Here is the way I see it. At this point, I believe it is still too early to say if any of the coaches cant cut it. This time last year, many werent sold on Jancek. This year, hes doing a lot better job. Oh yeah, he has better talent and speed. Funny how that makes a difference.
I dont believe there is an issue with questioning a certain call at a certain point in the game. There is no doubt that it is easy to see in hindsight that a play wasnt a good call, because it didnt work. I think most on here would agree that Chaney is a good offensive coordinator, yet I thought he made some really head scratching calls sometimes. Same with John Chavis. He is a great d-coordinator, yet there is a well-known term on VN third and Chavis. The fact is, every coordinator makes bad calls almost every game. Sometimes your talent is good enough and the team youre playing isnt; then it doesnt matter what you call, because the players execute against inferior talent.
At this point, we dont have much margin for error on the O-line. Whose fault is that? A large portion falls on Dooley. Some maybe on the current coaches, maybe not. I dont know the answer. But until the line is better, guaranteed there is going to be a lot of bad plays called because the o-line is getting beat. I am not knocking the o-line either, they have been thrown into the fire and are giving their all. Trial by fire is usually not fun.
I think the issue is NOT that nobody should question the calls or the coaches. It is this: when I read some of these posts, it comes across as this coach doesnt know what he is doing; if I was calling the plays, we would have won. I hope that isnt what is intended, but that is how it comes across. I am going to guess that in most cases, the coordinator has about 10 seconds to decide what play to call (barring time out, injury, penalty, etc.) Now hopefully, most of us dont really think we could do a better job than the coaches. I know I couldnt. I do question what they do sometimes. However, sometimes the players just dont execute. We are still playing a bunch of freshman, more than any team in the country. The margin of error is very thin.
I guess what I am saying here is I dont have a problem with questioning calls or even the coaches. Maybe the way it is done is the issue. Some posters sure seem like they have an axe to grind. They dont like a certain coaches; or they post the same thing over and over about a certain coach or player. Kind of like with AJ; last year there were lots of posts about AJ not doing this or not being good at that; all of a sudden, AJ has 2 years with the same coaches and better talent around, and suddenly he is a LOT better.
This program was a dumpster fire by the time the previous coach was discharged. It is going to take 3-4 years minimum to get it really cleaned up.
Just my 2 cents. :twocents:
