re: Canada is the right answer

Agreed if not for the damn punter and etlings limitations would have even looked better

With a throwing threat this team would be championship caliber. Along with 3-4 mor of the teams in the last decade.

It's the same old song and dance. Unfortunately my confidence level in getting it fixed is not high. This season they have mismanaged Brennan, and etling hasn't improved.

I hope they show something that they haven't shown. but after 10 seasons of crap at the most important position on the field I'm in the "don't tell me. Show me." camp.

“ The scheme is exactly what we need “

In SEC games that scheme is passing for fewer yds., throwing fewer passes, completing fewer passes, and scoring less points Per game than we did in 2015. And that was with Harris as QB and a stronger SEC.

Disagree about it being gimmicky. If Alabama had shut us down, I would agree with you, but it looks like everything has a purpose and it's effective. When's the last time we outgained Alabama? And it's not like it's a bunch of trick plays that are just one offs. He's making defenses defend the width of the field which opens up running lanes and deep routes. Last night was pretty much the offense I've been expecting to see all year. I thought the balance was very good.

Also disagree about WR recruits. We threw the ball 31 times. That's going to appeal to WR recruits. We also give WRs plenty of opportunities to run the ball and make plays in space. Our coaches can easily play this tape for QB and WR recruits and point out all of the missed opportunities we had and sell recruits that they can make those plays we missed last night.

Anyway, I understand and share the frustration with losing to Alabama again, but I'm encouraged by what I saw last night.

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You don't need to call it that much to set up a defense, the passing has been a huge disappointment once again as I expected to see much more passing under this guy.

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Its not Canada's fault that Etling can't read a defense, can't throw a receiver open, and can't throw a ball more than 40 yards.

We have guys getting open. We just don't have a QB to get them the ball.

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Its not Canada's fault that Etling can't read a defense, can't throw a receiver open, and can't throw a ball more than 40 yards. We have guys getting open. We just don't have a QB to get them the ball.

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Exactly. Etling's skillset is very limited. If Brennan is the real deal, I think the passing game next season will be much better.

there is no doubt in my mind that canada has proven himself this season. he understands the opponent and schemes against them specifically based on his personnel. however, i was disappointed last night. where were the te's? how about the seam route? why weren't guice and williams in the same grouping like the ole miss game? no trick plays at all? these are all simple things to add/execute maybe with the exception of the trick plays.

i get that someone could say the situation/opponent didn't call for that but, you're losing 14-3 with 2.5 mins and timeouts. at this point, you've got nothing to lose. you've lost 6 in a row to this team and 2 bad losses this season. i would MUCH rather have seen them throw caution to the wind than try not to lose for a moral victory. freakin ball out like spurrier. yes i know etling is the limiting factor. all the more reason to go crazy. we lost by 2 td's for crying out loud. it didn't work and the game was never in doubt

ok, it's over and there's no shame in losing to bama. these next 3 games are imminently winnable. this needs to be a comfortable 3 game winning streak.