DOES THE AGGIE STAFF UNDERSTAND OFFENSE???

[DOOMS]

How many players on this team are all conference first, second, or third team? How many of our players on the field today would have started over the players our opponent had on the field?

[durhamgsoaggie]

NSS, you are a good dude with a great passion for A&T athletics, and I respect that. But I think you're out on a limb on your own on this one.

We have 50 players on scholarship, and maybe 20 of those are on fulls (maybe), so the talent literally isn't there. As Coach Broadway stated on National Signing Day in February and today at the Chalk Talk, we have 2 1/2 recruiting class, when everyone else has 5 (counting red-shirts). We had to burn multiple red-shirts today due to injury, which probably included the center and he got shook. We've been playing above our level for the last year and a half.

The lack of spring practice is showing up on offense because the upper class skill players and the O-line don't have the confidence of the mental/muscle memory of the reps they missed in the new offense. In the military, when things go wrong (as expected) you trust the repetitions of your training to get you through. The concept is no different than football. Our guys don't have those reps to lean on during this time of struggle.

The Belcher situation at QB is the thing that is coming back to haunt us. It was an academics issue, so it is what it is. The best thing we as fans can do is to pub AAF as much as possible to get us higher than 1% donor participation and get more scholarship dollars rolling in. Our 1% donor rate is the ONLY thing that was inexcusable today. It was inexcusable when we were 3-0 as well.

When Coach Broadway was asked how he would improve his depth at the Chalk Talk, his answer was simple (and correct).... if we get the program some more scholarship money, he can make it happen. Coach Cy has said the same thing. That's why you saw me at the AAF table selling AAF to potential new donors and energizing current donors to reach out to their sphere of alumni influence today during the game. That's why Jennifer was up in the big box courting new big donors. There will be more e-mail and phone contact later this year, but the person-to-person talk will be the thing that breeds the most trust in our community when it comes to donating money.

I give my dollars, but I'm going to give my time to selling AAF, too. And it's already working. More of us have to better salespeople in that regard to see our programs succeed at the level we desire. It's time to step out of our comfort level and do this.

[bigpeete1]

YOU SEE THE BIG PICTURE, THANKS

[marchingband1969]

Preach on durhamgsoaggie, at this point Aggies need to give more donations and less coaching advice.

[Deleted]

Oct 19, 2013 20:25:08 GMT -5 durhamgsoaggie said:

NSS, you are a good dude with a great passion for A&T athletics, and I respect that. But I think you're out on a limb on your own on this one.

We have 50 players on scholarship, and maybe 20 of those are on fulls (maybe), so the talent literally isn't there. As Coach Broadway stated on National Signing Day in February and today at the Chalk Talk, we have 2 1/2 recruiting class, when everyone else has 5 (counting red-shirts). We had to burn multiple red-shirts today due to injury, which probably included the center and he got shook. We've been playing above our level for the last year and a half.

The lack of spring practice is showing up on offense because the upper class skill players and the O-line don't have the confidence of the mental/muscle memory of the reps they missed in the new offense. In the military, when things go wrong (as expected) you trust the repetitions of your training to get you through. The concept is no different than football. Our guys don't have those reps to lean on during this time of struggle.

The Belcher situation at QB is the thing that is coming back to haunt us. It was an academics issue, so it is what it is. The best thing we as fans can do is to pub AAF as much as possible to get us higher than 1% donor participation and get more scholarship dollars rolling in. Our 1% donor rate is the ONLY thing that was inexcusable today. It was inexcusable when we were 3-0 as well.

When Coach Broadway was asked how he would improve his depth at the Chalk Talk, his answer was simple (and correct).... if we get the program some more scholarship money, he can make it happen. Coach Cy has said the same thing. That's why you saw me at the AAF table selling AAF to potential new donors and energizing current donors to reach out to their sphere of alumni influence today during the game. That's why Jennifer was up in the big box courting new big donors. There will be more e-mail and phone contact later this year, but the person-to-person talk will be the thing that breeds the most trust in our community when it comes to donating money.

I give my dollars, but I'm going to give my time to selling AAF, too. And it's already working. More of us have to better salespeople in that regard to see our programs succeed at the level we desire. It's time to step out of our comfort level and do this.

I agree. Those coaches are proving why we paid them what we are. I still have complete faith in what they are doing and I am proud of what they accomplished so far.

