The Offensive Line is Atrocious Thread (merged)

[Jake]

I'm sure he pisses blood for the first couple of hours.

Without question....and he must sleep in ice water.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

They're clearly gonna redshirt Blair.

Horrible idea.

 

[DERELICK_MY_VOLS]

There's no way Blair and Pair could be worse than these guys.

I agree :salute:

 

[VOLorNuttin]

There's no way Blair and Pair could be worse than these guys.

Pair might not be an All-SEC guy, but he's been coached by SEC coaches, been in the S&C program for 5yrs now. He's the biggest OT we have, too.

 

[thebjd]

Horrible idea.

Agree

 

[VOLorNuttin]

Having and inexperienced OL cannot excuse the level of suckage we are seeing. Mahoney will be lucky to keep his job, if there isn't a modicum of improvement all season long.

 

[tallvolball98]

Imo this OL is below average. Jmo

But but our coaches are awesome at recruiting. Should have recruited Juco players with experience!

 

[Eddie Vol Halen]

Bajakian has the worst job in the country. I couldnt imagine trying to call plays with these guys blocking.

These are 3* and 4* guys with SEC offer lists. Austin Peay looks more physical.

It's coaching, it's philosophy, and it's more coaching.

Oh, and the O-line is part of the offense which Bajokian is responsible for and responsible for getting some production out of.

 

[VolStudent247]

I'm no judge of OL talent, but does anyone even see potential SEC-level play down the road with some our OL?

 

[tallvolball98]

I'm no judge of OL talent, but does anyone even see potential SEC-level play down the road with some our OL?

No!

 

[OrangeLining]

At what point do we hold Mahoney accountable? His product sucks!

 

[OrangeLining]

I don't care how young they WERE, they're almost halfway through a season of football. Time to be able to block a UTC defense.

 

[KBVol]

At what point do we hold Mahoney accountable? His product sucks!

If by "we", you mean Jones, your guess is as good as mine.

 

[hog88]

Bajakian has the worst job in the country. I couldnt imagine trying to call plays with these guys blocking.

I couldn't imagine being so incompetent in my play calling and having to deal with position coaches who can't coach.

 

[PrattvilleVol]

Nkemdiche brothers are absolutely going to destroy Worley next week.

 

[VolFootballlover]

What's there to figure out? I'm 33 and fat and I could block better than that.

hell the refs throw more blocks a game than we do.

 

[OrangeLining]

If by "we", you mean Jones, your guess is as good as mine.

By "we" I mean the program most on this board cheer for, and as an alumnus I mean we. And "our" program is suffering from some bad coaching of the oline. And yes, that is ultimately Jones' call, but something's got to change with the offensive production. It starts with the o line. Period.

 

[Catbone]

I'll ask again. Is coaching, talent, or experience more the problem?

 

[VolFootballlover]

Coaching! I think with 6 games played I think a 9th grader could at least get in the way.

 

[hog88]

There has to be major changes on the O-line first one is the coach.

 

[Biopsyman]

3 of the 5 all Dooley recruits... Enough said... Guy cursed the program in every way

 

[Cartervol]

It's awful. Worley will have nightmares all week about next weekend.. I feel sorry for him already..

 

[hog88]

3 of the 5 all Dooley recruits... Enough said... Guy cursed the program in every way

Dooley recruits or not, these guys look like they avoid blocks. That's coaching! This was an FCS team, Dooley's recruits should be stars at the FCS level!

 

[OrangeLining]

I'll ask again. Is coaching, talent, or experience more the problem?

Well, these are some big ol' bastards that are receiving a free education to block people.
I say throw out experience at this point.
Talent could be in question, so let's see somebody/something else then! That decision is in the coach's hands.

 

[MedicT]

I'll ask again. Is coaching, talent, or experience more the problem?

That is an extremely tough question to answer at this point. You have to assume they have some talent or they would not be where they are. Development is lacking but that is to be expected at this point. Most don't believe this but O Line play is very difficult to master. Experience is definitely lacking. It is easy to blame coaching but until everything else is working it is hard to say that the coach isn't doing everything right to teach these kids how to play and win. I know that is not the easy answer that everyone wants to hear.