Guerry, I would love to get some insight from the coach on the substitutions that were going on in the SMU game. More specifically on the last few offensive series.....
Like most fans I have no idea why Dauphine is not getting more touches. He is one of the fastest guys on the field and he got 3 touches against SMU and all were runs up the middle. I have wondered if he has deficiencies in past protecting and that keeps him on the sideline but then during the SMU game I saw him sub in on two 3rd and long plays that were both passes. That would make may "pass protection" theory inaccurate. Is he injured? Is he in the doghouse for some reason? I doubt you will get a straight answer out of the coaches but this is a question most fans want to know.
I think to most observers our two best backs are Bradwell and Dauphine but we still want to give multiple touches to Huderson and Jones. In fact we are almost force feeding balls to Jones by running wildcat with him at times. That is something I will never understand. We already have a capable running QB so why bring in Jones to run the ball out of wildcat? I think Jones will become a good player for us but he is not there yet.
Lastly, during the last few offensive series that frankly cost us the game we had critical plays where Dauphine, Bradwell, Mooney, and Encalade were all on the bench. How is that possible? The season was on the line and we had true freshman Jones in at RB and a true freshman in Von Julien in at WR. I don't think he has caught a pass all year. We also decided late that we should get our former walk on Brian Newman into the game. Why were our best players not on the field? Then we get mad when Banks gets sacked and fumbles. He is a senior and should play better but at least give him some viable weapons.
In a disappointing season our offensive coaching has been the biggest head scratcher. It all started with the "drop back" version of Banks we had in the first few weeks which was an absolute failure. Now we have guys that have produced and produced big this year sitting the bench and we are giving plays away to guys who have not done nearly as much. We are a "triple option" team that rarely runs the triple option and apparently doesn't have a QB competent to run it. If you listen to quotes after the game down the stretch SMU was somehow able to stack the box to take away our run and at the same time completely blanket our receivers and take away the pass. It was a modern football miracle.
Another losing season is staring us in the face followed by an off season of excuses and promises that things will be different. We have lost 3 games this year by under 7 points that in year 3 we should know how to finish and win. That is squarely on the coaches at this point.
Like most fans I have no idea why Dauphine is not getting more touches. He is one of the fastest guys on the field and he got 3 touches against SMU and all were runs up the middle. I have wondered if he has deficiencies in past protecting and that keeps him on the sideline but then during the SMU game I saw him sub in on two 3rd and long plays that were both passes. That would make may "pass protection" theory inaccurate. Is he injured? Is he in the doghouse for some reason? I doubt you will get a straight answer out of the coaches but this is a question most fans want to know.
I think to most observers our two best backs are Bradwell and Dauphine but we still want to give multiple touches to Huderson and Jones. In fact we are almost force feeding balls to Jones by running wildcat with him at times. That is something I will never understand. We already have a capable running QB so why bring in Jones to run the ball out of wildcat? I think Jones will become a good player for us but he is not there yet.
Lastly, during the last few offensive series that frankly cost us the game we had critical plays where Dauphine, Bradwell, Mooney, and Encalade were all on the bench. How is that possible? The season was on the line and we had true freshman Jones in at RB and a true freshman in Von Julien in at WR. I don't think he has caught a pass all year. We also decided late that we should get our former walk on Brian Newman into the game. Why were our best players not on the field? Then we get mad when Banks gets sacked and fumbles. He is a senior and should play better but at least give him some viable weapons.
In a disappointing season our offensive coaching has been the biggest head scratcher. It all started with the "drop back" version of Banks we had in the first few weeks which was an absolute failure. Now we have guys that have produced and produced big this year sitting the bench and we are giving plays away to guys who have not done nearly as much. We are a "triple option" team that rarely runs the triple option and apparently doesn't have a QB competent to run it. If you listen to quotes after the game down the stretch SMU was somehow able to stack the box to take away our run and at the same time completely blanket our receivers and take away the pass. It was a modern football miracle.
Another losing season is staring us in the face followed by an off season of excuses and promises that things will be different. We have lost 3 games this year by under 7 points that in year 3 we should know how to finish and win. That is squarely on the coaches at this point.
