Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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#91,279
McDad said:
I had some down time today. I took a look at our UK game Freak posted. I looked at UK's 3 scoring plays in the 1st half. Our defense is having troubles for same or similar issues each time.
1. eye discipline (sorry for the butch-ism).
2. assignments.
3. impatient.
4. talent / experience issues.

TD1:
Beasley should be assigned to the flats. This is his play to make. He creeps up on the line before snap and aggressively pursues the RB anticipating he will get the ball. Pass goes to the sideline and now Beasley is way out of position. Redmon or McMurray gets manhandled by the blocker. Another blocker handles Turrentine (maybe?). A pursuing LB, possibly Spillman, pushes Farooq out of the way and out of the play in pursuit. The rest are out of the play with bad angles. Hood runs stride for stride but never attempts a dive at the feet.

TD2:
Boo is put into coverage. His receiver is 2nd from the outside and he is playing close to the line. They two receivers are kind of bunched over there. That placement on the field is very important. He is way out there. It is the short side of the field. He was watching the play action pass the whole time. He was flatfooted at the hike. He was literally beaten on the first step from scrimmage. He had no chance. By the time he realized the RB was out of play, his assignment was already passing him by. He is STAR so he has both pass coverage and run support but his team mate was covering the RB already. He either is confused, undisciplined, doesn't trust his team mate, too hungry to make a highlight or some combination of factors.

TD3:
A hot mess. Basically had 8 in the box. Redmon follows his assignment in motion. At snap, we are playing heavy on the Right side. Telander goes Ham towards the line as if run. He 'handed off' the TE and no one took him. We had 3 players standing around on the R side. UK QB actually made the harder throw to Redmon's assignment in back of EZ. The TE Telander handed off was wide open on the left side in the flat. Nobody within 15 yards of that guy.

At this point in the season, I don't know how you "coach up" these deficiencies. These players are not reading the same alignments by the O. They aren't playing within their assignments. They are undisciplined, inexperienced, and talent deficient.

I would like to see us be create some blitz packages for Boo, Perlotte and Spillman. Boo is a liability in scheme but has the talent to be a "go do this play" kinda of guy. Perlotte and Spillman because of the flashes of talent from them. Telander honestly looks like a run defender but not an every down LB.
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Agree with just about all of this. I try not to single out any one player or players that aren’t cutting it, after all it’s a team game and they are just college kids trying their best, but there are literally 2 main players on defense that are killing us. Telander and Redmond in coverage are killing us, probably 75 to 85 percent of the time we have a chance to get off of the field on third or fourth down our opponents target either Redmond or Telander in coverage and it’s a very high percentage of first downs. We are literally a couple of players on defense and a few better in game coaching decisions away from being undefeated. That’s just football.
 
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#91,281
JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
Agree with just about all of this. I try not to single out any one player or players that aren’t cutting it, after all it’s a team game and they are just college kids trying their best, but there are literally 2 main players on defense that are killing us. Telander and Redmond in coverage are killing us, probably 75 to 85 percent of the time we have a chance to get off of the field on third or fourth down our opponents target either Redmond or Telander in coverage and it’s a very high percentage of first downs. We are literally a couple of players on defense and a few better in game coaching decisions away from being undefeated. That’s just football.
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Boo not on your list?
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
He hasn’t been his best for certain and needs to improve, but opponents don’t target him near as frequently as the other 2, because of his athletic ability alone.
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I'm not so sure about the targeting. In my limited viewing of those TDs by UK, it looks like play action is to give Boo eye candy and it works.
 
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#91,288
C-south said:
He definitely needs to increase his jogging speed.
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His is a lack of effort problem not a lack of talent problem which is worse in my opinion. Hype and Banks should sit his ass on the bench until he gives maximum effort. Telander and Redmond just lack the God given talent to keep up with their opponents, that you can’t fix.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
His is a lack of effort problem not a lack of talent problem which is worse in my opinion. Hype and Banks should sit his ass on the bench until he gives maximum effort. Telander and Redmond just lack the God given talent to keep up with their opponents, that you can’t fix.
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He’s too far gone imo. He should’ve been shown the door before the season and he probably would’ve left on his own if it hadn’t been too late.
 
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JOEY’S ALL VOL !!! said:
His is a lack of effort problem not a lack of talent problem which is worse in my opinion. Hype and Banks should sit his ass on the bench until he gives maximum effort. Telander and Redmond just lack the God given talent to keep up with their opponents, that you can’t fix.
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I really feel for Red. He was thrust into action earlier than ideal.
 
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