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I guess you can say “we competed” in terms of we didn’t stop bailing water as our ship sank, but it’s still going down so who really cares. “Competing” is nothing more than what losers say. We’ve heard it for years and at this point it means nothing. It reminds me of the boy who cried “wolf” story.
My original prediction for this year was a slow start with a lot better finish to the year. Had hoped for 7 wins. I believe 4 wins is the ceiling for this team. I saw nothing yesterday from Crummy that gives me any hope that this is going to get any better.
At the time I thought we should go for it. It was the beginning of the 4th quarter (or end of 3rd) and would put us down 8. It’s a 2 score game if we kick it or if we miss, so why not try to make it a one score game. Not going for the 42 yard FG on the 1st series of the second half hurt us most. Coaching decisions to end the 1st Half and begin the 2nd killed us. It could have been a 17-16 Tech lead after the 1st drive of the 2nd half.Originally Posted by Tech52
Two old adages held true -
1) Don't chase points early in a game (prior to mid 4th qtr)
2) Always take the points when you can get them
Lost that game because of HORRIBLE defense
Which made the "points" decisions even more glaring
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
was the defense horrible because of playcalling or just bad. They hadn't been awful vs. FIU/SMU, but I think they had the wrong gameplan and Power never adjusted. However, there were plenty of missed tackles.
Yes. Tech couldn’t get off a block thus they couldn’t put any pressure on the QB or hardly run to the ball. We seemed to be out of position almost every play and most of the night. Our pass coverage had huge gaps in it and there were only a couple of times when first contact tackled anybody. We looked undersized, weak, not football smart and didn’t play with any desire or enthusiasm. But, according to Cumbie, we “competed”, not true, we didn’t.
I did not watch nor listen to the game. I spent the day getting ready for deer season at my deer lease. Did Turner's performance in relief of Bachmier (sp?) prove good enough to ignite a quarterback controversy going forward?
"Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
Thomas Jefferson
There was a noticeable difference in the way that the team responded to him being in the game. He definitely passes the eye test for a QB.
Bachmier seems like he could be a good QB, but struggles in the game with bad throws and indecisiveness. (Which I don’t know if it’s the QB or the coach) He seems to want to hand off first, throw only when he has to approach to football.
Turner was noticeably more confident coming in the game and his passing was more consistent and decisive. (Which I don’t know it was out of necessity being down in the 4th or just his development is better)
I think you will have a better passing offense with Turner (but also probably more interceptions). I would let him start vs Nebraska this week to see what he could do because you have the built in excuse that Bachmier is recovering and it’s basically a money game anyway.
I agree with everything you said!!!
Has there been any official changes at LB yet? Some of the season starters (#9 and #21) have been mostly non-existant when they are in the game. At least LB's #3 and #6 seem a bit more active and engaged in the games. Of course we probably have a depth issue at LB so we there may not be many alternative options.
The LA Tech defense gave up 357 yds to UNT in the first half alone. That's an absurd number.......almost as if we were deliberately trying to see just how deep of a hole we could dig.
Furthermore:
- Against FIU, Tech went down 0-14 in the 1st quarter
- Against SMU, Tech went down 0-31 in the first half
- Against UNT, Tech trailed 3-21 early in the 2nd quarter, and 10-27 with 4 minutes left in the 2nd qtr.
Why can't we get a football team that plays the 1st half too?
It's obvious that this Tech football team has an immature head coach who is simply not ready for prime time. His self proclaimed "skateboarder" mentality doesn't seem to mix well with the discipline required to be a good football coach. He certainly hasn't learned how to prepare his teams to play a first half yet.
BTW, this team played much better after Hank Bachmeier left the game. If you don't believe me, just look at the stats.
Your point stands, but UNT score was 10-0 after the first quarter, and 23-14 at halftime.
If our offense could do anything in the first quarter, it wouldn’t be so difficult to win.
There was one play on the first set of downs (I believe) that Hank threw a 30 yard strike to #34 over the middle, and he hit him right between the numbers. Dropped. Other than that one play, the offense was absolutely abysmal looking in the first quarter. I’ve seen many many high school offenses that looked more organized and prepared.
You nailed it with the “skateboarder mentality” thing. I hadn’t thought how to say it, but that’s it. Football is a tough minded competition of desire and tenacity against your opponent’s capabilities of which Tech is severely lacking. Cumbie comes across as a nice guy who is too nice to demand results.
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