Postby Orlando Penguin » Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:41 pm
Signs of a poorly-coached team:
--You don't improve as the season goes on
--You don't make adjustments to things that aren't working (i.e. receivers who can't catch)
--You continue to take the same dumb penalties every week (#54 jumping offsides when he's over the damn ball)
Signs you are a poor coach:
--You call a timeout 3 minutes into the game on 4th and a mile because you don't want to take a delay of game which would actually save you the personnel issues that caused the delay in the first place
--You ride your hero QB when it's obvious that his injury is hampering his game physically and that he just doesn't have it on throws down the field (missing Thompkins and high to Hipp on the first 3rd qtr drive should have been telltale signs) instead of going to a very competent 2nd stringer (who then has the brain fart on the pick 6)
--You fail to adjust to what other teams have been doing to you for the last 4 weeks that have stopped your offense (MSU, IU, Iowa, Michigan all tailored their rush ends to double back into the middle to keep Trace from escaping like he did against Ohio State)
The last month has really exposed Franklin as a fraud of an in-game coach and that 2016 & 17's success were due in large part to a talented group of senior-laden experience as well as a little luck with pulling down so many deep balls/jump balls on offense. I continued to try to give Franklin the benefit of the doubt in 14 and 15 because the depth was still a bit dicey but again, some of the decisions made during the game would go against logic. Today against superior talent, they got pounded on offense because they refuse to run any sort of screen game or swing passes that would keep that pass rush at bay. Put Hamler in the damn backfield and run him on flares to get his speed out there because Sanders is a north-south guy and not a beat-you-around-the-corner runner.
Fortunately, I was at work today and didn't have to watch any more after they went down 21-0. Not sure I'll be all that jazzed to go watch them if they come to Orlando or Tampa for New Year's.