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#27
#27
Simplify the offense. Make them run PERFECT plays over and over, in practice. It doesnt look like that they are comfortable running some plays during a game. Alot of missed blocks and assignments. When your team is young, make it easier for them to be comfortable when running plays during a game. In Peytons first year, cut simplified the offense so we could run precise plays.

Call more play action plays. Dont be so predictable. Play action alot more on first downs. Roll out and get the TE alot more involved, especially since they are going to be 2-teaming D-rogers. Rivera has proven that he runs great routes and has hands. You dont have to have 4.5 speed at TE. Just have to get off the ball quickly and run great routes.

Change the blocking scheme. They did that during the LSU game. Yall noticed results as well. Guys was getting off the line and puttin their hands on someone. I would slide stone over to guard and put bullard at center. Stone is NOT comfortable with snapping. Stone would be a Great pulling guard. He has great feet and would be great pulling and smacking a End or blitzing backer. Bullard is shorter and could get better leverage also. Or he looks shorter than stone. Do a better job of getting to the second level and hitting LB's. I noticed in previous games, opposing Teams LB's would have free rain to get into the backfield. They stuff every running lane because the lineman weren't getting to the second level.

Running backs. Use Young alot more!! Guy looks like a little Ray Rice and Darren Sproiles. I would run screens with him, run traps with him. Put him in the slot. A guy that is that small and elusive would be hard to see for one thing, but would have a low center of gravity and be able to keep his feet. I like lane and poole, but the stutter stepping needs to stop, unless your in open space. When hitting a hole, you need to do just that, hit the hole. When you dont have ELECTRIC speed, you cant hesitate when hitting a hole. Lower your shoulder and RUN!! STOP THE REVERSES!!. Other teams are now expecting it.

On Defense, put 5 in the box, no matter what. Run alot of ZONE to help the young secondary. Also, when you blitz, BLITZ. Dont do the delayed blitzing that Ive been seeing lately. If your gonna blitz, disguise it and BLITZ!!. Also, we need to run stunts. A stunt is the easiest way to confuse a O-Line. With the speed on the D-line, a stunt would really be effective, since we are alittle small. In the secondary, bring up the corners. Dont put them 10-15 yards off the line. Put them in the WR's Face. It gives the D-line time to make penetration. It makes the QB, go through his options, hence takes more time to get rid of the ball, lets the D-line get back there quicker. In my honest opinion, the 4-2-5 is not what we need to be running. With the lack of experience and speed in our LB's, they need to spread out the outside Backers and put the MLB rite in front of the "A" Gap. That would give the outside backers 3-4 steps toward stopping outside running lanes. They are too cooped up on the inside, then when opposing teams run sweeps, our backers are too far inside and not fast enough to get to the point of contact. If you notice "MOST" runs inside are stopped pretty quickly, due to the fact that the DT's are quicker because they are smaller.

Special teams, DEVRIN YOUNG is the returner we have needed for YEARS. Little guy has great burst. Looks like Darren sproils.

Thats what I would change.

Oh and gruden will never coach college football. For him, its not about the money. The guy is a great coach, but he just signed a 5 year deal with espn. Hes not going to come to college football. Heard rumors that they offered him the position at UF and he turned them down too.
 
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#28
#28
dembewbs said:
HC-Gruden
DC- Nick Saban
OC- David Cutcliffe
WR- Trooper Taylor
RB- Eddie Gran
ST- Eric Russell
LB- Peter Sirmon
DL- Ed O
OL- Phil Fulmer
DB- Will Muschamp


All are proven coaches and with a staff like this 2 or 3 NC's isn't out of the question...GBO
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I'm trying to understand why everyone thinks Gruden would be this unbeatable college Head Coach. From what I can tell he was an OK NFL coach who did win a Super Bowl. However, if you look at his overall win/loss record is was barely about .500 overall (.540 95W 81L). And he had only 4 seasons out of 11 that would be considered very good. Maybe I'm missing something.
 
