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The play is at 2:14:18 on the YouTube video of the game for anyone interested. Wish I had more examples of great playcalling to refer back on.

He actually was lined up in the backfield. Came out of the backfield and ran right by the LB. Regardless, I agree that plays/concepts like this should be ran much more often.

So I’ve made it very clear where I stand on Gilbert, but I do think it’s important to note a couple of plays from this weekend. 1. They motioned Ford out wide and got a mismatch on a LB. Ford ran a double move and had the LB beat by a couple of steps, but BB never looked his way and threw an incompletion. This was a nice concept. 2. They did something similar with Ford later in the game where he was again on a LB, this time on a wheel route and made a nice catch but couldn’t stay in bounds. My issue here is it was ran to the short side of the field, allowing the LB to keep it close and giving a smaller margin for error. 3. Late in the game, Ford ran what looked to be an option route (angle) over the middle and had the LB beat by a mile. BB threw it behind him on what would’ve been a TD. That’s on the QB. Overall, I agree with everything that’s been said. The route concepts are too basic and we are often wayy too late on adjusting to the defense. Simple playbooks are great when counters are built in. Ex. Hitches -> check stop and go What makes a great OC is the ability to call the right play at the right time. By no means should dropped passes and bad throws be excused, but this offense is simply relying on talent at this point. The way this offense is ran on game day does very little to force defenses to cover athletes in space, or create opportunities for our playmakers to make plays in 1 on 1 match ups.

My biggest problem with the current offense is the elementary level mistakes in playcalling. How many 5-6 yards curls have we ran in the last 2 games? The corners for Houston were sitting on them in the 4th Q and Tulane was sitting on them in the 2H. Our WRs were making contested catches with DBs draped on their backs based on sheer talent. We even had an OPI just trying to run the route because the corner was biting all over it and we had to play defense. If this is a core concept, fine. But mix in a stop and go to keep the defense honest. Don’t think the OL can block long enough to stech the field? How about a HB screen to keep the ends honest. We are trying to be a power run team with finesse blockers and backs. What’s your solution to fix this? Bring in an extra RB and run the triple option. This is a HS version of the Veer & Shoot.

It’s all relative of course. My point was simply that his reputation for recruiting shouldn’t be a reason for keeping him as a HC given his obvious flaws. It’s not like he walked in and brought in the number 1 class in the G5

I said his classes aren’t all that great...Sure, they are solid, but they are far from great. His defencicies as a HC outweigh his recruiting ability tenfold

Our recruiting under CCS isn’t really all that great

Charlie’s defense sucks, Sterlins offense sucks, and ST’s suck as well.

Built Ford Tough

Fisher won a AFC Championship. CCS won a Sugar Bowl. Not sure where you’re going with that

Not to attack your opinion because you’ve made valid points. Honest question, don’t you worry that he’s just flat out average? “8-8/7-9 bs” as Jeff Fisher once said? I get it, it’s better than CWTs first year, but that should be an anomaly, not something we are grateful not to see.

Not to mention that the bubble/fake bubble wheels have completely disappeared

I think there’s some truth to this. I’m genuinely curious if CCS has a handcuff on this offense due to his conservative nature. Houston and USF run the same style offense, Veer & Shoot. Obviously KB knows it like the back of his hand from his father, but Sterlin has made it this far with his version. King is a special QB, but the differences in the offenses were clear. Houston was motioning players, taking shots down field and continuously trying to get their best players in space. Our offense was inside zone & boundary hitches for the most part. How many curls have to get jumped before we run a stop and go?

Did anyone mention why Jaymon was playing boundary corner in the first half? If that was a strategic move rather than due to injury, I believe that’s enough cause to fire someone

We have to beat Cincy & Temple just to have a chance to control our own destiny in that game. Charlie is now 1-3 against teams with similar talent. Wins - Texas Tech (Bowl) Losses - Houston x2, UCF

You probably think Jeff Fisher is a good coach

I know everyone is disappointed here so I’ll save the pissed off post. Charlie and this staff are the epitome of average. It was a good hire at the time, but it’s time to cut bait at the end of the year and let him go coach Illinois to a 4-8 record every year

The team hasn’t quit at all. This is simply the ceiling of this team under this current staff

edit - F it. Let’s be positive today. Go bulls

I guess we shouldn’t have worn white vs Illinois & Tulsa then. Wait, what about ECU? What a terrible excuse. Tonight was an extension of this season, not an anomaly. Charlie is a Grandpa, not a CEO.

We have learned the truth of this team from the past 1.5 years. Let’s see if they can overcome the truth next week at Houston

If you don’t think this scheme as a whole is an issue at this point, idk what to tell you. Randy Edsall was more creative at getting his playmakers in space. Randy Edsall lmao

You like that 1st & 25 Dive? Dudes trash

Using YPG is like using Batting Avg to determine the better hitter. S&P+ (Off) *Not Opponent Adjusted* 2016 - 39.7 (8th) 2017 - 33.5 (27th) Success RT (Off) 2016 - 105.4 (52nd) 2017 - 86.1 (121st)

I get what you’re saying, but you could use the same principle and say Sterlin isn’t Veer & Shoot because he runs more than Briles & Co. The original Air Raid offense under Mumme was considered an Zaire Raid because they threw almost as much as they ran in a era of 2 yards and a cloud of dust. It’s all relative. Sure, leach took what Mumme build and created his own verysion, but the pass/run split is only 1/3rd of what makes it Air Raid. The core competentencies can be found on the OL and Route Tree concepts. My point before this entire Air Raid debate was simply that Heupel walked into o-town and didn’t try and turn Milton into Drew Lock or Graham Harrell. He kept a lot of the same packages/plays they were successful with. I appreciate a coach willing to adjust to his players strengths rather than simply install his stuff without watching any film on his team. I’m looking at you Sterlin