(11-22-2020 07:21 AM)Z-Fly Wrote:  First off, I come in peace.

He seems like a good not great coach. He kind of reminds me of Butch Jones. He’ll keep you in the top third of the league, but that’s about it. I hated that about Butch.

Maybe, I’m way off, and you guys feel like he can take you to the promised land again. Anyways, I’m curious of your thoughts.

That's probably about right, though Heupel still has time to improve a coach. Butch was what he was given his experience level at that point. Heupel is still in Year 3 of being a head coach.

Heupel is 2-7 in one score games. It suggests to me that he has not learned how to lead the team with the game on the line. The team lacks a killer instinct. When we got the ball back up 14-3, I knew we would not score. We very consistently never score in that situation and fail to bury the opponent when we should. Heupel got conservative, and we punted. He always does it. I believe he should stop being the playcaller and focus on being the head coach.

I also think Randy Shannon needs to go. There are various arguments and data that support that he has done a good job. I don't even necessarily disagree at some level, but his defense is not the correct scheme for the offense we run. We cannot afford to have just 4 possessions in a half and leaving our defense on the field for long periods of time like the 8:30 drive. We need an aggressive, blitzing defense that keeps the QB under pressure and can get off the field much quicker.