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I think there is enough hard evidence out there to question the play calling.
O'Korn did some really deep drops v. PSU in the hope of giving him time to survey the field and the play to develop. This despite the fact that the OL doesn't pass block very well. The worst part of this play design was that the RBs and TEs were put in max protect, taking them out as outlet receivers. So, O'Korn was left with the option of chucking it mindlessly down field or taking a sack.
While O'Korn was victimized by drops on a number of screens, shorter passes to slot receivers and TEs gave way to more failed attempts at the deep ball or IZ runs off a worthless PA into a defense with the Ss routinely up near the LOS. PSU could do this because there was virtually no threat from the PA. It was simply ignored if attempted. We saw little offensive adjustment to this reality.
Maybe most discouragingly, we're not seeing the constraints or counters, the misdirection plays, that can routinely screw with aggressive defenses that bring their Ss up. To a team, that is exactly what opponents have done v. M's offense but play calling appears not to be taking advantage of this????
Certainly, the play calling cabal, whoever that involves, took a hit when Speight went down (disregarding that Speight did not look good in early games where he did play). The WRs, while talented, lack the experience to get separation from decent CBs or Ss. They also can't consistently catch the ball .... yet. So, there are some reality related mitigating factors.
Because of that, I'm not in the crowd calling for their firing but they damn well need to be held accountable by their HC. We can not know if that is happening. So all I can do is uselessly wave my arms.
O'Korn did some really deep drops v. PSU in the hope of giving him time to survey the field and the play to develop. This despite the fact that the OL doesn't pass block very well. The worst part of this play design was that the RBs and TEs were put in max protect, taking them out as outlet receivers. So, O'Korn was left with the option of chucking it mindlessly down field or taking a sack.
While O'Korn was victimized by drops on a number of screens, shorter passes to slot receivers and TEs gave way to more failed attempts at the deep ball or IZ runs off a worthless PA into a defense with the Ss routinely up near the LOS. PSU could do this because there was virtually no threat from the PA. It was simply ignored if attempted. We saw little offensive adjustment to this reality.
Maybe most discouragingly, we're not seeing the constraints or counters, the misdirection plays, that can routinely screw with aggressive defenses that bring their Ss up. To a team, that is exactly what opponents have done v. M's offense but play calling appears not to be taking advantage of this????
Certainly, the play calling cabal, whoever that involves, took a hit when Speight went down (disregarding that Speight did not look good in early games where he did play). The WRs, while talented, lack the experience to get separation from decent CBs or Ss. They also can't consistently catch the ball .... yet. So, there are some reality related mitigating factors.
Because of that, I'm not in the crowd calling for their firing but they damn well need to be held accountable by their HC. We can not know if that is happening. So all I can do is uselessly wave my arms.
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