Oak Ridge 2015

[SweetScience]

So glad to see my dawg freshpopscicle is back on. And Da Truth Teller may be on to something about who the best RB on the team is. As a freshman he has already made quite the impression on me.

[OakRidgeTruthTeller]

Come on, they call you a genius and you act like one. I was responding to a post that said we had no top notch running backs. I don't think either of the two you mentioned are running backs, but I guess I'm wrong because you're brilliant and can't be wrong.

It seems strange that we've got good enough athletes to perform at an exceptional level on defense, but cannot perform even mildly above average on offense. It is also strange that the defensive coaches are accused of not playing the best athletes, but playing favorites, yet they get more from their guys than the offensive guys, who supposedly just play the best players.

 

Additionally, did Campbell County, Rhea County or Clinton have a great RB? Their offenses all performed close to as well or better than our offense, and there is no way that they had athletes that were as good as those we had.

 

However, if we don't have great RB's, then why are we going to a run heavy offense?

[SweetScience]

It seems strange that we've got good enough athletes to perform at an exceptional level on defense, but cannot perform even mildly above average on offense. It is also strange that the defensive coaches are accused of not playing the best athletes, but playing favorites, yet they get more from their guys than the offensive guys, who supposedly just play the best players.

 

Additionally, did Campbell County, Rhea County or Clinton have a great RB? Their offenses all performed close to as well or better than our offense, and there is no way that they had athletes that were as good as those we had.

 

However, if we don't have great RB's, then why are we going to a run heavy offense?

I don't think the RB's at this point in time should even be a question. We could have Jim Brown in his prime (OK, maybe we could) and it wouldn't matter with what I've seen so far from the OL. Our RB's are being given the face to dirt treatment right when they get the hand off.

Edited August 10, 2015 by SweetScience

[OakRidgeTruthTeller]

I don't think the RB's at this point in time should even be a question. We could have Jim Brown in his prime (OK, maybe we could) and it wouldn't matter with what I've seen so far from the OL. Our RB's are being given the face to dirt treatment right when they get the hand off.

Agree that OL is biggest concern.

[SweetScience]

Agree that OL is biggest concern.

I thought we were scrimmaging the 85 Bears last Friday. It seemed that way. The whole front 7 was in the backfield over 50% of the time when we would hand the ball off. It was scary.

[OakRidgeTruthTeller]

I thought we were scrimmaging the 85 Bears last Friday. It seemed that way. The whole front 7 was in the backfield over 50% of the time when we would hand the ball off. It was scary.

It was awful and very unlikely to be fixed.

[SweetScience]

It was awful and very unlikely to be fixed.

I have to agree. Hate to harp on it, but that ish was fugly.

[SweetScience]

We did find some success with #10 around the left side of the line on multiple occasions, but I think they had put Clark on the line by then. Him, Warmbroad, and Alcorn if they have to play both ways are gonna be shot by the 3rd quarter in the heat this time of year in a real game.

[OakRidgeTruthTeller]

I have to agree. Hate to harp on it, but that ish was fugly.

This reinforces my point on offensive coaching.

 

We had better OL last year & couldn't run against Rhea when they had five in the box. What's the solution this year? Run an offense that'll put more guys in the box. It's laughable.

[SweetScience]

This reinforces my point on offensive coaching.

 

We had better OL last year & couldn't run against Rhea when they had five in the box. What's the solution this year? Run an offense that'll put more guys in the box. It's laughable.

Yeah man. I don't know. I guess we will just have to see. As the old saying goes. Things are never as good as they look, nor are they as bad as they look. You do bring up some very valid points, even if they aren't very popular with some of the folks on here. It's a whole new offense and will take some time, but we would all be lying to ourselves if we said we have been pleasantly surprised with how good it looks so far. I know I'm not.

[boyfromsi]

It seems strange that we've got good enough athletes to perform at an exceptional level on defense, but cannot perform even mildly above average on offense. It is also strange that the defensive coaches are accused of not playing the best athletes, but playing favorites, yet they get more from their guys than the offensive guys, who supposedly just play the best players.

 

Additionally, did Campbell County, Rhea County or Clinton have a great RB? Their offenses all performed close to as well or better than our offense, and there is no way that they had athletes that were as good as those we had.

 

However, if we don't have great RB's, then why are we going to a run heavy offense?

 

The thing about strawman arguments... Who ever on last year's threads accused the defensive coaches of playing favorites?  We played a rotation of at least 15 people last year (if not a few more).  Campbell County and Clinton were passing about 70 percent of their plays and yes, Rhea County's backs were better than ours, especially on that night.

[catswild]

So glad to see my dawg freshpopscicle is back on. And Da Truth Teller may be on to something about who the best RB on the team is. As a freshman he has already made quite the impression on me.

Not sure who you're talking about but I'm sure you won't get this at all but I'll let Gaddis & staff decide that. We can all have an opinion but truth notter sounds like a know it all. Hate for you to sound like him