- Jun 12, 2014
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Mertz - not on the early Heisman watch, but not the dog that many feared, either, in this small and skewed sample. 31/44 for 333, 1 TD, 1 Int; got the hell beat out of him but kept going. If we can protect him, he’ll be serviceable at worst, but we can win with him…if he’s not killed in action.
The OL was hot garbage. Could not muster a running game, crazy with two stud RBs, couldn’t protect the QB, couldn’t line up, couldn’t go on the cadence. Hard to gauge how strong, cohesive, and able they really are because they were so bad technically. They had a hand in 1/13 3rd down efficiency.
Billy and the staff were a disorganized series of car wrecks. And understand, I like the guy’s intangibles…recruiting, overall program rebuild, growing high character guys, etc. But he will be the next fired millionaire sooner than later if he doesn’t get an OC, a Spec Teams coordinator, and start getting in some assistant coach and ga @sses when we have two #3’s in at the same time, miss FGs, can’t line up, and can’t block dick. All the goodwill built up by the positive changes Billy brought in were thrown out the car window with the empty beer bottles on the road trip home from Salt Lake City.
*My disclaimer…I had duty at a HS game and followed on my phone as I could, so I’m following with this small departure from the usual. Caught the 4th quarter on the radio while riding home. Watched the highlights when I got home and then this morning. Vomited. I’ll watch a rebroadcast later on. I want Billy to succeed. I think he is a good man with great program ideas. But he needs to be the CEO, not OC or ST Coordinator. If he doesn’t last, neither should Stricklin and Foley should have already been long gone.
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