How would YOU fix our broken football team?

[HogDawg]

That head coaching suggestion is perfect for your user name.

Jim Tressel is still under an NCAA show-cause order through the 2016 season. We do not want the NCAA to put every move we make under the microscope....no program will ever risk that.

Yeah......we wouldn't want to take a risk or anything. Afterall, it's much more comfortable being a loser program that people laugh at (like they did at Rice.)


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[upsetpuppydog]

Skip knows what the problem is, some of y'all just think he's "making excuses."

Yea, the problem is Skip Holtz.

[Russdawg]

Yeah......we wouldn't want to take a risk or anything. ...

HILARIOUS POST, great job!! Clever, funny, makes an excellent point on the results of continued losing. Nicely done. A+ stuff.

[upsetpuppydog]

I think we will upgrade at receiver next year. Trent Taylor was probably our best receiver after Guillot went down, and he has a year of experience now. Maybe Sterling Griffin was next best? They both return. Then you add Paul Turner and Carlos Henderson.... that's an upgrade from DJ Banks and Richie Casey, imo. Hunter Lee will be back. We really need Eddie Johnson to be good... not sure what's going on there. And then our OL HAS to improve in pass protection (and run-blocking).

Henderson and DeCoutte are basically the same player. DeCoutte was an upgrade over Banks and Casey and we rarely used him. So why would you expect them to use Henderson? Griffin was a transfer that we rarely used, so why is it a guarantee that Turner is going to light everything up? And what can our WRs do when Holtz only has them run 5 yard routes? And will we actually have a WR run past the 1st down marker on 3rd down?

[T1]

Henderson and DeCoutte are basically the same player. DeCoutte was an upgrade over Banks and Casey and we rarely used him. So why would you expect them to use Henderson? Griffin was a transfer that we rarely used, so why is it a guarantee that Turner is going to light everything up? And what can our WRs do when Holtz only has them run 5 yard routes? And will we actually have a WR run past the 1st down marker on 3rd down?

I forgot about Decloutte. He should be better next year as well with the experience he got this year (if he can stay healthy). I saw our receivers running longer routes than 5 yards. Our QBs need to get better at finding open receivers downfield and making the throws. And our OL has to give our QBs more time to find those receivers. And our receivers need to do a better job of separating from the defenders to get open. Our problems are not just coaching.... wish it was.

[Dwayne From Minden]

In 8 of 12 games this year we failed to score more than 16 points against one of the easiest schedules in 25+ years. Meanwhile, in 6 of 12 games our opponents scored 28 to 52 points each.

So how would YOU fix our broken football team (not what WILL LIKELY happen, but what SHOULD happen)?

Fire the HC, fire the OC, fire the OC & DC, ignore our problems and have another drink,...?

	Tech	Opp	Diff
NC St	14	40	-26
Lamar	27	14	13
Tulane	15	24	-9
Kansas	10	13	-3
Army	16	35	-19
UTEP	38	35	3
UNT	13	28	-15
FIU	23	7	16
USM	36	13	23
Rice	14	52	-38
Tulsa	14	24	-10
UTSA	10	30	-20
Total	230	315	-85
Avg.	19.2	26.3	-7.1

Ok Cliff you asked and since I'm assuming run Skip isn't a choice here goes my suggestions -

All involve mandates or directives to the SH -

1) Release the shackles on your OC - the game plan is totally his sink or swim and put him back in the press box

2) Move Tim Rattay to QB coach - he is responsible for the development of QBs and he signals plays in from the OC and talks to the QB during timeouts with direct input from Peterson

3) You mandate the return of OPEN practices - period, end of discussion and if you don't it falls under just cause

4) Bring in a WR coach with experience

5) chicken dinner circuit is open for business - the best thing he does is talk and entertain - put SH on the road for one engagement a month - twelve months a year - if he doesn't agree it falls under just cause

6) You are limited to 4 jucos and they all have to be graduates and spring enrollees - no wiggle room

That's where I would start

[dawg gone it]

I think our offense struggled due to a ton of inexperienced players all trying to learn the game at the same time. The 4 new OL got whipped by most teams, the QBs (all 3) struggled in every game, and the WR's were not able to make much happen after the catch or make very many plays. I think it's going to take a couple of years to fix the O because this is largely a personnel problem.

The defense is a different story, imo. We had a veteran line, good play from the DBs, and the 2 new LBs were talented (Cobb and Villemez). There was some talent over there and it didn't look like it at all. I put a lot of our defensive play on the coaches. They game-planned to keep Army from beating us with the pass?! Are you kidding me? I don't know that we need better players on this side. Maybe another year in the system will help?

I agree with just about all of this. People are too quick to blame directly to the coaches when I'm seeing a lot of problems from the players as well. We have no leaders (can't be coached) which is a huge problem and we have no playmakers, besides Dixon. Our o-line and QBs are the biggest needs of improvement that we're going to have to have next season. Like most people are saying, I believe our receivers will be better than year but Rattay really needs to go over fundamentals with them again. WAY too many dropped passes this year. Our current QBs are so flat footed and don't look off a receiver so that can be vastly improved. O-line is the biggest must, poor blocking leads to us throwing these screens/short passes which go nowhere and the only way we ran was when our rbs (mainly Dixon) was turning nothing into something. Hopefully recruiting and a few (please don't go overboard) jucos can fix these problems

[rabiddawg]

Meh, Tressel is boring.

Ok, skippy. Not a lot of room to talk.

[rabiddawg]

Well, i guess switzer is a no too.

That head coaching suggestion is perfect for your user name.

Jim Tressel is still under an NCAA show-cause order through the 2016 season. We do not want the NCAA to put every move we make under the microscope....no program will ever risk that.

[Loftonbranch]

Hire this guy - http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2013/10/24/auburn-football-revives-offense-under-guz-malzahn-rhett-lashlee/3177785/

http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rhett_lashlee_710543.html

Rhett Lashlee knows the Gus Malzahn offense better than anyone. This uptempo offense focuses on running rather than passing (which will help the defense). Lashlee is from nearby Arkansas so he knows the recruiting territory. He's only 30 years old - the AD should like that. Perfect fit for Tech.

[johnnylightnin]

I tell you what I wouldn't do. I wouldn't drastically deviate from the system the current players have been recruited to. A successful coach recruited them for a reason. It is true that our talent is down. I think that is exacerbated by the fact that we insist on running an up-tempo offense in a ball-control manner…we end up with the worst of both worlds.

Let Peterson run WIDE open this year. If he's successful, we'll win games. If he's not, let him go.

[touchdown123]

Put skip in charge of excavating the hill for SEZ. Give him a shovel and let him go. Play his "guess what day it is" video on video board repeat. When he's done, make him admit that we are Daddy and fire him for just cause after his delayed response.

[SicemDawgz]

Hope that Superman enrolls in time for spring practice.

[Houston Techsan]

Make Tim associate head coach (Head Coach in Waiting) and let him at least be the QB coach if not OC.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

Get the best juco QB you can find.