(11-30-2013 11:19 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  

(11-30-2013 09:48 AM)Ragu Wrote:  

(11-30-2013 09:42 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  Judging any coach by a single game is nuts. Saying Wright was the man for the job a week ago and then changing your mind on yesterday's ugly win is silly. There's more than one way to win a game and sometimes they'll be ugly. You look at the whole body of work. In Wright's case, it was very good. He should be a strong candidate, but not the only candidate. Chun has been active in looking for coaches since Pelini left. He knows the landscape. If Wright is the best option he'll hire him. If not, I just hopes whoever he brings in has strong recruiting ties to South Florida.

I said he wasn't right for the job weeks ago. The O has been pathetic most of the year. It is our unknowledgable fanbase that were the ones propping him up for no apparent reason.

His body of work is not good. The offense has been the weak point of the team the entire season. Wright has nothing to do with the defense. 3 of the 4 wins were against 3 bottom 5 teams in FBS. The other one was a win where the team got up 2 days after Pelini was canned. Don't think Wright was a miracle worker to make all the difference in that short time span.

His play calling is about as vanilla as I have ever seen and his QB has the worst arm/mechanics that I have seen in D1 in years. That is on him.

You can not think he's right for the job...that's fine. I can see both sides. But to not give Wright credit for the job he's done the past 4 weeks is crazy. The offense has been the most productive it's been in 4 years. His offense hasn't been vanilla...it's been working. If you are steamrolling USM by running the ball, why open up the playbook? He's run trick plays and thrown the deep ball more than I can remember since Rusty Smith was here.

And say what you want about the Tulane game, but he absolutely kept the team from falling apart during that week and really, that game.

I don't know about his recruiting, but I do know that the talent level on this team is light years ahead of where it was before he and the rest of the staff arrived.

Is there another coach out there that could be a better fit? Sure. That's Pat Chun's job to figure that out. But give credit where it is due. Brian Wright did a hell of a job this past month. Whether it gets him the full time job will be determined by who else is out there.

Oh please. There were 6 straight plays right up the middle on FIU in that game on Friday night. A FIU team whose ONE STRENGTH is their DT's up the middle. I could come up with more innovative playcalling than this guy. The offense has been crap for most of the year and he was the one running it.

If FAU keeps him around, they are desperate and/or cheap. The guy does not have an innovative mind to improve the O and develop a QB that can throw a ball better than many high schoolers I have seen in the last 2 weeks.

FIU had the 100th ranked rushing defense in FBS, giving up over 200 yards rushing per game. The previous 2 games, FAU ran for 333 and 256 yards respectively. Yet you think running the ball was the wrong strategy going into the FIU game on a very windy afternoon? As it was we ran for 179 yards. Give FIU some credit for slowing the Owls attack down, but we still won the game by 2 scores. It would have been great to win by more points, but weird things happen in rivalry games.

As for the QB, you don't like the fact that FAU was run heavy against FIU and think they should have thrown more, but you also don't think Jaquez Johnson isn't any good?? Personally, I think Jaquez Johnson has developed quite nicely. You may not like his throwing motion, but he has been extremely productive and is light years better than he was at the start of the season. He's now one of the better QBs in CUSA.

(12-01-2013 12:36 PM)fauowls561 Wrote:  FIU had the 100th ranked rushing defense in FBS, giving up over 200 yards rushing per game. The previous 2 games, FAU ran for 333 and 256 yards respectively. Yet you think running the ball was the wrong strategy going into the FIU game on a very windy afternoon? As it was we ran for 179 yards. Give FIU some credit for slowing the Owls attack down, but we still won the game by 2 scores. It would have been great to win by more points, but weird things happen in rivalry games.

As for the QB, you don't like the fact that FAU was run heavy against FIU and think they should have thrown more, but you also don't think Jaquez Johnson isn't any good?? Personally, I think Jaquez Johnson has developed quite nicely. You may not like his throwing motion, but he has been extremely productive and is light years better than he was at the start of the season. He's now one of the better QBs in CUSA.

