I'm tired of hearing about execution

[Wildrover]

Execution was terrible today but that might be because we have a coaching staff that is so myopic and dogmatic in their system that they can't see the forest for the trees.  CCS was gifted an offense that could have put 50+ on every opponent this season but his old school "get your nose in the dirt cause I had to"  way is ruining this team.  Gilbert is a horrible offensive coordinator.  One of the more electrifying, dynamic and prolific offenses in all of FBS, let alone the AAC has been neutered by a guy who is so attached to his idea of what an offense should be that he fails to recognize the need to adapt to change to the environment that he has is costing this team in spades.  It's not on him though its on CCS strong to call him into his office and say look 'what did this offense do last year,  that really seemed work, I want you to keep doing that"

Nope, rigid attachment to an ideal is more important than doing what needs to be done to win

$0.02

WR

[GaUSFBull]

Coaches didn't allow Houston to convert on 4th and 24.

Cant fully blame coaching on snapping the ball with 16 seconds on the play clock.  A veteran like QF should have noticed it too.  But the clock should have been run down and time called before running the 3rd down play.

A lot of what happened today was execution ... sorry, facts are facts. But much of the criticism regarding the conservative approach of the coaches has merit.  Neutering is a valid term there for sure.  

[Brad]

I think we can agree, based on each of your guys’ posts, that the improvement needed in execution would be on behalf of players and coaches.  Summed up nicely above. 

[Bull94]

39 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

Coaches didn't allow Houston to convert on 4th and 24.

Cant fully blame coaching on snapping the ball with 16 seconds on the play clock.  A veteran like QF should have noticed it too.  But the clock should have been run down and time called before running the 3rd down play.

A lot of what happened today was execution ... sorry, facts are facts. But much of the criticism regarding the conservative approach of the coaches has merit.  Neutering is a valid term there for sure.  

coaching allowed the fluke play to happen. why did we run a quick draw on first down in their end with 2 minutes left? we could have taken 30 seconds off the clock. that's when you kill a clock. then we run into the line twice to set up a FG with all that time left? I'm tired of people blaming players.

[GaUSFBull]

Just now, Bull94 said:

coaching allowed the fluke play to happen. why did we run a quick draw on first down in their end with 2 minutes left? we could have taken 30 seconds off the clock. that's when you kill a clock. then we run into the line twice to set up a FG with all that time left? I'm tired of people blaming players.

 Agree with you, but game should have still been over on 4th and 24. You just can't allow that to be extended.  I didn't see Strong or Jean-Mary out on the field in pads or helmets.  Did you?

[Bull94]

Just now, GaUSFBull said:

 Agree with you, but game should have still been over on 4th and 24. You just can't allow that to be extended.  I didn't see Strong or Jean-Mary out on the field in pads or helmets.  Did you?

good coaches don't allow fluke plays to happen. they put the game away when given the chance.

coaches that coach not to lose line up for Fgs with 2 minutes left.

I saw it coming from a mile away when they ran into the line. in fact I knew they would play for the FG leading up to that.

Get the first down and that game is over Houston never gets the ball again.

[GaUSFBull]

3 minutes ago, Bull94 said:

I'm tired of people blaming players.

I agree coaching has a huge role in this loss tonight, but I'm tired of coaches blindly getting blamed for 100% of the things that go wrong at the expense of reality.  There is more than enough to go around here.

[Bull94]

Just now, GaUSFBull said:

I agree coaching has a huge role in this loss tonight, but I'm tired of coaches blindly getting blamed for 100% of the things that go wrong at the expense of reality.  There is more than enough to go around here.

we go for a first down at the end and the game is over. that's on the coaches. he coached not to lose.he gets paid millions to make those decisions.

[GaUSFBull]

Just now, Bull94 said:

we go for a first down at the end and the game is over. that's on the coaches. he coached not to lose.he gets paid millions to make those decisions.

But that's not what happened.  Players overcome coaching decisions all the time in football.  We had a chance to do that on 4th and 24 and the players failed.  That's what we call a fact.  What "should have happened" at the end of the day is meaningless.  At some point you have to face reality and stop dealing in idealism.

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

5 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

I agree coaching has a huge role in this loss tonight, but I'm tired of coaches blindly getting blamed for 100% of the things that go wrong at the expense of reality.  There is more than enough to go around here.

It was a complete failure all around in my opinion. But buck stops with the coaches. O was bottled up. Special teams weren't great and allowed the huge return on Houston's last. D collapsed in the 2nd half. Game awareness was terrible by the staff, playcallng was uninspired, lazy and predictable. Their adjustments smoked us and after our coaching staff throttling our offense for so long they couldn't turn it on and that's understandable.