Our Running Game

[NVGator]

What the hell happened? Why did Perine only get 2 touches and Cronk only 4?

Scarlett: 10 for 44 yrds.
Appleby: 7 for 24 yrds.
Thompson: 8 for 20 yrds.
Cronkrite: 4 for 13 yrds
Perine: 2 for 5 yrds.
Total: 31 for 106 yrds.
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I get that the 2nd half was just stack the box and that was it but I'm just shocked we never established it.

 

[MatthewM.]

Because we have a Mickey Mouse coaching staff.

/end thread

 

[URGatorBait]

Fire Nusschamp

 

[ergator920103]

Tennessee exposed how bad our OL is, in the second half.

 

[Gator Fever]

Scarlett was pounding it in the first half then Nusschamp happened in the 2nd half.

 

[Marine1]

Probably need to settle on two backs and get away from the 4 man committee. Good RB's typically get better the more they tote the rock. Nobody is getting in a groove. Disappointed in Thompson but he is probably the back that would benefit from more carries the most. That said...right now I go with Scarlett and the rook.

 

[MertzJay26]

Thompson isn't quick enough to be an SEC back.

Scarlett and Perine need to handle the bulk and Cronk needs to be 3rd down back

 

[heversle]

We can't have an effective running game if the defense knows we're going to run the ball almost every time. Hell, most of us at home knew when a run was coming during the majority of that 2nd half. It boggles my mind that we could have that much success offensively and look that balanced in the 1st half only to completely get away from what worked and revert to a Muschamp-like mentality of playing not to lose in the 2nd. This offense cannot be successful without the threat of the pass. Unfortunately, this coaching staff believed it was only necessary to start attacking our opponent until after they scored 31 unanswered points. I don't care if we had Adrian Peterson in our backfield; you can't be successful when all 11 guys on defense know you're getting the ball.

 

[Marine1]

Thompson isn't quick enough to be an SEC back.

Scarlett and Perine need to handle the bulk and Cronk needs to be 3rd down back

I think Thompson can be effective. I think he is quick enough but he runs too high. Needs lower center of gravity. But again 4 backs are too many. Scarlett and Perine should get the touches. If either goes down we have 2 to step in.

 

[MertzJay26]

I think Thompson can be effective. I think he is quick enough but he runs too high. Needs lower center of gravity. But again 4 backs are too many. Scarlett and Perine should get the touches. If either goes down we have 2 to step in.

I'll politely disagree. I don't think he hits the whole fast enough. Once he gets going to second level that's a whole different story

 

[cover2]

What the hell happened? Why did Perine only get 2 touches and Cronk only 4?

Scarlett: 10 for 44 yrds.
Appleby: 7 for 24 yrds.
Thompson: 8 for 20 yrds.
Cronkrite: 4 for 13 yrds
Perine: 2 for 5 yrds.
Total: 31 for 106 yrds.
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I get that the 2nd half was just stack the box and that was it but I'm just shocked we never established it.

Larry Csonka, Jim Brown, and Ernie Davis couldn't gain ground behind our OL in the second half. Like you, would have loved to see Perine and Cronk get some more carries. Getting time probably for the committee to give way to one or two primarily, as others have suggested. I believe Scarlett will be one. Not yet sure of the other. We'll see.

BTW, like my Syracuse theme? :)

 

[GatorStud]

I will say one thing... impression, not necessarily fact supported, but it's been since John L Williams that the ole out of the backfield catch feels so good with Cronk, for me anyway.

 

[Marine1]

Larry Csonka, Jim Brown, and Ernie Davis couldn't gain ground behind our OL in the second half. Like you, would have loved to see Perine and Cronk get some more carries. Getting time probably for the committee to give way to one or two primarily, as others have suggested. I believe Scarlett will be one. Not yet sure of the other. We'll see.

BTW, like my Syracuse theme? :)

I like Perine as 2nd back as he seems to bring more explosiveness. I think with more consistent touches he will break a few off. The others are grinders.

 

[GatorStud]

scarlett, thompson ~pounders of sorts
perine ~glides shifty bolts toward daylight
Cronk ~hands and then comes the mass

not too shabby when used correctly

 

[Since65]

I don't understand trying to run out of one back set while using tight ends who are not big, imposing blocking guys. Both Goolsy and Lewis seem to be mostly pass catching tight ends. Are we not asking them to function more like H-backs or blocking tight ends when we only have one back behind the QB in run situations? Even though that doesn't seem to be the strength of their game?

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Larry Csonka, Jim Brown, and Ernie Davis couldn't gain ground behind our OL in the second half.

Exactly what I was thinking. And tje first half wasnt great either.

Im at the same spot I was preseason, trying to imagine what offense you run with an OL that is at least a ear away from being effective.

The answer remains none.

 

[kepler]

The line is not good enough, and the coaching in the second half was terrible. That doesn't change the fact that none of these backs look like a top-tier SEC back. I hope Perine grows into one, he's young, but we need to bring some talent in here immediately.

 

[Lake Gator]

Larry Csonka, Jim Brown, and Ernie Davis couldn't gain ground behind our OL in the second half. Like you, would have loved to see Perine and Cronk get some more carries. Getting time probably for the committee to give way to one or two primarily, as others have suggested. I believe Scarlett will be one. Not yet sure of the other. We'll see.

BTW, like my Syracuse theme? :)

And Floyd Little would've had trouble behind this OL as well.