It’s not really even a D with a pulse. He struggles against drop 8.
Or check to a run, which is really the problem. ND is clearly a less effective running team when it’s qb can’t run and oline doesn’t get a push
That seems to be improving quickly though. More downfield shots will open even more running lanes also.
Improving against lesser defenses yes. It’s still a concern and is your best argument for getting Buchner more touches.
YOU CAN READ LIPS ?
How would you rate Tom Brady’s fear of running and “statue” like performances ?
Lol. You’re not rational. Your comparing Coan to Brady? Brady has run the ball more than Coan has thought about.
You just revealed how little you know about football !
So can Coan, but that’s not the issue !
Tell us how you know that Coan has a “FEAR” of running the ball !
I have to disagree, IMO this has been Kelly's finest coaching job. I had us at 9-3 going into this season and that was hopeful. All new offensive line. A brand new QB after losing the school's most productive QB who led the team the last three years. A brand new offensive coordinator with a very different system (not like switching Lea for Elko.) And a bunch of key early injuries (Marist, Blake) What did Kelly do? Somehow got us to 8-1 with a great chance to go 11-1 and be in the Champion Series conversation. And we handed the damn game to Cincy with 3 first half turnovers and a 17-0 deficit. Purdue beats beloved Iowa and smashes MSU. Wisky crushes Iowa and could have scored 70 yesterday. One of those two will win the B10W and beat the B10E (which would move us closer to our goal.)
Really, you wouldn’t ask about 25 minutes of horrendous offense led by Coan in the first half vs navy?
You can’t?
Yeah, it's a pro-ND board, sometimes people get carried away.
I agree with a lot of what you said but Coan doesn’t do to VT without Buchner spark. Coan and Buchner go hand and hand for praise in my book. My issue with Coan is he doesn’t keep the defense honest with the option, and he struggles way to much to move the ball.
Yep, and they were there. Wouldn’t even look downfield until Kelly lit him up 29 minutes into game play right before he hit Austin
Stu, stop making so much sense, you'll just piss off the know nothing idiots like "Get Nasty" and others. Your post is spot on, the coaching staff in total is doing quite well in this rebuilding year and Coan has played well and gives us the absolute best chance to win. Thank you, great post
We might be 9-0 without Coan….. without pyne and buchner we have 4 losses…. We lose to Toledo, we lose to Wisconsin, we lose to tech, and Cincinnati obviously….
It has helped having Tyler come in, absolutely. Just like it helped Golson when Rees came in. And Pyne was great when Coan got hurt but...
Stu, give up, the guys a know nothing. Guy whines every week about EVERYTHING. Coan sucks, Rees sucks, BK sucks .. it absolutely historical week in and week out. But in the end he's flat clueless
Cohan’s first half stats are terrific !
YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL
And you interpret his decisions on “FEAR” and not good situational decisions ?
You’re a total MORON if you don’t understand the response to a statement that Coan doesn’t run.
I NEVER CLAMED THAT I KNEW, WORD FOR WORD, WHAT KELLY WAS SAYING TO COAN.
Oh I’m with you…. But people are saying we’re 8-1 and wouldn’t be without Coan…. Coan isn’t why we are 8-1 on the season, we’d be worse if he never came out. It’s like saying in 2012 we’re undefeated because of golson.
Ha…. Kelly literally had to yell at Coan to throw it downfield …. We had Austin wide open once, lenzy twice, mayer once, Davis once …. All deep for potential tds in the first half alone before Kelly yelled at Coan
Hey Savvy, just because my statement went over the heads of those with low football IQ‘s doesn’t mean that it’s not meritorious !
Dude, you have called the whole board a moron in some form or another. Your posts are virtually 7 of the 9 pages. We all get it that you like Coan. Some of us think differently, for good reason, and you want to single-handedly stamp every opinion out by calling us names. Do you treat everyone this way or are you just taking out your frustration over your miserable life on this board?
No. Buchner isn't the back up if coan goes down, pyne is. That means in practice coan is getting 60-75 % of practice with the first stringers and pyne is getting 20-25%. Buchner only gets enough time to run select packages. It's not practical to have three qbs practicing significant minutes with the 1s each practice.
Coan is a big reason. Coming in for a relief series or two is not the same as starting. Without coan we would have had significant growing pains and LOSSES.
