Johnson85
09-30-2019, 08:42 AM
who would help Moorhead and staff on the little things.
Let's assume Schoop can coach. I don't know enough to say. We look like we're out of position a lot and are horrible at tackling, which I would usually say is a coaching issue. But a talent deficit will also cause you to look out of position and miss a lot of tackles because you're not fast enough to get places and/or not strong enough to get off blocks. And the one thing that looks obvious to me is that we don't have any playmakers on defense other than Gay. Our DL reminds me of 2012. A lot of decent players, but probably a lot of players that can be your worst and/or second worst DL player and still be ok, but you've got to have them paired with a playmaker or two. Can't make a full, effective DL with them.
Our offense isn't hopeless. We show some flashes. We suck at little things. We are mentally weak. (We have been mentally weak on the road since Dak left. Not just normal weakness as the road is tough in the SEC, but just chicken shit, scared of the moment, act like we've never played football weak. I don't know what the 17 that's about.)
Our special teams. Well, our punter kicks the ball pretty damn effectively sometimes. After that...
I think when Joe was head coach at Fordham, maybe a lot of the little things were taken care of not b/c he did a good job coaching them, but b/c his players were not division one athletes and were above average at the mental aspects of the game. So they let him get away with skimping on the little things, and then when he went to PSU, they weren't his responsibility. So Joe does some things well, but still needs some help instilling discipline and working on little things. I'm thinking a former head coach who had disciplined teams but maybe flamed out b/c he couldn't recruit or was just incapable of adjusting with changes in offense or defense. Not sure who that would be. Might be somebody at a lower level.
But I think if I were Cohen at the end of this year, I'd tell Joe he gets an extension and some money to hire a pretty highly paid assistant head coach. Let Moorhead game plan and recruit. Let Schoop handle defense. Let the assistant head coach handle special teams, discipline, oversee S&C coach, and help organize and manage practices. Even if we ended up with a higher payroll than we would ideally have, I think that would be less expensive than letting Joe flounder trying to figure things out himself.
ETA: Because all the people thinking we could or should fire Moorhead this year are crazy. He's getting three full years, and will have to regress to 3 or 4 wins next year to not get a fourth.
ETA2: To make headline less click bait like and see if anybody had real suggestions
Let's assume Schoop can coach. I don't know enough to say. We look like we're out of position a lot and are horrible at tackling, which I would usually say is a coaching issue. But a talent deficit will also cause you to look out of position and miss a lot of tackles because you're not fast enough to get places and/or not strong enough to get off blocks. And the one thing that looks obvious to me is that we don't have any playmakers on defense other than Gay. Our DL reminds me of 2012. A lot of decent players, but probably a lot of players that can be your worst and/or second worst DL player and still be ok, but you've got to have them paired with a playmaker or two. Can't make a full, effective DL with them.
Our offense isn't hopeless. We show some flashes. We suck at little things. We are mentally weak. (We have been mentally weak on the road since Dak left. Not just normal weakness as the road is tough in the SEC, but just chicken shit, scared of the moment, act like we've never played football weak. I don't know what the 17 that's about.)
Our special teams. Well, our punter kicks the ball pretty damn effectively sometimes. After that...
I think when Joe was head coach at Fordham, maybe a lot of the little things were taken care of not b/c he did a good job coaching them, but b/c his players were not division one athletes and were above average at the mental aspects of the game. So they let him get away with skimping on the little things, and then when he went to PSU, they weren't his responsibility. So Joe does some things well, but still needs some help instilling discipline and working on little things. I'm thinking a former head coach who had disciplined teams but maybe flamed out b/c he couldn't recruit or was just incapable of adjusting with changes in offense or defense. Not sure who that would be. Might be somebody at a lower level.
But I think if I were Cohen at the end of this year, I'd tell Joe he gets an extension and some money to hire a pretty highly paid assistant head coach. Let Moorhead game plan and recruit. Let Schoop handle defense. Let the assistant head coach handle special teams, discipline, oversee S&C coach, and help organize and manage practices. Even if we ended up with a higher payroll than we would ideally have, I think that would be less expensive than letting Joe flounder trying to figure things out himself.
ETA: Because all the people thinking we could or should fire Moorhead this year are crazy. He's getting three full years, and will have to regress to 3 or 4 wins next year to not get a fourth.
ETA2: To make headline less click bait like and see if anybody had real suggestions