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rebelbear wrote:

cajunrebel wrote:

fenderman wrote:we need a really good running back

This! We need a bigger bruising back. Was our last big one Brandon Bolden?

What about Akeem Judd? He is listed as 6-0, 220. He transferred from Georgia Military Academy and I am assuming he is redshirting this year.

redshirt...but right now Wilkins is our best big back

Then use him dag nabbit! Quit throwing mosquitoes at the oak trees!

All this "all in" stuff! If Freeze is truly "all in" then, dag nabbit, GO ALL OUT TO WIN! If we get beat then we get beat. Nothing is worse that the expression on a players face that he was not allowed to do his best in his best way.

I like Wilkins. He is very athletic and he has the size. He runs straight up though. He needs to get his cg lower when he runs. Nix is a great recruiter but he isn't much of a running back coach if you ask me.

JustBlues wrote:I like Wilkins. He is very athletic and he has the size. He runs straight up though. He needs to get his cg lower when he runs. Nix is a great recruiter but he isn't much of a running back coach if you ask me.

All I hear is that Freeze can't coach, Luke can't coach, and now Nix can't coach. How the Hades did we get to 7-1???? Darn lucky I guess???????????

beastbutler65 wrote:

JustBlues wrote:I like Wilkins. He is very athletic and he has the size. He runs straight up though. He needs to get his cg lower when he runs. Nix is a great recruiter but he isn't much of a running back coach if you ask me.

All I hear is that Freeze can't coach, Luke can't coach, and now Nix can't coach. How the Hades did we get to 7-1???? Darn lucky I guess???????????

Good question. I wonder if going from 2-10 to top 10 is also luck. Must be since our staff can't coach their way out of a wet paper sack...according to some.

beastbutler65 wrote:

JustBlues wrote:I like Wilkins. He is very athletic and he has the size. He runs straight up though. He needs to get his cg lower when he runs. Nix is a great recruiter but he isn't much of a running back coach if you ask me.

All I hear is that Freeze can't coach, Luke can't coach, and now Nix can't coach. How the Hades did we get to 7-1???? Darn lucky I guess???????????

I didn't see anyone post that Freeze can't coach. I did see several question the play calling Saturday, and that was definitely warranted. If Luke can coach, I haven't seen the evidence yet.

Uh, is play calling considered part of coaching?

7-1 with Freeze and the lot. 8-1 after Saturday.

Play calling has more to do with execution than selection. If your team executes, every play works. If they don't, well everyone starts questioning your play calling abilities. I have watched the LSU game twice and we had receivers open. We did have some positive running plays. For whatever reason, balls sailed over wide open receivers or receivers just flat out dropped balls. That happens, but if it happens enough it stalls the offense. You decide who is to blame for the execution failures, but no coach ever designs or calls a play that he expects to fail. Every play is designed to produce a positive outcome.

As for coaching ability, well that is subjective to say the least. You criticize Luke but everyone knows that he has one elite caliber O-linemen. Yet we have won 7 games. He either sucks because we lost one game or he is coaching his tail off getting more out of less talent because we won 7. As for Nix, I am not sure what exactly a running backs coach can do to coach vision and or making someone miss. That seems more like talent, however, Nix can be held accountable for the running backs failure to know blocking schemes and not picking up blitzes in pass protection. Is that happening and I just haven't noticed. Usually that is pretty glaring. Also if you think Liggins blocks better than our O-linemen, then obviously someone taught the converted QB how to block and wouldn't that be Nix?

Hey we could still have the past two coaching staffs and not have the luxury of griping about losing our first game after winning our first 7. It's all about perspective, and before the "We should expect to be competing for championships" crowd jumps in here. We are competing for championships. We are still in the National spotlight and we still control our own destiny. If for no other reason, that is enough for me not to be too critical if we wind up at 9-3. As the great Bill Murray said in Stripes, " Lighten up Francis"

I would argue play calling is making adjustments based on what is and is not working. The term "beating a dead horse" comes to mind. I didn't see the adjustments once it was clear the offensive game plan wasn't working.


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Having a big//good running back wouldn't matter behind this Offensive line. We are consistently whipped at
the line of scrimmage. Freeze has to bank on the element of surprise for any ground yardage. Putting Liggins
in doesn't fool anyone & won't work against good teams. It's a miracle we've done so well working around
this O-line.

If we end the season with 3 losses, it will be a f-ing miracle! With the bowl game, we have 4 more games!

cajunrebel wrote:

fenderman wrote:we need a really good running back

This! We need a bigger bruising back. Was our last big one Brandon Bolden?

Guys, even when our OL was full strength, we had trouble physically creating lanes for our RBs...regardless of their size. Tonight, we basically played with a scout team OL. Gotta admit, that was like two heavyweight fighters slugging it out to see who would be left standing at the end. Bo played with as much heart as he ever has...just wish he'd gone down and allowed us to use 3rd and/or 4th down to get that extra yard. Scheme-wise, I'm not sure a "bruising" back would even get the job done...we've almost gotten snuffed a few times with Liggins running the ball. I think it's a mentality...they're so use to sliding, pulling, running laterally, or pass blocking that they can't drive anyone off the line of scrimmage. We need to sign about 6-8 OLs in 2015 and start installing some two-tight end sets for certain circumstances. Still proud of the way they battled tonight...