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(09-01-2013 04:53 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Some blown coverages?
That's putting if lightly at best. They only didn't complete 3 passes all night.
For ***** sake. It's just like last year and the year before, there's a 5 yd halo around every opposing teams receivers.

Speaking of blown coverage, where is the profanity filter when you need it.

The plural version apparently isn't blocked yet or is that the possessive version?

(09-01-2013 04:53 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Some blown coverages?
That's putting if lightly at best. They only didn't complete 3 passes all night.
For **** sake. It's just like last year and the year before, there's a 5 yd halo around every opposing teams receivers.

YEP! I thought with all this size and speed we now have on the corners and at safety, and with our speedy linebackers that we could have at least knocked down 1 pass or hit somebody hard enough that they didnt catch it right after it arrived ( oh wait, I think I recall one dropped pass by a Troy receiver ). I know we still have some inexperience at the corner ( jj for example ) and maybe they are running new schemes. I will give the defensive backfield some credit in that I dont recall any of them running down field with their backs to the passer, completely unaware of the long pass heading their way. Here's to hoping that this defense jells to be able to stop the bubble screens and the like before we get nickled and dimed to death like last night.

(09-01-2013 10:34 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

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(08-31-2013 10:26 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  The term onside kick needs to be banned from BlazerTalk for the next week. It did not cost the game. It resulted in a 3 point swing when there was a 14 point lead.

You don't kick an onside kick when you have a 14 point lead! Football not 101 but 001. Ask any coach, except McGee and his staff.

Yeah, totally ignore the piss poor defense, the 13 for 100+ yards penalties, and the piss poor time management. It was the onside kick.

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The onside kick killed a little thing called MOMENTUM..not to mention the 3 point. swing was the 3 points we needed to win the football game. Onside kick wasn't the sole reason we lost but was a huge swing. Coaching was piss poor.


I feel sorry for the players becAuse they played good enough to win even with the penalties and defensive miscues. We don't know how to win is the main problem plain and simple.

That's BS.

Whose to say they wouldn't have scored on that drive anyway. We screamed and yelled because the previous two coaches were too conservative. I'm glad he takes chances. He was using the momentum we had and the surprise of an onsides kick at that point. Had it worked, he would have been hailed as genius.

The players didn't play well enough to win in the 4th quarter when they gave up a 14 point lead by chop blocking, holding and poor tackling.

And the way you win is taking risks, tackling, and don't make stupid penalties.

yea but we DIDNT get the onside and it DID kill the momentum. It would was no surprise at all because two of us in the stands called that he would do a fake onside because he did it 4 times last year. So what I said is not BS. I played here for 5 years and know how UAB is supposed to win football games and it's not by taking chances with a 14 point lead in the 4th.

And it's also not by taking your starting qb out when his first two drives were scoring drive. Players played good enough to win even with the miscues and spec teams issues..point for me

Yep, Coach McGee even said he made a mistake there in the post-game interview. I'm still down over this loss............tough way to lose a game.

(09-01-2013 08:10 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  Losing Backman hurt more than many realize. The 3rd qtr we were okay because the game had a back and forth flow to it. But in the 4th qtr when things got tense and we needed a play and some offensive toughness we really could have used Kennard. Troy practically ignored the TE and their defense tightened up. We could not run the ball - Backman blocks like an OL.

Yep! I had a real bad feeling when Backman got ejected late in the first half.

(09-01-2013 06:55 PM)BlazrDawg Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 04:53 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Some blown coverages?
That's putting if lightly at best. They only didn't complete 3 passes all night.
For **** sake. It's just like last year and the year before, there's a 5 yd halo around every opposing teams receivers.

YEP! I thought with all this size and speed we now have on the corners and at safety, and with our speedy linebackers that we could have at least knocked down 1 pass or hit somebody hard enough that they didnt catch it right after it arrived ( oh wait, I think I recall one dropped pass by a Troy receiver ). I know we still have some inexperience at the corner ( jj for example ) and maybe they are running new schemes. I will give the defensive backfield some credit in that I dont recall any of them running down field with their backs to the passer, completely unaware of the long pass heading their way. Here's to hoping that this defense jells to be able to stop the bubble screens and the like before we get nickled and dimed to death like last night.

In fairness to the secondary, we got exactly zero pass rush last night. It's hard to maintain coverage when the quarterback has time to take out a car loan.

Coach McGee's record at UAB is now 3-10, or a 23.1 winning percentage (0.231).

Didn't we have a delay of game penalty on first down?

Yes. McGee held Austin on the sidelines for several seconds talking to him not realizing that the play clock had started.

Austin got out of the huddle with about 7 seconds left & didn't realize that the clock was running down.

We ended up getting flagged for a delay of game.

Smaug, I'll agree with you in principal. But I watch the DL very close. They never really tried to rush. They play gap control, which they didn't do that great at either btw, but all the rush comes from the end and outside. Which left zero containment on the edge. "Rushing" 3 leaves basically everyone else in coverage. Ours schemes suck. They did last year. I don't think McGee and Johnson have not got it thru their head that they aren't playing with SEC caliber athletes. They seem to be forcing schemes that either don't fit the personnel they have or not adjusting the plan based on what the other team is doing.

(09-01-2013 09:23 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Smaug, I'll agree with you in principal. But I watch the DL very close. They never really tried to rush. They play gap control, which they didn't do that great at either btw, but all the rush comes from the end and outside. Which left zero containment on the edge. "Rushing" 3 leaves basically everyone else in coverage. Ours schemes suck. They did last year. I don't think McGee and Johnson have got it thru their head that they aren't playing with SEC caliber athletes. They seem to be forcing schemes that either don't fit the personnel they have or not adjusting the plan based on what the other team is doing.

