- Aug 22, 2014
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I don’t post much anymore due to a busy as hell schedule, and I’m old and tired. The board is all Napier this and AR that, ST’s are abysmal etc. All points are definitely up for discussion. But they aren’t the real reason we are where we are.
It’s not clock management, because if you are relying on that you’ve more than likely already lost. Not playcalling, because the points and the yardage are ultimately there, although there are some situations where it could have been better. That’s with any team. The problem is not on the offense at all.
It’s not the defensive scheme, but you are getting warmer. Not the corners, they are plenty good enough. Not Trey Dean although he is not good enough to play that position. None of that.
It’s the defensive front 7. They simply aren’t talented enough to matter. None of them are good enough to dominate in this league. Not individually and not as a unit.
Somebody name a time this season when Dexter took over and don’t give me the bullshyt about him being doubled, because elite DT’s handle that and still dominate. Des is a non issue outside of 1 play against SC. How many snaps did he take? Princely? More like Princess. His disgraceful play made a Corndog true freshman OT into the SEC OL of the week. Miller could be game planned around, but you sure don’t have to plan around Burney. Powell-Ryland and Mclellan may get there but aren’t near there yet. Shemar may as well, who knows?
A strong front 7 allows Napier to be able to trust his team when time management situations arise. The number of those situations will also be reduced. It opens up all kinds of possibilities on the offensive side. The fact is that this defensive front sucked from a talent perspective. All the coaching and scheming in the world won’t fix that. And if you can show me a truly elite team with a weak front 7 I’d love to see it. This one is not even serviceable. Until this is fixed the rest of our issues won’t matter.
It’s not clock management, because if you are relying on that you’ve more than likely already lost. Not playcalling, because the points and the yardage are ultimately there, although there are some situations where it could have been better. That’s with any team. The problem is not on the offense at all.
It’s not the defensive scheme, but you are getting warmer. Not the corners, they are plenty good enough. Not Trey Dean although he is not good enough to play that position. None of that.
It’s the defensive front 7. They simply aren’t talented enough to matter. None of them are good enough to dominate in this league. Not individually and not as a unit.
Somebody name a time this season when Dexter took over and don’t give me the bullshyt about him being doubled, because elite DT’s handle that and still dominate. Des is a non issue outside of 1 play against SC. How many snaps did he take? Princely? More like Princess. His disgraceful play made a Corndog true freshman OT into the SEC OL of the week. Miller could be game planned around, but you sure don’t have to plan around Burney. Powell-Ryland and Mclellan may get there but aren’t near there yet. Shemar may as well, who knows?
A strong front 7 allows Napier to be able to trust his team when time management situations arise. The number of those situations will also be reduced. It opens up all kinds of possibilities on the offensive side. The fact is that this defensive front sucked from a talent perspective. All the coaching and scheming in the world won’t fix that. And if you can show me a truly elite team with a weak front 7 I’d love to see it. This one is not even serviceable. Until this is fixed the rest of our issues won’t matter.
