Re: You are one of the least objective posters on TNET.

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Re: Since the pumpers will be gone a while, we can have honest discussions.....

Dec 21, 2024, 8:40 PM

Wes called his best game if the year tonight. Our personnel is good; TX’s is both better overall and blessed with quality depth that we didn’t have except at the DT position.

Let’s face it. Our D is good in most areas, with the obvious problems being (1) setting the edge on whatever side of the LOS that TJ Parker was not in -and- (2) tackling.

We were not going to have a chance at winn8ng this game by playing a defense scheme in which giving up easy 8 to 12 yard plays again and again and again on long drives was considered by our coaches as being more desirable than giving up big plays on occassi9n. TX absolutely killed those teams which did similar to Clemson’s typical ‘play it safe’ defense

First half, the setting of the edge problem was glaring.

Second half, Goodwin made a high risk / (potentially) high reward scheme using 3 DTs + 2 DEs on numerous occassions. He also (correctly, IMO) typically deployed only one deep DB and played tight / jam-em coverage in their WRs. He made a massive adjustment and our defensive performance improved.

Unfortunately, TX’s superb O-Line blocked our DL well on numerous occassions and also got to our second level with great effect to spring their RBs. All it took was one missed tackle or ncorrevt gap-read by a safety and it was a big gain by the TX runn8ng back.

As for the year long bad tackl8ng, I do blame Goodwin.

IMO, if Goodwin gets fired because of the tackl8ng problem, then OK, I get it. On the other hand, if we can hire a ‘tackling trainer’ to the staff that can teach tackling and devise drills in which tackling skills are greatly improved, then I’m OK for Goodwin to get one more shot.

Oh yeah, whoever evaluates and coaches punters needs to hit the bricks. We’d do better soliciting tryouts for punter from the sorority girls than endure another year like that from our finally-out-of-eligibility punter.

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Our OL is pretty good at pass protection. Not great, obviously, but still pretty good.

As for the runn8ng game, we’ve been weak all year, and will be weak again vs 5he teams with starting O-Lines next year. Our guys simply are not the road-grader body types. The great O-Linemen are both road graders -&- agile enough to pass block well. That’s what we saw from TX’s -Line tonight. We don’t have that. Hard stop.

My frustration is that on the third and very short and 4th and very short situations in the red zone, our coaches (whether Dabo or Garrett makes this decision, I have no idea) seem intent in imposing their will by always running the ball when we’re using the ‘jumbo’ package. Given that, by this stage of the season, our coaches have still not figured out that our O-Line isn’t built for overpowering whichever defense is in front of them. It’s like expecting the egg to beat the fox in a battle. Why oh why didn’t they figure this out?

Anyways, we were competitive in the game. Miserable participation trophy in that we didn’t completely embarrass ourselves; SMU and Indiana showed that they didn’t bel9ng in the CFP.

Since the pumpers will be gone a while, we can have honest discussions.....

get over it already, if you're not a Tiger Pumper, you must be a coot, right?***

You are one of the least objective posters on TNET.