I also noticed that.JayLarson said:Not sure who the blame goes on, but something has to change, we are showing no signs of life. You can see if the camera catches him at the right times that JJ shaking his head at times looking at the sidelines.
havgrizfan said:One of the people Jordan Johnson is closest to in Missoula Montana is Mick Delaney. Period
havgrizfan said:One of the people Jordan Johnson is closest to in Missoula Montana is Mick Delaney. Period
Paytonlives said:I have major concerns over our coaching.
Offense:
Why do the Griz coaches continue to run the ball on first down. The last several games it has been easy to see that the WR and backs are playmakers when in space. When the Griz drop back and throw good things happen... Lately it has been very easy to guess what the Griz O will run. VERY EASY, almost as bad as the Larry Donovan days.
Defense:
Letting the same play gash you over and over is not good coaching. The crazy thing is he ran it the same side 95% of the time. No adjustments in game or at half. Poor coaching
Special Teams:
Please get No Go out of there and put Van in... That kid is not ready to produce as a kick returner. Starting inside the 20 hurts any Offense.
Look I know I am not perfect, but the coaching this year has been very suspect. They are not making simple adjustments that any coaching staff would try.
havgrizfan said:Like I said, in another thread, I'm not defending coaching decisions whatsoever. The Griz are stinking it up on offense and that's not debatable, and the buck stops with coaching. All I'm telling some of you guys is, if you're using the "misuse" of Jordan Johnson as your basis for why MD is a bad coach, and think JJ thinks that, you're barking up the wrong tree. I'm just telling you, JJ would walk over coals for MD and run any offense he was asked to run. Call it loyalty, call it whatever you want, but that's how it is. Criticize Delaney freely, I'm not saying not too, but don't assume Jordan Johnson shares the fans' sentiments, because he just doesn't. I don't know everything about everything, but I know that.
B_Kross said:Ultimately, Delaney's biggest weakness as a coach is that he is trying to apply a very antiquated, power-run style of football when A. We don't have the playmakers to actually make an offense like that work. B. He's looking to the past for guidance when other college programs are adopting spread-type offenses, even the classic pro-sets are seeing more use of screen passes and such.
Overall, Delaney would probably be a good coach in say, the 60's and 70's, but his outdated style of management just doesn't fit in this day and age. Yes there are other factors like the staff's lack of adjustments and poor execution, but those are my :twocents:
MrTitleist said:B_Kross said:Ultimately, Delaney's biggest weakness as a coach is that he is trying to apply a very antiquated, power-run style of football when A. We don't have the playmakers to actually make an offense like that work. B. He's looking to the past for guidance when other college programs are adopting spread-type offenses, even the classic pro-sets are seeing more use of screen passes and such.
Overall, Delaney would probably be a good coach in say, the 60's and 70's, but his outdated style of management just doesn't fit in this day and age. Yes there are other factors like the staff's lack of adjustments and poor execution, but those are my :twocents:
Yet, NDSU, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Stanford and to a lesser extent, Alabama use this style of offense... it's not antiquated, and still used by very successful programs. What we lack is a fullback, true tight ends, and an offensive line who isn't beat to hell.
Even the god of boring football, Nicky Saban has started implementing parts of the spread option...it's the future of football, make the defense cover the whole field and make decisions. Griz are going backwards...50% of Griz nation knew it the day he was hired, and 75% knew it the day he announced he was changing offenses...MrTitleist said:B_Kross said:Ultimately, Delaney's biggest weakness as a coach is that he is trying to apply a very antiquated, power-run style of football when A. We don't have the playmakers to actually make an offense like that work. B. He's looking to the past for guidance when other college programs are adopting spread-type offenses, even the classic pro-sets are seeing more use of screen passes and such.
Overall, Delaney would probably be a good coach in say, the 60's and 70's, but his outdated style of management just doesn't fit in this day and age. Yes there are other factors like the staff's lack of adjustments and poor execution, but those are my :twocents:
Yet, NDSU, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Stanford and to a lesser extent, Alabama use this style of offense... it's not antiquated, and still used by very successful programs. What we lack is a fullback, true tight ends, and an offensive line who isn't beat to hell.