What We Learned Against Navy

by tiimbitz4786 on Sep 7, 2010 11:39 AM EDT

First and foremost we learned that there should be absolutely no excuses made for the coaching staff and that they should be held accountable based on the results on the field this year.

Simply put we have talent, and a lot of that talent was on display. We have size, and a lot of that was on display. Finally, we have blazing speed on offense. That should be enough to get to a bowl game with competent coaching.

What else did we learn?

1. Mr. Franklin is so clueless when it comes to offensive play-calling. That playaction pass in the redzone was CRIMINAL and was really a turning point in the game. You can blame Jamar all you want but why call your first downfield pass of the game, with a relatively unpolished passer in that spot? Especially considering we were mowing Navy over with the running game.

2. Mr. Friedgen can still motivate. This was really what I quesitoned last year. The team seemed to lack confidence and motivation in a lot of key games. That was not the case yesturday. We clearly matched, if not exceeded Navy's motivation and preperation. Kudos to the fridge.

3. As an ancillary point to number 1, it's a crime taht we did not work Torrey Smith into the offense more. I'm puzzled. Give the kid a few reverses, a few screens. Instead he got one screen, one reverse, and one downfield target. For a kid who has all-acc talent that is unacceptable playcalling.

4. Darell Scott and D. Megget will be a formidable duo out of the backfield this year. It seems like they have put last year behind them. Both displayed excellent speed, burst, and vision (especially scott on the vision front). Scott seems to be the better every down back to me. . If you sprinkle in 10 carries for D. Meggett, then I think we will have something.

5. Wujiack is a beast! period.

6. Our secondary is going to struggle unless it improves. They were not good at getting off of their blocks on the edge, and really navy had open guys everytime it dropped back to pass. Let's hope that we can just chalk that up to navy's wierd style. This is going to be key. D. Brown's blitzes will put our guys out on islands...can they deliver?

7. J. Robinson may not be a starting qb in the acc. If he can't get some sort of passing game going---it just isn't going to work out.

Anything else that you all picked up on?

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I agree with everything you said...

except the secondary. I know they are not a good secondary in the first place but against Navy I don’t think you can give them a true grade. That offense dictates that a secondary must first read run options and than worry about the receivers. So I think we should wait to grade them out.

I think our defense showed that they are in really good shape, being that they were able to stand strong in the red zone and the fact that they were on the field for 54 minutes.

As far as the passing game goes, I am a firm believer in run it until they stop you. Which Navy couldn’t do. We stopped ourselves by starting to make incomplete passes. Which setup 3 and longs. If you continue to run the ball until they stop you, you eat up clock and where out the def. We were averaging 9.3 yards a carry at one point in the second half.

by Jeffro78 on Sep 7, 2010 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

Actually, I think the secondary is pretty solid. Sure, they aren’t the best against the run, but honestly, most corners get bullied against Navy’s WRs. Their only job is to run block and they are pretty good at it.

Chism is a very good corner and showed good instincts on the few pass plays. Perez looks like a stud and Tate was great in run support. Hughes was a bit of a question mark but he had his moments and it was his first game as a starter.

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by s.r.genovese on Sep 7, 2010 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions

agree with jeffro on all three points

also think #2 was a great point. i was questioning how motivated the players would be, esp after a kind of dull showing on terrapins rising. i loved the energy the team had and they really brought the crowd into the game

by t.shug on Sep 7, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

great post btw

by t.shug on Sep 7, 2010 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

#5

Wujciak is slow! period.

by bloodwatermission on Sep 7, 2010 4:27 PM EDT reply actions

yeah I didn't see much from him...

that slowness is really gonna drop his stock…cant be a slow LB in the NFL…

by ATLredskin on Sep 7, 2010 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions

He might be slow.

But he is flanked by two quick, ridiculously athletic OLB. He complements them well by clogging up the middle, and I definitely saw him run down the QB on a couple of bootlegs.

by kckb8 on Sep 7, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Navy is So Different

Then most opponents, I don’t want to put too much stock into the outcome of this game. Obviously, we got the win, and thats all that matters. But as far as looking at individual’s performances and how our offense and defense played, I dont think you can really evaluate it. We won’t face a team the rest of the year that plays anywhere close to how Navy plays.

by aholla30 on Sep 7, 2010 6:50 PM EDT reply actions