Those things are all coaching dependent. A well-coached offense should be able to run the ball against Kansas, or at least force them to load the box. We had a running back running sideways and trying to figure out which way to go on our own goal line. A well-designed passing scheme should enable receivers to get open. Some of it is problems of execution, but as CMC says, it's the coaches' responsibility to have them coached up and ready to play.My only concerns with the offense are:
1. Not trying to establish the running game in a consistent manner
2. Slow developing running plays when we do decide to run the ball
3. Slow developing route trees that don't appear to compliment each other
We are 5 games into the season. If Campbell is still our coach in December, we can have a discussion if he needs to make changes to the staff.
Right now there is no point.
If fans care about the program, they're entitled to an opinion about how things are going. Nobody is saying "Fire Matt Campbell", but there are areas where we're not seeing the coaching excellence and attention to detail that brought us to where we are.CMC should take another job if fans get to make coaching decisions. If you don’t like the way CMC runs the program then fire him. CMC has total control of the program. If you want to take that control away, he will leave. And I wouldn’t blame him. You have to either accept that CMC makes all decisions. Fire CMC. Then we can return to our traditional 2 to 3 wins per year. And get dropped from P5 status. And lose games again by 30 points or more on a regular basis.
CMC should take another job if fans get to make coaching decisions. If you don’t like the way CMC runs the program then fire him. CMC has total control of the program. If you want to take that control away, he will leave. And I wouldn’t blame him. You have to either accept that CMC makes all decisions. Fire CMC. Then we can return to our traditional 2 to 3 wins per year. And get dropped from P5 status. And lose games again by 30 points or more on a regular basis.
I cant speak to the OP, but I do generally agree organizations often benefit greatly from new and different perspectives. That new guy who comes in knows new and different things which can be added to enhance the current org.Campbell's staff could likely benefit from some new perspectives and ideas coming into the program, specifically on the offensive side of the ball. It would also be good of him to tell his grad assistants to go get some experience elsewhere. How long are guys like Kyle Kempt going to stick around as GAs or analysts?
Just lots of discussion of having one of the least explosive offenses in the power 5 as well as having the 4th worst offense in power 5.So 4 pages later is there any more to this than calling out a random coach that no one knows anything about?
Just lots of discussion of having one of the least explosive offenses in the power 5 as well as having the 4th worst offense in power 5.
I heard on a podcast that Joel Gordon could also have some blame besides Meyers and Manning, so I wanted to bring it to a discussion to see if anyone else thought that.
If fans care about the program, they're entitled to an opinion about how things are going. Nobody is saying "Fire Matt Campbell", but there are areas where we're not seeing the coaching excellence and attention to detail that brought us to where we are.
My honest opinion is that I think people way overreact.
We lost Purdy and Breece, that was pretty much all of our production from last year. We replaced them with Dekkers and Brock, who are making their first college starts and barely played since High School. Then add in the TE's we graduated. So yes there is going to be a huge drop off.
My only concerns with the offense are:
1. Not trying to establish the running game in a consistent manner
2. Slow developing running plays when we do decide to run the ball
3. Slow developing route trees that don't appear to compliment each other
It certainly helps. I'd say one improvement that Dekkers could make would be to sense and more quickly vacate the pocket when its closing up on him. I know there's a value to not getting happy feet, but sometimes you can use your feet to buy time, or use them to make them pay for rushing hard.
There’s really no way of knowing since there is only one sample to gauge. There are things with Purdy you could point to for justification of either opinion.
I'm not adding or subtracting in any way. I honestly don't know how good Joel is - nor do I think anybody else can know given the sample size is literally one QB. I think people could argue that Purdy developed into what he is now, or they could argue that he came in already good and left at the same level. I honestly don't have an opinion.If the point being made is the best qb in school history, currently a play from starting in the NFL, wasn't good enough because of a guy no one knew the name of until this week then I guess I'll sit this one out. This is gameday thread level quality.
Be honest with me, do you think Purdy got better as the years went on?If the point being made is the best qb in school history, currently a play from starting in the NFL, wasn't good enough because of a guy no one knew the name of until this week then I guess I'll sit this one out. This is gameday thread level quality.
Happy feet wasn't the term I should have used for what I wanted to convey. Yes, he's staying in the pocket a little too long when things break down and not only does that give up more sacks, it encourages the defense to come with pressure more often because they don't fear him breaking containment as much.His 'happy feet' to me look like when he's trying to stay in the pocket which hurts the throw so yeah he might as well head up field to garner something.
Your insight on this if possible...was the inside/quick hitter stuff as productive/potentially effective as it seemed Saturday? To me it looked like it could gain some steam if applied more often. May have helped get KU to back off a bit.
I don't know enough about ISU's route trees but they always seem like they're really set without any room for choice/situational adjustment. Like instead of breaking off a cut to simply take the open space, the cut is made just like it's drawn up even if it's right into the defensive area.