After listening to post-game Interviews & reading post-game comments...

[DamnitDog]

...it seems our Offensive coaching staff did not make any adjustments to what OSU was doing on Defensively starting from the Second Quarter. Hell, at this point I'm so confused, not sure if it's Mullen only or Les only or Mullen/Les or Les/Mullen or some combination. This has been the trend when we face equal opponents going back to last years games against LSU, TSUN and Northwestern. In fact, this has been a trend going back to 2011 ever since Relf/Russell QB controversy. We were great in 2009 & 2010, but stalled in 2011, 2012 and now against OSU 2013. Its clear, SEC and other Defensive Co's have adjusted to what Mullen runs offensively. Mullen has never in turn adjusted to what they do, as a counter-move. This is the creativity the fan-base has been calling for. This is why our Offensive system stands at a cross-roads and ultimately why Mullen seat begins to warm starting from this OSU loss.

After watching the Vandy vs TSUN, Auburn vs WSU and Tex A&M vs Rice games, the play-by-play hacks during all 3 games said these up-tempo, traditional spread offenses were concept-driven, meaning they continue to gash defenses with the same 6 or 7 plays until the Defensive Cos' adjust to it. If they never do, they will continue to gash them and force them to adjust, which allows them to dictate the flow of the game.

Mullen/his Offensive Staff have either struggled themselves to make counter moves or Tyler struggles to make counter moves to Defensive adjustments. It has been a same dumb-*** Trend: We look good very early on Offense and move the ball at will, yet when Defenses start to blitz or adjust, we'll start to stall, make stupid mistakes and begin to turn the ball over and never recover or respond the rest of the game.

This trend is on Mullen and his responsibility. Ultimately, if he does not fix this (and his *** should have fixed this by now) then we need to find somebody who does not QUIT with a pout-face when Defenses begin to figure us out.

 

[ShrubDog]

Up tempo is the only way to go these days. By spreading the ball around and it opens up so many more doors than this crap we run. Its sad to say that Vandy is light years ahead of us in offensive strategy.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Plus, I think somebody on our O must be Bird Dogging.

Things were working, and then they figured it out. Stopped us cold.

 

[Shamoan]

agreed....and an often overlooked benefit of the HUNH offense, besides all of its intrinsic benefits, is that it takes all of the thinking out of the game, and im talking from a players perspective. you dont have time to think. you line up, run your rout and before you know it, you are on the ball again and playing instinctively. for a team like ours, thinking about making a play is not good....its better to react and take the thinking out of it. let the coaches think, let the players play. if we ran a hunh offense in practice, think about how many more reps we would get...executing the play would become second nature. now, its almost like we are trying not to screw up...thats no way for an inexperienced player to get better. balls to the wall, there is no try, only do.

 

[ckDOG]

Have the defenses adjusted or Mullen adjusted?

Our offense the last two years looks nothing like it did the first two years. Mullen needs to swallow his pride and realize what he's capable of. Just like Perk isn't a power back, Mullen isn't good at coaching whatever you want to call this lame offense. Time for him to get back to his bread and butter approach that got him this job in the first place. Like players, coaches have strengths as well. Mullen has abandoned his bc of arrogance or stupidity.