BTW: 8-3 or 7-4 is still a great season for us.

[Aggie One]

I believe I heard this very similar diatribe during basketball season along in mid-February last year. If patience would just take precedent over the immediate emotion of winning and losing then maybe we will learn something. Take a look around why some programs are successful versus those that aren't and how both kinds got to be that way. Seriously.

There's never been overnight success story with athletic programs as bad as ours was from three years ago. Given A&T's historical prospective over the last decade of football was a complete nightmare. Because restrictions have now just came off in May of this year, a few of us are now demanding playoffs or a MEAC title out of the box.

Well surprise! It doesn't work that way and you cannot discount our recent history and the battle to get where we are just right now. If one can do that then there is no reason to even respond to such a statement.

Be reasonable and careful and very deliberate in the thought process before making bold statements from one's heart rather than from one's head after the immediate outcome of an athletic contest.

[aggiejazz]

Give Coach Broadway a 3 year extension after this season. This coming recruiting season will be Broadway's first without the penality and restriction shackles and next year will be his first full spring football season.

[neighborhoodsuperstar]

I hear what everyone is saying. Just keep in mind a few things....
The APR Issues, reduced scholarships, lack of spring practice, etc didn't start this year.

We had these same problems at the end of last year when our offense was struggling......Broadway's response.....he fired our offensive coordinator. If all the aforementioned problems were there last year, then theoretically, he shouldn't have fired our previous offensive coordinator.

By firing the OC last hear, this signalled he wanted a change in how this offense was performing. Fastforward to yesterday; we were extremely ineffective on offense....only 1 out of 14 on 3rd down conversions; barely 200 total yards of offense. The same things we chided the OC for last year are the same things going down this year.

If y'all are going to criticize my thoughts about our subpar offense, then you have to respectfully question why the staff isn't excelling on offense. I didn't make the OC change last year....Broadway did...knowing the same problems you all are quickly to highlight.

There has to be some consistency here. It cannot be the OC's fault last year.....then the lack of spring practice and scholarships this year for our offensive inefficiency. We (including the head coach) have to be consistent from year to year.

In closing, I'm still for Broadway as our coach, but the notion that he and the staff can be blamed for absolutely nothing with our offensive production makes no sense to me. If Broadway blamed the OC last year, why are we blaming everything else this year?

I wish my Aggies the best as we head down to Tallahassee next week.

[Trueaggie]

NHSS,
You may be reading to much into the changes at OC; we really don't know what prompted the changes. What we do know is we have played a few games and recognize we must get better. All of our coaches are extremely experienced and have a proven track record; at this point we have to let them recruit the type players they need enjoy it when we win. It is certainly better than the last 10 years.

[marchingband1969]

I'm still convienced that A&T's problem has more to do with lack of talent rather than lack of coaching. Let's not start tearing down what we are building just because we have not gotten instant success.

[Trueaggie]

I agree; Broadway was clear this would be a process.

[neighborhoodsuperstar]

Oct 20, 2013 12:56:41 GMT -5 marchingband1969 said:

I'm still convienced that A&T's problem has more to do with lack of talent rather than lack of coaching.

...but he fired the offensive coordinator last year (not me). If he felt the major issue was a lack of talent, he would have stuck with Pizzo - he didn't. Look, I understand the all the factors folks have talked about with respect to why one aspect of our team (the offense) is lost.....but when you fire your OC, you are primarily saying he was the reason behind the offensive failures of 2012.

We cannot blame only 200 yards of offense and 1 out of 14 third down conversions on Pizzo anymore. Those were the same type of stats Pizzo was putting up last year, and Broadway canned him, despite knowing the APR issues, no spring practice, reduced scholarships, etc.

I just don't understand why there is minimal (if any) criticism of Broadway with such a poor offensive performance. He and his staff have to do a better job with the offense. No more excuses. It's October 2013. 7 points, 200 yards of total offense, and 1 out of 14 3rd down conversion are just too pathetic a combination of numbers to blow off. The staff has to devise ways to get this offense clicking.

[pj]

I am not down with the title of this thread.
Broadway will build a winner.

[Trueaggie]

I remember people would complain about Bill Hayes; my what people just don't understand.

[neighborhoodsuperstar]

Oct 20, 2013 14:08:40 GMT -5 pj said:

I am not down with the title of this thread.
Broadway will build a winner.

I'll change it to make it more palatable for ya......