Yes, the blame goes directly on the coaches. Stupid mistakes have to be cleaned up and that falls directly on the staff.
But a few other things ..
Kicking the ball was the right thing to do. Our defense was incredible all game and besides missed tackles (a couple on ST, one on defense) the defense did everything they possibly could.
I'm pretty sure Lee hurt his hand (I think his thumb) in the late 2nd or early 3rd. I saw him flexing his thumb a few times and would explain why he became erratic so quickly.
At the same time, his line did him no favors until we put Marcel back in. DJ Jones single handily killed one of our drives at the goal line. A couple of those hits is where I think Zac may have messed up his hand.
O'Hanlons breakdown reminded me of the breakdown last year against TTech when we let Crabtree get over the cover 2. The safety didn't rotate and look what happened. The safety has one responsibility late in the game in that situation, GET AS DEEP AS THE DEEPEST MAN. You DO NOT let anyone get past you. If you give up a ball in front of you because of it, SO WHAT? A 20 yard gain is better than a 60 yard gain.
Meno -- please go sit down. Your hands are awful, you are slow and you run horrid routes. Why you continue to get PT over someone like Chris Brooks, I do not know.
The WR - ALL OF THEM, were horrid today. I just laughed when Zac got out on a scramble buying time for someone to get open. Zac easily bought an additional 4-5 seconds and STILL no one could get open. It seriously looked like they were always standing around waiting for Zac to deliver the ball.
All in all, Bo and especially Barney need to re-evaluate a few things on what they are doing. A well coached team just does not hand away games like that.
We lost that one. VA Tech did not win it.
