I dont have anything good or constructive to say today.
Damn I thought we fired Spence and Tammy's bitchasses last year? What I saw today was a loss in true Bowden fashion. Complete ineptitude, lost in all 3 phases. Totally unprepared to play. Defense came out a little flat and played one half of football, offense was inept at basically everything, ST cost us a punt then 2 FGs. I'm surprised this team knows how to wipe their own ass at times. Spiller is the only man on the field who has a clue.
I'm "all out" with Billy Napier after today; I've given him a free pass as best as I can, but he's 12 games into it now. No identity. What kind of offense are we? Power I or Gun spread? This was a weak defense (last in the ACC) and a team that lost to Rutgers and MTSU, and nearly lost to a I-AA team. They gave this offense every possible gift we could get, and we pissed it away. Whether you have a weak OL or QB, or young WRs, there are ways to get them into the game flow and establish rhythm, and its not being done. We're totally inept and if not for CJ Spiller being an NFL 1st rd pick, we'd not be able to do anything.
Playcalling-Shitty, I can't wrap my head around whatever the fuck Napier is trying to do. Its not rocket science to call plays that make sense. If Walker cant handle his man, dont call pass plays that require a 5-step or 7-step drop. If we get no push to the right, run left. WTF are Hairston and Austin rated so highly for? If you run only 3 or 4 formations over and over, you better be able to execute from them. If your QB doesnt play worth a damn and your WRs cant catch, line up in the I and run the goddamn football to the FIELD, not the damn BOUNDARY. Put CJ in space, not the short side of the field idiot. I'm charting the plays this week, this game was atrocious.
Offensive line-shitty, no fucking excuse for today, this is a weak defensive line. No push. Three false starts, two of which were critical from a down & distance standpoint. Too much pressure on Parker, even when in max protection.
QB and WR play-shitty, WRs still can't catch when theyre open. J. Brown dropped TWO passes when BOTH hit him in the NUMBERS. Parker throws behind them when they get open too often, his shoulder is still flying open. I wish he would run it himself a few times instead of hitting a man in the flats and having the throw cause him to fall down because Parker cant hit 'em in stride.
And we get two first downs inside their 40 at the end, and cant get anywhere close to a 1st down? Particularly the 2nd? RUN THE DAMN FOOTBALL and spot the ball at the middle of the field and then kick it, its obvious you havent done shit all day so dont expect a TD. At least tie the game when you get a gift 2nd chance when you fucked up the first.
Defese-bad for one half. Inability to tackle for one half. At least Steele can make adjustments at halftime. D. McDaniel runs himself out of plays for the 2nd week in a row, and has to tackle with his fingers. No consistent pressure against a line that gives up tons of sacks already. They did better in the 2nd but were nowhere to be seen earlier. Blitzes seemed to get no pressure at all. Ricky Sapp a total non-factor.
Clemson is a 5-7 team right now. I don't think it can be fixed to end up any better than that before the end of the year. 8-4 is out the window, 7-5 would be a blessing. We cannot expect to do any better than being an average team. There is no reason to bitch about us not being respected by ESPN or the rest of the media, because even though we have the 'talent', we dont have the team to get that respect back.
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I can find only a few good or constructive things to say.
ReplyDeleteCJ Spiller is something else. Hurt, missing a shoe, he breaks tackles and returns a kick for a TD. Wow.
Palmer had some great catches near the end.
The defense was weak all day, but got tough at the end when they needed to. They stuffed an idiotic 4th down attempt on Maryland's 30. They got the ball back again on a recovered fumble. They stopped them a 3rd time for yet another chance for the offense. They screwed up plenty early but this was about all the defense could at the end.
I don't know if there is much more than that. The O line could not protect for more than 1 second. They don't do much run blocking either.
The recievers suck.
Last week, we had a shotgun speed option to the boundary on 3rd and 8. This week, it was a shotgun quick pitch to the boundary on 3rd and 7. WTF?!?!?!
Do we no longer have a slant pass pattern in the playbook? CAN ANYONE GET OPEN??
There really needs to be some serious evaluation and changes made. What is being done is simply not working on offense. It is just not working.
I don't know if it is Napier, or Scott, or Scott, or Swinney, but somebody needs to make some changes. Maybe all of them.
Holy crap that was a miserable game. 3 chances at the opponent's 30 and can't get a yard.
-Z
Almost as shitty a performance as WF last year.
ReplyDeleteNapier should go. He didnt answer questions in the post-game either, he ran from the reporters.
I'm sitting here watching Auburn. New OC, totally new offense with Gus Malzahn.
ReplyDeleteNow a balanced offense that runs out of the spread and gets over 200ypg in both rushing and pass, after not being able to do anything with Franklin last year.
Thats what you get with an experienced OC.
Man I was waiting for your take, and can't add anything else, really. I watch and really have no clue to what they are trying to accomplish. Vince Young( the Texas one) woud have to be the QB on this team to overcome coaching. And when your offense becomes so inept, that's when you start to see bone-headed mistakes like Ellington made on the punt. Players do become unhinged and start to try making plays all by themselves, and it always leads to that stuff.
ReplyDeleteMichael Palmer..., three straight completions to him and I ask nicely, "why wait until the end to find him?" If you have maybe 4 options to go to, just go to them since they are the only ones that can do anything. CJ is hurt and trying to win on his own, Harper gets tackled easily, wrs don't block, and the line... . Yeah Napier, I'll take one formation and 4 plays we can execute than the sh- we've seen, please. And by execute I mean execute every time you run it.
TOTALLY AGREE CU
ReplyDeleteGus Malzahn was a guy I expected to be a HC this year. He totally ripped it up at Tulsa, now they miss him.
Auburn couldnt do SHIT last year on offense, now with a new staff they can at least get a couple first downs in a row. He might not have faced many good defenses yet but still, he's a smart coach.
We run the same system for years and can't do a damn thing.
Why can't we coach our QB's any better than this? Parker is regressing and starting to look a lot like Harper. He NEVER steps up into the pocket. There are plenty of times when the OL blocking has been good and he just keeps backing up and either throwing off his back foot or even better backing up into the sack. Absolutely PATHETIC! Why can’t we run our QB? Last 2 weeks we have been abused by QB’s running against us. Maybe we should try it a couple of times. Our offensive coaching staff is a joke! Maybe we should hold hands more and get some more poker chips.
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