Quick list of things I hope we do:
- embrace who we are on offense, not who we want to be. Throw the damn ball. We are good at it. Keep doing it. It feels like we are trying to run the ball to satisfy some of Key’s desires. Our best player on offense are the QB, Haynes in space, WRs, and OL while pass blocking. Worst players: OL run blocking, slot WRs run blocking, and QB decision making.
We only run well when the opposition expects a pass. It’s ok to pass, pass, pass and pop in runs to keep them honest. We are not ground and pound ready. It’s ok. Do more of what we do well. Drop back 40-50 times if necessary. Be aggressive. If we lose, lose with your fastball.
- 4-3 time with Tatum or Maola on the slot side of the field. Efford starts and get most PT.
- give me more DBs. Kenyatta, Sirad, Omar, Shelly. They can’t miss more tackles than the current group. Can’t get burned more often either.
- play more bump/press with safety over the top. Give rush a chance to get there. Make the QB think, double clutch, etc.
- stop playing for the strip fumbles. Our past success doing that has created horrible habits. That’s luck. Knock a MFer down hard enough and they will let it go too.
- on 4th and short, throw the ball. Please.
On the recruiting front. Don’t sweat Boyd or Jackson yet as fans. Disappointing but it happens. We need wins and the portal recruitment season more than HS guys. I like HS OL and class balance but we need known commodities more on the DL, LB, TE, and RB.
Let’s whoop some hurricane ass. I’m predicting a shootout. Both teams over 30
- embrace who we are on offense, not who we want to be. Throw the damn ball. We are good at it. Keep doing it. It feels like we are trying to run the ball to satisfy some of Key’s desires. Our best player on offense are the QB, Haynes in space, WRs, and OL while pass blocking. Worst players: OL run blocking, slot WRs run blocking, and QB decision making.
We only run well when the opposition expects a pass. It’s ok to pass, pass, pass and pop in runs to keep them honest. We are not ground and pound ready. It’s ok. Do more of what we do well. Drop back 40-50 times if necessary. Be aggressive. If we lose, lose with your fastball.
- 4-3 time with Tatum or Maola on the slot side of the field. Efford starts and get most PT.
- give me more DBs. Kenyatta, Sirad, Omar, Shelly. They can’t miss more tackles than the current group. Can’t get burned more often either.
- play more bump/press with safety over the top. Give rush a chance to get there. Make the QB think, double clutch, etc.
- stop playing for the strip fumbles. Our past success doing that has created horrible habits. That’s luck. Knock a MFer down hard enough and they will let it go too.
- on 4th and short, throw the ball. Please.
On the recruiting front. Don’t sweat Boyd or Jackson yet as fans. Disappointing but it happens. We need wins and the portal recruitment season more than HS guys. I like HS OL and class balance but we need known commodities more on the DL, LB, TE, and RB.
Let’s whoop some hurricane ass. I’m predicting a shootout. Both teams over 30
