Let me preface my comments by saying I have not rewatched the game. These are just my observations after watching the game live yesterday.
1. Two missed tackles cost us big time. Lewis couldn't bring down the receiver for what would have been a 10 yard gain and it turned into a 79 yard TD. Franklin missed a tackle deep in our end that gave them a first down on our 1. Both just can't happen.
2. Our offensive game plan gave our team little chance to win. It was unimaginative and predictable. When Banks was in there I have no clue what we were trying to accomplish. We ran the ball up the middle over and over again. Navy has a suspect secondary and we never tested them. We never got our playmakers the ball in space. Hilliard has been turned into a fullback in this system because all he does is run dive plays up the middle. He has yet to get anything on the perimeter. Brantley gave us a little spark but the offense was about the same. If you can't throw the ball or you are unwilling to throw the ball then you need to commit to the Navy/Army type offense all the way. For all the talk about how we have gotten so much better pitching the ball we hardly ever run the option to the perimeter and when we do it is to the short side of the field. Honestly except for a few nice runs Brantley had yesterday Cuiellette could have run the offense that they ran yesterday with little noticeable difference. I think the play Banks got hurt on was the first time he ran the ball except for one QB draw. And can we please get that play out of our playbook. Unless we throw the ball effectively that play will never work.
3. The too many men on the field penalty was 100% on our head man. He is our special teams coach. That should never ever happen. While no one play costs you the game that play cost us a chance to be able to win the game.
4. Defensive front played great. DLine including the freshman and the LB's were stellar. Our secondary let us down with the missed tackles mentioned above and a bunch of busted coverages. They would have had more big chunk plays if their QB and receivers could have executed.
5. We need to get to a point with our special teams when making a PAT or punting the ball more than 35 yards isn't a big special teams play for us.
1. Two missed tackles cost us big time. Lewis couldn't bring down the receiver for what would have been a 10 yard gain and it turned into a 79 yard TD. Franklin missed a tackle deep in our end that gave them a first down on our 1. Both just can't happen.
2. Our offensive game plan gave our team little chance to win. It was unimaginative and predictable. When Banks was in there I have no clue what we were trying to accomplish. We ran the ball up the middle over and over again. Navy has a suspect secondary and we never tested them. We never got our playmakers the ball in space. Hilliard has been turned into a fullback in this system because all he does is run dive plays up the middle. He has yet to get anything on the perimeter. Brantley gave us a little spark but the offense was about the same. If you can't throw the ball or you are unwilling to throw the ball then you need to commit to the Navy/Army type offense all the way. For all the talk about how we have gotten so much better pitching the ball we hardly ever run the option to the perimeter and when we do it is to the short side of the field. Honestly except for a few nice runs Brantley had yesterday Cuiellette could have run the offense that they ran yesterday with little noticeable difference. I think the play Banks got hurt on was the first time he ran the ball except for one QB draw. And can we please get that play out of our playbook. Unless we throw the ball effectively that play will never work.
3. The too many men on the field penalty was 100% on our head man. He is our special teams coach. That should never ever happen. While no one play costs you the game that play cost us a chance to be able to win the game.
4. Defensive front played great. DLine including the freshman and the LB's were stellar. Our secondary let us down with the missed tackles mentioned above and a bunch of busted coverages. They would have had more big chunk plays if their QB and receivers could have executed.
5. We need to get to a point with our special teams when making a PAT or punting the ball more than 35 yards isn't a big special teams play for us.
