Re: Sorry, but I thought that game was just what we needed.

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Sep 29, 2019, 11:18 AM

We keep hearing from Coach Swinney every week that there were some flaws exposed that will need to get cleaned up. So tell me why the exact same messes are there week after week ? Why is there no sense of urgency to actually get the issues fixed ?

Personally I’m tired of watching TL overthrow / underthrow wide open receivers or throwing into traffic, then hearing the coaches gloss over his mistakes and inconsistencies to tell us about the couple of big throws he got right. He has great ability but he isn’t playing great. He’s merely playing good enough right now.

I’d also love to see the coaching staff honestly address our apparent inability stuff the run from the tackle position. If those guys just aren’t physical enough then do what you did in bowl prep for our second showdown with Alabama : spend a couple of days running the paw drill again like it was spring practice.

Boys, we’re gonna’ get our #### whooped if the coaching staff doesn’t get serious about making this team improve. It’s time for them to cease and desist from the coddling. A near loss isn’t enough to set off the alarm especially when Dabo keeps smiling in front of the cameras and telling everyone it’s going to be okay.....that we’ a young team and we’re improving every week. Uhm, no coach. We look EXACTLY like the team that played GT in week one. We’re not witnessing any improvement.

.....And remember that near loss to NC State at home ? We lucked out on a wide right field goal attempt, then celebrated in the locker room because “it’s hard to win a football game”.

Then what happened the very next week when Pitt rolled into town ?

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jarheadtiger® said:

Not saying that any of your points are wrong, but seriously, you don't just replace the front 4 we had, no matter how highly ranked the new guys are. As far as coddling, do you really believe for one second that BV coddles ANYONE? The dude is scheming with who he trusts right now, and as the DL develops he will adapt the defense. After two Titles in 3 years, I think the entire staff has earned some patience, even when, not if we eventually DO lose a game. It will be ok.

I’m sure the coaching staff does deserve a good degree of latitude. And I doubt they do in fact coddle the players. But I can’t stand the way they refuse to publicly acknowledge problems. Hell we all see them, why deny their existence ?

If TL is all over the place with his accuracy ( and he undeniably is a lot of the time ). Just admit it and say it needs to be addressed. Don’t treat it like it’s some anomaly when it happens every ###### week.

TL was making bad decision after bad decision at Syracuse. After his second interception I was ready to see Chase Brice come in the game. You know ###### well he’d be focused and getting temporarily pulled would likely serve to get TL focused himself. That’s the kind of un-coddling I’m talking about.

Sorry, but I thought that game was just what we needed.