Throughout the year we had moments of great o-line and d-line play...and then times they did nothing, either no pass rush, no push on 3rd and short, etc.
That's the biggest deficiency I see. Our inability to dominate or even just win most of the battles up front on both sides against the more elite teams we face is the biggest reason why we had a good, not great year.
Is that a talent issue? Coaching? I really don't know. I know we have some supposedly great Olinemen that are young and didn't play this year, but could make a difference next year, but who really knows until we actually see them play. What about on the d-line? we have some youth there and some supposedly great guys who didn't play. Does the dline take the next step next year? Again, who knows.
Coaching? Barney has been discussed here, so no need to go in depth on him now. We lost our dline coach (Carl) and got a new one...who seems good based on all reports thus far, but we really don't know yet. Is it time for barney to move to a different spot in the program? Something else that needs changing?
I don't have enough facts to answer these questions with certainty. I do hold out hope for our youth, some who redshirted this year and some who are just young, on both sides to make us more consistent in 2012. Other than that, I don't have answers. But I believe those two spots are the main issues preventing us taking that next step of actually winning a conference championship, and not just competing for them some of the time.
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That's the biggest deficiency I see. Our inability to dominate or even just win most of the battles up front on both sides against the more elite teams we face is the biggest reason why we had a good, not great year.
Is that a talent issue? Coaching? I really don't know. I know we have some supposedly great Olinemen that are young and didn't play this year, but could make a difference next year, but who really knows until we actually see them play. What about on the d-line? we have some youth there and some supposedly great guys who didn't play. Does the dline take the next step next year? Again, who knows.
Coaching? Barney has been discussed here, so no need to go in depth on him now. We lost our dline coach (Carl) and got a new one...who seems good based on all reports thus far, but we really don't know yet. Is it time for barney to move to a different spot in the program? Something else that needs changing?
I don't have enough facts to answer these questions with certainty. I do hold out hope for our youth, some who redshirted this year and some who are just young, on both sides to make us more consistent in 2012. Other than that, I don't have answers. But I believe those two spots are the main issues preventing us taking that next step of actually winning a conference championship, and not just competing for them some of the time.
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