Yep, sometimes they just seem to have ears in thehuddle. The difference here is the baffling attack, regression at QB, pacing problems, and overall strategy.
Do you require a list of young coaches who desperately want to move up? It's several hundred names. Or will you stand firm with the argument that Mike Grant wants to stay at Eden Prairie?
Illinois does have a good defense and they look even better when you never counter what they are doing.
I don’t think you understand what I’m saying. I’m not saying no one wants to move up.
I said that the week before the game. They are probably the 5th best team of our 9 opponents. But they aren’t bad.
Amen
No, you are saying "not everyone" -- well understood in case of some older guys -- and specifically that Simon might not. I simply don't believe that.
Sanford is staying. PJ says it is a case of players not executing. That is what he told the team.
Hmmm...sounds like some of these players aren't getting it after being around for a 3-4 years or more. Not elite.
i was asking if Simon was. Because if he was he probably could’ve landed one outside the MN program in the last two years
Good points re: changing asst coaches mid-season.
I tend to agree with this. The offense is 90% the same as it was from the 2018 offense. This offense is less than 50% the same as Sanford’s offenses at western Kentucky. I don’t remember much of Sanford time at Notre dame so I won’t comment on Notre dame
You are correct that the philosophy of the offense is Fleck's and he is going to have an OC that follows his overall beliefs of control the clock, limit possessions, and play with a pretty conservative mindset in general.
One thing that keeps coming to me is matchups. I wonder if our team doesn't match up as well as we'd like to think against certain teams. "We" have built our team to line up against Iowa and Wisconsin. Perhaps there needs to be some major tweaking to compete against other programs.
Probably something to this. I remember with Bowling Green there was talk of them running a lot of stunts and what not with smaller/quicker defensive lineman. Illinois runs a 3-4 so also is going to have more smaller/quicker guys on the field in general.
The type of offense is not the issue. Failure to make in game adjustments is what it really boils down to, especially in the two poor games.
All of what you said. I was wondering if we've reached a point where we will struggle to do some things because we are just too thin in some areas.
Maybe those teams didn't have the personnel to do it.Right.
What I just can't fathom is: why didn't Purdue, Nebraska, Maryland, and Northwestern just do exactly the same thing????
What was Bert able to see, that none of those four could figure out?? Bert!!!
If that's the case, then one could imply that it was PJ's defense when Robb Smith was here.
