Question about DW and the team

Oct 17, 2016, 11:08 AM

I know he's put on some weight, and I'm sure it's almost all muscle. And he needed it if for no other reason than not getting injured again. But I've noticed some things have changed this year. He's routinely overthrowing the really deep balls. I think every game this year we've gotten a WR open on a fly route for a sure TD and the ball sails 10 yards past the WR. I've also noticed the balls being thrown behind the receivers on slant routes where the player has to slow up to catch them. I know there are plays designed for the throw to be short and the WR breaks back to the ball, (like that fake fade route this past game), but I know these slants are designed for the WR to catch the ball in front of them so they don't break stride.

Basically, DW seems to be under-throwing the short passes and overthrowing the long passes. I remember one play all the WR's were covered so DW passed the ball to his dump off guy on a short sideline pass. He under threw it and the receiver had to pick it up off the dirt.

I'm just wondering if all that time in the weight room and conditioning isn't messing up his accuracy by making him stronger than he used to be? As a wiry freshman right out of highschool he looked like an injury waiting to happen. And it did. But his quickness seems to be off when running the ball as well. I saw him tuck the ball and run into the pile this game for a no-gainer where he could have cut it outside and made who knows how many yards.

As for the team, I see some things that are different as well. Some games they look as if they want to do just enough to win, and no more. You see us get up two TD's and then the defense slacks off (Louisville), and you saw it with Troy. Then you have a BC game when we're up against the nation's #1 defense (by the numbers) and we obliterate them. And frankly our second string looked better than our first against BC.

But with NC State, this wasn't us playing just good enough to win. That was Louisville, Troy, etc. This game we gave them the chance at a win with a relatively short game-winning field goal which they missed. Then, notice how we came out and dominated in overtime? It's like the light clicked on for them to try again, just like it did at the end with Louisville when we marched down and got a TD after being stalled for the entire third quarter on offense.

And the turnovers (fumbles) are almost all, if you look at them, due to unnecessary second effort to gain another foot on plays. It's almost like they're trying TOO hard for extra yardage when they just need to fall. And this isn't always happening in a 3rd and short situation.

These are just some things I've noticed with DW, and with the team, that concern me. We look mental instead of physical out there. DW, to his credit, does not get screwed up by turnovers, which is a credit to him. He just keeps on going. I think over the season you will see our team does better on the road, especially at a "quiet" place like BC. Up there we dominated because we could just go and play. No crowd to please. No pressure. We just played well. It would not surprise me a bit to see us go to FSU and dominate them. We seem to play with cooler heads and less pressure on the road.

That's my .02.

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His best contribution to any team would be as a QB coach. He dominated HS football in Texas with excellent QB coaching and a fast paced offense to take advantage of the QB. But his entire offense was QB centered, and at the college level, it can be schemed. But what he did with Tajh Boyd, was nothing short of miraculous. Tajh was a good QB, but Chad put him into the Heisman conversation. We now have a better OC situation than with Chad, and Streeter is doing good, but I promise you DW would have done even better with Chad as his QB coach. Then again the team would not be as good as it is now if he was the OC. Chad will not make it as a head coach or even as an OC, but I see him leaving SMU for the NFL someday to coach QB's. That is his calling.

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Fire Batson!***

No. Work with DW to get his accuracy back

Fire Streeter!***

Rehire Chad Morris as QB coach

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I dont either because it would not work due to the past

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And I'm serious about Chad Morris.

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