Excellent points; but, I still put a lot of accountability on coaching staff. These are the kinds of games when you have an opponent with offensive confusion/penalties, that you strategize how to capitalize on that advantage and come away with a win.
I stop listening to CBJ's presser after 5 minutes every time, because the "resiliency" offering gets old. As he likes to say, half of all college football teams lost yesterday. But, CBJ never puts forth an observation that the coaching staff should have done a better job.
Yes, we have great kids who probably hang their heads in the locker room and offer a "my bad" to his teammates.
It would be refreshing in the game review if CBJ ever offered up a "my bad".
So the next time you're in a meeting discussing a project that didn't work out correctly due to insufficient resources, are you going to stand up and confess to it being your bad?
I had no problem with going into halftime tied up since our offense was as dead as it was against Florida.
I did not like the timeout late when we were threatening. I did notice that Butch Jones did not like it either. His ability to see a problem resulted in the timeout. One that I couldn't see. The onside challenge was a mistake IMO but the announcers were rather confused by several event on te onside attempts. It wasn't as clear as you made it out to be for anyone in real time. You were just like the rest of watching those plays thinking wtf.
When everyone is off their emotional drain go back and really look. We had zero chance on offense. Between Hurd being touched by numerous defenders in the backfield on most plays, Dobbs taking hrs like Worley vs Oklahoma, the receivers having 7 defenders on most plays, and our young corners being locked up with their big recievers was the game. We only won on special teams.
We didn't go down field because downfield was locked up. We take a chance an Dobbs has several picks last night. The coverage was allowing screens all night
The timeouts would not have mattered in the end. Our offense would not have went the entire field with 15 seconds Coleman and McNiel gave up 14 in the fourth by letting their reciever get to space where any throw not under thrown was a TD. Appreciate their effort but when the game is on the line I don't like seeing the ball thrown anywhere near them.
Barrnet's penalty was overdue by three games. Not saying he is the reason we lost but the time we had left back and not giving them points would have helped.
We watched a younger more inexperienced team get sacked, tackled for loss, and turnover it's way to an 8 point lose to what looks to be the east champion. I wanted this game but Vandy is next and the season goal of a bowl game is there for the taking. MCB is the mission.
