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Les Miles quote on the ineffectiveness of the running game
Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:35 pm
Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:35 pm
"I think there is a point in time where the defense moves up, and you have to throw it. Otherwise, it doesn’t matter how many runs you run, you’re not going to meet air. I think that’s more or less the issue. To me, it also speaks to the last drive. On the last drive, we knew exactly what we wanted to do, and we went right down the field. I think the issue becomes that we need to get to that drive earlier in the game. To answer the question more fully, that would get some of the folks stuck in the box out of the box and would allow us to have some of those runs that we’d like to have with Charles Scott.” - Les Miles
Here's my question...If you see Washington stacking the line to stuff the run early in the game, why not air it out earlier? I understand that JJ doesn't have a lot of experience, but a starting QB should be good enough to throw to our talented receivers when the defense is stacking the line! Make adjustments to throw the ball earlier and the game is completely different. Why is that so hard for Miles?
Here's my question...If you see Washington stacking the line to stuff the run early in the game, why not air it out earlier? I understand that JJ doesn't have a lot of experience, but a starting QB should be good enough to throw to our talented receivers when the defense is stacking the line! Make adjustments to throw the ball earlier and the game is completely different. Why is that so hard for Miles?
This post was edited on 9/9/09 at 6:37 pm
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Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:37 pm to StatMaster
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Here's my question...If you see Washington stacking the line to stuff the run on the first drive, why not air it out earlier? I understand that JJ doesn't have a lot of experience, but a starting QB should be good enough to throw to our talented receivers when the defense is stacking the line!
I'm thinking along those lines. He hasn't turned the ball over in his starts but at the same time he hasn't lit the world on fire slingin' it either. First start of the year, away game, etc...maybe? Even then you would think they would have done it earlier
Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:41 pm to StatMaster
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If you see Washington stacking the line to stuff the run early in the game, why not air it out earlier? I understand that JJ doesn't have a lot of experience, but a starting QB should be good enough to throw to our talented receivers when the defense is stacking the line! Make adjustments to throw the ball earlier and the game is completely different.
It was only Jefferson's third start, and I think Miles thought we would handle up on their D Line which we obviously didn't. Why we didn't adjust after that....don't know.
Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:42 pm to StatMaster
Well Miles admitted that they need to get to it earlier.
Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:44 pm to StatMaster
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Why is that so hard for Miles?
Miles is using coachspeak and not trying to throw players under the bus. Miles also said this
quote:
On the conservative play calling...
“I don’t think conservative was the issue. There were some calls there that we didn’t get the opportunity to execute based on the communications. Some of it was certainly the stadium that we were in and some of it was the youth at quarterback. Early on there were some things we wanted to have happen that didn’t work quite as it was planned.”
Posted on 9/9/09 at 6:45 pm to StatMaster
quote:Miles is not a gameday coach.
If you see Washington stacking the line to stuff the run early in the game, why not air it out earlier?
Posted on 9/9/09 at 7:03 pm to StatMaster
quote:
If you see Washington stacking the line to stuff the run early in the game, why not air it out earlier? I understand that JJ doesn't have a lot of experience, but a starting QB should be good enough to throw to our talented receivers when the defense is stacking the line! Make adjustments to throw the ball earlier and the game is completely different. Why is that so hard for Miles?
Obviously Miles and Crowton don't know as much about coaching as you.
Hopefully they will read this and learn somthing.
Posted on 9/9/09 at 7:09 pm to StatMaster
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"Otherwise, it doesn’t matter how many runs you run, you’re not going to meet air".
I can't believe I am the first to comment on this quote.
"you're not going to meet air"? WTF?
Posted on 9/9/09 at 7:40 pm to StatMaster
quote:
"I think there is a point in time where the defense moves up, and you have to throw it. Otherwise, it doesn’t matter how many runs you run, you’re not going to meet air. I think that’s more or less the issue. To me, it also speaks to the last drive. On the last drive, we knew exactly what we wanted to do, and we went right down the field. I think the issue becomes that we need to get to that drive earlier in the game. To answer the question more fully, that would get some of the folks stuck in the box out of the box and would allow us to have some of those runs that we’d like to have with Charles Scott.†- Les Miles
I want to believe him, but nothing will likely change for vandy.
Posted on 9/9/09 at 8:02 pm to StatMaster
I learned long ago that criticizing a coaching staffs' decisions early in the season is a waste of time. Remember, it is all part of a "process".
Why did we run the ball up the middle repeatedly with no success? Are our coaches conservative or stubborn? Are our coaches trying the protect an inexperienced QB in a hostile stadium? Are our coaches trying to evaluate if our new center and left guard can create running room for Scott?
Are our coaches trying to determine if we are able to run up the middle in a single-back formation without a fullback?
No one on this board knows all of the answers, but we all like to think we do. Maybe the coaches thought we would win this game easier and wanted to try to figure some things out for later on in the season. Maybe it took them 3-4 drives to see what they wanted to see.
We all can admit that we expected the Tigers to win by a larger margin and look a lot better doing so. But a win is a win. Survive, and advance. Play them one game at a time. There is always next week. Now get Vandy and prove the doubters wrong (at least for this week).
Why did we run the ball up the middle repeatedly with no success? Are our coaches conservative or stubborn? Are our coaches trying the protect an inexperienced QB in a hostile stadium? Are our coaches trying to evaluate if our new center and left guard can create running room for Scott?
Are our coaches trying to determine if we are able to run up the middle in a single-back formation without a fullback?
No one on this board knows all of the answers, but we all like to think we do. Maybe the coaches thought we would win this game easier and wanted to try to figure some things out for later on in the season. Maybe it took them 3-4 drives to see what they wanted to see.
We all can admit that we expected the Tigers to win by a larger margin and look a lot better doing so. But a win is a win. Survive, and advance. Play them one game at a time. There is always next week. Now get Vandy and prove the doubters wrong (at least for this week).
Posted on 9/9/09 at 8:02 pm to StatMaster
to be fair, there were several times where Jefferson took off at the sound of footsteps in the pocket. Who knows, maybe the play call was to air it out, but either the protection wasn't good, or Jefferson had happy feet, and we never got to see the play develop.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 6:58 am to StatMaster
I'm no stat guru but I didn't think 5.1 yards per rush was a bad average. It was a yard more per rush than Washington had. I know a lot of that was gained on the outside but you have to mix it up some.
And from watching the game it didn't seem to me that we were getting stopped cold at the line of scrimmage often. Seemed like we usually managed a couple of yards on most attempts which I think loosened them up for the longer runs and the passes that were completed.
And from watching the game it didn't seem to me that we were getting stopped cold at the line of scrimmage often. Seemed like we usually managed a couple of yards on most attempts which I think loosened them up for the longer runs and the passes that were completed.
Posted on 9/10/09 at 4:27 pm to StatMaster
Crowton is holding Miles back :fearthehat:
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