That is a remarkable and true observation that had not fully occurred to me.
Bill you do realize he does not call plays in LA? Also I’m sure you know the QB & the best receiver in NFL are not playing- thought so
Not necessarily a long shot. Justin is cautiously optimistic on the House board (I hope that is not crossing the line by mentioning that).
LOL NO that was my point, going BACK to OP and Coen he did a damn great job with what he had to work with in the Iowa game LAST YEAR IN BOWL GAME that he referenced.
Yeah, it was kind of bizarre for him to lump Iowa and Chattanooga together.
Part of that is tempo - we were 18th in the country in yards per play but only 47th in total offense (36th in scoring offense). We were also hurt badly by turnovers - tied for 10th worst in the country (tied with 17 other teams).
And he also had the best product to work with. I am not arguing that he had one of the best Kentucky offenses of the past 20 years. He did, and that is kinda sad. But our offensive talent has been pretty bad over the last 20 years. What I am arguing…….. that with A really good offensive line, and hungry and healthy Levis, as well as Wandale Robinson……. I just feel as though he could of done a little better. I use the word overrated, because everyone is acting like he was some great OC. On top of all of this….. I can’t remember how many times Wandale turned nothing into something on screen plays. He had that ability with footwork and tackle breaking ability. I really think people forget about problems when teams win games. What about if Levis don’t fumble against Ole MiSs, or he plays against South Carolina. What about if our field Goal kicking situation was better this year. All I am saying, is that I remember struggles Coen had. I think people forget because of our wins and losses. I think people had a love affair with him because he came from Super Bowl winning Rams. He was the sexy hire. Rams aren’t looking good this year. I am not saying he was horrible, but I don’t know if scag was horrible either. Not saying he is great either. I just don’t think he had as good of horse in the race. People act like they had the same level of product to work with
That’s a reasonable response. Although I do believe he would have had more wins this year, I truely believe that. I am not as smart about football as many on this board and I openly admit that. But from an amateur set of eyes, it seems our offense was very predictable and no real progress through the season. In fact, one could argue the offense regressed some in some of the things they were doing. It seemed very easy to predict UK would ram it up the middle on 1st and 2nd and either ram or pass on 3rd, then punt on 4th. Blitz all game and you’ll get to know Levis personally. Maybe it was the difference in NFL/College cultural thing but halfway through the season you would have thought it was as obvious to all that scouted UK. UK can do better than that, hell I’d rather have air raid over that even though C Rod was a rock star. So yeah if my choice is Coen or repeat of last year with less talent and God knows what quality QB this coming year, for the Love of God give me Coen or someone similar.
It means that giving Coen a pass for that game and not Scangarello this year is inconsistent thinking. And I’m not saying that because I dislike Coen or that Scangarello didn’t have some problems. I do agree with the premise that Coen has been deified. We forget how bad some of those games last year were too.
This is my line of thinking too. We have generally been rudderless offensively and while stoops has done a good job of program building here he has to get that fixed. It’s what keeps us from taking a real swing at something. I just don’t think he knows how to proceed. How he prefers to play offensively and defensively is comfortable for him but he’s also aware that it isnt really how the game gets played today. So there’s this constant push and pull with how we try to proceed on that side of the ball. He’s trying to manage both what he wants to do with narrative.
Becaue that was all we had. This your he would have 3 legit WR's to scheme to, and a few TEs but still only Crod to run the ball. But 3 Wr's running wild on the field would probably open up some running lanes.
And 8th on RZ offense. For comparison we were 130something this year. We averaged around 35 points last season; this season is was 23ish (returning QB and arguably the best RB in school history with significantly more WR weapons). Had we averaged 25pts our only loss would have been at UT
Were you smiling Saturday evening as your favorite team lost to their arch rival for the fourth straight time, yet managed to keep it sort of respectable this time?
