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You have to ask the question, why did the good play calling from the 1st half of the season, all the suddenly change when Grier chose to make himself ineligible? Hmmm...I wonder what changed??? Common folks it's not rocket science. You can only do so much with what you have to work with. The OC called many quick throws which had guys running across the field open, but Treon didn't get the ball to them. Is that the OC's fault??
Look I give Mac and Company a huge amount of credit for what has been accomplished given the clear lack of depth on offense. 10 wins is awesome. It's pretty easy to see the systemic changes that Mac made that led to those 10 wins; changed the culture (see the Taylor episode) and aggressive on offense (downfield passing and willing to go for it on 4th down).
But to answer your question, "The OC called many quick throws which had guys running across the field open, but Treon didn't get the ball to them. Is that the OC's fault?". Yes it is the OC's fault if you keep calling the same plays that are not working. How many times did we criticize WM for such predictable and lame play calling. Run, run, pass, punt.
As I have said before, I'm not football genius, just an irate fan. But you don't have to be a football genius to know that if the offensive game plan didn't work against Vandy, SC, and FAU, that it's probably not going to work against FSU and Bama. Common sense says we should have done something different, even radical. We may have still lost, but we all knew that barring a miracle, we were going to lose anyway.
So yes, coaching bears some of the blame for the poor offense in the second half of the year.
Go Gators!
Look I give Mac and Company a huge amount of credit for what has been accomplished given the clear lack of depth on offense. 10 wins is awesome. It's pretty easy to see the systemic changes that Mac made that led to those 10 wins; changed the culture (see the Taylor episode) and aggressive on offense (downfield passing and willing to go for it on 4th down).
But to answer your question, "The OC called many quick throws which had guys running across the field open, but Treon didn't get the ball to them. Is that the OC's fault?". Yes it is the OC's fault if you keep calling the same plays that are not working. How many times did we criticize WM for such predictable and lame play calling. Run, run, pass, punt.
As I have said before, I'm not football genius, just an irate fan. But you don't have to be a football genius to know that if the offensive game plan didn't work against Vandy, SC, and FAU, that it's probably not going to work against FSU and Bama. Common sense says we should have done something different, even radical. We may have still lost, but we all knew that barring a miracle, we were going to lose anyway.
So yes, coaching bears some of the blame for the poor offense in the second half of the year.
Go Gators!
I'll respect your opinion but I just can't agree with it. To leave things as status quo, it made his coaching ability look like poop. If prepping for next year was his decision, it turned off some recruits. Just my opinion.I really think Mac thought about changing things up. I'm sure he could have come up with something much better than what we could dream up as armchair coaches.
I think he looked at what he already accomplished over the season and decided because he was already "good enough" for his first year, he would prep for next year. He left the system as is with slight changes in play calling to attempt to accommodate Treon's play without loosing the valuable experience the rest of the team would gain for next year. Of course this is just my take and don't really know anything about the program aside from reading pretty much all of the threads here on GCMB
I'll respect your opinion but I just can't agree with it. To leave things as status quo, it made his coaching ability look like poop. If prepping for next year was his decision, it turned off some recruits. Just my opinion.
I really think Mac thought about changing things up. I'm sure he could have come up with something much better than what we could dream up as armchair coaches.
I think he looked at what he already accomplished over the season and decided because he was already "good enough" for his first year, he would prep for next year. He left the system as is with slight changes in play calling to attempt to accommodate Treon's play without loosing the valuable experience the rest of the team would gain for next year. Of course this is just my take and don't really know anything about the program aside from reading pretty much all of the threads here on GCMB
I have to ask...if you could win an SEC title...do you change your game plan or not? EVen at the risk of developing players for next year?
I would. IF I had a QB that could grasp the changes.
I have to ask...if you could win an SEC title...do you change your game plan or not?
Hope they listen to you. They sure didn't listen to me.I really think Mac thought about changing things up. I'm sure he could have come up with something much better than what we could dream up as armchair coaches.
I think he looked at what he already accomplished over the season and decided because he was already "good enough" for his first year, he would prep for next year. He left the system as is with slight changes in play calling to attempt to accommodate Treon's play without loosing the valuable experience the rest of the team would gain for next year. Of course this is just my take and don't really know anything about the program aside from reading pretty much all of the threads here on GCMB
Mac knew we couldn't win the sec regardless of game plan.I have to ask...if you could win an SEC title...do you change your game plan or not? EVen at the risk of developing players for next year?
Wasn't there a direct quite that Mac made about this very topic? Anybody have it?
No, no, NO!!!!!!!
We MUST bytch incessantly about how Mac blew the Natl Championship because he thinks that the guy who isnt good enough to be Vandy's 5th string QB was our savior yet didnt get the ball.
After all, who knows more about Qbs, Mac or we marginally employed dildos on this forum?