I like McGee's offense. So far Johnson has shown no indication of being an effective coordinator. If the D isn't significantly improved by season's end, McGee should cut him loose. Callaway stayed with Schumann far too long and it was a major contributor to his failure at UAB.

I agree. We have a good offensive system in place. If the defense does not improve during the season, I would clean house on that side of the ball. Johnson is by far and away the highest paid assistant on the staff.........he needs to start proving it.

(09-01-2013 09:23 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Smaug, I'll agree with you in principal. But I watch the DL very close. They never really tried to rush. They play gap control, which they didn't do that great at either btw, but all the rush comes from the end and outside. Which left zero containment on the edge. "Rushing" 3 leaves basically everyone else in coverage. Ours schemes suck. They did last year. I don't think McGee and Johnson have not got it thru their head that they aren't playing with SEC caliber athletes. They seem to be forcing schemes that either don't fit the personnel they have or not adjusting the plan based on what the other team is doing.

I don't disagree with any of that. I'm not very savvy on the esoteric details of the DL and ends, but the fact remains their QB was playing pitch-and-catch because we didn't get near him. We sacked him once, and it was a coverage sack.

(09-01-2013 09:43 PM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 09:23 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Smaug, I'll agree with you in principal. But I watch the DL very close. They never really tried to rush. They play gap control, which they didn't do that great at either btw, but all the rush comes from the end and outside. Which left zero containment on the edge. "Rushing" 3 leaves basically everyone else in coverage. Ours schemes suck. They did last year. I don't think McGee and Johnson have not got it thru their head that they aren't playing with SEC caliber athletes. They seem to be forcing schemes that either don't fit the personnel they have or not adjusting the plan based on what the other team is doing.

I don't disagree with any of that. I'm not very savvy on the esoteric details of the DL and ends, but the fact remains their QB was playing pitch-and-catch because we didn't get near him. We sacked him once, and it was a coverage sack.

That said, there were some run plays we blew up pretty good during the course of the game.

(09-01-2013 09:32 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(09-01-2013 09:23 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Smaug, I'll agree with you in principal. But I watch the DL very close. They never really tried to rush. They play gap control, which they didn't do that great at either btw, but all the rush comes from the end and outside. Which left zero containment on the edge. "Rushing" 3 leaves basically everyone else in coverage. Ours schemes suck. They did last year. I don't think McGee and Johnson have got it thru their head that they aren't playing with SEC caliber athletes. They seem to be forcing schemes that either don't fit the personnel they have or not adjusting the plan based on what the other team is doing.

I like McGee's offense. So far Johnson has shown no indication of being an effective coordinator. If the D isn't significantly improved by season's end, McGee should cut him loose.

Offense was pretty sharp until they felt the pressure ALL on them in the 4th. KB was out, runs were getting much harder for positive yardage, and defense couldn't stop my 10 yr old daughter throwing a lob pass. Our defense is our continuous Achilles. As I said earlier, when you run a DL stunt or twist, you have to have an LB or other second level INSIDE coverage that can support if 1) the DL movement gets stopped/held, or 2) a stud safety that can come up for direct run support. Didn't happen on the first Troy touchdown, and after that, defense was on it's heels, especially the entire second half. I really hope they study this film ad nauseum. Troy didn't do anything innovative with their offense and our D coverage was consistently smoked on all short and intermediate routes. DL had no support in the second half, and they were worn down. When we have a QB torching us like the Troy kid, freakin' bring the house once or twice just to wad up his jock and disrupt the flow. Instead, we just got played like 5 cent tooth harp: Twang, twang, T-Wang- Touchdown...

That too

Just a side point about onside kicks ...

They work because they are executed well, not because they are a surprise, as some BT'ers seem to imply. Players on the receiving team are coached to first expect an onsides kick, and then haul butt down the field to set up the return. The only people who should be surprised by onside kicks are spectators.

Yeah the 4th and 3 that Troy converted with 3:00 to go was ridiculous. If anything you give them the 5 yard screen pass, not the (formerly) Bolt-sized gap over the middle where the two dread-adorned CBs are painfully out of position.

After seeing that I think Farmer may be starting again soon.

I thought Shumann was back

(09-01-2013 09:23 PM)Uncle BLAZER Wrote:  Smaug, I'll agree with you in principal. But I watch the DL very close. They never really tried to rush. They play gap control, which they didn't do that great at either btw, but all the rush comes from the end and outside. Which left zero containment on the edge. "Rushing" 3 leaves basically everyone else in coverage. Ours schemes suck. They did last year. I don't think McGee and Johnson have not got it thru their head that they aren't playing with SEC caliber athletes. They seem to be forcing schemes that either don't fit the personnel they have or not adjusting the plan based on what the other team is doing.

+1

We have 4-3 personnel maybe 4-2-5 don't understand why we play 3 down linemen. It's time some upper classmen hit the bench. Challenger,Shaq Jones, and Ganus needs to be on the field together a little more. Its past time we give K.B his side of the field he's one of our higher rated guys. We lose two upper classmen and things fell apart (KB and JD)? Did we really place some guys in the right positions?


Offense sub personnel a little more no way in hell D Powell and D Vinson should go through a game with no targets. Lost KB use more 4wide to spread the defense for DR.