(06-19-2018 09:09 AM)AtlantaJag Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 04:14 PM)T2003 Wrote:  Actually, I am glad that "OC" is gone, he stopped calling the plays when Brown became our HC anyway and we were able to hire an additional coach that way. No doubt, he was partly responsible why Troy underperfomed after Coach Brown left us for Texas Tech and Kentucky (the lost years, 2011-2014).

However, we lost one great coach this year, LB coach Jon Sumrall (former Co-DC at Tulane) who is now LB coach at Ole Miss... he is also a great recruiter.

Offense doesn't really seem to be the big detriment of those lost years.

2011
Scoring average: 22.4 ppg Opponents scoring average: 33.7

2012
Scoring average: 30.6 ppg Opponents scoring average: 30.5

2013
Scoring average: 34.1 ppg Opponents scoring average: 35.9

2014
Scoring average: 21.8 ppg Opponents scoring average: 36.2

Look deeper than the offensive ppg.

In 2012, Troy had the #65 offense in the nation, the #117 rush offense, and the #119 redzone offense. It was painful to see how many games we lost that year because of the predictable redzone playcalling. You could literally tell whether it was going to be a screen-pass or a run up the middle with a small 5'9" 190 lb running back...

In 2013, Troy had the #54 offense in the nation, and the playcalling near the endzone was SO BAD. Redzone offense was #84 in the nation.

Needless to say, the offense was very frustrating while Edenfield was OC. When Brown started calling plays, it changed everything and we became way less predictable.