First of all let's not blame the current offensive coordinator. This is the same offense we have run since Dan got here. It is Dan's offense.
The Tyler Russell experiment should be stopped. I thought he was the best QB, but not in this type of offense. He shouldn't run the read option because he does not ever keep it. Why waste the second or so of that read when he is always going to give it to the back. He kept it a two times that I saw, one for a good gain. If you use him it should be a straight passing offense no read option. And after the head shot today, he definitely won't be running it again.
With that said, today was a step backwards for him. He threw behind receivers at some crucial times, once for a TD and the other for a first down. The first INT he had the deep out wide open and mis-read the dump to the back. (Still not sure how they didn't reverse the INT. It was clear as day that the ball was still moving in his hands after he stepped on the line). He was doing much better last year and you would think he would have improved.
I understand Dan feel's we need to shorten the game as much as possible, but we move tooooo SLooooowwwwww. We had momentum and let the opponent regroup just because we don't attack them when we were going good. Also when we need to catch-up, we can't speed up.
They should have won this game going away today. They just have such a limited offense that they have showed everything they have by half time. There is no real misdirection since they always take the same options in their plays. They get in their own way. To run the same plays over and over again you need to have superior players. We do not so we need to have multiple wrinkles in all our plays.
The Tyler Russell experiment should be stopped. I thought he was the best QB, but not in this type of offense. He shouldn't run the read option because he does not ever keep it. Why waste the second or so of that read when he is always going to give it to the back. He kept it a two times that I saw, one for a good gain. If you use him it should be a straight passing offense no read option. And after the head shot today, he definitely won't be running it again.
With that said, today was a step backwards for him. He threw behind receivers at some crucial times, once for a TD and the other for a first down. The first INT he had the deep out wide open and mis-read the dump to the back. (Still not sure how they didn't reverse the INT. It was clear as day that the ball was still moving in his hands after he stepped on the line). He was doing much better last year and you would think he would have improved.
I understand Dan feel's we need to shorten the game as much as possible, but we move tooooo SLooooowwwwww. We had momentum and let the opponent regroup just because we don't attack them when we were going good. Also when we need to catch-up, we can't speed up.
They should have won this game going away today. They just have such a limited offense that they have showed everything they have by half time. There is no real misdirection since they always take the same options in their plays. They get in their own way. To run the same plays over and over again you need to have superior players. We do not so we need to have multiple wrinkles in all our plays.