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Again, Bloomgren's OL in the first half of 2014 was much more frustrating than this one.  They prompted me to do something I've never done before or since: keep a file headed "OL mistakes".  Tracked them by game--sacks allowed, penalties (that team specialized in false stats and illegal chop blocks.)  

Last year's OL was reason enough to consider getting rid of him.  Perhaps strongly recommending him for head coaching jobs was the best way of doing that.  And the fact that Bloomgren did not issue a final note of thanks and goodbye may be a hint that that is what happened.

Going into this year, I expected that of recent years, it would be the 2015 team that would most resemble what we'd see in 2018. 
At least through half time I was starting to think there might be an unhealthy sprinkling of 2014 as well. 
One similarity is that while Stanford is passing more in 2018 than in any year since Gerhart emerged while Harbaugh was coach, the other year we really tried to move to a more pass-oriented office was the first 3/4 of 2014. 

However, the OL in 2014 was in many ways quite different than in 2018; some of this in the manner they underperformed. 
- 4 of 5 were new starters in 2014. In 2018, 4 of 5 return. 
- Not the OL, but related, in 2014 wise had less at tailback (that the coaches realized - McCaffrey was sitting around mostly unused) than in any other year since Gerhart emerged. In 2018 we have Love. 
- In 2014 the OL actually performed pretty well on some advanced stats related to run blocking - #23 in Power Success Rate, #23 in Stuff Rate, #32 in Line Yds on Standard Downs. [All from Football Outsiders "NCAA Offensive Line Stat".] These aren't out yet for 2018, but can't imagine they are good for us. In 2017 (as you more or less noted) we were poor in these categories - #49 in Power Success Rate, #105 in Stuff Rate, #93 in Line Yds on Standard Downs. 
- Going by memory, and therefore not necessarily reliable, a predominant fraction of the holding and illegal blocking penalties in 2014 were in pass protection. In 2018 they appear to be on run plays. 


I am not sure what that means for an overall evaluation of Bloomgren, and I note your comments suggest some grumbling from inside the program. It's certainly too early to have to strong an opinion on the coaching abilities of Carberry - for example it still seems possible that much of the current struggles are primarily due to injuries with guys either out or hobbled. However, I do think the differences I described mean that the potential solutions are quite different.

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Again, Bloomgren's OL in the first half of 2014 was much more frustrating than this one.  They prompted me to do something I've never done before or since: keep a file headed "OL mistakes".  Tracked them by game--sacks allowed, penalties (that team specialized in false stats and illegal chop blocks.)  

Last year's OL was reason enough to consider getting rid of him.  Perhaps strongly recommending him for head coaching jobs was the best way of doing that.  And the fact that Bloomgren did not issue a final note of thanks and goodbye may be a hint that that is what happened.

Going into this year, I expected that of recent years, it would be the 2015 team that would most resemble what we'd see in 2018. 
At least through half time I was starting to think there might be an unhealthy sprinkling of 2014 as well. 
One similarity is that while Stanford is passing more in 2018 than in any year since Gerhart emerged while Harbaugh was coach, the other year we really tried to move to a more pass-oriented office was the first 3/4 of 2014. 

However, the OL in 2014 was in many ways quite different than in 2018; some of this in the manner they underperformed. 
- 4 of 5 were new starters in 2014. In 2018, 4 of 5 return. 
- Not the OL, but related, in 2014 wise had less at tailback (that the coaches realized - McCaffrey was sitting around mostly unused) than in any other year since Gerhart emerged. In 2018 we have Love. 
- In 2014 the OL actually performed pretty well on some advanced stats related to run blocking - #23 in Power Success Rate, #23 in Stuff Rate, #32 in Line Yds on Standard Downs. [All from Football Outsiders "NCAA Offensive Line Stat".] These aren't out yet for 2018, but can't imagine they are good for us. In 2017 (as you more or less noted) we were poor in these categories - #49 in Power Success Rate, #105 in Stuff Rate, #93 in Line Yds on Standard Downs. 
- Going by memory, and therefore not necessarily reliable, a predominant fraction of the holding and illegal blocking penalties in 2014 were in pass protection. In 2018 they appear to be on run plays. 


I am not sure what that means for an overall evaluation of Bloomgren, and I note your comments suggest some grumbling from inside the program. It's certainly too early to have to strong an opinion on the coaching abilities of Carberry - for example it still seems possible that much of the current struggles are primarily due to injuries with guys either out or hobbled. However, I do think the differences I described mean that the potential solutions are quite different.