I had what is likely a highly controversial thought this morning but it occurred to me that Mike Shula knew more about SEC football, particularly offense, than DeBoer. Recruiting and probation to a degree was his downfall. He was a QB who certainly stayed in the game until the very last play!
Generally there is not an argument against that being preferred path, but all the surrounding discussion here alludes to.probable commitments by player "leadership" and coaching staff to keep roster together - and who knows but based on the reshared CKD interview, maybe that was a one year arrangement to scheme around who we have (most notably QB, but could be extended to OL etc not fitting). Maybe there was an expectation of better results, but still.unimaginable that those commitments are so binding that we don't try to work out of the awful.play and full game nose dives in our losses.
So you're saying we wouldn't have won without the 2 turnovers? That's really all it comes down to.
Without the pick 6 and fumble, we win.
Vandy pushed your defense around like they were little girls in that game. Your defense failed utterly. The offense was not perfect, but it shouldn't have had to be perfect against Vandy.
Vandy punted twice in the game and scored on every other possession. They possessed the ball for 42:08 in the game. They dragged Alabama up and down the field from the first snap to the last.
Because this isn't his offense. This is the offense they derived specifically for Milroe. He's only installed like 30% of his offense
I agree that the defense mostly cost us the game, but the offense is not blameless. Boom or bust is not the answer when you need to chew clock.
Understood. And agree...mostly. However, I'd somewhat counter with the caveat that he's never won in the SEC, or east of the Mississippi for that matter. So I agree, he doesn't suddenly forget how to win, but you could also say he is just learning how to win in the SEC (hopefully). How well he does that is TBD.
The offense got the ball four times with the chance to tie or take the lead and failed miserably each time. It's a team game, and the offense had plenty of failings in that game. The defense was worse, but the offense was also poor.
Yeah... I think MIlroe is basic issue that has really affected this team, although Grubb and plenty of other issues played a role. He is not good. Basically he can run really fast in a straight line if he gets around to deciding it is time to take off, and he can throw the ball downfield, which is easier to do than the reads up front. But no QB skills, no ability to read the field, etc. Basically what they give him works at times and we get big plays, or the opposing D has the athletes and plays him properly and see Okie, Tenn, etc. Because they are so focused on him, we don't use our RBs, and we don't stress opposing Ds by targeting any of a decent group of WRs other than RW,
A cogent and thought-provoking post.
And where might we be had he decided to take the bull by the horns and deal with it? We will never know, but once DeBoer gets his scheme implemented I think we will see a vast difference.........just get the defense squared away
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