Postmortem Offense

[carolinaspider]

Wofford will stop the run to force the weakest aspect of our game, passing!

 

[RichmondNative]

Also from RollSpides:

“Playing hard” and “competing” isn’t what we’re out there for but the response from this group has to be acknowledged.

I am afraid that the AD would NOT agree with the bolded part. We hear this on the basketball side all the time…

 

[SpiderFanatic]

I find Huesman's personality delightful. I remember Stacey Tutt running over a few linebackers under Dave Clawson's reign but don't recall too many people complaining and Huesman certainly isn't the only coach that wants to establish the run. I wish I could say that I admire your ability to keep the pot stirred with supposition and personal opinion but I can't. I'm not close enough to the program to make such definitive statements. I try to see both sides to any argument and measure the success or failure based on results. The last few years have been a pretty good ride but Huesman seems to get very little credit. He's got 11 more games. I hope he gets it all sorted out.

I find Huesman's personality delightful. I remember Stacey Tutt running over a few linebackers under Dave Clawson's reign but don't recall too many people complaining and Huesman certainly isn't the only coach that wants to establish the run. I wish I could say that I admire your ability to keep the pot stirred with supposition and personal opinion but I can't. I'm not close enough to the program to make such definitive statements. I try to see both sides to any argument and measure the success or failure based on results. The last few years have been a pretty good ride but Huesman seems to get very little credit. He's got 11 more games. I hope he gets it all sorted out.

I would have agreed with everything you’ve said until last weeks game. last weeks game was the exact same offense that we’ve been running without success against good teams for at least the last two seasons, and October isn’t here anymore so it’s been coming from the huesmans.

I think we still win most of our remaining games, but won’t have the offensive playbook to get past the first round.

 

[KE Spider]

I agree with Gallipoli that Huesman tends to be more on the abrasive side, or at least it comes off that way in my opinion. I think it’s refreshing too his candor and ways to say it as it is, but sometimes you keep things inside the locker room. His demeanor has certainly ran off coaches and players. I can’t argue with the results, but do think luck has played into Huesman the last couple years like being in a watered down CAA, not playing the best teams in CAA. Our barometer of success for football should not be just to make the playoffs, but rather make deeper runs like we used to. That’s the standard set. His teams are not equipped to make it past the first maybe second round of playoffs.

What should the barometer be for MBB? We only dream of the standards you lay out for football, yet MBB is our signature sport.

 

[Spider17]

What should the barometer be for MBB? We only dream of the standards you lay out for football, yet MBB is our signature sport.

The dream is deep run in playoffs too for basketball. A realistic expectation that I think many fans want is consistent NCAA tournament appearances which is reasonable. Having round of 16+ runs in MBB is significantly harder than in FCS football. Plus, our football has won a national championship before, so we’ve reached the ultimate success before so to think anything less than that is a shame for our program. We were ranked #14 FCS program of all time.

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[Gallipoli]

The dream is deep run in playoffs too for basketball. A realistic expectation that I think many fans want is consistent NCAA tournament appearances which is reasonable. Having round of 16+ runs in MBB is significantly harder than in FCS football. Plus, our football has won a national championship before, so we’ve reached the ultimate success before so to think anything less than that is a shame for our program. We were ranked #14 FCS program of all time.

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William and Mary is no where to be seen. I love it.

 

[32counter]

“… yet MBB is our signature sport.”

Please don’t make me laugh so hard.

Lacrosse has eclipsed all sports.

 

[Gallipoli]

Against Howard, what happened to our running game? We only had 117 yards rushing, with Dawson accounting for 46 yards on 1 play. Of course, that was a TD. Did they just load the box at the line?

 

[whampas]

Against Howard, what happened to our running game? We only had 117 yards rushing, with Dawson accounting for 46 yards on 1 play. Of course, that was a TD. Did they just load the box at the line?

We lit them up with 35 yards of passing.

 

[SpiderRick]

The Spiders have played much better when they open up the offensive playbook. Misdirection plays seem to work well, throwing to the tight end work well. Do we even have a tight end anymore, or just six down linemen?

 

[Gallipoli]

I went back and watched the game. They blitzed a lot. Jasmine Coleman noted they were loading up on the A gap. They were sending two players through at a time on each side and they were depending on single coverage in the secondary. Howard also had a ton of grad transfers, which we don't have any more.This was the first FCS team that was bigger than we were, and it wasn't even close. Thank you Patriot League.

 

[SpiderFanatic]

The Spiders have played much better when they open up the offensive playbook. Misdirection plays seem to work well, throwing to the tight end work well. Do we even have a tight end anymore, or just six down linemen?

The two running back sets that we started using after Clarke got injured are good every once in a while but not to the extent that we’re using them. There must be no confidence in our QBs to throw downfield or the huesmans are just that stubborn or both.

 

[Spiderguy]

The two running back sets that we started using after Clarke got injured are good every once in a while but not to the extent that we’re using them. There must be no confidence in our QBs to throw downfield or the huesmans are just that stubborn or both.

If we don’t get a passing game going then we aren’t going to win many of the remaining games. You’re not going to win weekly with our defense on the field playing excessive minutes cause our offense can’t eat clock and move the ball. A good defense can only carry the offense but so much.

 

[KE Spider]

Where is Cam when you need him? And why?

 

[whampas]

Where is Cam when you need him? And why?

Sitting on JMU's bench. Because he was bigger than Richmond.

 

[KE Spider]

Hear you. Believe Richmond is "littler" without him.

 

[whampas]

Hear you. Believe Richmond is "littler" without him.

We'll be fine. Just do enough to win.

 

[32counter]

Sitting on JMU's bench. Because he was bigger than Richmond.

Not so.Let Russ tell you why he left.

 

[KE Spider]

Bucknell allowing 452 yds/game in offense is encouraging.

 

[32counter]

Bucknell allowing 452 yds/game in offense is encouraging.

Lots of that was opposition passing.We have no passing game.Includes game v Air Force.AF is a run first offense like USNA,USMA-lots of single wing,counter runs.