11-07-2021, 08:50 AM
(11-07-2021, 08:15 AM)Austroturf Wrote: All that said, regardless of what the decision is, somebody has to take the snaps in the ND game. If it isn't McKee, then the same could be said about West or Sanders or Patu. Aren't they also being exposed to serious injury behind the current O-line?
I think the OL itself needs to answer that question. The guys out there aren't chopped liver. It isn't a bunch of 240 pound three star guys who can't play a lick. This line shouldn't be playing as poorly as it is. One may blame S&C, or the OL coach, and they may in fact be a problem. It may be that the players have to go to Shaw and say "Coach, we can't execute the plan our OL coach wants us to. Let us try X instead". These guys aren't dummies, they have ideas. In any case, they need to look inward and ask "Why do we suck and what can I do about it"? They may not be able to be great, but they absolutely can play better than they have the last three games. At this point, it is going to have to come from within. There is no magic coaching trick that will "fix" the situation.