Get Nasty said:

I'm just going by the fact you don't have KVA or Bowen on the RB when split out in coverage EVER when 3 LBS on the field with no one in the backfield. It happened twice for 125 yds.

Either blown coverage or terrible scheme. For it to happen once let alone twice. Something bad happened both plays, coaching or bust, and bust involves coaching since it happened twice.

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Chitown11 said:

If he was injured, he had no business playing. Especially after seeing that the kid couldn't throw the ball

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mbd11 said:

That might've been a good call if Hartman had been the QB. He was a good deep ball thrower. But unfortunately, Leonard isn't. But all 3 of our backups are probably better than Leonard at making that throw as well.

So we need to either tailor the offense to Leonard's skills, or put a different QB in. Leonard isn't a good fit for the offense we ran Saturday. He's not a dropback passer.

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Get Nasty said:

The staff is accepting repetitive failure from the same players over and over. We have enough depth to pull people. It doesn't have to be a permanent pull, but a " you play like that again, you'll be right back out".

Agree, i'm sure rudolph doesn't coach it that way, but craig was shocked he was flagged and asking what he did. It was obvious.

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Get Nasty said:

The staff is accepting repetitive failure from the same players over and over. We have enough depth to pull people. It doesn't have to be a permanent pull, but a " you play like that again, you'll be right back out".

Agree, i'm sure rudolph doesn't coach it that way, but craig was shocked he was flagged and asking what he did. It was obvious.

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Get Nasty said:

I'm just going by the fact you don't have KVA or Bowen on the RB when split out in coverage EVER when 3 LBS on the field with no one in the backfield. It happened twice for 125 yds.

Either blown coverage or terrible scheme. For it to happen once let alone twice. Something bad happened both plays, coaching or bust, and bust involves coaching since it happened twice.

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echowaker said:

Why is it poor coaching ? If anything it's lazy technique. Craig knows the rules. No one is teaching it that way. Your arguments are nonsensical and suggest coaching is the sole reason they lost. I absolutely guarantee the staff coached last week the exact same way they coached prior to the opener. Programs at the highest level are incredibly structured. Routine is paramount. It's a highly regarded and respected staff. They didn't forget what got them there. They had stinker. It happens.

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echowaker said:

Really ? A guy in his last year of college eligibility needs coached on something so fundamental. You are really showing a true lack of understanding. This isn't junior high. Horrible throw. Solely on the QB. End of story.

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banmate6 said:

I think you are correct honing in on the negatives, as they're egregious.

BK did correct bad losses for the most part. He laid eggs in big situations against better opponents.

Losing to Marshall, Stanford, and NIU is disturbing and a serious regression...my definitive red flag and, therefore, why I consider MF a roll of the dice gone bad. I don't want to fire him.

But I now know MF cannot make ND better. ND has gotten worse with him.

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savvyandsassier said:

Oh yeah, didn't we totally argue about the Croatian MNT, and it all started because I casually, off the cuff mocked Luke Modric because of how ugly he is, and you didn't like that one bit? I have some vague memory on this message board of doing that. And he totally won the ballon d'or even though he probably shouldn't have, but that's just how admired he is as one of the truly great players of his generation? But he is ugly.

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