Re: I think most of us knew down deep

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Sep 5, 2021, 7:55 AM [ in reply to Re: I think most of us knew down deep ]

Not sure of that, frankly.

Not only is the OL not talented, what talent there is simply isn't really developing. There were a boatload of things they were doing atrociously. They weren't picking up simple stunts. They weren't communicating. To a man everybody across the front had technical lapses like opening up their hips too quick that led to sacks...I saw every single O-lineman get whipped on multiple occasions, some of them in embarrassing fashion. That's just a poorly-coached unit, period.

Garbage in, garbage out. Caldwell needed to be gone years ago. He definitely should be gone tomorrow. After 11 years to build the fact that "we're a young O-line" simply is not an acceptable answer. The sad fact is we were basically starting a true frosh from IMG because he was more fundamentally sound than guys who had been in our program for years. And that's why OSU and UGA have absolutely whipped those guys up front our last two games.

In much the same manner as Oklahoma really isn't a top-tier team because of their endemic defensive problems, we aren't a top-tier team anymore because our OL is and has been endemically crap...and, frankly, because our offense has also gotten more than a little stale under Tony Elliott, who is not evolving with the times and has clear schematic weaknesses he's never addressed. People have a book on him now and he's just not switched up and he's kind of turning into another Rob Spence - utterly predictable and unimaginative, and immovably stubborn in his refusal to adapt.

Dabo's going to need to do some housecleaning if he wants to keep us up. Complacency has clearly set in and we are a program on the clear decline.

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I agree for most of this except the recruiting part.

If you believe the recruiting experts, then we should be pretty good.

You mean to tell me that Boston College has recruited better linemen than we have?

I doubt that.

But they're committed to running the football. Now they also have a QB and wide receivers to complement the running game.

Dabo has just been content with throwing the ball all over the place.

Dabo gets paid millions to know more about football than I do, but I understand it enough to know that you have to run the football to be consistently good at the highest level.

I understand it enough to know it starts up front. Great OL and DL make it a lot easier to call plays.

Just my humble opinion.

I think most of us knew down deep