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Maybe J. Smith isn't a complete retard

EwaDawgEwaDawg Member Posts: 3,992
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From today's Seattle times.



“We’re not going to just be going up and down the field and scoring 60, 70 points. I don’t see that coming,” UW offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith said. “So being able to stick and grind through it. But when there are plays to be made we have to make them. You’re going to get maybe half a dozen (chances at big) plays in this game against a good defense. We have to make those.”

I guess the question is "How much damage can six bad play calls create?".
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    Mad_SonMad_Son Member Posts: 10,092
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    This is all a psychological ploy. We're airing it all game long - increasingly desperately as Colorado's CBs pick off underthrown deep balls one after another.
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    WilburHooksHandsWilburHooksHands Member Posts: 6,741
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    Mad_Son said:

    This is all a psychological ploy. We're airing it all game long - increasingly desperately as Colorado's CBs pick off underthrown deep balls one after another.

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    Fenderbender123Fenderbender123 Member Posts: 2,866
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    I hope we just pound the football all game long. No throwing it...unless Gaskin wants to air it out.
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    Mad_SonMad_Son Member Posts: 10,092
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    6 RPOs in first two drives, 2 Statue of Liberty Plays, 2 halfback passes, 5 underthrown "bombs," 3 knocked down passes, 17 horizontal routes, run or pass, 1 Cleveland Steamer and 2 Rusty Sanchezes, all resulting in 2 turnovers and 7 net yards.

    And Smiff gets run over by the team plane on the Tarmack.

    I'd take that as long as the last part comes true.
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    HuskyInAZHuskyInAZ Member Posts: 1,732
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    TTJ said:

    The persistent hard-on for "big plays" is the root cause of Smith's mediocrity. Run with conviction; throw short; avoid penalties; and concentrate on manufacturing and converting favorable down&distance situations. These are the things your players are good at, so just stick to them, and the "big plays" will come. Trust your playmakers to go get YAC on the edges; they don't need 40-yard downfield heaves.

    I don't get the "Smith's mediocrity" thing. I agree that he gets too cute at times and shit the bed in the 2nd half against USC, but UW offense is #3 in PPG in college football, and a whopping .5 PPG from #1. No doubt, some play calls are head scratching, but the body of work suggests he's certainly not mediocre.
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    AIRWOLFAIRWOLF Member Posts: 1,840
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    TTJ said:

    The persistent hard-on for "big plays" is the root cause of Smith's mediocrity. Run with conviction; throw short; avoid penalties; and concentrate on manufacturing and converting favorable down&distance situations. These are the things your players are good at, so just stick to them, and the "big plays" will come. Trust your playmakers to go get YAC on the edges; they don't need 40-yard downfield heaves.

    Jesus. Big plays are good things. And the Huskies have been successful this season in both being incredibly efficient and explosive.

    I don't think Smith is a very good playe caller overall, and I will celebrate when he is hired away, but this criticism reads like the Huskies go 3 and out all the time because they are constantly throwing deep. They don't and they aren't.

    If Smith called games the way you are suggesting, there would be a huge uproar because the Huskies offense would score a lot less and would be both boring and predictable.

    The USC game was a poor gameplan, executed poorly. But the rest of the season, I can't fault the mix of calls that much.
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    RoadDawg55RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,123
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    AIRWOLF said:

    TTJ said:

    The persistent hard-on for "big plays" is the root cause of Smith's mediocrity. Run with conviction; throw short; avoid penalties; and concentrate on manufacturing and converting favorable down&distance situations. These are the things your players are good at, so just stick to them, and the "big plays" will come. Trust your playmakers to go get YAC on the edges; they don't need 40-yard downfield heaves.

    Jesus. Big plays are good things. And the Huskies have been successful this season in both being incredibly efficient and explosive.

    I don't think Smith is a very good playe caller overall, and I will celebrate when he is hired away, but this criticism reads like the Huskies go 3 and out all the time because they are constantly throwing deep. They don't and they aren't.

    If Smith called games the way you are suggesting, there would be a huge uproar because the Huskies offense would score a lot less and would be both boring and predictable.

    The USC game was a poor gameplan, executed poorly. But the rest of the season, I can't fault the mix of calls that much.
    Big plays are good?
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