Sunday Morning QB- It Sux Edition

[GTHOM]

Apparently so. Dak did play hard and he should have kicked Mullen in the ****ing nuts about every 2 minutes. That being said Dak made a lot of mistakes yesterday in some reads and reactions to plays that he has to be better at to win those types of games. He's not a finished product by any stretch and has only been the guy for 1 yr. I'm confident he will continue to get better.

as long as mullen tells him to keep the ball no matter what on read options we will continue to see the half yard gains/losses and as long as mullen continues to not take hardly any shots downfield teams will load the box and take away the QB run out of 5 wide. mullen pissed me off so damn bad against bama and ole miss i literally could kick him in the nuts

[cheewgumm]

Agree. Playcalling as much as anything else lost this game and Bama.

How can you blame the team for " not being ready" when we're not
Calling plays to give them a chance.

Compete!!

Mullen really does play not to lose a lot of times. I thought he learned againt LSU not to do that but he can't help himself. If he feels threatened he goes conservative.

[BoomBoom]

I hope Dan has learned. It would be really bad if Croom figured that out and Dan doesn't.

What they ought to do is reserve a hotel and offer the families of the football players a chance to come to Starkville to eat with their family members. Because the issue with Thanksgiving and giving them that day off is the travel and the lack of practice time.

he'll probably do it before every game now, to prove it wasn't a mistake.

[War Machine Dawg]

Will didn't wrap up 2 yards in the backfield... when he was the only one in the backfield. CBs aren't supposed to be making tackles in the backfield between the tackles... that's where the DL and LBs should be, but none of them showed up on that play. Instead of ripping the kids that were woefully out of position, we choose to rip the kid that's constantly around the ball because he whiffed on a tackle. That makes no sense. Where the hell were the other 10 players?

He's been a defensive player his whole damn life. He's had to tackle his whole damn life. He should know to wrap up when tackling. Granted, everyone managed to **** up that play. But don't pretend Redmond is blameless or didn't suck all day.

And for those saying this was Redmond's only bad game....you've clearly forgotten UAB and & USA. He got abused in those games.

[GreenheadDawg]

He's been a defensive player his whole damn life. He's had to tackle his whole damn life. He should know to wrap up when tackling. Granted, everyone managed to **** up that play. But don't pretend Redmond is blameless or didn't suck all day.

And for those saying this was Redmond's only bad game....you've clearly forgotten UAB and & USA. He got abused in those games.

He's our best DB. I know you don't think so but you also think that the 1B defense is a real neat idea

[War Machine Dawg]

He's our best DB. I know you don't think so but you also think that the 1B defense is a real neat idea

He's in the discussion with Calhoun. There's a reason teams barely throw at Calhoun. Redmond has improved dramatically this season. He'll only get better, and I'm excited about how good he could be. I'd love to kick Bracky in the balls for costing Redmond 1/3 of his career.

And the 1Bs worked for us most of the year. Are there some changes that need to be made for it to be more effective? Yes. If Zach Jackson and Deontay Evans never played in an SEC game again, with the exception of Vandy, it would be one game too many. But a whole lot of our 1Bs would play or start at the vast majority of other SEC schools. No one bitched when we rotated DLs in '99. But now it's considered a terrible idea because a bunch of dumbasses on this board don't know shit from shinola.

[GTHOM]

He's in the discussion with Calhoun. There's a reason teams barely throw at Calhoun. Redmond has improved dramatically this season. He'll only get better, and I'm excited about how good he could be. I'd love to kick Bracky in the balls for costing Redmond 1/3 of his career.

And the 1Bs worked for us most of the year. Are there some changes that need to be made for it to be more effective? Yes. If Zach Jackson and Deontay Evans never played in an SEC game again, with the exception of Vandy, it would be one game too many. But a whole lot of our 1Bs would play or start at the vast majority of other SEC schools. No one bitched when we rotated DLs in '99. But now it's considered a terrible idea because a bunch of dumbasses on this board don't know shit from shinola.

huge difference in just rotating your DL than the whole damn defense. it bit us in the ass over and over again, what i dont understand is why we did it in the 2 biggest games of the year. you accomplished the goal, build depth and keep the 1As fresh, why not use your best players to get to the playoff?? Nope. We're too smart for that, we played zone and sent the CB blitz

[Political Hack]

WMD, you're a blithering idiot. You're the Jeremiah Short of the MSU blog world.

