re: Per 680thefan yesterday, Miles only over-rules the really "F'd up" play calls...

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without access to the actual play calls and intentions and game planning and knowledge of strategic intent, we can only guess at why plays are called or even if they were "called".

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You know, it's not even about style. Go ahead and create whatever identity you want on offense. We could debate on philosophy ad nauseum.

The biggest problem I see is it's not coordinated. I'm guessing that we have multiple sources of input, resulting in a, b, c, or d, with a none of the above thrown in for good measure.

I would be willing to bet that half of our delay of games and false starts occur on first down, even after a TO.

I'll give you two examples that I challenge anyone to give me a justifiable explanation. In the third quarter of the A&M game, we run three low risk running plays on the extreme end of FG range, apparently settling for a 50 yd FG attempt. Yet, indecision from the sideline results in a 5 yd penalty. We line up and try from 55 yds. If we're going to try a 55 yarder, how do you explain the indecision and failure to line up for a 50 yarder after a 3rd and 7 running play results in a 4th and 5?

Who's in charge here?

End of third quarter, with the wind to our backs, we face a third and medium with 30 seconds left in the quarter, and 33 seconds on the play clock, around our own 20, I think. I would assume a staff with their wits about them, if choosing to pass on this down, would run the play, and if incomplete and unsuccessful, have the punter with the wind to his back.

Or, if the staff is indecisive, and more concerned with getting the first down with a 5 point lead, might worry less about the wind, and more about the conversion, so they would allow the quarter to end and talk it over.

What do we do you ask? We break huddle, take our time lining up, peer to the sidelines for any changes in plan, and finally snap the ball with 1 second left in the quarter, fail to convert, and switch ends of the field for our punter to face a 20 mph wind.

This kind of shite is consistent, prevalent, and expected. And nothing to do with run, pass, or gameplan. It's attention to detail and game management. And when you see these kind of things repeat themselves over and over, I, personally, don't get a warm fuzzy feeling about what's going on elsewhere when it comes to preparation.