JJ, were you around for the Tressel era? Our teams built up leads ...no where's near as big as Montgomery builds ...and expected Heacock to win the game for us. How did you manage to stay a fan then? If you think that a certain number of points should be enough to win a game ...if we achieve this number, who cares when? Coach M has to design a plan. You are upset because we gave up two scores at the start of the second half. This past weekend, his plan was clearly to keep possession of the ball & he was successful in 1, 2 and 4. in the third and part of the 2nd, our defense gave up scores, but the offense pulled us through.
If you want to say that you would like to see equal production all 4-quarters, or you would like to see him go back to being a bit more complex ...then make the point. I may not agree, but at least you are asking for something. The truth is, we are very vanilla on offense this year (as compared to previous years under coach M). However, it is working. Execution has dramatically improved this year. It will need to stay this way until we start recruiting position players and not athletes. Then also bring our current team up to speed ...neither of which are completely going to happen in 2014 ...which is why Wolf was offered the extra year.
Everyone is talking about Wells. Clearly he is not making throws to unopened receivers & the line is obviously giving him some protection. Does the OC not get any credit for this? Come on, if the plays were poor, the results would be the same. Wells is not successful despite his OC.
Do you not think there are things that I would like to see the offense doing that they are currently not? More option and a read component for one. However, I witnessed the results of these attempts this past weekend ...Wells is not there as of yet. (You are seeing the difference between a 4th-year starter in 2013 & freshman in 2014). How about more depth up front, with better subs? How about a large TB, so we can stop swinging Stubbs around the end so much. Lot's of things to see and certainly things that need to be reduced ...but the man does his job and I think quite well. You know, had our opposition not scored all their points in the third, it would not matter ...this is what you are upset about. Or how about Illinois scoring 21 in the 4th-quarter? That was should not have happened.
