After taking the bye week off we are back on track.
http://monarchasylum.podomatic.com/entry...7_55-07_00
You can also find the podcast on iTunes.
I talk about what I saw from the Marshall game as well as what we have seen (or more specifically what we HAVEN'T SEEN) from the Offense.
I also welcome the Voice of the Monarchs Ted Alexander to the podcast. We talk about about his experience as the Voice of the Monarchs then delve into a little football and some basketball. We also touch on his beloved Mets a little bit.
Finally, I give you my keys to the games to come out with a win vs Charlotte.
Just a heads up, I'm a little critical of the offense in this episode.
Please leave comments with what you think? Am I off base? Am I wrong?
Thanks for the support and Let's go Monarchs!
(10-14-2015 07:45 PM)Monarch Asylum Wrote: [ -> ]After taking the bye week off we are back on track.
http://monarchasylum.podomatic.com/entry...7_55-07_00
You can also find the podcast on iTunes.
I talk about what I saw from the Marshall game as well as what we have seen (or more specifically what we HAVEN'T SEEN) from the Offense.
I also welcome the Voice of the Monarchs Ted Alexander to the podcast. We talk about about his experience as the Voice of the Monarchs then delve into a little football and some basketball. We also touch on his beloved Mets a little bit.
Finally, I give you my keys to the games to come out with a win vs Charlotte.
Just a heads up, I'm a little critical of the offense in this episode.
Please leave comments with what you think? Am I off base? Am I wrong?
Thanks for the support and Let's go Monarchs!
Good podcast tonight. Well done
You asked for comments, so I will address some of your points on the offense.
1. Misdirection. That is all well and good, but with no line pulling and a run blitz, there is no one to fool, so whomever gets the ball likely has to "do it" all on his own.
2. Play action. Our Play Action hasn't worked well because the fake to the RB is straight up the middle, right into the teeth of run blitz. So whether we fake it or hand it off, the defense is there in between the tackles either way. The QB still has no time if he stays in the pocket.
3. Long pass. That is a tough call, and I agree we need to mix it up, but IMO the only way we can move against a defense that stacks the box and run blitzes (with no outside power running game or a scrambling QB) is to dink and dunk, We need to spread it out and dink and dunk even more
4. Honestly, of all the receivers, I have only seen Pascal get any real separation, but I would have to look at all the film, so I might be mistaken.
5. Lawry is a huge talent, but rather than running him more, we need to get him out in the flat or over the middle on a pass.
Against a good FBS defense, running the inside zone against an inside the tackles run blitz would be difficult even for Emmett Smith.
As for practice stats, I totally agree. During the Spring, what I saw were three QBs who had enough time to set and throw, and receivers who were open and caught the ball; none of which has been the case in real life.
I love our defense.
And for Charlotte, it is indeed about what ODU does.
good stuff. Keep up it!!!
1. Using Lowe's speed on a sweep would be nice to see, with extra line backers playing close I think it would put another thought inn their mind. And how about a 2RB set? Schuler in shot gun, flanked by 2RB? One RB could go out and one could block? Could help with blitzes. Though I'm not sure which RB is the best blocker.
2. I just can't get away from the lack of a true Tight End. I think it's really hindering the offense. I think the play action will work, especially the way defenses are stacking the box to stop Lawry. They just have to make the play when it is there... While it hasn't been there a lot, it has been at times.
3. I just don't want them to fall in love with the dink and dunk. You have to take chances.
4. Plays have been there... Just not making them. That's the frustrating part.
5. Most of Ray's BIG RUNS come from the inside draw.
1. Lowe's problem is he tries to hit the home run on EVERY play. He needs to learn that it's okay to sometimes get 3 or 4yds and line up again; instead of juking for 8 sec trying to take it to the house.
2. Against Marshall they tried to spread out the D for Ray by using motion. They have to respect the screen and flare passes off the motion, it widened the D out or at least made them half a step slower. They are trying to work around deficiencies. Seemed to work, at least a little. Play action works against the safeties as much as the lb's. If executed well enough and quickly enough, it can work even against the A gap blitz. The only real way to stop that though is to complete passes.
3. They took a few shots to Pascal against Marshall, only completed 1, but they took at least 3. They hadn't done that before.
4. Completely agree.
Good points made, and I agree about the problem needing to be fixed. It really needs to get fixed.
