Skippy Quotes

[Bull94]

ummm.... If you read the tea leaves here, it seems like skip IS blaming the players so he and his crew can be setup for another job..... NO WAY he cannot see he's on his way out, eventually of course

My third nut says its Arkansas, maybe not as a HC, but maybe as a coordinator

didn't his father demote him when he was an OC at south carolina?

[USF_Grouper]

"We had an inside play called initially," Holtz said. "We had some success running up the middle, we just didn't execute it. It wasn't the play call at all. It was the execution. We played a great game and we're all hurting a little bit. But I've yet to see anyone throw their arms up and put their heads in the sand. I think there's a lot left to play

http://www.naplesnew...-losing-skid-4/

It's never the coaching, always the players right?

This game, it absolutely was. Now the lack of effort comes back on the coaches too... but the players failed to execute. Everyone keeps crying about an outside run (a position we should have never been in anyway).. but the play was there, either of two guys execute a block and we get a first down! That isn't coaching, at least not game management coaching. That is lack of effort!

Receivers dropped balls all day. That isn't play calling.

[USF_Grouper]

What Skip said that probably rings the most truth is that we must put in game plans that our players can execute - both mentally and physically. It just seems he has been asking some folks to do too much. He has an offensive he'd like to run, but he doesn't have the talent to run it. He needs to abandon that and run the offense he has the players to execute! Been an ongoing problem with skip all year. More than anything, college coaches have to adapt. If your QB has one ball speed then you don't call mostly screens and WR fades!

[Bull94]

What Skip said that probably rings the most truth is that we must put in game plans that our players can execute - both mentally and physically. It just seems he has been asking some folks to do too much. He has an offensive he'd like to run, but he doesn't have the talent to run it. He needs to abandon that and run the offense he has the players to execute! Been an ongoing problem with skip all year. More than anything, college coaches have to adapt. If your QB has one ball speed then you don't call mostly screens and WR fades!

he's just figuring this out??

BTW how many passing yards did top 10 UF have to beat top 10 LSU? 61

oh and they averaged 3.0 yards per rush. we averaged 3.8 against temple and BJ passed 31 times to UFs qb 12 times.

how many passing yards did top 10 ohio state have to beat nebraska? 127 on 7 of 14

how many passing yards did top 10 KSU have to beat kansas? 129 on 7 for 14

I'm tired of people blaming Bj when it's obvious it's the system. Fitch and skip go away from the run all the time. great coaches pllay to their players strengths. skip holtz ties to force a kid to run his offense even if it doesn't suit his skill set. KSU, UF and Ohio state have better runners than passers. guess what? they run the ball more than they pass. oh and I bet lsu loaded the box against UF so that's not an excuse for going away from the run.

[Bull94]

"We had an inside play called initially," Holtz said. "We had some success running up the middle, we just didn't execute it. It wasn't the play call at all. It was the execution. We played a great game and we're all hurting a little bit. But I've yet to see anyone throw their arms up and put their heads in the sand. I think there's a lot left to play

http://www.naplesnew...-losing-skid-4/

It's never the coaching, always the players right?

This game, it absolutely was. Now the lack of effort comes back on the coaches too... but the players failed to execute. Everyone keeps crying about an outside run (a position we should have never been in anyway).. but the play was there, either of two guys execute a block and we get a first down! That isn't coaching, at least not game management coaching. That is lack of effort!

Receivers dropped balls all day. That isn't play calling.

what idiot coach settles for a 40+ field goal attempt with over a minute and half left and down by 2??? that's dumb situational play calling at it's finest. that's skip coaching scared. even if we make that FG they have plenty of time (and a wide open middle of field to pass) in order to kick their own game winner. amazing that people blame this on players. you sound like skip and co.

[RobGKee]

Skip Holtz, soon to be former Head Coach of the University of South Florida, is a clown. Enough said.

[SANJAY]

What Skip said that probably rings the most truth is that we must put in game plans that our players can execute - both mentally and physically. It just seems he has been asking some folks to do too much. He has an offensive he'd like to run, but he doesn't have the talent to run it. He needs to abandon that and run the offense he has the players to execute! Been an ongoing problem with skip all year. More than anything, college coaches have to adapt. If your QB has one ball speed then you don't call mostly screens and WR fades!

There's execution issues no doubt.

But as soon as they got the ball down 2 they were playing for that field goal. After the personal foul Holtz was just hoping to get that field goal. Not even jamming out a couple first downs and getting closer.

Back to the execution, has that formation worked all year? If we're going to go down swinging might as well run the pistol with Marc coming across on the sweep which had opened up a few yards on the middle all day. If the other team is clogging the middle like skip said then the solution is to break that up with formation and personnel, but when we bring 3 backs in then their D stays in the middle.

[Bull94]

What Skip said that probably rings the most truth is that we must put in game plans that our players can execute - both mentally and physically. It just seems he has been asking some folks to do too much. He has an offensive he'd like to run, but he doesn't have the talent to run it. He needs to abandon that and run the offense he has the players to execute! Been an ongoing problem with skip all year. More than anything, college coaches have to adapt. If your QB has one ball speed then you don't call mostly screens and WR fades!

There's execution issues no doubt.

But as soon as they got the ball down 2 they were playing for that field goal. After the personal foul Holtz was just hoping to get that field goal. Not even jamming out a couple first downs and getting closer.

Back to the execution, has that formation worked all year? If we're going to go down swinging might as well run the pistol with Marc coming across on the sweep which had opened up a few yards on the middle all day. If the other team is clogging the middle like skip said then the solution is to break that up with formation and personnel, but when we bring 3 backs in then their D stays in the middle.

it was obvious they were playing for the field goal all the way. what a terrible formation. a 5'8" 190 lb running back and a walk-on FB leading the way. even if they can clear space , they are so bunched up and close to the line it's likely they are tripping on each other.

[pmcbri2]

I would actually feel a little sorry for Skip, if he just took some accountability!!! His robotic approach to our spiral death just makes me mad.

[Greg Auman]

Just to be clear, folks: Holtz didn't say his team played a great game. AP story is not quoting him accurately.

Go here to my recording of his postgame presser and check the 2:50 mark:

he's talking about what should motivate his team:

"We play a great game. We represent a great university. We're all hurting a little bit. ..."