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Post by aggiefan01202 on Sept 15, 2019 11:22:24 GMT -5
We are 2-1. That's not a bad start to a season. Duke was a tough loss but it will get us mentally ready for every other game on the schedule. Our two wins...field goal with :01 on the clock, another come from behind win on the back of a 299 yard career day from Martin. We are not dominant and compared to the last few years we do not strike fear into anyone's heart anymore because our offense is limiting and 1 dimensional. We have 2 passing TDs in 3 games...let that soak in. We either move to a Wing T offense and abandon or great receivers to run the ball with Carter and Martin or we put in a QB that can put the ball in the air. You can't serve 2 masters. Our defense is coming into form. Our offense is progressively getting worse week by week.
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Post by thewinner on Sept 15, 2019 11:31:16 GMT -5
in my opinion it is the play calling. Ive been saying this since last year. we have to move on from Barnette
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Post by panther2aggiepride on Sept 15, 2019 11:35:14 GMT -5
Sometimes less is better. The OC has all of these toys to work with and he is overwhelmed. All we need to do is run the ball and use play action to the TE and hit slants off of the play action. We should then take deep shots once teams come out of that zone. A few more screen passes and RB flare passes will slow up the blitz we are getting.
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Post by thewinner on Sept 15, 2019 12:02:23 GMT -5
im sorry but The current OC is not a d-1 playcaller.
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 15, 2019 12:18:41 GMT -5
We have to pay more...do we have the funds?
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Post by aggiefan01202 on Sept 15, 2019 12:20:32 GMT -5
Play calling definitely factors into it. But even if you put a great driver in a Honda Accord the performance can only be so good. Our personel at key possitions don't match our strengths. If Martin is the cowbell then we need more double tight formations and creative ways to get him in space. If Bell is our guy then we need to try out Ifedi or Fowler because our receiver set is capable of 300 yards passing game each game.
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Post by DOOMS on Sept 15, 2019 12:29:57 GMT -5
I'm of the opinion the o.c. isn't necessarily calling the plays he'd like to call. He tended to be a pass-first play-caller at Guilford and I can only assume he'd like to do the same here. No way Washington is going for that.
I'd be interested to see what we'd look like if we could execute more of his calls and he was allowed to call a game his way. Methinks we'd be around 50/50 pass run and we'd be impressed instead of calling for his head.
My personal opinion has been we needed a separate qb coach ever since Hester left and Barnette was tasked with both qb coach and o.c. duties. I do believe we'd be looking less disjointed on offense if that was the case. I also believe we've played three pretty good programs which makes us look worse than we actually are. Time will tell, but no need to go off the deep end.
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Post by aggie2039 on Sept 15, 2019 12:38:03 GMT -5
I'm of the opinion the o.c. isn't necessarily calling the plays he'd like to call. He tended to be a pass-first play-caller at Guilford and I can only assume he'd like to do the same here. No way Washington is going for that. I'd be interested to see what we'd look like if we could execute more of his calls and he was allowed to call a game his way. Methinks we'd be around 50/50 pass run and we'd be impressed instead of calling for his head. My personal opinion has been we needed a separate qb coach ever since Hester left and Barnette was tasked with both qb coach and o.c. duties. I do believe we'd be looking less disjointed on offense if that was the case. I also believe we've played three pretty good programs which makes us look worse than we actually are. Time will tell, but no need to go off the deep end. Dooms I was slaughtered on this board for saying we need a dedicated QB coach, glad to see I’m not the only person in that camp.
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Post by pj on Sept 15, 2019 12:48:34 GMT -5
I'm not worried. It was not the QBs day. Some one else on this board mentioned that we are not showing our stuff to anyone but the Conference Teams in essence. We got through a tough Non Conf., schedule seeing who we have and what they can do.
On the other hand, I WOULD like to have a game where we are up big, and others can get some work.
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Post by DOOMS on Sept 15, 2019 13:17:21 GMT -5
I'm far from an optimist, but I'm a realist.
We have like what, four returning starters?
The o.c. got the job halfway through the summer last year and really has only one spring under his belt as o.c. with these guys.
This is the qb's first year starting and he was chilling in a leg cast at Crimmas.
We only had one runner gain positive yards and he still went for 299 even though everybody knew he was getting the ball.
We made the plays when we had to in the fourth quarter when it mattered the most.
We have a lot to work on but we know what it is and we have a bye to work on it. Del State ain't gonna be a cupcake despite what some of y'all are probably gonna believe.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Sept 15, 2019 16:28:42 GMT -5
Yall said the exact same thing last year when Raynard was in his early season slump.
Sometimes you just have to be patience and give guys time to get better ... coaches and players alike.
We dont have a better option than Carter right now at quarterback and we dont have a better playcaller on the staff than Barnette.
Our best hope is that both of them continue to improve.
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Post by Maxell on Sept 15, 2019 16:41:46 GMT -5
Yall said the exact same thing last year when Raynard was in his early season slump.
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Post by saabman on Sept 15, 2019 17:42:09 GMT -5
We are 2-1. That's not a bad start to a season. Duke was a tough loss but it will get us mentally ready for every other game on the schedule. Our two wins...field goal with :01 on the clock, another come from behind win on the back of a 299 yard career day from Martin. We are not dominant and compared to the last few years we do not strike fear into anyone's heart anymore because our offense is limiting and 1 dimensional. We have 2 passing TDs in 3 games...let that soak in. We either move to a Wing T offense and abandon or great receivers to run the ball with Carter and Martin or we put in a QB that can put the ball in the air. You can't serve 2 masters. Our defense is coming into form. Our offense is progressively getting worse week by week. I diagree with most of what your saying but can agree on somethings . The OC needs to utilize the talent on the offense which is not happening at this time . His play calling is suspect and that is putting it lightly . Your asking a dual-threat RPO QB to mimic the previous QB instead of utilizing and Calling plays that play to this QB's strengths . Yes the offense is limited and one-dimensional but that is not the players fault that's on the OC to put imagination into the offense and for the players to execute . Your forgetting that A&T lost a well-rounded group of seniors and speed from last season . This season A&T's receivers are dropping Ball's left and right for some reason also the OC is not sticking with the running game . But the light came on against CSU and A&T ran Counters , Screens , Slants , Crossing routes because I think Coach Washington got after the OC about his play calling going into the 2nd half . Then you saw Carter rolling out more , Martin running with and without a FB leading him even the FB got some touches . You can net pick all you what to but the CO's play calling must improve going forward .
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Post by saabman on Sept 15, 2019 17:50:55 GMT -5
I'm of the opinion the o.c. isn't necessarily calling the plays he'd like to call. He tended to be a pass-first play-caller at Guilford and I can only assume he'd like to do the same here. No way Washington is going for that. I'd be interested to see what we'd look like if we could execute more of his calls and he was allowed to call a game his way. Methinks we'd be around 50/50 pass run and we'd be impressed instead of calling for his head. My personal opinion has been we needed a separate qb coach ever since Hester left and Barnette was tasked with both qb coach and o.c. duties. I do believe we'd be looking less disjointed on offense if that was the case. I also believe we've played three pretty good programs which makes us look worse than we actually are. Time will tell, but no need to go off the deep end. Dooms I was slaughtered on this board for saying we need a dedicated QB coach, glad to see I’m not the only person in that camp. That is nothing New on here. We have always addressed that issue even before Coach Broadway hiring . So I don't know who have issues with you saying that A&T needed a QB's coach .
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Post by DECKS on Sept 15, 2019 18:43:43 GMT -5
I'm with everyone on this one. We are only 12-3 since Barnette took over as OC. Yeah, let's run his azz out of town.
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