Re: You know, it really ISNT Coles fault

NorthAlabamaTiger · 2014-10-27T20:48:00.057Z

Its Dabo/Morris that caused this. They kept telling us he gave us the best chance to win and he was our starter... then DW comes out and showed us fans what lies we had been fed. Now some fans resent and dare I say hate Cole... not bc of who he is but bc who we were told he was and him not living up to that. Had Cole been the back up from day 1, I guarantee fans would not be mad at him. We got who we got applys. But having been sold to us as being our best QB and fans seeing that this no where the case, its put him in a bad spot. So yeah, it isnt his fault.

1) Cole was named the starter before the season. The coaching staff should have known going into this what parts of the playbook would and would not work and had planned accordingly.

2) He clearly has some limitations on what throws he can make. I don't know if it is the recent injury or just the inability to make all the throws. Thats fine. All players have certain plays/throws they run better than others. Coaches adjust the gameplan to maximize their strengths and hide the weaknesses.

3) Our OL has had a ton of injuries and hasn't show the ability to adjust...some would say we can't block air. But air has a way of bum rushing the A gap.

So why do we keep calling plays that Cole can't physically make and the line can't physically block? If he can't throw it 40 yards and the line can't hold blocks for 4 seconds, why call those plays 3 times in a game? Thats just being hardheaded as a coach. I have not exactly seen Morris' ability to adjust his gameplan during the course of a game, and now it looks like he can't adjust it going into a season.

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Artavis Scott has had a little success a few times.

Oct 27, 2014, 11:51 PM

I've also seen Germone Hopper and Adam Humphries have some success specifically in situation where the DB's are playing 10 yards off.

Even though Morris has always used that play as what he and Dabo call "an extension of the running game," we never called bubble screens, tunnel screens, slot screens, and other throws in the flat to the extent that we do with Stoudt at QB. The number of downfield shots we take has gone from at least a few times per quarter to only a few times per game.

The fact that our offense and the playcalling changes so much from when Stoudt is in the game to when Deshaun is in the game clearly illustrates Morris's ability to adjust his gameplan to better suit the available personnel. If you can't see the complete change of the playcalling when Watson is playing versus when Stoudt is playing I would be completely baffled. It couldn't be much more obvious how much difference there is between the playcalls between the two QB's.

Without switching to a pro style offense and using the I form and going under center on the majority of plays, the offense would be difficult to change much more. There are going to be similarities with some of Morris playcalls because regardless of personnel, it's still the same type of misdirection based HUNH offense. It would be ridiculous to change the entire offensive philosophy midseason for a few games with a backup QB. Morris is doing just about all he can to adjust his playcalling to suit Stoudt's shortcomings.

Even though Cole has been inconsistent with his downfield accuracy with the lack of protection and sometimes even when he doesn't get hit, it would be idiotic to abandon them completely. If Morris only called runs and short passes opposing defenses would eat us alive. It's a must to call them from time to time to keep the defense honest. If they don't respect the longer passes then the receivers are going to be wide open the first time there is a double move like a slant/go route. I don't know that Morris could call many less intermediate and long pass plays per game and still keep the opposing defense respecting them enough to open up the run game and short passing game.

It seems like some people are dead set on finding as much wrong with Morris as possible even if they are completely wrong in their analysis.

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