Running the ball is never a wrong move. Running it straight up the middle on delayed handoffs when the strength of their Dline is the DT's is boneheaded to say the least.

Johnson is not a good QB yet. It isn't just his throwing motion . The kid is unbelievably inaccurate for a FBS starting QB. As I have said, I have seen multiple high school kids in Ohio the past couple of weeks that put his arm to shame. The fact that he really isnt developing passing the ball also reflects poorly on Wright.

Hopefully the AD is smart enough not to buy into Wright especially when the defense has been the far superior side of the ball all season long.

Jacquez Johnson is not only the leading passer with 1800 yards passing but also the leading rusher on the team with 700 yards rushing. His completion rate is 58.7%. By comparison the marshall qb completion rate is 60%.

You have a right to your own opinion but not your own facts.

(12-01-2013 01:21 PM)Ragu Wrote:  

(12-01-2013 12:36 PM)fauowls561 Wrote:  FIU had the 100th ranked rushing defense in FBS, giving up over 200 yards rushing per game. The previous 2 games, FAU ran for 333 and 256 yards respectively. Yet you think running the ball was the wrong strategy going into the FIU game on a very windy afternoon? As it was we ran for 179 yards. Give FIU some credit for slowing the Owls attack down, but we still won the game by 2 scores. It would have been great to win by more points, but weird things happen in rivalry games.

As for the QB, you don't like the fact that FAU was run heavy against FIU and think they should have thrown more, but you also don't think Jaquez Johnson isn't any good?? Personally, I think Jaquez Johnson has developed quite nicely. You may not like his throwing motion, but he has been extremely productive and is light years better than he was at the start of the season. He's now one of the better QBs in CUSA.

Running the ball is never a wrong move. Running it straight up the middle on delayed handoffs when the strength of their Dline is the DT's is boneheaded to say the least.

Johnson is not a good QB yet. It isn't just his throwing motion . The kid is unbelievably inaccurate for a FBS starting QB. As I have said, I have seen multiple high school kids in Ohio the past couple of weeks that put his arm to shame. The fact that he really isnt developing passing the ball also reflects poorly on Wright.Hopefully the AD is smart enough not to buy into Wright especially when the defense has been the far superior side of the ball all season long.

Quez has been much improved in his passing game this year. Yeahe still makes some bad passes but the TD's passes were are great throws.
Think to how bad he was against USF compared to now and tell be he has not improved.

(12-02-2013 09:51 AM)voss749 Wrote:  Jacquez Johnson is not only the leading passer with 1800 yards passing but also the leading rusher on the team with 700 yards rushing. His completion rate is 58.7%. By comparison the marshall qb completion rate is 60%.

You have a right to your own opinion but not your own facts.

Yeah. Not wanting Wright to get the full time job is one thing, but I don't get his criticism on this. Quez was great the 2nd half of the season.

(12-02-2013 10:15 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  

(12-02-2013 09:51 AM)voss749 Wrote:  Jacquez Johnson is not only the leading passer with 1800 yards passing but also the leading rusher on the team with 700 yards rushing. His completion rate is 58.7%. By comparison the marshall qb completion rate is 60%.

You have a right to your own opinion but not your own facts.

Yeah. Not wanting Wright to get the full time job is one thing, but I don't get his criticism on this. Quez was great the 2nd half of the season.

I don't know about great but, certainly, well serviceable. There's a lot of kinks, as well as potential. He will have good receiving options remaining for the next season so he may totally go off.

(12-02-2013 09:51 AM)voss749 Wrote:  Jacquez Johnson is not only the leading passer with 1800 yards passing but also the leading rusher on the team with 700 yards rushing. His completion rate is 58.7%. By comparison the marshall qb completion rate is 60%.

You have a right to your own opinion but not your own facts.

With the running backs on this team, that isn't saying much at all.\

You guys have really low expectations if you think Johnson is a great throwing QB. He is below average in that department.

FAU vs FIU highlights, (or lowlights if your FIU, )