I can’t recall in a LONG time a coaching staff finding a way for a team to flat out REGRESS during what figured to be a valuable open date. I’m gonna give this staff time to build a real SEC roster, which is only fair. But much of what we saw tonight shouldn’t be excused by talent deficit alone.
This team was worse tonight in all three phases of the game, against a team inferior to UGA. And we looked like a team with few actual DOGS ready to be warriors and fight.
Maybe immature teams can only perform with the emotional comfort of their home crowd, but it’s possible to see fight at least even if you lose.
I happened to have good seats at the game down at field right behind the AU bench. For the first quarter and much of the game, it was alarming to see nothing whatsoever in the way of urgency or competitive fire. Backups and even a starter or two laughing and chatting with each other after LSU torched us and ran it to 17-0.
Sideline body language of players alone doesn’t a game foretell, I get that. But it was noticeable when juxtaposed with that massively bizarre game opening series of coaching/ game planning calls. Not a single run call for maybe first 12-15 plays it felt like?
And an early game defensive plan / effort that I’m gonna need help comprehending. Appeared timid, not aggressive, and so many blown assignments it looked like Hugh took the boys on a Vegas bender for two weeks.
We now appear to have a “constellation” of problems, not simple roster and recruiting problems.
This team was worse tonight in all three phases of the game, against a team inferior to UGA. And we looked like a team with few actual DOGS ready to be warriors and fight.
Maybe immature teams can only perform with the emotional comfort of their home crowd, but it’s possible to see fight at least even if you lose.
I happened to have good seats at the game down at field right behind the AU bench. For the first quarter and much of the game, it was alarming to see nothing whatsoever in the way of urgency or competitive fire. Backups and even a starter or two laughing and chatting with each other after LSU torched us and ran it to 17-0.
Sideline body language of players alone doesn’t a game foretell, I get that. But it was noticeable when juxtaposed with that massively bizarre game opening series of coaching/ game planning calls. Not a single run call for maybe first 12-15 plays it felt like?
And an early game defensive plan / effort that I’m gonna need help comprehending. Appeared timid, not aggressive, and so many blown assignments it looked like Hugh took the boys on a Vegas bender for two weeks.
We now appear to have a “constellation” of problems, not simple roster and recruiting problems.
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