^ Right, like I said Whip has some things he needs to figure out coaching wise. 15 penalties is inexcusable, players need to park their ass on the bench for a series or two if things like that continue to happen. Yet this isn't the case, players aren't held accountable for their actions and continue to play lackadaisical and not really care about how they're hurting the team. This is on the coaching staff, there needs to be a message of "your actions have consequences" Also there's no question a new D-Coordinator is needed.78 wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^
While I can buy some of what you are saying, how do you explain something like 15 penalties for 134 yards. I don't care if they have D3 level talent or freshmen playing, that shouldn't happen. This team has less discipline than the Molnar teams, which is more than sad. I continue to believe that Whip's just not into it the way he needs or used to to be when we see 15 penalties in a game.
One other question - How did we look so much better last year than this year when we had even more of the Molnar and Morris recruits playing?
As far as why we did better last year, 3 things:
1. We caught a lot of teams by surprise-There was no game film on UMass running Whip's offense and his various packages and formations, also Froh and Sifrin were complete mysteries and I think teams didn't know what to expect. This year teams know what to expect vs. UMass and have made the necessary adjustments. Add to that the fact that our run game has been even more non existent than it was last year and its a recipe for disaster
2. We don't have Jean Sifrin any more- Sifrin was a constant go-to guy for Froh on 3rd down and in the Red Zone last year and with his departure, no one has stepped up to fill his shoes. As far as in the Red Zone I expected Custis, Jalen Williams and Nesmith to pick up the slack being big body receivers but nothing much has happened on this front. Williams is out for the year, Custis is non existent and Nesmith still isn't a factor.
3. The little bit of success we did have went to players' heads-This goes back to the attitude and not having to earn anything. After getting blown away by Colorado Trey Dudley-Giles was quoted saying "We thought all we had to do is show up and we'd win". Similarly Rodney Mills was quoted last week saying "we got ahead of ourselves thinking about MAC Championships and bowl games, instead of the game in front of us" This leads me to believe this team thought this year was going to be a cakewalk, didn't prepare for it as hard as they should have and are now paying the price.
