3-7-77 said:
Guess I have to explain my explanations.
My thoughts are that other teams have been able to adapt, but our approach seems to be 'keep trying it over and over again, it'll work!' Symptomatic of the play calling. The Eastwood fumble(same play, try it again), or not having developed even one backup QB to replace Johnson, or Stead, or whomever #1 was any particular year(the falloff in quality from #1 to #2 has been huge). It just seems there is complacency on the part of Bobby's assistants. Here it is, five years in and only now he makes the change at OC/QB coach. Why did he wait so long? Injuries are part of the game. Next man up! Has the assistant developed the backup(s)? If not, why not? That's the kind of explanations I was looking for. You QB Club insiders can PM me if you don't want to put it on this thread.
And, no, I never played the game.
Hey, I'm not trying to attack you or say anything about you playing the game. We should all be on the same team here. To answer your specific points, because I do think some is an overblown narrative and some has been corrected.
Doing the same thing -- We actually had a pretty varied offense with Johnson in there. We just seemed to simplify it down a lot when he went out.
Backup QB's -- I never want to criticize Brown, because he is out there putting his all into this and I am just on a message board. I'm sure he's a great kid. There will always be a drop off, and it seemed steep at times, but he/the coaches did have us in those games at Sac and Weber. We didn't get ran off the field. I think Brown is pretty well prepared. In spring practices, you could see coaches telling him to get in there and show people how to operate a play. So I push back against the idea that the coaches "can't develop a backup QB." I think they did but yes, in game he seemed to not rise to great heights. That has been solved by bringing in not one but TWO quarterbacks to be competing at the top of the depth chart. If we had just focused on bringing in a high schooler and developing him, then people would complain about us not being ready to win right now. This is the new normal of the portal. In my opinion.
Coaching Changes -- I think they waited on making the changes because until just this last year, our trajectory had been on the up. We had been getting better and having better results every year after his return until last year. Why would he shake up what was going in the right direction? And it is exceedingly rare to switch coaches mid year, especially at Universities like ours. I'm not sure if you know this, but the coaches have to go through the same hiring process as all University employees. It involves a hiring committee, and is not super short. So, a season ended with results that meet expectations, and changes were made. That is all how things are supposed to work.
I don't speak for the coaches or the university, and I don't even know any of the coaches in a close personal way, so I'm just speaking for myself and what I saw.
Again, I'm NOT saying this to attack you, but you had mentioned to me before that you are looking for explanations from Hauck. If you don't want to be in the QB club for whatever reason, which is fine, I'd suggest watching the press conferences. There is during the week before the game, and then there is a second one after the game is over. They can both be found at skylinesportsmt.com and I would highly recommend them.
I wouldn't necessarily advise this, but you could also shoot the guy an email. He is a public employee, and he may take the time to respond if things are not done as a personal attack. Again, I can't speak to that. I've never tried. But his contact information is public.