LibertyVolance
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Listen up because here it is. Everybody suspected the OLine wouldn't be very good, but I don't think anyone suspected it could be as horrible as it turned out to be.
Except for Robertson and Thomas, these guys have all been in the program awhile and weren't young. What they are is soft and couldn't block a high school DLine. Completely non-aggressive, they stick out their little pudgy arms and begin their backpeddle. Sometimes you want to scream, "Block somebody!", when they stand there flat-footed watching some defender blow right by them. The one thing those guys do well is that they are pretty good about walking over to help their QB back to his feet after he's been assaulted by 2 or 3 DLinemen due their negligence.
And this quick sideline throw to a WR without a single blocker........ASTOUNDINGLY STUNNING! Would someone alert this coaching staff that BLOCKING is one of the fundamentals of the game of football. It's no real mystery why Alabama finds their way to the top so often. They recruit well, but even more than that, they accentuate the fundamentals of BLOCKING and TACKLING as essentials to practicing and playing.
Where are our highly recruited wideouts right now. I'm not talking about the injured ones. I'm talking the ones who didn't show up for Vandyland for crying out loud. Are you telling me they can't run a route and get open on Vandy's DBs? I'm watching Sammy Coates and Omari Cooper make big plays in the Iron Bowl last night. Everybody in the stadium knows they are likely targets when they line up, YET they still work their way open and make huge plays despite excellent coverage. They do it because they are dedicated to pushing themselves to excel in their sport. These are playmakers, bigtime playmakers.
I know Butch needs 2 more years of solid recruiting. I concede that readily without hesitation. But players fresh out of high school still require being coached to the limits of their skill and beyond, motivated to reach their full potential. And Bajakian, Mahoney, and that bunch of the offensive staff are not getting the job done. Butch needs to re-evaluate his OC at the conclusion of the bowl game and get an offensive coordinator who compete in this conference with a power running game and a downfield passing game. This lightweight sissy offense is for the Mac or Sunland Conferences.
Except for Robertson and Thomas, these guys have all been in the program awhile and weren't young. What they are is soft and couldn't block a high school DLine. Completely non-aggressive, they stick out their little pudgy arms and begin their backpeddle. Sometimes you want to scream, "Block somebody!", when they stand there flat-footed watching some defender blow right by them. The one thing those guys do well is that they are pretty good about walking over to help their QB back to his feet after he's been assaulted by 2 or 3 DLinemen due their negligence.
And this quick sideline throw to a WR without a single blocker........ASTOUNDINGLY STUNNING! Would someone alert this coaching staff that BLOCKING is one of the fundamentals of the game of football. It's no real mystery why Alabama finds their way to the top so often. They recruit well, but even more than that, they accentuate the fundamentals of BLOCKING and TACKLING as essentials to practicing and playing.
Where are our highly recruited wideouts right now. I'm not talking about the injured ones. I'm talking the ones who didn't show up for Vandyland for crying out loud. Are you telling me they can't run a route and get open on Vandy's DBs? I'm watching Sammy Coates and Omari Cooper make big plays in the Iron Bowl last night. Everybody in the stadium knows they are likely targets when they line up, YET they still work their way open and make huge plays despite excellent coverage. They do it because they are dedicated to pushing themselves to excel in their sport. These are playmakers, bigtime playmakers.
I know Butch needs 2 more years of solid recruiting. I concede that readily without hesitation. But players fresh out of high school still require being coached to the limits of their skill and beyond, motivated to reach their full potential. And Bajakian, Mahoney, and that bunch of the offensive staff are not getting the job done. Butch needs to re-evaluate his OC at the conclusion of the bowl game and get an offensive coordinator who compete in this conference with a power running game and a downfield passing game. This lightweight sissy offense is for the Mac or Sunland Conferences.