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KOTELNICKI OSU FILM STUDY

See Link. Might be a coaches sticking up for coaches thing, but he's much harder on player execution than play design in this video. Also, the transfer WRs not knowing who to block in the infamous 3 screens-and-out drive to start the 4th quarter is a bad look.
 
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It is, in many ways, everything.
I didn't watch Condutti's breakdown, so I will have to assume your statement is more or less accurate.

But anyone who excuses either:
AK's play design
AK's Idiotic "Cutelnicki" specials
or
AK's playcalling and game management

Loses their "analyst" card, permanently.
 
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Condutti may be right.......but it's also the OC's responsibility to teach and develop his players. If AC is doing that and the starting players aren't executing, they should be benched. Give someone else a try. Unless he and his assistants are lousy at teaching and developing players. If his assistants can't teach and develop their position players, they should be replaced.

If by chance the players aren't executing his offense because they lack the talent for his schemes, then he needs to adjust his schemes to fit the talent.

Notice, all of the above are things the OC can control. So any way you slice it, it's AC's fault. My guess is it is a combination of all these factors.....which is even sadder :(
 
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PSUFTG said:
It is, in many ways, everything.
I didn't watch Condutti's breakdown, so I will have to assume your statement is more or less accurate.

But anyone who excuses either:
AK's play design
AK's Idiotic "Cutelnicki" specials
or
AK's playcalling and game management

Loses their "analyst" card, permanently.
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Well I did and I thought his analysis was fair. He pointed out some of the good calls especially in the first half and mentioned how AK went away from those type of calls. He also pointed out how a number of plays were doomed because of player miscommunication and execution. But of course for many posters Penn State’s failures are ALWAYS the coaches fault never because of lousy play by the players.
 
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Bvillebaron said:
Well I did and I thought his analysis was fair. He pointed out some of the good calls especially in the first half and mentioned how AK went away from those type of calls. He also pointed out how a number of plays were doomed because of player miscommunication and execution. But of course for many posters Penn State’s failures are ALWAYS the coaches fault never because of lousy play by the players.
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Players not executing ultimately falls on the shoulders of the coaches.
 
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Bvillebaron said:
Well I did and I thought his analysis was fair. He pointed out some of the good calls especially in the first half and mentioned how AK went away from those type of calls. He also pointed out how a number of plays were doomed because of player miscommunication and execution. But of course for many posters Penn State’s failures are ALWAYS the coaches fault never because of lousy play by the players.
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The coach is responsible for the players being able to execute
 
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All you need to know about AK is that on the crucial play of the game, he went with trickeration (which has failed miserably all season), with Luke Reynolds as primary option and Rappleyea as option 2. Thus continuing the abysmal history under Franklin (and post) of taking the ball out of the hands of the team’s best players on critical downs.
 
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Omar81 said:
All you need to know about AK is that on the crucial play of the game, he went with trickeration (which has failed miserably all season), with Luke Reynolds as primary option and Rappleyea as option 2. Thus continuing the abysmal history under Franklin (and post) of taking the ball out of the hands of the team’s best players on critical downs.
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After Terry "meddled" at half time I wish Franklin would have done this after last years OSU game.
Better yet never have hired the Big 12 blizzard machine.
 
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KingLando said:
Yes did you?
Coaches in all sports are ultimately responsible. They're the ones putting the players in those situations. It's called accountability
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Let me try to explain this in terms simple enough for even you to understand. Coaches teach technique, give the players assignments and devise game plans but it is the players who play the game and are responsible for following their assignments and executing the game plan. A running back is told by the coaches how to recognize and then pick up and block a blitzing LB. However, he continually fails to do so. The coaches have two choices: continue to try to coach him up and hope he finally gets it or bench him and replace him with another player who hopefully will. A better example is the RB who disregarded the coaches’ instructions to get a first down but not score late in the game in the Indiana loss a few years back but chose to score any way.
 