[HoopsDawg]

huge difference in just rotating your DL than the whole damn defense. iblitz

Absolutely! Talk about a reach from the other guy.

[Smitty]

huge difference in just rotating your DL than the whole damn defense. it bit us in the ass over and over again, what i dont understand is why we did it in the 2 biggest games of the year. you accomplished the goal, build depth and keep the 1As fresh, why not use your best players to get to the playoff?? Nope. We're too smart for that, we played zone and sent the CB blitz

Blood pressure rises every time I think about this.. Just sheer stupidity.

[GreenheadDawg]

You can get guys as many reps as possible but if they don't have SEC talent then it doesn't matter. Jackson, Evans, Cleveland and possibly Coman don't have SEC talent. They just don't. Diamonds in the rough have been great for us to have a pretty good season but to stay in the upper tier we have recruit better, mainly on the offensive line. I hope we hang on to Peters and champion.. They are must for this class. We just sparked OM for the crootin championship

[War Machine Dawg]

huge difference in just rotating your DL than the whole damn defense. it bit us in the ass over and over again, what i dont understand is why we did it in the 2 biggest games of the year. you accomplished the goal, build depth and keep the 1As fresh, why not use your best players to get to the playoff?? Nope. We're too smart for that, we played zone and sent the CB blitz

You won't get any argument from me about the CB blitz. I agree with C34, it's the worst call in all of football.

There are only about 4 guys in the 1B group that haven't earned their keep. Riddle me this: Who shouldn't play out of the following? AJ Jefferson, Nelson Adams, Chris Jones, Curtis Virges, Nelson Adams, Richie Brown, Turtle Holmes, Tolando Cleveland, Kivon Coman, and Redmond. The only one I'd even consider is Coman. His minutes needed to be reduced some, but he's got potential and has played well at times. Cleveland did nothing but improve as the season progressed and has been solid. Everyone else plays or starts at the other 13 SEC schools.

Personally, I'd like to see JT Gray get an expanded role. He's got the speed to be an adequate replacement for Matt Wells, and the fewer snaps Jackson gets, the better. Our hand has been forced at S with Market's injury and Cox's suspension. If it were me, Hughes & Coman play the bowl game. Next year, it's wide open competition and hopefully Brandon Bryant can win one spot and Market will be healthy to take the other. If Market isn't ready, and I'd be shocked if he was, then my second choice would be Peters or Coman, depending on how much Coman progresses in the offseason. But that's down the road.

[War Machine Dawg]

You can get guys as many reps as possible but if they don't have SEC talent then it doesn't matter. Jackson, Evans, Cleveland and possibly Coman don't have SEC talent. They just don't. Diamonds in the rough have been great for us to have a pretty good season but to stay in the upper tier we have recruit better, mainly on the offensive line. I hope we hang on to Peters and champion.. They are must for this class. We just sparked OM for the crootin championship

Jackson & Evans, completely agree. You're crazy at it regards Cleveland. The kid can flat play. He's made some typical "young kid" mistakes, but he's made a bunch of good plays, too. He's going to be very good for us sooner rather than later. I'm still on the fence with Coman. He's made some good plays, but he's struggled some too. Could be a young thing with him, like it was early on with Cleveland. That said, I personally would have reduced his minutes this season. But the fact is that no one at Safety has been very good for us. I'd love to see us move Ced Jiles and maybe even Cleveland back there in the offseason.

Something else to remember, we're missing Dee Arrington and Quadry Antoine has been moved to LB. Those guys could have probably provided some quality depth at S.

[GTHOM]

You won't get any argument from me about the CB blitz. I agree with C34, it's the worst call in all of football.

