[B][/B] Clawsons Fault??

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Who believes that the offense problems rest solely on Clawsons shoulders or is Fulmer being Fulmer and screwing up the offense.
 
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I am not impressed with the Clawson's offense. But, I don't know if he was dealt with much of a hand. His playcalling abilities made me sick at UCLA and AU. But, who knows, maybe he can turn it around.
 
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IMO, I think Clawson would be successful IF we had a good QB, better o-line play, and we could bench Foster. It's got to be difficult to run your offense when your QB's can't grasp it. Some of the plays he called vs UCLA would have been successful had Crompton not just looked for 1 reciever. There were guys open that he just missed. I think where the whole staff screwed up is this team just wasn't prepared. That falls on the whole staff. Basilio stated that the offense we are running now looks nothing like what he saw in the spring & fall camps.
 
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Clawson was handed a bag of poop, and was told that there was a diamond in the middle. Then was told by CPF to dig through it to find it, but you can only use your left pinky finger, must be blindfolded, and only be able to dig how and when by CPF himself.

Literal answer: Clawson has had little freedom to call his plays, and when he does get to play call, he had a QB who could only handle 2 plays, and couldn't properly read the defense.
 
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JMBIGORANGE said:
IMO, I think Clawson would be successful IF we had a good QB, better o-line play, and we could bench Foster. It's got to be difficult to run your offense when your QB's can't grasp it. Some of the plays he called vs UCLA would have been successful had Crompton not just looked for 1 reciever. There were guys open that he just missed. I think where the whole staff screwed up is this team just wasn't prepared. That falls on the whole staff. Basilio stated that the offense we are running now looks nothing like what he saw in the spring & fall camps.
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The only playcalling that should have been done at UCLA was Hardesty left, Hardesty right, Foster left, Foster right, Creer left, and Creer right. We would have destroyed them had we just run the damn football.

I personally don't want the gimmicky trick playcalling, I want drop back passers and bruising running backs.
 
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the play calling falls on clawson. too many times he messes up drives with terrible calls on 2nd and 3rd down. the offense as a whole needs to step it up. more than fulmer, the O is responsible for handcuffing clawson. if fulmer had it his way, we would run the ball 40 times a game and play action all day. He is not tellin clawson what to call!!! i will give clawson benefit of the doubt considering our qb and ol play so far. but a bad call is a bad call and our OC is the one making them calls.
 
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CICEROMESSIAH said:
the play calling falls on clawson. too many times he messes up drives with terrible calls on 2nd and 3rd down. the offense as a whole needs to step it up. more than fulmer, the O is responsible for handcuffing clawson. if fulmer had it his way, we would run the ball 40 times a game and play action all day. He is not tellin clawson what to call!!! i will give clawson benefit of the doubt considering our qb and ol play so far. but a bad call is a bad call and our OC is the one making them calls.
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why would any HC would just sit there and do nothing if he really believes that the calls are that bad? If this is the case with fulmer than he needs to step down for that reason alone. I find it difficult to believe that fulmer has nothing to do with it.
 
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VolsZealot said:
why would any HC would just sit there and do nothing if he really believes that the calls are that bad? If this is the case with fulmer than he needs to step down for that reason alone. I find it difficult to believe that fulmer has nothing to do with it.
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This is Clawsons Offense, I don't believe Fulmer has much input to it. I have seen Fulmers playcalling for wayyyyyy to long. And, this is not it, no way he throws it 41 times against a UCLA team
 
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i agree. what we are seeing is clawsons offense. its his system, his calls. yeah there are times when fulmer says take a shot downfield this drive. even then, clawson is calling the play and routes. it may be watered down due to really bad play and execution, but the formations, plays, routes.... CLAWSON
 
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I think we're seeing Clawson's offense, but only about 20% of Clawson's offense. It's too early to judge his system's success, I think, because he's not really able to run his system. As of now, there's little to no motion, minimal routes being run, and no audibles at the line. In an interview on the News Sentinel Sports Page, Richmond's quarterback last year said he would come to the line with ~5 plays he could audible to depending on the defense. Crompton can't even remember one play.
 
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clawson. It worked before the new guy came in, then the new guy comes in and it doesnt work
 
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I dont think its Clawson's fault. I think he had a dumb quarterback. Lets see how he looks after a few games with Stephens at the helm.
 
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Its some Clawson, some Fulmer, some bad QB play, some bad O-Line play
 
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Maybe the QB was not smart enough to run the offense. When you have to simplify the offense after two games, who's fault is that?
 
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orangegrass said:
Maybe the QB was not smart enough to run the offense. When you have to simplify the offense after two games, who's fault is that?
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Qb coach and OC for not realizing the QB's short-comings since they work with him the most
 
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Fundamentals are killing this offense more than anything else. From handing the ball off, to learning how to block properly. Its little crap that is all to familiar. Thats why its so flustrating to watch. We've seen it over and over again. Phil's brand of football is painful to watch sometimes.
 
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jjay2518 said:
I think we're seeing Clawson's offense, but only about 20% of Clawson's offense. It's too early to judge his system's success, I think, because he's not really able to run his system. As of now, there's little to no motion, minimal routes being run, and no audibles at the line. In an interview on the News Sentinel Sports Page, Richmond's quarterback last year said he would come to the line with ~5 plays he could audible to depending on the defense. Crompton can't even remember one play.
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I agree. Another way to put it....he can't fully fun any offense without the correct athletes for that system. That can't happen in your first year anywhere.
 
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I think Clawson believed that any QB at this level and 3 years in college would know how to hand the ball off. I think he gave Crompton way too much benefit of the doubt!
 
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I think in a couple of years Clawson will have some of his guys in there that can run his type offense. but for now, we are left to watch a horrible offense try to score points, but they have done a better job of helping out the other team score this year. This is a painful season for sure.
 
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I'll say it again, we've had Cut twice, Sanders and now Clawson and I cannot tell the difference one bit. Fulmer is all about ball control, long drives with nickle and penny plays.
 
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I'd say Clawson deserves some of the blame, but there are plenty of offensive problems that were here before his arrival.
 
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kptvol said:
I'd say Clawson deserves some of the blame, but there are plenty of offensive problems that were here before his arrival.
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I agree... at some point, as the offensive coordinator, SOME of the blame MUST come his way. I aslo agree that this offense is WAAAAAY different from what UT has traditionally run, now wether that's due to Clawson, or the fact that we have trouble with the simplest plays, I'm not sure.

That said, at least 50% of the blame falls to Clawson.
 
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