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Bvillebaron said:
Let me try to explain this in terms simple enough for even you to understand. Coaches teach technique, give the players assignments and devise game plans but it is the players who play the game and are responsible for following their assignments and executing the game plan. A running back is told by the coaches how to recognize and then pick up and block a blitzing LB. However, he continually fails to do so. The coaches have two choices: continue to try to coach him up and hope he finally gets it or bench him and replace him with another player who hopefully will. A better example is the RB who disregarded the coaches’ instructions to get a first down but not score late in the game in the Indiana loss a few years back but chose to score any way.
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Again, if the coach did his job correctly the right player would be in the right situation. Ultimately the coach is responsible for all outcomes.

If you're playing someone that doesn't come through that's on you as a coach.

Who decision was it to play "that RB"? Players get blame as well but everything is on the coach.
 
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I doubt both of those statements.
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Yes, until big mouth states who he is, who he played for and who he coached for, he is nothing more than a 13 year old typing on his computer keyboard in his parents basement.

There used to be legit posters on the board that were former players, but they were much more reserved in how they posted. That tells me KL is a fraud.
 
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Big_O said:
Yes, until big mouth states who he is, who he played for and who he coached for, he is nothing more than a 13 year old typing on his computer keyboard in his parents basement.

There used to be legit posters on the board that were former players, but they were much more reserved in how they posted. That tells me KL is a fraud.
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What are you rambling about? I never claimed to play football at Penn State. I played high level hockey which was discussed at length on the previous board.

Believe me...ignore me...its your call

Read Sark's comments about the players failing to execute the onside kick yesterday despite preparing. He said that was on him and the coaches. Like all good coaches would say.
 
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KingLando said:
What are you rambling about? I never claimed to play football at Penn State. I played high level hockey which was discussed at length on the previous board.

Believe me...ignore me...its your call

Read Sark's comments about the players failing to execute the onside kick yesterday despite preparing. He said that was on him and the coaches. Like all good coaches would say.
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So playing high level hockey makes you more of an expert at coaching football than someone who played and has made a living coaching it at an extremely high level…got it.
 
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Ludd said:
So playing high level hockey makes you more of an expert at coaching football than someone who played and has made a living coaching it at an extremely high level…got it.
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You're not making any sense here
The discussion was coaches taking accountability and being responsible for their failures. That true of all coaches in sport. It actually true of any good leader. So I'm not surprised you don't grasp it.
 
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KingLando said:
You're not making any sense here
The discussion was coaches taking accountability and being responsible for their failures. That true of all coaches in sport. It actually true of any good leader. So I'm not surprised you don't grasp it.
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I’m talking about you thinking you know more than Franklin….I’m not surprised you don’t grasp that.
 
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Ludd said:
I’m talking about you thinking you know more than Franklin….I’m not surprised you don’t grasp that.
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So now you're chanting the subject because you lost yet another argument
I don't know more about football than he does. Unfortunately he has some things to learn about leadership
 
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KingLando said:
So now you're chanting the subject because you lost yet another argument
I don't know more about football than he does. Unfortunately he has some things to learn about leadership
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Now that’s funny…a nobody on a message board thinks he knows more about leadership than Franklin. Hilarious.
 
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Ludd said:
Now that’s funny…a nobody on a message board thinks he knows more about leadership than Franklin. Hilarious.
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Many do...Franklin's lack of accountability, even after being fired, spoke volumes. His mantras came back to bite him.

"A nobody" is another fatal flaw in your argument but you like trying to punch above your weight class.
 
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KingLando said:
Many do...Franklin's lack of accountability, even after being fired, spoke volumes. His mantras came back to bite him.

"A nobody" is another fatal flaw in your argument but you like trying to punch above your weight class.
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Fatal flaw, that’s funny. Why aren’t you out coaching some NHL team? Seems a missed opportunity by those teams.
 
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KingLando

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Ludd said:
Sure and I didn’t want to pursue the path of legendary rock singer. We all make choices.
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Of course all do...I couldn't have taken that route if I wanted to but some have more options than others
 
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