There are only about 4 guys in the 1B group that haven't earned their keep. Riddle me this: Who shouldn't play out of the following? AJ Jefferson, Nelson Adams, Chris Jones, Curtis Virges, Nelson Adams, Richie Brown, Turtle Holmes, Tolando Cleveland, Kivon Coman, and Redmond. The only one I'd even consider is Coman. His minutes needed to be reduced some, but he's got potential and has played well at times. Cleveland did nothing but improve as the season progressed and has been solid. Everyone else plays or starts at the other 13 SEC schools.

Personally, I'd like to see JT Gray get an expanded role. He's got the speed to be an adequate replacement for Matt Wells, and the fewer snaps Jackson gets, the better. Our hand has been forced at S with Market's injury and Cox's suspension. If it were me, Hughes & Coman play the bowl game. Next year, it's wide open competition and hopefully Brandon Bryant can win one spot and Market will be healthy to take the other. If Market isn't ready, and I'd be shocked if he was, then my second choice would be Peters or Coman, depending on how much Coman progresses in the offseason. But that's down the road.

You said nelson adams twice so im not sure who you meant to put, but those guys should play, yes. but not against alabama or ole miss when the playoff is on the damn line. you play your best players, not only did we not do that, we went full ass retard and played zone all 2nd half and didnt blitz a crippled bo wallace. pure dumbassery. i cant speak for everyone but i am regretting paying collins all that extra money.

[GTHOM]

and you rotate those guys in when the 1As get tired, not just mass random substituting, i wonder what makes collins decide when to do it. to me it always seems like it happens right after we take the momentum of a game. STUPIDITY

[War Machine Dawg]

You said nelson adams twice so im not sure who you meant to put, but those guys should play, yes. but not against alabama or ole miss when the playoff is on the damn line. you play your best players, not only did we not do that, we went full ass retard and played zone all 2nd half and didnt blitz a crippled bo wallace. pure dumbassery. i cant speak for everyone but i am regretting paying collins all that extra money.

Meant to put Nick James. My bad. And yes, we screwed the pooch yesterday, from the coaches right on down the line. I blasted Collins for the defensive game plan just like I blasted Mullen for the offensive game plan.

[War Machine Dawg]

WMD, you're a blithering idiot. You're the Jeremiah Short of the MSU blog world.

Oh? Care to elaborate on how Redmond is better than Calhoun? Because you can't argue the fact that teams stay away from Calhoun. I've made it pretty clear: Redmond has put himself into the discussion of being our best DB. But it isn't clear cut that he's better than Calhoun at this point. Next year, he could pass Calhoun. He certainly has the talent to do so, and it would make our D that much better if he did. Not to mention it would earn him a whole lot of money. But I don't expect you to be objective when it comes to Redmond. You're literally invested in him being great.

[GTHOM]

Meant to put Nick James. My bad. And yes, we screwed the pooch yesterday, from the coaches right on down the line. I blasted Collins for the defensive game plan just like I blasted Mullen for the offensive game plan.

i mean... i literally have no clue what the coaches plan was on both sides. if were going to run a spread option offense, for the love of God please let Dak keep the ball on the option. Since kentucky they have made him give it no matter what i guess to give the defense the threat of him keeping it. Worst coaching performance of Mullen's career

[Political Hack]

Oh? Care to elaborate on how Redmond is better than Calhoun? Because you can't argue the fact that teams stay away from Calhoun. I've made it pretty clear: Redmond has put himself into the discussion of being our best DB. But it isn't clear cut that he's better than Calhoun at this point. Next year, he could pass Calhoun. He certainly has the talent to do so, and it would make our D that much better if he did. Not to mention it would earn him a whole lot of money. But I don't expect you to be objective when it comes to Redmond. You're literally invested in him being great.

once again talking about stuff you know nothing about... not surprised.

You know why they ran that RB pass at Will? Because he bust RBs asses when they run to his side. They had to get him to play back. That's why Saban didn't run or throw to his side.

We'll just see which of our DBs goes the highest in the draft and revisit this discussion then.

[defiantdog]

Didn't Redmond play QB in high school?