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The thing is, I can play the "stay patient" game as well as anyone. Road game against a pretty good opponent with a track record of success? Sure, fine, I can buy struggles.

The problem isn't the struggles, nor even the attempted solutions. Sometimes you have problems, you try logical solutions to those problems, but the whole time-and-chance-happeneth-to-us-all thing gets you. The solutions don't work. Oh well.

The issue is that the solutions attempted by the coaching staff were ludicrously gimmicky and disconnected to the problems the team was actually experiencing. I mean, come on, shuffling QBs where one is strictly in to seal the backside? Random attempts to plug in various offensive linemen? It's a surrender flag of epic proportions. It's like asking for an intervention.

As I posted on the other thread... on the shuffling of offensive linemen... well, our line did struggle mightily against USC, so I don't have an issue, per se.  If Little is our best guy, then start him despite the inexperience. I'm not a fan of starting highly touted freshmen just because they had 5 stars next to their name, but it's not like our line was a well-oiled machine against USC.  The problem, of course, is that if you do shuffle your line, and they are still getting beat, you look like you are panicking.

On the Burns for Chryst... I'm not generally a fan, but those plays did seem like they were working reasonably well (at least better than most of the other stuff we tried).  And it is not that more or less gimick-y than the wildcat.

My two biggest concerns today were: a) the offensive line is not protecting the passer very well and b) the quarterback played an awful game.  I hope he puts it behind him and doesn't get like Burns after the UW game where he was permanently scarred thereafter.

BC

[BostonCard]

The thing is, I can play the "stay patient" game as well as anyone. Road game against a pretty good opponent with a track record of success? Sure, fine, I can buy struggles.

The problem isn't the struggles, nor even the attempted solutions. Sometimes you have problems, you try logical solutions to those problems, but the whole time-and-chance-happeneth-to-us-all thing gets you. The solutions don't work. Oh well.

The issue is that the solutions attempted by the coaching staff were ludicrously gimmicky and disconnected to the problems the team was actually experiencing. I mean, come on, shuffling QBs where one is strictly in to seal the backside? Random attempts to plug in various offensive linemen? It's a surrender flag of epic proportions. It's like asking for an intervention.

As I posted on the other thread... on the shuffling of offensive linemen... well, our line did struggle mightily against USC, so I don't have an issue, per se.  If Little is our best guy, then start him despite the inexperience. I'm not a fan of starting highly touted freshmen just because they had 5 stars next to their name, but it's not like our line was a well-oiled machine against USC.  The problem, of course, is that if you do shuffle your line, and they are still getting beat, you look like you are panicking.

On the Burns for Chryst... I'm not generally a fan, but those plays did seem like they were working reasonably well (at least better than most of the other stuff we tried).  And it is not that more or less gimick-y than the wildcat.

My two biggest concerns today were: a) the offensive line is not protecting the passer very well and b) the quarterback played an awful game.  I hope he puts it behind him and doesn't get like Burns after the UW game where he was permanently scarred thereafter.

BC