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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spartansstink" data-source="post: 131812895" data-attributes="member: 1488840">Try to wait until all the emotions of the game have died down to take a more analytical approach to what we all saw in this classic trap game...1. There is no leadership on this team.  This part isn't the coaches - this belongs to the players. The upperclassmen. There is no one getting up into people's faces and challenging their manhood. No one, on either side of the ball, waking people up. This game was over by the end of the first quarter and you can't wait until halftime to say anything to anyone. You can go back to being friends after the game. By the third series of the game, everybody in the stadium should have been watching the sidelines because players had to be pulled apart from getting at each other. Didn't happen and never does.2.  Tied into that is this - Brown needs to give up the offensive coordinator duties and be the head coach. He can't go and jump the defense's *** if he's too busy calling the next play. He can't bust Nester's chops for yet ANOTHER costly false start if he's trying to decide whether to go for it or kick a field goal. This was Dana's biggest downfall. Brown should learn from it and not worry about hurting feelings. You wanna transfer? Who'd want your sorry ***?  Saban, Meyer, Kelley - they plan, they scheme, they motivate, they exude toughness, they win. They leave the calling to others. Brown should take the hint.3. Doege played better, 25-33 for 320 or so. Actually hit some long balls. Had all day in the pocket for the most part. That being said, still... left a lot on the field. Missed seeing wide open receivers to throw check downs. Missed the big one though - an easy TD to a wide open Leddie Brown. I don't know how many of you remember Chuck Knoblauch. Used to play second base for the Yankees. One day, he got the yips and couldn't make the easy throw to first. A diving stop from his knees he could make the putout but couldn't make the routine throw. Never got over it. Ended up having to go to left field.  Doege reminds me of Knoblauch - makes the difficult throw regularly but can't make the routine one. If you think about it, WVU is 3 routine throws by Doege from being undefeated right now.4. Defense was sluggish, especially the first half. A step slow, catching everything instead of playing downhill, getting nickel and dimed down the field instead of challenging. Maybe there was a little too much homecoming celebration. Maybe they thought Tech couldn't possibly score on them. Maybe they read their press clippings about them being pretty good. They are - but not THAT good. Held them to 6 second half points but by then the damage was done. They HAD to play perfect to give the team a chance in the second half. Came close, but if that effort was there the first half, its a different ball game. 5. Brown has to do a better job with his timeouts. Never seen a team stall THEIR OWN drives with dumb timeouts. Ran in Greene in the first half only to have to call timeout because they couldn't get the play called. For Heaven's sake, run the play in with Greene. This is just one example of soooo many others. Trying to get cute only to not get lined up correctly or in time. This is killer, and a big problem the whole time Brown has been here.6. Greene isn't the answer, folks. Teams have seen enough tape on him now to scheme for him. Brown tried to set up some passing plays for him yesterday and all of them were rollouts. That's because he's so short he can't see half the field if he stays in the pocket. This experiment failed. Great kid, tough as nails, gives you everything he's got. But, he's limited. Take Columbi, Tech's backup, where would we be if he was our number 2? Our number 1?Finally, want to end with this. This team has no mean streak. No "I'm gonna slap you in the mouth and see how you like it" mentality. They've taken on the mentality of the coach - tough, hard-nosed, and for the most part disciplined. But no meanness at all. That has to change. If you think about it, since Brown's been here, we've been in about every game. Unlike with Dana, when there were blowouts either way, Brown has always kept the game within reach (that's both good and bad depending upon the opponent). However, when we need to score, or stop a score - we fold like a cheap umbrella. That's been Brown's legacy so far. Better find some mental toughness/meanness real quick or his stay could be real quick also.</blockquote>

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