Maybe it’s a chicken and egg thing but I saw an offense that couldn’t function because the middle of the line kept getting blown up, usually by four-man rushes.
Just hit ignore. It works =)
Are we? Then why aren't they playing now? And if the expectation is they will be better next year -- how? If they're not playing this year...
1) I don't know how long Harry is going to stick with Correll and Lugg. Kristofic played better than both of them, and I've seen zero reason that he's the one that sits when Patterson comes back.
It's not that bleak. They played one of the top teams in the country whose defense was much improved from last year. We, myself included assumed going into the game that OSU's D wouldn't be that good given last years performance and having a new DC.
I don't know when the wives tale began that it takes weeks or longer for a new coordinator to put in his system or show improvement, but it's absolutely bogus. People have been floating that idea for awhile and it's simply not true. Good coordinators like Elko and Knowles can turn things around quick, especially if they have loads of talent already waiting like the Buckeyes did.
The funny thing is Golden is in his first year and most assumed he would have things working pretty well right out of the gate which it appears he has.
We were definitely bad last year, but we weren't allowing free Marshall runners up the middle. We're frequently giving up pressure in the QBs face after the snap. Can't run any kind of offense that way.
Wasn’t he also a play caller prior to OSU?
Knowles never had talent to work with in his first year, not like he has at tOSU. Elko/Lea turned things around year 1 too, and quick. The point is it's a stupid wives tale that keeps getting regurgitated constantly. It's bogus. Good coordinators can and frequently do turn things around quick. There are certainly a lot of bad coordinators that don't turn things around quickly though, or they never do.
It’s not a player it’s the coaching if the whole unit sucks.
There were times Mustipher really struggled after taking over for Nick Martin, but I'm not sure we've ever had this much trouble in the interior. Hearing MFMF give the 5 OL a vote of confidence was surprising. Either our backups haven't made as much progress as we were led to believe and the front 5 really are our best...or...I've got nothing else.
Harry still had a place in ND and the return was so obvious I doubt anyone made him an offer.
That’s a nice tale.
