re: Braelin Moore..We lack details, execution. Can’t tell you why. And Nuss is “slinging it”

The o line struggles are puzzling. Brian Kelly is an offensive line guy that’s his area of strength. Had multiple great offensive lines at notre dame. We’ve been relatively good in pass protection since he’s got here Brie Erin game nastiness hasn’t been there

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I have a fundamental issue saying we didn't try to run enough or commit to the run against Ole Miss. Mascona keeps saying it and Hunt Palmer whose opinion I value more also said it.

My issue with that opinion is - very simply - we can't. So we need to keep running for 1 and 2 yards more often? Why, to keep the defense honest? Really? That's it? Does anyone really believed more failed run attempts accomplish this? Or that if we try 10 more times that we'll magically finally do better?

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I think like most things, the truth is likely somewhere in the middle. As I said, it doesn’t justify 2.6 yards per carry.

I agree that failing more doesn’t do much to keep the defense honest. If they’re going to rush 3 with 2 deep safeties, it’s not enough to “try.” You have to actually punish them and force them out of that look. Otherwise there’s no reason for them to stop what they’re doing.

That being said, there’s some nuance to this:

First, you need something out of the running game but that doesn’t mean you need an explosive running game. 3rd & 4 is much more difficult to defend than 3rd & 10, and even 3 ypc should get you to 3rd & 4.

Second, I think there’s a legitimate question of whether we tried running inside enough vs. Ole Miss (who, again, has the worst rushing defense in the SEC statistically) to actually say we failed. Our RB’s had 14 attempts for 3.6 ypc. And how many of those 14 were actually between the tackles? (I genuinely don’t know, but just making the point that it’s likely less than 14).

We had 4 drives that ended with points, during which our RBs ran the ball 12 times. We had 6 drives that ended without points, during which our RB’s ran the ball 2 times. It’s anecdotal evidence, but maybe supports the idea that there is something to keeping the defense honest?

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It IS scheme. the o-line is not confident and efficient in what they are doing as a group. And I honestly don't see evidence that they are getting better in their technique as a group or individually and that's a Davis thing.

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I don’t know, maybe we are using different definitions of “scheme.” When I think about scheme I think in terms of the types of plays/concepts being called - basically the “who goes where” part of the equation. I don’t think there’s necessarily a major schematic flaw in what we are doing with our inside running game (when we actually use it) right now. Although I do think the conversation between Flynn/Hester about the frequency of RPO tags is interesting. But I don’t think it’s really a situation where “of we just ran this concept, our ground game would be so much more successful.”

If anything we are trying really hard to compensate schematically for our deficiencies. It’s why you see so many perimeter runs, screens, behind-LOS passes, etc. But at some point you have to have a semblance of an inside running game to be successful everywhere else.

It seems to me the bigger issues are more technical - the “how” part of the equation. Guys getting beat 1-on-1 and generally just not executing at a high level as a unit. And while the specific issues are different, it’s the same overall theme we saw last year.. a bunch of isolated failures that add up to an inability to run between the tackles. At this point I would agree a lot of that falls on Brad Davis (and I suppose Alex Atkins, at least this year).

That's all BK has been telling them. that is the extent of his coaching acumen. Just try harder boyz...we'll get em dis time?
What a fraud !

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Idk the answer, but my arse would have Carius Curne in the starting rotation. I think he’s physically superior. Put him at guard and let them block straight ahead. He moves people.

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^^^^
THIS

this is arguably our best Olineman, and he is saying that we have players that don't know what they are doing.
Well, that coincides what we are seeing on the field.....linemen running into each other while defense goes right pass them.
Sounded like a whole lot of frustration....like what have I signed on to???
Can't blame him....the entire oline looks totally uncoached every game and it has not improved one iota from game one to game 5...in fact, its worse because the defense has identified where the weakest links are.

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We lack details. We lack execution. I can’t tell you why that is. We’re trying to figure that out. We just have to focus in more”

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I know I’m beating a dead horse. I know.

But how the hell does this happen at this level of football?

While I agree that we need a competent OL, I disagree somewhat with your statement. Let's not pretend that JD5 didn't indeed mask all the problems of the prior OL. While that OL had some players that were individually talented, they couldn't produce holes and our running game was just as horrible....EXCEPT for JD5.

So YES, a mobile QB can mask, to a degree, a horrible OL. This exact same team with JD5 at QB would be assured a playoff spot and possibly a shot at a NC.

Bottom line, coaching is hard. Coaching in college is even harder, and coaching in the SEC is the hardest in the world outside of the NFL (and a different animal than the NFL, so potentially even harder than the NFL; see, Bill Belichek). And sometimes it takes a lot of things and a lot of time to get things working. But many of the most vocal commenters (especially here) don't get that, or at least act like they don't get it.

Most of them would look at an LSU team with a 4-3 record and a 2-3 record in the SEC and the worst passing defense in the country over halfway through the season, and declare that they know that team is doomed and that coach is terrible and doing a terrible job and there's no way that team is competing for a championship. Well, we saw that team, and that team went on to win the SEC (which in today's game means a CFP slot), and beat the living crap out of the Big 10 Champion (another CFP team in today's game) in the Sugar Bowl (which would have been a CFP game) and finish in the top 10; and that "terrible" coach was Nick Saban, which at that time those same kinds of posters on this very board were complaining about as an overpaid (because of a MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT!) coach from a second-tier Big 10 school with the worst pass defense in the country (despite being billed as a defensive guru) and a losing record in conference nearly halfway through the season who also lost at home to UAB.

Obviously, ALL those opinions -- despite being presented as "facts" -- were dead wrong. That team did not suck, not even in pass defense, and absolutely would be a championship-contending team in today's game. That coach did not suck at defense, was not overpaid, and definitely was not terrible.

So all the claims by random posters on a message board about what will or will not happen with this team are complete horseshite. None of us know anything about how this team or this season will turn out. And, importantly, no amount of opinions on this or any other board (except the Board of Supervisors) is going to change whatever happens for this team one bit. The only thing our speculation can affect at this point is our own mood and our own experience. The most bewildering aspect of this board is how many people choose to contemplate doom and gloom outcomes rather than the equally plausible successful outcomes. No, whatever you think you saw about the OL not opening running lanes or Nuss not being accurate or the OC making terrible play calls or anything else does not make it any more likely that this team is going to miss the CFP than it makes it more likely they will make the CFP. You have no rational basis for expecting failure from this season more so than expecting success. So why choose to expect failure? It just doesn't make any sense to me.

“We lack details. We lack execution. I can’t tell you why that is. We’re trying to figure that out. We just have to focus in more”

I’m sorry but there are too many coaches, assistants and analysts for a comment to come out like that from your center. Come on man. Seriously