The Current Coaching Staff Is Under Review
by TB on Nov 10, 2007 4:18 PM CST
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PrintDon't misunderstand me. I'm not calling for the firing of Ron Prince. That would be a serious overreaction, and would lead K-State down a path of destruction.
But there is something horribly, seriously wrong with this team. Although allegedly these are the same players we saw earlier this year against Auburn, Texas and Colorado, they are suddenly out of position, can't catch the ball, and most of all, can't tackle.
Somebody told me this week that one of the teams in the stadium this weekend had quit, that it had no chance, that there was nothing standing between it and a long losing streak to end the season. Funny thing, though, nobody told me it was the team in purple.
Do I know what the problem is? No, I don't. There's something serously wrong with our defensive schemes. What's that? Oh, Frantz Hardy just burned us right down the middle for another touchdown. Huh? Marlon Lucky just broke four tackles on a 20-yard run? You don't say. How's that? One of our receivers just dropped another pass? That hasn't happened this year...
This season has gone down the tubes. Mizzou is going to have to put in the Chi Omega flag football team to keep from putting up 100 on us next weekend. Fresno State isn't all that good, but they can damn sure run the ball, and really any offense who puts the ball in play is likely to score a lot on us considering we can't tackle a turtle right now.
73 points folks. Seventy-freaking-three points.
Ron Prince, your mission is before you. You have thus far gone 0-4 against K-State's biggest rivals in the conference, and are a whisker away from turning this from a promising season that held the possibility of eight or nine wins and a nice bowl bid into a losing season, with no bowl and obvious regression despite pretty fair talent on the field.
Of course, you've had help. This isn't all on you.
More later. I'm way too mad right now to keep doing this.
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There was no hustle on defense on many of Nebraska's scoring plays, even when we were only down a few scores. There has to be a serious reevaluation of this defense. Not that they should give up and just give the young guys PT for the hell of it, but nobody's starting spot should be safe this week. It's getting embarrassing to watch this team.
by Gubs on Nov 11, 2007 1:45 AM CST reply actions
The problem is a complete lack of DL's.
Tough to scheme around having one player on your roster that played DT before this season.
by Russell on Nov 12, 2007 8:45 AM CST reply actions
Agreed
We are thin up front, and probably aren't going to generate much pass rush with the front three. But we weren't generating any more pressure with the blitzes we were bringing, and it was leaving our backfield in a tough spot.
Of course, lack of effort contributed. That was just a disaster all around.
by TB on Nov 12, 2007 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
The linebackers are almost as bad.
I really have a hard time not placing a healthy portion of the blame on Snyder's front 7 recruiting after is Big 12 title. When you look at the roster, it's remarkable that the defense has done well enough to win 5 games this year.
by Russell on Nov 12, 2007 9:05 AM CST up reply actions
Also true
There really just isn't much good going on right now with our front seven. Rob Jackson has been very quiet this year, as has Ian Campbell. Of course, when they're the only two threats it's not hard for opposing offenses to account for them.
I think the starters on opening day, when healthy, were good enough to constitute a pretty good defense. But you have to have enough players to get through injuries, and we don't.
Nothing but my own speculation here, but I'm pretty sure Marcus Watts has been playing hurt most of the year. We saw how a nagging injury can limit a good player last year (Jordy Nelson), and I have a feeling it's the same thing with Watts. This is just a totally different defense than we saw the first few weeks of the season.
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