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<blockquote data-quote="spartansstink" data-source="post: 131793905" data-attributes="member: 1488840"><p>I feel one can do both - celebrate a big win while at the same time question come of the coach's decisions.</p><p></p><p>A few that I really questioned were these:</p><p></p><p>1. Toward the end of the first half, we have put together a decent drive mainly on the legs of Leddie Brown who has just gotten the first down at the two with 2 minutes and change left. I know a lot of people were questioning the hurry up but I really don't have a lot of problem with that. Tech's defense was gassed and had just been gashed by Brown for a big gain. The big question is why Brown doesn't get that carry on 1st down? You know you're getting points no matter what, and you even have plenty of timeouts to spare. He's deserved that touch. Even if he doesn't get in, the clock still moves and you can give it to him again. You're getting the ball to start the second half anyway. A fade to a Chris Henry type who towers over his defender makes sense, but not that call with no mismatch.</p><p>Brown doesn't get the ball on second either, instead using your slowest handler in Doege on a bootleg. That play would have been a good one out on the 50 - not with a compressed field with every eye on you.</p><p>Third down had to see the ball get into the end zone so everyone knew it had to be a pass. 3 bad play calls that almost cost WVU big time - lucky to come away from all that with 3 and their missed field goal. A TD there all but seals it.</p><p></p><p>2. The time to put Greene in was the next to last series. WVU had just had a crucial stop and Tech knew we were going to run it 3 times. In the second half, Tech's defensive ends all but ignored Doege. If they saw the line flow, they immediately crashed down on Brown. Brown's production went way down in the second half because of that. Putting Greene in then would have eliminated that. A first down or two that series the game is over. Having two ball carriers back there would mean the defense would have to respect both, allowing either the opportunity to get chunk yardage to keep both the yardage markers and clock moving.</p><p></p><p>3. On the last series, bringing Doege back in on 3rd down. I really didn't mind the play call per se, you get the first down ball game is over. If Greene throws that interception I could live with it because the defense would still be unsure if WVU would be running the ball or not. But by replacing Greene with Doege, you were telling the defense the pass was coming. Otherwise, why replace Greene? The defense was sitting on pass all the way - they knew we weren't running the ball. That was perhaps the dumbest call of Brown's tenure here.</p><p></p><p>A bonus horrible call - the timeout on 3rd down. I get why you call a timeout but the right time was on 1st down. By calling timeout on 2nd down - with VT out of timeouts - that allowed Fuente to call both a third down AND 4th down play. Fortunately for us, they only have one sorry play design they feel comfortable with in that situation and they run the same play both times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spartansstink, post: 131793905, member: 1488840"] I feel one can do both - celebrate a big win while at the same time question come of the coach's decisions. A few that I really questioned were these: 1. Toward the end of the first half, we have put together a decent drive mainly on the legs of Leddie Brown who has just gotten the first down at the two with 2 minutes and change left. I know a lot of people were questioning the hurry up but I really don't have a lot of problem with that. Tech's defense was gassed and had just been gashed by Brown for a big gain. The big question is why Brown doesn't get that carry on 1st down? You know you're getting points no matter what, and you even have plenty of timeouts to spare. He's deserved that touch. Even if he doesn't get in, the clock still moves and you can give it to him again. You're getting the ball to start the second half anyway. A fade to a Chris Henry type who towers over his defender makes sense, but not that call with no mismatch. Brown doesn't get the ball on second either, instead using your slowest handler in Doege on a bootleg. That play would have been a good one out on the 50 - not with a compressed field with every eye on you. Third down had to see the ball get into the end zone so everyone knew it had to be a pass. 3 bad play calls that almost cost WVU big time - lucky to come away from all that with 3 and their missed field goal. A TD there all but seals it. 2. The time to put Greene in was the next to last series. WVU had just had a crucial stop and Tech knew we were going to run it 3 times. In the second half, Tech's defensive ends all but ignored Doege. If they saw the line flow, they immediately crashed down on Brown. Brown's production went way down in the second half because of that. Putting Greene in then would have eliminated that. A first down or two that series the game is over. Having two ball carriers back there would mean the defense would have to respect both, allowing either the opportunity to get chunk yardage to keep both the yardage markers and clock moving. 3. On the last series, bringing Doege back in on 3rd down. I really didn't mind the play call per se, you get the first down ball game is over. If Greene throws that interception I could live with it because the defense would still be unsure if WVU would be running the ball or not. But by replacing Greene with Doege, you were telling the defense the pass was coming. Otherwise, why replace Greene? The defense was sitting on pass all the way - they knew we weren't running the ball. That was perhaps the dumbest call of Brown's tenure here. A bonus horrible call - the timeout on 3rd down. I get why you call a timeout but the right time was on 1st down. By calling timeout on 2nd down - with VT out of timeouts - that allowed Fuente to call both a third down AND 4th down play. Fortunately for us, they only have one sorry play design they feel comfortable with in that situation and they run the same play both times. [/QUOTE]
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