08-27-2014, 02:34 PM
Good god, WIM, how can you watch that sequence and be anything other than nauseous?Â
If you're really worried about the clock, how about getting the plays in more quickly? And how about NOT burning a TO? And did you notice that Stanford ran the same play after calling the TO that it was poised to run before the TO came from the sideline? AAARRRGGHHHH!
And what that clip doesn't show you is how Stanford got into the position. I think it FINALLY began to run the ball effectively, IIRC (a 6 minute drive on that one possession, anyway); and in all events, Stanford picked up 8 yards on the first 2 running plays. You can't get 2 more in 2 plays (with 2 TOs left?). And once you pass on third down, you basically force a pass on fourth down - do you think Shaw would run it on fourth and 2, if he wouldn't on third and 2? The last series was a GIANT CLUSTERBOMB
Just makes me sick to be reminded about that game situation, because the reality is this: the offensive braintrust completely locked up in that end of game situation. The Rose Bowl - remember when Stanford needed to go the length of the field and the Cardinal took forever to run four running plays with no sense of urgency? - was eerily reminiscent of the Utah end game, in terms of the sideline having no clue. (And btw, WIM, I think the play selection altered Stanford's chances of winning that game from about 75% to about 20%. You may think that's okay . . . I'm on the other side).
CTC, thanks for nothing with that link. "Fiasco," indeed.
I hope the staff has learned from last season. We shall see.
P.S. While I agree about predictability being a general criticism of the offense under this regime, the criticism that really has bite is the one that the sideline is calling plays - whether pass or run - that are indefensible in the given situation. Utah is in that category; as is SC, and maybe the entire last series against MSU (not so much running the ball - which I think was futile at that point - but doing so with ZERO SENSE OF URGENCY/HURRY UP OFFENSE). That was just so wrong/indefensible in that situation. So the goal for this year is to eliminate the AYFKM calls, which I happen to think is a pretty modest goal for an offensive brain trust.
If you're really worried about the clock, how about getting the plays in more quickly? And how about NOT burning a TO? And did you notice that Stanford ran the same play after calling the TO that it was poised to run before the TO came from the sideline? AAARRRGGHHHH!
And what that clip doesn't show you is how Stanford got into the position. I think it FINALLY began to run the ball effectively, IIRC (a 6 minute drive on that one possession, anyway); and in all events, Stanford picked up 8 yards on the first 2 running plays. You can't get 2 more in 2 plays (with 2 TOs left?). And once you pass on third down, you basically force a pass on fourth down - do you think Shaw would run it on fourth and 2, if he wouldn't on third and 2? The last series was a GIANT CLUSTERBOMB
Just makes me sick to be reminded about that game situation, because the reality is this: the offensive braintrust completely locked up in that end of game situation. The Rose Bowl - remember when Stanford needed to go the length of the field and the Cardinal took forever to run four running plays with no sense of urgency? - was eerily reminiscent of the Utah end game, in terms of the sideline having no clue. (And btw, WIM, I think the play selection altered Stanford's chances of winning that game from about 75% to about 20%. You may think that's okay . . . I'm on the other side).
CTC, thanks for nothing with that link. "Fiasco," indeed.
I hope the staff has learned from last season. We shall see.
P.S. While I agree about predictability being a general criticism of the offense under this regime, the criticism that really has bite is the one that the sideline is calling plays - whether pass or run - that are indefensible in the given situation. Utah is in that category; as is SC, and maybe the entire last series against MSU (not so much running the ball - which I think was futile at that point - but doing so with ZERO SENSE OF URGENCY/HURRY UP OFFENSE). That was just so wrong/indefensible in that situation. So the goal for this year is to eliminate the AYFKM calls, which I happen to think is a pretty modest goal for an offensive brain trust.