEBRATIONS, "WE CAN BEAT ANYBODY".... Stop it. The greatest player in the history of our program comes in and the best we finish is third in our own division. We haven't won anything. I have never understood a fan base that celebrates mediocrity the way we do.
1. Coaching: The defense should be kept in a small dark closet and not be shown the light of day. There should be one voice saying "Tackle" over and over again until their thick skulls can process that.
2. Coaching: 2 strengths of the South Carolina game besides tackling- safety play and pressure on the QB. Myles Garrett and Armani Watts have gone from Heroes to Zeroes. Maybe the coaches should have been less concerned with telling them how great they are (breaking Clowney's record) and Watts trying to make a play on that punt return. And more concerned with the fundamentals of football on the defensive side to get better play as the season goes on.
3. Coaching: maybe the coaches should have followed if it ain't broke don't fix it. Devante Harris should not have arms to play football. They need to be taken off and he should not be allowed around a football field, EVER. So Victor Davis is playing well with Burns and Watts, and you bring in these "veterans" to play instead. Absolutely pathetic.
4. Coaching: the WR against South Carolina- that was a thing of beauty. And yet they continued to do the same thing against (Lamar, SMU, Rice) and you thought the SEC West teams weren't going to pick up on it? Maybe the coaches should have taken some risks and establishing a presence in some vertical, deep threat play calls to give these "young and talented" WRs and Kenny Hill at QB some experience and more importantly CONFIDENCE throwing the ball more than 15 yards downfield.
5. Coaching: Kevin Sumlin at SEC media days cracks me up. Not the "Cleveland Browns" comment but the fact that he brought up Cam Clear more than any other player on the team. "Clear is a mismatch at 6-6, 260 lbs". Cam Clear stats to date (4 receptions for 35 yards). And yet the main target over the middle without Kennedy has been a walk on Boone Niederhoffer. ALL THAT TALENT. RSJ, CLEAR, NOIL, REYNOLDS, POPE. AND YOUR OFFENSIVE SECURITY BLANKET IN THE MIDDLE IS BOONE NIEDERHOFFER.
6. Coaching: The OL is totally dominant in the first game and you think it is a good idea to just insert Jarvis Harrison back on the line. I get it. He's a veteran. But he was not playing for a reason.
So it is blatantly obvious of who is to blame. THE COACHING STAFF. All this #WRTS, #WHAT, THE WATER CELEBRATIONS, "WE CAN BEAT ANYBODY".... Stop it. The greatest player in the history of our program comes in and the best we finish is third in our own division. We haven't won anything. I have never understood a fan base that celebrates mediocrity the way we do.