Gundy needs to fire Yurcich now (not at the end of the season) and replace him with Josh Henson or Marcus Arroyo. Yurcich should not have been given another 1 year contract. The guy is completely clueless when it comes to calling plays. For example, we replaced two offensive lineman this year because the new guys are better at run blocking, but all we do is pass which happens to be their weakness and the strength of the two guys they took off the field. We were 1-11 on 3rd down. Also, someone please show me where a QB under Yurcich has gotten better. Mason has taken a step backwards. Walsh did too after a very good freshman campaign. Sure we utilized him in short yardage, but as a full time QB he never got better. On Saturday, Mason couldn't hit the side of a barn, but we kept passing anyways. However, the offensive coordinator could have taken him out for a series or even the entire game without creating a controversy by stating he's still our starter but he had a bad day.
Spencer must go after the season is over unless he can show improvement on 3rd down and be able to make adjustments after the half. Like stop rushing three on third-and-long and stop playing man-to-man defense when the other team keeps running a simple crossing pattern over the middle that we can't seem to cover. Central Michigan was 8-15 on 3rd down today. Here's what I also don't understand about him. First, why isn't Taylor and Osborn in the game on a third and long situations so they can collapse the pocket (i.e. push the linemen back into the face of the quarterback). They are the two best pass rushing defensive lineman, who also happen to be the most disruptive and demand double teams. Defensive tackle is our biggest strength on defense, but we take ALL OF THEM off the field every 3rd and long situation. Why? Also, why doesn't he use corners instead of safeties or linebackers to cover inside receivers? We have some really good cover corners, so why not use them (we have good depth)? And because our linebackers have a hard time covering anybody over the middle in pass coverage on 3rd down, why not move Flowers and Moncrief to both outside linebacker positions on third-and-long (since they shouldn't be playing man-to-man on inside receivers anyways)?
Gundy needs to learn better clock management. How many times is he going to go into victory formation before the game is in hand? He's done this multiple times over his career only to have us punt or watch JB run around like a crazy man. Totally unacceptable! It's never come to bite us in the butt until now, but we've just gotten lucky up until this point.
Spencer must go after the season is over unless he can show improvement on 3rd down and be able to make adjustments after the half. Like stop rushing three on third-and-long and stop playing man-to-man defense when the other team keeps running a simple crossing pattern over the middle that we can't seem to cover. Central Michigan was 8-15 on 3rd down today. Here's what I also don't understand about him. First, why isn't Taylor and Osborn in the game on a third and long situations so they can collapse the pocket (i.e. push the linemen back into the face of the quarterback). They are the two best pass rushing defensive lineman, who also happen to be the most disruptive and demand double teams. Defensive tackle is our biggest strength on defense, but we take ALL OF THEM off the field every 3rd and long situation. Why? Also, why doesn't he use corners instead of safeties or linebackers to cover inside receivers? We have some really good cover corners, so why not use them (we have good depth)? And because our linebackers have a hard time covering anybody over the middle in pass coverage on 3rd down, why not move Flowers and Moncrief to both outside linebacker positions on third-and-long (since they shouldn't be playing man-to-man on inside receivers anyways)?
Gundy needs to learn better clock management. How many times is he going to go into victory formation before the game is in hand? He's done this multiple times over his career only to have us punt or watch JB run around like a crazy man. Totally unacceptable! It's never come to bite us in the butt until now, but we've just gotten lucky up until this point.
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