I'm going to keep saying until some of you begin to get a clue. Could Jimbo be better? Yes. Could the players be better? Yes. Could it be a combination of the two? Yes. Could a new OC, help? Possibly. But laying this all at Jimbos feet is idiotic. Jimbo keeps saying the things the OP says because he isn't going to throw kids under the bus and say:
1. We had a TD drive going and our best player fumbled on the 3 yard line costing us 7 points. That would have been first score of the game, that really hurt. Had right calls there and had players in position. We will stress ball security again.
2. We had another TD drive set up and hit an open receiver in the end zone and Stewart dropped it. Stewart is probably our second best offensive player, that really hurt too. Obviously cost us points. We will stress focus and looking ball into hands again.
3. Didn't take care of football at the end of the half, that costs is points too. We will stress ball security again.
4. Had two potential INTs early, including a gift wrapped pick 6 from perhaps our best defensive player and we just dropped it, that would have been equally huge early but we didn't make the play. We will stress with defensive players again that we need them to catch balls thrown right to them when we get them lined up right and they are coached to be in the right position we gotta coach em up so that they make the last part of that a success by actually catching the ball.
I mean seriously, how many points is that fellas, I can't count that high?
NOPE, he is gonna say any of that, he is gonna keep saying they are close, etc.
The truth is that blame isn't all on Jimbo. That is too simplistic. I get people wanting to find someone to blame. But if we make the plays that were there to be made we win. Most of the time we do and will make those. We just didn't. If you want to lay that all on Jimbo, fine. I just think that I beyond stupid.
Sort of a side note, I get his execution comment and the perfect example of that was the Achane screen pass. Hasn't call a screen entire game. Jimbo catches MSU bringing pressure and sets up screen to our most dynamic player. Pass is complete and Achane has two blockers and tons of space and our center complexity screws up the play. If foster does his job like everybody else did on that play it is likely a TD, or very least a much bigger play. Instead it is a nothing. Do i believe Foster knows what to do? Yes. On this play, he just didn't do it.