Asylum,
I know not having the tight end was a kick in the gut to the offensive plans for 2015, but five weeks in I cannot listen to that explanation anymore. You commented in the Podcast about coaches planning several plays ahead and I agree. They get paid to think ahead and to improvise when things do not go as planned. That is where we are . I have a hard time continuing to hear the same thing, like they never considered they would have to play without a TE. How about coming up with an alternative plan. Five weeks into the season, plus the couple of weeks in preseason this should have been a priority, yet that is still part of the party line. I mean none of those big athletic defensive ends could be taught a few plays? If nothing else what about using Cox in that role, not as big as, but I he looks to be able to get the job done. If nothing else find a back up line backer or end and line them up at H-back with instructions to nuke a guy in a different color jersey.
Sorry, I have never been but so impressed with our offensive plans. What TH did was great, but it was 7 on 7 with a line. Think old school count 4 Mississippi's and in comes the one rusher from the playground. I know the scheme was more complicated, but you have to admit that at times that is what it looked like.
TH hid a great deal of planning sins. Now that it is time for the OC and QB coach to earn their $$, through give games they are coming up short. Sorry end of the rant. By the way how about putting Butler back at guard in place of #65 where he played last year? This would make the line more "athletic" and help with the run game. #65 is great if he can get is hands on you, but against quicker DTs he has been a liability. We are beyond the point of putting the five biggest guys on the line like HS. Time for the offensive coaches to start playing FBS football. Now I am done.
Problem is size is so key at this level.
I didn't disagree with the idea of adding a 6th lineman in some running situations, but if that player is not a pass catching threat it will be easy for the defense to adjust.
As far as plugging in a defensive player at TE? I'll be honest, I wouldn't know who to play... Who has TE experience?
They may not have a player with that skill set to plug in at H back.
When it comes to Taylor Heinicke, his ability to read the defense pre-snap is one of his strongest traits. He know where to attack before he had the ball inn his hands. That is something that Shuler is still working on.
They had a TE all spring and all camp. Lost both of them would before the season started. That's a he'll of an adjustment to have to make.
All that being said, I'm a sports realist. At best I expected them to go 1-2 in the last 3 games. Their most difficult 3 game stretch in the history of the program.... And like I said on the podcast, that stretch is over and so are the excuses.
GO GET THAT WIN TOMORROW!
(10-16-2015 09:41 PM)Monarch Asylum Wrote: [ -> ]Problem is size is so key at this level.
I didn't disagree with the idea of adding a 6th lineman in some running situations, but if that player is not a pass catching threat it will be easy for the defense to adjust.
As far as plugging in a defensive player at TE? I'll be honest, I wouldn't know who to play... Who has TE experience?
They may not have a player with that skill set to plug in at H back.
When it comes to Taylor Heinicke, his ability to read the defense pre-snap is one of his strongest traits. He know where to attack before he had the ball inn his hands. That is something that Shuler is still working on.
They had a TE all spring and all camp. Lost both of them would before the season started. That's a he'll of an adjustment to have to make.
All that being said, I'm a sports realist. At best I expected them to go 1-2 in the last 3 games. Their most difficult 3 game stretch in the history of the program.... And like I said on the podcast, that stretch is over and so are the excuses.
GO GET THAT WIN TOMORROW!
Yeah, adding a lineman w/o him being a pass threat becomes a wash.
I think you will find that many DEs also have TE experience. I don't know if any of ours do or not,
I don't necessarily agree on the importance of pre-snap reads by TH. Most of the time he was going to scramble, extend the play, and find the open receiver. Most of the time It really didn't matter what the defense was showing or doing.
I expected to be close to where we are as far as W/L as well. I thought before the season began we would beat App.
I didn't expect to be so completely stifled on offense by anyone..
Good points Monarch84. Our offense has been and remains vanilla from my untrained eye compared to the other FBS offenses I see on TV. BYU and Cincinnati for example, yes very good programs, are running far more complex schemes with true freshman QBs who entered the season as backups.
Tight End injuries or not, completely reconfiguring the offense that we run to protect a qb was an ill conceived plan to begin with. Everybody on the team was recruited to play a particular style of football. You can't just change everything in one year because you recruited the wrong qb for your system, or he isn't ready, or whatever piece of reasoning led them to believe that fixing what wasn't broken for the 6 previous years was a good idea.
(10-17-2015 08:14 AM)ODUR8R Wrote: [ -> ]Good points Monarch84. Our offense has been and remains vanilla from my untrained eye compared to the other FBS offenses I see on TV. BYU and Cincinnati for example, yes very good programs, are running far more complex schemes with true freshman QBs who entered the season as backups.
I was particularly interested in the Charlotte offense. It was often very crisp with a lot of motion. An OG, #70 was pulling extremely well, HB motion was very fast.