It's a really good point that the head coach bears no responsibility for this. He only bears responsibility for the team's success. None for bad results.
Can you read English or does everything have to be converted into "BiGMAnzZZZ" for you to comprehend?
Frank has been nothing but consistent. Your weekly diatribes about vanilla offense do nothing but support my point.
When you have a product that deviates this much, and you want to understand it, look at the variables. Frank isn't one. It's the players. And we've seen about the most inexplicable swing in effort in a QB that you could expect.
If you want to say Frank is responsible for the players he recruits, then define the theoretical product. What is the maximum yeild (a National Championship)? How efficient is the product Frank has produced relative to that maximum yield? Over the last 8 years?
With respect to the last 8 years Frank's performed in the 99th percentile. (Think about it with your little boy logic Monroe. Even if some other dude rolled up and won a BCS game he's gone. That's not a program, that's a flash in the pan.)
If Frank, suddenly, overnight, changed the way he approaches life and become a wildly energetic and mentally unstable head coach like PJ Fleck of Western Michigan would he have achieved a more efficient product?
Frank's literally working with a quarterback who he recruited 6 YEARZZZZZZZZ ago. Before the program won a bowl game. Before the program even got back to beating Marshall.
Frank Solich, even without a MAC Championship, even with this disappointing season, has built a foundation for this program. And its rock solid.
First, I'm with RFox on this--there's certainly blame to be put on the players. I've never denied that. But to hold the coaching staff pretty much blameless makes no sense.
First, I'm amazed by how we are seeing a slow, small, untalented, uninspired team. I know that TV doesn't show the whole field but the number of breakdowns by us and the lack of any plays on which one of our players dominates/beats his man is appalling. The unstopped jailbreak by kents' d-linemen last night--we had nothing to try to counter that?
Is this the same bunch that played so nicely against NTSU and stupd cow?
The real point here, however, is that the coaches, indeed, have not changed anything. In a situation that could not possible more call for same. So, the beloved consistency is now laregely the problem.
Again: On O, where are the hurry up, the two or three back sets, the screen passes, the jet sweeps (inside and outside), the options (especiallly off tackle), the quarterback runs,, the multiple tight end (2 or 3 sets), the 6 or 7 offensive linemen sets, etc, etc. The lack of imagination on offense is, again, appalling. Just a jaw-dropping lack of response to circumstances--which are that it ain't working so try something different.
On defense, where are the blitzes or the 5 to 7 down linemen sets, etc, etc.
How many times can I repeat that we've done almost nothing new from game to game. If you've seen us once, then you've seen all we have.
Can anyone once recall the oppo taking a timeout this year because they came to the line of scrimmage and saw something starkly different from us such that they were unprepared. Have we done anything at all to upset the opponent's rhythm.
Yes,Virginia, there is coaching in football in terms of strategy and reacting to circumstances on the field.
I'm not saying fire GotFrank. I am saying fire the offensive coordinator.