You guys and your obsession with a special teams coach.
Another Manning S^*T sandwich
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You guys and your obsession with a special teams coach.
Ya I mean look how awesome we are without one.
You guys make it sound like no coaches are coaching special teams.
Whether its a dedicated coach or the current setup, the amount of time dedicated at each practice isn't changing.
Well if there are coaches 'coaching' special teams, they aren't doing a very special job:
At the rate of decline, we may hit 130 next yr!!
Indeed, to summarize this, it just seems like we don't have the horses to run the system the coaches want to run.
This still falls on the coaches though. Play to your teams strengths, and if you can't discover what those are, you are in the wrong profession.
Hearken back to 2014-2015 teams. Those were still teams coached by Rhoads, and they were lean obviously, but the team had a great running back and developed a blocking scheme that allowed him to consistently run for 100+ yards week in and week out, and they were efficient yards, not just heavy quantity of touches yards. I am obviously talking about Mike Warren.
I like reading your posts. And I agree with most of this also.
Folks have the right to post their opinions though, including ML. It is a message board. He knows he is not always right on stuff. Same with me, you. We can probably leave it at that.
well the fact that they continue to suck, should tell you that if any of our staff are focusing on it, they're clearly not doing it enough or well
It's in Campbell's head now, that the fans and media want a special teams coach. Knowing this and knowing the ego and stubbornness of the man in charge, I put the odds of ever having a ST coach while Matt is in Ames at <10%.
Based on what I've seen this year, albeit limited, I'm not even sure what this team's strengths offensively really are. There's been a major lack of talent development, primarily at the OL level, interfering with all other parts of the team. It's just too many holes to fill.
Again, you're right, that comes down to coaching at the end of the day. Change needs made here, both in staff and in overall approach. QB coaching is part of this too -- Dekkers does not look like a guy in his 3rd year of the system.
If it isn't coaching or lack thereof for ST woes, then what is it? You can't tell me personnel.
Walkons and freshmen have given us good if not great ST over the years (pre-Campbell era).
Dedicated coach or not, they have been terrible and have gotten worse. To me, being stubborn and not changing your ST approach or scheme is a bigger deal than hiring/firing coaches who suck at their job at this level. It’s scary that Campbell apparently thinks they are pretty good at it with his comments a week or two ago.
I’m pretty terrified after listening to Bruns’ podcast that our approach to the OL and offense is predictable, bad fundamentals, and we have an apparent unwillingness to change. Until Campbell addresses those issues, it doesn’t matter who the OC is.
I think sooner or later you just figure out a way to not have special teams. Use those schollies for somebody else.
I suppose you have to be able to kick off, but everything else is just optional, right?
I couldn't agree more. Much like Mark Mangino couldn't come in and make ISU's offense click under Rhoads. It simply does not matter. Campbell needs to take a long look in the mirror, because his career is starting to follow the footsteps of his predecessor(s).
Sean Snyder has been looking for a job on two separate occasions now while Campbell has refused to hire anyone. If he went to Champaign, Illinois he would have come to Ames. No reason not to make the call unless you only hire your buddies from Ohio.
Dekkers is 8th in attempts, let’s not crucify him yet. He shouldn’t have that high of usage.
This is a major problem with coaching (and not just at ISU, at so many levels).
Design a system that fits the strengths of the players rather than trying to fit the players to a system.
We can't change the players we have in the middle of the season but we can change the system to accentuate the players' best skills.
I think it's time it needs to be said, our running backs are really bad. Blame scheme, blocking, injuries, whatever, but they aren't getting it done at all. Teams have run all over defenses like Kansas and Oklahoma and yet we struggle to get 3ypc. A competent running game would ease some pressure off Dekkers.
Joe Houston was the ST’s coach from 16-19, even though he only officially had the title in 18.
This has been a Manning problem for as long as he's been here. There was a game against OSU a few years ago where they had Purdy throw something stupid like 50+ times despite gashing them on the ground. He hasn't been great, but I feel like the blame has to go to Manning because he's a QB killer
