Sipple: Coaches culpable in Armstrong's struggles
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VectorVictor
Heisman Trophy Winner
Problem is, I don't think this horse was led to any sort of water. Nor do I think Langsdorf was qualified to jockey what he had in the stable.
StPaulHusker
Banned
bullsh#tVectorVictor said:
The press is realizing what some said after BYU. Square peg meet round hole........ We will be average until this experiment is ended. Maybe Riley can turn things around, but not with this staff and its current configuration.
StPaulHusker
Banned
And yet he was 17-5 as a starter coming into this season... so it's not like he was incapable of leading a team to victory on a consistent basis.
And TA called his own plays? This staff had 2 years of game film, spring and fall ball as well as 11 previous games to review his abilities. Anyone who thought, hmm lets get this kid to chuck the rock 40+ times a game so we can win is an idiot. Every person on this board would agree throwing from the pocket isn't his strong suit. Running is. Everyone on this board always said the hardest thing for any DC to defend is a mobile QB. What did Langs do? Hobbled our returning leader rusher. Made no team worry about his legs on designed runs. TA is a baller. This year, he got Langsed.
TA won't have to worry about it much longer. Hope he gets a good education, because pro football isn't in his future.
If he can't figure out this dumbed down college system, he'll not adjust to the rigors of pro ball.
The coaches may not be here long either, but probably for years after TA'S last.
If he can't figure out this dumbed down college system, he'll not adjust to the rigors of pro ball.
The coaches may not be here long either, but probably for years after TA'S last.
At what point do you begin to teach your system? At what point is it ok to do that? When Patrick O'Brien gets here? We hold up all that for one player?
Or do we teach the system and hope the QB learns quickly?
Why would we run Tommy all over the field on designed runs when our best back up is Ryker Fyfe?
Does Tommy fit in this offense? No, but he's the best we have. At some point you have to teach your system, it's inevitable. So doesn't it make sense to teach it from the very beginning? Next year Patrick O'Brien could very well end up starting if he is the real deal. If that's the case, we're going to be glad that the rest of the offense already knows what they're doing and can help him out. If O'Brien doesn't pan out, we could be in for another long season.
There is nothing wrong with teaching the system. I don't even have a particular problem with any of the plays that we ran this year. I don't think there's any one play that I'd say we should never run.
What I do have a problem with is how often we run certain plays and what situation we choose to run them in.
You don't have to change the system for any QB we have or POB. Just make better use of it.
VectorVictor
Heisman Trophy Winner
You can cling to your bull excrement, but in reality, the results on the field speak for themselves. Langsdorf doesn't know how to call an offense with the kids he has in his charge, nor does it appear he was willing (or capable?) of learning to do so effectively.
StPaulHusker
Banned
StPaulHusker
Banned
Funny how you place everything at the feet of Langsdorf when there has already been talk that Armstrong has walked out of practice pissed off because he doesn't like the way things are going. Or the obvious tension between the 2. But of course, TA carries zero responsibility.