Cutcliffe's Play Calling

[allvol123]

I think Cutcliffe has done a great job turning Ainge this offense around in a short time, but......

I thought his play calling in the 3rd and 4th quarter was atrocious. How many times did he need to see us run for -0.3 yards per play before he would think about not running on 1st down. It was absolutely moronic. Of course you want to be able to run the ball, but when you have shown that you can't, stop wasting every first down play. :BANGHEAD2:

 

[champyvol]

I think Cutcliffe has done a great job turning Ainge this offense around in a short time, but......

I thought his play calling in the 3rd and 4th quarter was atrocious. How many times did he need to see us run for -0.3 yards per play before he would think about not running on 1st down. It was absolutely moronic. Of course you want to be able to run the ball, but when you have shown that you can't, stop wasting every first down play. :BANGHEAD2:

it was pretty conservative, i think most volfans expected more.

 

[Volitics]

I think he needed to keep Florida's defense honest. If he had thrown on every down the rush probably would have been worse.

 

[VolunteerHillbilly]

What Volitics said.

 

[allvol123]

I think he needed to keep Florida's defense honest. If he had thrown on every down the rush probably would have been worse.

Keep them honest? We couldn't run the ball one inch, what about our run game was keeping them honest? Be honest with yourself as a coach, if it wasn't working, give it up and go for something else.

 

[GAVol]

I think he needed to keep Florida's defense honest. If he had thrown on every down the rush probably would have been worse.

Yeah, it was tough because we couldn't run the ball, but we had the lead and needed to run the ball. I got a little frustrated with the 1st down runs as well, but you have to at least show the run; especially when you've got the lead. It did remind me a little of "Johnny-ball" though.

 

[allvol123]

Yeah, it was tough because we couldn't run the ball, but we had the lead and needed to run the ball. I got a little frustrated with the 1st down runs as well, but you have to at least show the run; especially when you've got the lead.

I think we are making excuses here. You've got to make first downs, we might as well have started every series with 2nd down. I honestly can't remember him passing on first midway thru the third for the rest of the game..

 

[GAVol]

I honestly can't remember him passing on first midway thru the third for the rest of the game..

I know . . . I kept thinking that eventually we were going to run a screen, swing, bootleg pass, quick hitch etc. on 1st down, but we definitely fell into a little bit of a pattern.

 

[ImFreakinOrange]

I think we took the wrong approach there late in the third with the 2 drives of just running the ball. I thought we let up off the gas, and we quit attacking. I dont think its making excuses at all...

The cal game was another example where we were up 35-0 midway through the 3rd, and just lost all of our emotion as a team when we took out Ainge. At least wait till the 4th to call the dogs off.

 

[milohimself]

I don't think there was anything wrong with the playcalling... Most of the time something went wrong, it was because we executed poorly or got beat, straight up. Not much you can do when the other team is better, and playing like it is better.

 

[Volitics]

GAVol said:

I kept thinking that eventually we were going to run a screen

They tried a screen. I think it was in the 3rd quarter. It may have been the 4th quarter.The Gators defense was all over Ainge. He had to throw the ball away.

 

[Freak]

They tried a screen. I think it was in the 3rd quarter. It may have been the 4th quarter.The Gators defense was all over Ainge. He had to throw the ball away.

the screen I remember went to the left to Hardesty for about 12 yards.

 

[milohimself]

Nothing wrong with that. I'm not against screens, I'm just against using them every 1st and 2nd down.

Look guys, our offense is still miles ahead of last year. Our offensive line's run blocking is attrocious (strange for a Fulmer team, I know). Once that picks up, our runningbacks are fast enough to take advantage of the holes. They just aren't there now. All we needed was a running game capable of 3 yards and a cloud of dust. We couldn't even do that, but it's never too far off.

 

[GAVol]

They tried a screen. I think it was in the 3rd quarter. It may have been the 4th quarter.The Gators defense was all over Ainge. He had to throw the ball away.

They also screened late in the 4th quarter on the last drive and it worked to perfection. That was the play that got us to midfield.

In hindsight, I would have liked to have seen something quick and short on the last 3rd down play. At least then if we had picked up 8 or 9 yards, we would have had options on 4th down. But . . . hindsight makes everybody an expert I guess.

 

[Volitics]

the screen I remember went to the left to Hardesty for about 12 yards.

I remember the one to Hardesty. That was a good play.

The one I'm talking about went to the right. There were about three Gators bearing down hard on Ainge. He had to throw the ball away. I could be mistaken but I thought it was a screen play.

 

[GAVol]

I remember the one to Hardesty. That was a good play.

The one I'm talking about went to the right. There were about three Gators bearing down hard on Ainge. He had to throw the ball away. I could be mistaken but I thought it was a screen play.

I think there was at least 1 maybe 2 screens that got blown up and Ainge had to throw it into the ground.

 

[kptvol]

I don't have a problem with the play calling. We needed to run the clock a bit. Our defense was obviously getting tired.

 

[85Destiny]

The play calling was good. Some of you guys will never be happy. Fulmer fired Sanders and you got Cutcliffe now he can't call plays. You are just looking for excuses why we lost.

 

[champyvol]

The play calling was good. Some of you guys will never be happy. Fulmer fired Sanders and you got Cutcliffe now he can't call plays. You are just looking for excuses why we lost.

the play calling was good in the first half. it was way to conservative in the second half. there may have been a reason for it i don't know. what i do know it is a big reason we came up with a big L at the end of the night.

 

[85Destiny]

the play calling was good in the first half. it was way to conservative in the second half. there may have been a reason for it i don't know. what i do know it is a big reason we came up with a big L at the end of the night.

I don't think it was the plays it was the execution. We got outplayed late and it cost us the win. Ainge also threw the ball late to meachem on what would have been a TD.

 

[ImFreakinOrange]

I have been very supportive of bringing Cutcliffe back, and will continue to be. But we had momentum when we killed it with two drives that resulted in 3 and outs running the ball late in the 3rd I think. Im not bashing here, but we shouldnt have let up off the gas for anything. We were attacking them through the air, they werent able to cover our recievers. We blew it with those play calls. All the air went out of our sails...

 

[champyvol]

I don't think it was the plays it was the execution. We got outplayed late and it cost us the win. Ainge also threw the ball late to meachem on what would have been a TD.

yep that was a big play meachum had his man beat bad and the ball was underthrown badly.

 

[Septic]

The play calling was good. Some of you guys will never be happy. Fulmer fired Sanders and you got Cutcliffe now he can't call plays. You are just looking for excuses why we lost.

I think people will bitch and point finger every time we lose. I think Cut did a great job. Florida had the better team, executed when they had to. The run didn't work, and Ainge did they best he could with a Gators snapping at his heels in the 2nd half. If our O line would have adjusted it may have been different.

 

[Volitics]

I think people will bitch and point finger every time we lose. I think Cut did a great job. Florida had the better team, executed when they had to. The run didn't work, and Ainge did they best he could with a Gators snapping at his heels in the 2nd half. If our O line would have adjusted it may have been different.

True.

 

[allvol123]

I don't think it was the plays it was the execution. We got outplayed late and it cost us the win. Ainge also threw the ball late to meachem on what would have been a TD.

Well after a while, if you continue to fail miserably at executing the plays that are being called, then it is the play calling. Call something different, not something you have seen that has been stuffed ALL night long.