#30
#30
vollygirl said:
You guys aren't trying very hard.
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Good idea Volly. Ask a legitimate question and all these head coaches on here can't come up with an answer.

Let Dooley be the head coach. We take our lumps for a couple of years and then payback becomes a *****.
 
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#31
#31
vollygirl said:
If you think Dooley isn't doing what he should, post your own plan.

You're in charge and you make the decisions. You can't change anything from last year, period. And you can't change the outcome of an event this year that was out of coach's control (injuries, etc).

For things like recruiting or coaching changes, you have to provide some type of substantiation for why you would've been successful in the attempt. (In other words, you can't change the entire recruiting class to 5* players).

We should have some great input in this!! GO VOLS!!!
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#33
#33
country orange said:
Simplify the offense. Make them run PERFECT plays over and over, in practice. It doesnt look like that they are comfortable running some plays during a game. Alot of missed blocks and assignments. When your team is young, make it easier for them to be comfortable when running plays during a game. If Peytons first year, cut simplified the offense so we could run precise plays.

Change the blocking scheme. They did that during the LSU game. Yall noticed results as well. Guys was getting off the line and puttin their hands on someone. I would slide stone over to guard and put bullard at center. Stone is NOT comfortable with snapping. Stone would be a Great pulling guard. He has great feet and would be great pulling and smacking a End or blitzing backer. Bullard is shorter and could get better leverage also. Or he looks shorter than stone.

On Defense, put 5 in the box, no matter what. Run alot of ZONE to help the young secondary. Also, when you blitz, BLITZ. Dont do the delayed blitzing that Ive been seeing lately. If your gonna blitz, disguise it and BLITZ!!. Also, we need to run stunts. A stunt is the easiest way to confuse a O-Line. With the speed on the D-line, a stunt would really be effective. In the secondary, bring up the corners. Dont put them 10-15 yards off the line. Put them in the WR's Face. It gives the D-line time to make penetration. It makes the QB, go through his options, hence takes more time to get rid of the ball, lets the D-line get back there quicker.
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far as I could tell they did not change the scheme, jus a different guy calling the shots. btw that was CDD reason as well
 
#34
#34
I'd bring in Chip Kelly, and run the no huddle spread.

Other option would be to bring Mike Leach in at OC and run the no huddle spread with Bray and just let him throw the ball all day and say skrew it to the run game... Its obviously working with Okla St. (I know leach isnt OC) but they're doing just fine throw the ball 98% of the time. Why can't we? (Because you have to run in the SEC) ... Arkansas did pretty good last year throwing the ball more than 90% of the time.. Yes they had Davis, but I don't think they ran it like Alabama did.. Mallett threw it pretty much every single down.
 
#35
#35
Fundamentals. We make fundamental mistakes. I watched Clemson later that evening, excellent tackling, blocking and route running. We do none of those well. Learning how to snap the ball, sustaining blocks. WRAPPING UP the guy with the ball. Back to basics.
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#36
#36
I keep hoping Hammy will fire Phil....things wll naturally get better....I think this could turn things around.
 
#37
#37
I'd have Bray practice more under center so we can use more traditional run formations. I'd also have him watching more film while he's hurt to try to help him see the checks that Simms sees.

I'd "encourage" more open competition in practice versus just trying to sharpen what we already do with who we already have, i.e. try to develop Neal, Arnett, Dallas, or Milton to replace Z. Rogers and try to work Coleman or Gordon back into the two deep at corner and work Teague at nickel.

I'd work on a wildcat package with DY.


For all I know this is already going on.
 
#38
#38
I'm not saying he should have done this, however I do wonder if he had kept JJ on the team what the secondary would have looked like, and if those big plays would have occurred.
 
#39
#39
Section N Row 5 said:
far as I could tell they did not change the scheme, jus a different guy calling the shots. btw that was CDD reason as well
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Go back and watch the game. They changed alot of their blocking assignments. Instead of your typical zone blocking assignments, they did pretty well against a GOOD LSU front line. They got a good push, and used their hands very well. So, that resulted in decent lanes and options for the Rb's.
The TE's also put a hat on someone, instead of guys just standing around. The entire left side made good blocks pretty much the entire game. They picked up blitzes and held their own against LSU. It was a noticable difference from last few weeks. If you know what your looking for.
 
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#40
#40
If all else failed, I'd hire this guy (the one on the left :)) to get the ball to guys in space.
 

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#41
#41
Malinart said:
Fundamentals. We make fundamental mistakes. I watched Clemson later that evening, excellent tackling, blocking and route running. We do none of those well. Learning how to snap the ball, sustaining blocks. WRAPPING UP the guy with the ball. Back to basics.
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Those two things drive me crazier than anything else I see on Saturdays. "WRAP ... HIM ... UP!! DAM it!!"

That's what I end up screaming the entire game. And it really was the entire game last Saturday since we couldn't get our defense off the field. Sad.
 
#42
#42
tnfalcon said:
If all else failed, I'd hire this guy (the one on the left :)) to get the ball to pigs in space.
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pigs_in_space.jpg
 
#43
#43
punkcat said:
Good idea Volly. Ask a legitimate question and all these head coaches on here can't come up with an answer.

Let Dooley be the head coach. We take our lumps for a couple of years and then payback becomes a *****.
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This^ plus have Volly girl as head cheerleader coach to teach them to cheer in pom pom pants! Do not know if it would help us win but it couldn't hurt. GBO!
 
#45
#45
One thing I'd like to see changed is the center using his left hand again to snap the ball. I think this messed up Bray but maybe it wouldn't hurt Simms as much.
 
#46
#46
dembewbs said:
HC-Gruden
DC- Nick Saban
OC- David Cutcliffe
WR- Trooper Taylor
RB- Eddie Gran
ST- Eric Russell
LB- Peter Sirmon
DL- Ed O
OL- Phil Fulmer
DB- Will Muschamp


All are proven coaches and with a staff like this 2 or 3 NC's isn't out of the question...GBO
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Gruden just signed an exclusive contract with ESPN that rules out coaching for the next 5 years. Plus, I'd be afraid we wouldn't get to keep those NC trophies with the likes of Ogeron and TT on the staff.
 
#47
#47
Malinart said:
Fundamentals. We make fundamental mistakes. I watched Clemson later that evening, excellent tackling, blocking and route running. We do none of those well. Learning how to snap the ball, sustaining blocks. WRAPPING UP the guy with the ball. Back to basics.
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It's funny you that use Clemson as a example of well coached, fundamentally sound football team. NOBODY would have used Clemson as an example for the last few years. Now all of a sudden they seem to have finally figured out how to play....this is Swinneys 4th year IIRC. Just to throw in for good measure, they also had a lot of talent on the team when he took over.
 
#48
#48
kevol80 said:
Gruden just signed an exclusive contract with ESPN that rules out coaching for the next 5 years. Plus, I'd be afraid we wouldn't get to keep those NC trophies with the likes of Ogeron and TT on the staff.
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they both know how to cheat and cover there tracks...
 
#49
#49
Well. If I was the coach, I'd make sure ALL my players and COACHES are on the same page going forward. That starts with communication.

It's obvious that we may not be physical or fast enough against certain opponents. I would try to outsmart them.

I would make everyone study the film room way more. Coaches should focus on the opponents flaws instead of pointing out our players flaws. Our players know what they need to do.

I would have 1 on 1 meet-ups with my players. Ask them what they are having trouble with, rather than asking them what they are doing wrong. If Stone tells me
"Coach, it's obvious I'm having problems with my snapping...maybe I'm not up for it. I'm feeling depressed." Well, I would say "Stone, your right. Do you still want to play Center? You need to play center for us! Here's the deal, would you feel comfortable snapping left handed?"

During the games, if anybody makes a penalty that is obvious, then they are out for the next play...you want to play? then be mentally focused.

Right now, its becoming a mental game for our players.
 
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