Crowton, whether you choose to believe it or not, isn't the problem....

it's easy to blame the Off. Co-ordinator, when the offense is so bad, but look at what we are running more often then not, when we get in the redzone....

i'll give you a hint... Les went to Michigan... it's BIG 10 football, brah.... run it 3 times, kick the FG, go play defense.... that's our redzone offense....

this is my assessment of what's going on with the playcalling... Crowton and Miles gameplan during the week... Miles, being HC, has the FINAL say over the play going into the huddle.... he'll come over the headset and tell Crowton "keep it with QB here" or "get it to Shep" or whatever, and Crowton selects a play accordingly.... but he doesn't deviate from what Miles' is telling him he wants to run on each play... for example, let say it's 3rd and 2, on our 49, we all know a TE leak to pick up 3 yards would probably work, especially if we've ran it more often than not on 3rd all game...

but Miles, drawing influence from his roots, decides to ground it out, and if we don't get it, punt it and bury the opposition inside the 20 and let the defense step up....

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Posted by chRxis

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Posted on 10/3/10 at 11:54 am to chRxis

let me edit by saying that i'm not supporting Crowton at all.... but i think that because not one of us TRULY knows who is responsible for the utter lack of offense, G. Crowton gets a lot more heat even though some of it should be directed more at Miles....

i've never been a crowton fan... he's good for a year, then teams figure him out... we all knew that going in...

but after watching every single offensive possession this season, we look a whole lot more like a Big 10 offense than a spread based attack that Crowton likes to generally run....

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Posted by big70

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Posted on 10/3/10 at 11:57 am to chRxis

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this is my assessment of what's going on with the playcalling... Crowton and Miles gameplan during the week... Miles, being HC, has the FINAL say over the play going into the huddle.... he'll come over the headset and tell Crowton "keep it with QB here" or "get it to Shep" or whatever, and Crowton selects a play accordingly.... but he doesn't deviate from what Miles' is telling him he wants to run on each play... for example, let say it's 3rd and 2, on our 49, we all know a TE leak to pick up 3 yards would probably work, especially if we've ran it more often than not on 3rd all game...

Yes I understand and believe that Miles has a deal of veto/influence in the philosphy and playcalling. However, in the chicken with our heads cut off last 28 seconds that is on Crowton. He should have had the assistants line the next package up. It took 4-5 seconds before we had anybody running onto the field and if GC had done his job and Miles overrode it the players would have sprinted on the field as soon as JJ went down and Miles would have had to redirect them. But no they didnt get told the package for 4-5 seconds didnt get the play for another 4-5 bumbled around for another 4-5 and then you end up with what we had. Yesterdays clock situation is on GC and yes Miles has responsibility because he is Miles' OC but i think that problem will be remidied

This post was edited on 10/3/10 at 12:00 pm

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