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What player surprised you the most (positive and negative)?
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1. BSU>VirginiaRaccoonHarry said:Surprised Browning didn't play better. And don't give me that true freshman bullshit - Josh Rosen absolutely lit it up for UCLA. Hope I'm wrong but he didn't show me much to get excited about. Oh, he could develop but doubt it's this year.
2.UCLA>>>>>>Washington
3.Malzone>>>>>>...>>>>>>Smith
Yes Rosen is better now, but I thought Browning showed good escapability, and some confidence. I really think having no running game handicapped how much UW could throw deep, especially after they got down by a few scores.
I am probably just dooging about it though... -
Did you even watch the game?PurpleJ said:Positive: Win a fucking game and we will talk
Negative: D-line. Pick anyone. They all looked undersized and couldn't generate a pass rush. -
Whooosh? How could you put the WRs as a negative given the scheme/playcalling?SpoonieLuv said:I was impressed with Eldrenkamp. He was pushing guys around on pass block. passes the look test. Run game away a clusterfuck and I didn't see how he performed there.
Negative: wide receivers. Would name one but who cares. -
Surprised nobody has mentioned vita Vea. For someone who hasn't played in 3 years he looked good. Really collapsed pocket and got a good push in run game. Victor wasn't a surprise to me. Got in argument with ceo Kent Saying he would be better than Timu in his first year as starter. Victor only needs a half of tfl to tie Timu's total of last year. More importantly Victors tackles were at 2 yards not 8 yards past LOS
Brostek was meh and Bierra -
Positive:
Kaleb McGary, Virta, Victor, Eldrenkamp, Littleton.
Negative:
Dwayne Warshington.
It was hard to have too many negative surprises because overall I was happy with the Defense (we played a shit ton of guys on D and didn't have much drop off) and the offense was so bad it was hard to get upset with players. -
Browning looked pretty good. He threw some nice balls, moved around in the pocket, barked orders, wasn't nervous, etc. He looked like he belonged, but objectively speaking, he played like shit. 20-34 for 150 and a pick is a terrible game.
We've harped on the offensive coaching enough, but our talent isn't that bad. It's really not. And even if it is bad, I still expect to have a good enough coach to coax something out of them. It's fucking pathetic. The defense and special teams set them up multiple times with outstanding field position and they twiddled their dicks and kicked FG's. I think they got one first down on either of those drives.
It's really depressing that Petersen and his staff had a long time to reflect on last year's dreckfest of an offense and improve it. All off season to make necessary tweaks and changes. And we come out and play arguably the worst offensive game of the Petersen era. We all know how bad some of those games were last year too. This was as bad or worse than ASU and Stanford last year. There were some good things going on, but it's hard to feel good about anything with this embarrassing of a showing. -
Positives: Halftime adjustments, special teams (Pettis TD on PR which is a product of players making their blocks; Baker blocking a PAT; Mickens blocking a punt), the defense getting a stop after Browning's INT, and the team not quitting at halftime.
The team doesn't fold like a lawn chair from Sam's Club after the slightest hint of adversity. This team was down 3 scores at halftime and put themselves in a position to win.
Negatives: everything that isn't a positive
The team lacks consistency and an identity. And Smith has to go. -
It's so goddamned maddening. For playcalling I could run a mysql script that randomly selected plays from an old NCAA Xbox game and I bet we generate more yards on offense. But as discussed, as we hate on Smith, just the same it stands to reason we hate on Petersen for hiring and sticking with this dumpster fire.
It's a glaring elephant in the room, which is a shame because you can see actual progress blossoming everywhere else in the program. As it relates to in-state recruiting the relationship with local HS coaches has improved drastically over Sark. The S&C is obviously working. The defense has generally been good, with lots of player development at all three levels. Special teams immediately improved. The effort level seems high. All the off the field bullshit doogs love is also very strong.
The whole 'offensive guru' dumpster fire reminds me of Charlie Weis. -
I'm dooging hard for Chico. SPSL!!!!
